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Virtual Nursing Programs Need to Balance Growth With Value

Health Leaders | Nursing

Theyre also exploring opportunities to integrate other care team connections, such as diabetes educators. Theyre also on track, she says, to double the use of their meds to beds program, which aims to improve patient education and medication management. The program also has value that cant be measured in a metric.

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Virtual Nursing Looks at Innovation Through the Eyes of the Nurse

Health Leaders | Nursing

That new nursing workflow, Mastermind participants said, should be part of a much larger reinvention of the care team. A virtual care platform would then be more like a call center, handling incoming requests and directing them to the right care team member.

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Virtual Nursing's Future? One Platform, Many Uses

Health Leaders | Nursing

Maintaining flexibility to all the great ideas [that] come in, while being able to remain standardized in the approach so as to not have to re-educate and change workflows too frequently," is crucial to the program's growth, Klahn says. "We

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Virtual Nursing’s Future? One Platform, Many Uses

Health Leaders | Nursing

Maintaining flexibility to all the great ideas [that] come in, while being able to remain standardized in the approach so as to not have to re-educate and change workflows too frequently, is crucial to the programs growth, Klahn says.

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Team Up to Tackle Care Redesign

Health Leaders | Nursing

While some health systems use tablets or telemedicine carts, an increasing number are using TVs built specifically for the healthcare setting and providing both entertainment and clinical services, ranging from audio-visual conferencing to access to resources and education.

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Intermountain Sees Unexpected Benefits in Virtual Nursing Pilot

Health Leaders | Nursing

They feel like they’re being supported, educated, and know how to care for themselves when they go home.” “They do feel connected regardless of the fact that the nurse is on a laptop, a mobile cart, or whether we have the telemetry in the room on a big monitor,” she says.

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Career Spotlight: Home Health Nurse

Carlow Today & Tomorrow

Educating patients and their family members has also become a major part of being a home health nurse. Independent, but Part of a Team Some patients have many part-time caregivers, requiring careful coordination and communication. The aim is to help patients remain independent and maintain wellness.