Fri.Jul 18, 2025

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2025 Commonwealth Fund Health Scorecard: What It Means for Nurses

Registered Nursing

Each year, the Commonwealth Fund releases a detailed Scorecard on State Health System Performance, evaluating how well U.S. states deliver high-quality, affordable, and equitable care. The 2025 edition sheds light on fragile healthcare improvements amid growing disparities – and highlights opportunities for transformation. For registered nurses across all practice areas, the data is more than just a report card.

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The Exec: Northwell Health CNO on Empowering Nurses and Leading from the Heart

Health Leaders | Nursing

Workforce, workplace violence, healthcare equity, and succession planning are some of the biggest issues in nursing, says this CNO. Growing up, Terry Dillman knew she wanted to help people. After experiencing a medical emergency in her family when she was a teenager and witnessing what nurses were capable of, she decided she wanted to be a nurse. Dillman received her nursing degree from Queensborough College.

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Integrating Infection Control into Everyday Clinical Practice 

American Medical Compliance

In healthcare, small actions can have life-saving consequences. One of the most important—and often overlooked—areas where this holds true is infection control. While major infection outbreaks make headlines, the everyday transmission of germs, bacteria, and viruses often happens silently. Whether it’s a missed handwashing opportunity, improper PPE use, or a poorly disinfected surface, even small lapses can lead to big problems.

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How to Navigate Nursing Career Stagnation and Rediscover Your Flow

Daily Nurse

As a nurse, your career is fed by movement. Nursing can be a dynamic career path, and your approach to professional development is influenced by and influences many aspects of your life. At this point, is your career engaged in movement and flow, or is it experiencing some form of stagnation? Testing the Waters When you take an honest look at the current state of your nursing career , does it feel like a flowing river of possibility and growth, or is it a dry riverbed hungry for the moisture o

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How to Start Virtual Care the Right Way: A Proven Roadmap for 2025 and Beyond

Speaker: Dr. Christine Gall, DrPH, MS, BSN, RN

The promise of virtual care is no longer theoretical and is now a critical solution to many of healthcare’s most urgent challenges. Yet many healthcare leaders remain unsure how to build a business case for investment and launching the right program at the right time can be the difference between value and failure. For organizations seeking a financially sound, clinically effective entry point, Virtual Patient Observation (VPO) offers a compelling case to lead with.

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Disability Inclusion in Society: The Key to Leaving No One Behind

Nursology

Contributor: Shahzeb Nazar ali According to WHO, nearly 31 million Pakistanis live with some form of disability. (Odhwani, 2023). Yet, society often disables them further by overlooking their abilities and offering sympathy instead of opportunity. But sympathy doesn’t pay bills. The struggle begins in childhood, long before they even understand what “disability” means.

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