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National Nurse’s Month Reflections: Build, Nurture and Lead

Daily Nurse

Ushering in the next generation of nursing leadership is a top priority. Support Nurses with Micro-resiliency Initiatives That Promote Wellness Resiliency across health care shot to prominence during the pandemic. A key element of health promotion is based on creating educational material with a clear understanding.

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Improving hypertension using virtual modalities

American Nurse

When performed correctly, patient education can help improve patient health literacy and save costs for the patient and the health system. Work with nursing and organization leadership to develop solutions to the challenges of staff shortages, knowledge gaps among healthcare professionals, and administrative roadblocks.

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Home health nursing

American Nurse

The nurse’s role Home-based professional nursing requires a unique set of knowledge and skills focused on care coordination, home assessment, direct patient care, team leadership, health promotion, and patient education related to self-care. Health literacy universal precautions toolkit: Use the teach-back method: Tool #5.

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The Power of Words

Penn Nursing

She dedicated spare time to helping at community health screening fairs promoted to underserved Latinos in Los Angeles. Seeing the level of need and learning about health disparities, I realized, oh, I’ve experienced this. I just didn’t know the terms like ‘social determinants of health,’” Villalobos says.

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Diabetes innovations and access to care

American Nurse

For example, ElSayed and colleagues recommend considering individual patient health literacy and cultural disease awareness when discussing diabetes technology. Leadership can address these challenges with increased staff education and support to prevent stress and burnout. Evolution of diabetes technology. 2020;49(1):1-18.

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