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Future-Proofing Healthcare

Penn Nursing

Some health insurance covers only part of the cost. “I Many didn’t have the “resources to connect to preventative care or mental health services,” Gil says. Lucy Andersen, OCN “We see how someone’s socioeconomic status or their level of caregiver support can really impact their whole illness trajectory,” Andersen says.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Just Because They Can, Does Not Mean They Should.

The Relentless School Nurse

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinded key guidance on March 4, 2025, affecting Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage for services addressing health-related social needs (HRSNs). However, it fails to consider the well-documented links between social factors and health outcomes.

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Social Determinants of Health Training

American Medical Compliance

Understanding SDOH is critical, as social and environmental conditions, such as economic stability, education, healthcare access, and community support, play a significant role in health outcomes. Languages: American English Key features: Audio narration, learning activity, and post-assessment.

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Public vs private. Which is safer for childbirth?

Nursing Review

Birth options in Australia Australia has a two-tiered system of health care: a publicly funded system that provides care for free, or limited out-of-pocket costs, to patients in public hospitals a private system where patients with private health insurance access care from doctors mainly in private hospitals.

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Understanding Social Determinants of Health

Diversity Nursing

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, and the broader array of influences and structures impacting everyday living. These determinants are the key drivers of health disparities, leading to unjust and preventable health outcomes.

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Preventing nurse suicide: Nursing school and beyond

American Nurse

Strategies and support to improve mental health outcomes Suicide and mental illness have long been stigmatized, and although public awareness has grown recently, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals hesitate to acknowledge their own mental health struggles or seek help.

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Nurse referrals to pharmacy

American Nurse

The EHR combined all pharmacy use by all patients in the complex care management department and calculated pharmacy costs on a per patient per month basis, which is the health insurance industry standard for capturing population health data. An over­view of prevalence, determinants and health outcomes of poly­pharmacy.