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Future-Proofing Healthcare: The Unexpected Tools Enhancing Nurse Efficiency

Daily Nurse

Telemedicine Tools Telemedicine platforms are another critical development. By streamlining communication between patients and providers, telemedicine is making healthcare more efficient and equitable. Telemedicine, which was pioneered for astronauts on long-duration missions, has revolutionized remote care.

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Geisinger Moves Towards Virtual Nursing in Post-Acute Care

Health Leaders | Nursing

Early data has shown positive trends, particularly in nurse workload reduction and improved patient communication, with ongoing efforts to quantify broader ROI," Godino said. Godino said they are also looking at financial metrics, like cost avoidance and length of stay.

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Virtual Nursing Programs Need to Balance Growth With Value

Health Leaders | Nursing

Ive found that building trust and understanding takes time, and thats been a valuable reminder of the importance of clear communication, collaboration, and involving frontline nurses early and often, she added.

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Crossing State Lines: Can a School Nurse Travel to Another State with Students? 

Empowered Nurses

Parent Communication and Consent All students who will require medication during the duration of the trip need both a provider order and parent/guardian permission. Medication Management Follow strict protocols for medication transport and storage.

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How to Implement Behavioral Health Compliance Best Practices

Relias

Accurate and timely medical record documentation: Facilitates diagnosis and treatment Communicates pertinent information to other caregivers to ensure patient safety Supports optimal care delivery and patient outcomes Common deficiencies in medical records documentation include incompleteness, inaccuracy, and inconsistency.

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Small Patients, Big Discoveries

Penn Nursing

One stress point that research assistant professor Halley Ruppel, PhD, RN, Nu’08 noticed was the increase in monitoring and digital communications. She’s taken those strategies to help create effective telemedicine treatment plans for pediatric burn victims. Telemedicine and telemonitoring are sort of the answer,” says Bettencourt.

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Virtual Nursing's Future? One Platform, Many Uses

Health Leaders | Nursing

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