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Virtual Nursing Shifts its Focus to the Patient Experience

Health Leaders | Nursing

While patient throughout is one of them, she says, there are many factors beyond the nurse's control that go into how long a patient stays in the hospital. Susan Stone, SVP of Health System Operations and System Chief Nursing Officer, Sharp HealthCare. Photo courtesy Sharp HealthCare.

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Virtual Nursing Will Be Nonnegotiable: Here's How CNOs Can Prepare

Health Leaders | Nursing

The panel discussion included four key points about virtual nursing strategy. Individualize the program First and foremost, virtual nursing programs should be individualized to fit the needs of a health system. Other metrics can include nurse engagement, patient experience, and care quality metrics.

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Engage with patients eye to eye

American Nurse

Take a bundled approach to improve the patient experience. Takeaways: The bundle approach to implementing the commit-to-sit initiative positively impacts patient experience scores. This cluster randomized crossover trial didn’t find improvement in patient satisfaction scores.

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At Sanford Health, Virtual Nursing is an Audio-Visual Experience

Health Leaders | Nursing

Can we prevent some escalation of patient behaviors, DeBoer says, [and] get additional help to the patient room to support our team on the floor? Erica DeBoer, SVP, Chief Nursing Officer for Sanford Health. Photo courtesy Sanford Health.

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Hospitals Are Looking for Hard ROI in Virtual Nursing

Health Leaders | Nursing

Virtual nursing was one of the hot topics of conversation, with nearly everyone agreeing they'll have fewer nurses in five years and nearly three quarters saying they've launched such programs to address that problem. But they aren't going to wait long to see value. Anything beyond 18 months [is now considered] long-term planning." [See

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Realizing Real-world Magnet Benefits

Minority Nurse

.” Nursing having a voice at the table is a Magnet benefit echoed by Christine Frost, RN, DNP, MBA, NEA-BC, chief nursing officer at Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center. The Magnet Recognition provides “the framework to guide excellence in the work environment, patient experience and patient outcomes.

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The Exec: Nurse Satisfaction is Rising, Patient Calls are Falling with UnityPoint Health's New Care Model

Health Leaders | Nursing

When UnityPoint Health began exploring new inpatient care delivery models, D’Andre Carpenter, DNP, RN , chief nursing officer, wanted to go beyond the concept of team-based care to position nurses and other clinicians to practice at the top of their license. HL: How does this care model benefit patients?