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Discover Cost-Effective ADN Programs Near Midland, Texas

Registered Nursing

Health insurance required. Extensive clinical network – Partnerships with Midland Memorial Hospital, Covenant Health Midland's specialty units, and long-term care facilities deliver over 600 clinical hours across acute, specialty, and community settings. Campus-based program. For Licensed Vocational Nurses.

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Foot care nursing

American Nurse

Medicare expects beneficiaries or caregivers to perform routine foot care (nail trimming and shaving, paring, cutting, and removal of calluses [keratoma and tyloma] and corns [heloma]), so it’s excluded from coverage. CFCNs providing routine foot care must collect payment from the patient if health insurance doesn’t provide coverage.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Crystal Beckford

Minority Nurse

Crystal Beckford is an accomplished healthcare executive with extensive experience in health systems in Maryland and Florida. She has a proven track record in hospital, health plan, long-term care, and health insurance leadership.

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What Does Medicare Cover?

American Nurse

Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance to retired individuals, regardless of their medical condition, and some younger people with disabilities or certain health conditions. “Chip” Stanley, Jr. Each Medicare Prescription Drug Plan has its own list of covered drugs.

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Preparing for the Expected as Well as the Unexpected

Nurses Advocates

Last week, I talked about Health Insurance and provided some tips that readers could use to ensure you have a policy allowing you to get preventative care and care when sick or injured. In this week’s post, I wanted to share the importance of preparing for the unexpected and the cost of care as you age.

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Nurse referrals to pharmacy

American Nurse

For example, incorporating nursing referrals to pharmacists as part of routine patient care can help reduce polypharmacy, pharmacy and healthcare costs, and adverse drug–drug reactions. Expert-based medication reviews to reduce polypharmacy in older patients in primary care: A Northern-Italian cluster-randomised controlled trial.

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Protect yourself from secret recording

American Nurse

Understanding the issues surrounding secret recording can help you avoid possible damage to your career and emotional health. Patients and families may be recording care in hospitals, in long-term-care and assisted-living facilities, and in the home. In some cases, these recordings may be sanctioned by the state.