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Trust Your Gut: The Profound Implications of the Microbiome for Our Health

Amercan Journal of Nursing

However, as a gastroenterology clinical nurse specialist, I now recognize there can be a literal meaning to that phrase with the recent discovery of the microbiome and its implications for our health. The transformative potential of the microbiome.

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7 Jobs You Can Do With a BSN Degree Besides Nursing

Every Nurse

Another example of a position for nurses in the insurance industry is a Nurse Life Care Planner (NLCP) , whose role is to collaborate with all parties involved in the decision-making process for people experiencing chronic and terminal illnesses.

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16 Types of Master’s in Nursing Roles and Salaries

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Role Specialties for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) There are different levels of nursing , and becoming an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) allows you to gain a critical skill set and assist a specific population, including geriatric, pediatric and mental health patients.

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‘Here to help’: specialist nurse speaks on World’s Parkinson’s Day

Nursing Review

Kate Warren, who became Murrumbidgee local health district’s (LHD) first Parkinson’s specialist nurse last January, said more RNs were training to care for people living with the condition. It’s important that people living with the condition know that support is available to improve their quality of life,” Warren said.

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The Most Influential Study Tip You Will Never Learn in Nursing School

Nurse Abnormalities

This could be just because so many are becoming first time Registered Nurses, or it could be because another significant portion of you are trekking through grad school to become Clinical Nurse Specialists and Nurse Practitioners. Prior to nursing school, I was a self-proclaimed terrible test taker.

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87 Roles In Nursing That Are Unique

Aussie Nurse

Registered Nurses, RNs 3. Dual Registration Nurse-Midwife 5. Dual Registration Nurse-Paramedic 6. Being A Student Nurse 7. Who Are Graduate Nurses? Clinical Nurse Specialist, CNS 9. Nurse Executives, CEO’s 10. Director Of Nursing, DON’s 11. School Nurse 57.