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Why Nurse Practitioners are a Solution to Rural Healthcare Challenges

Health Leaders | Nursing

With more than 100 million Americans lacking access to primary care, employing more nurse practitioners (NPs) and allowing them to practice at the top of their license is critical to making healthcare more accessible in rural areas, NP leaders say. We are up to more than 355,000 nurse practitioners across the U.S.

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How to Tell if a Hospital’s Culture is a Good Fit for You

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

I knew that I wanted to travel and needed a significant amount of freedom. You’ve already gained the medical knowledge; what you’re observing are the interpersonal interactions, learning how employees treat each other and the patients. When I arrived, my identification, parking tags, computer, and gym access were ready to go.

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Leveling the Playing Field for Rural Health Providers

Health Leaders | Nursing

So if you need to see [a specialist], you're traveling a lot." We are up to more than 355,000 nurse practitioners across the U.S. Nurse practitioners are trained to look comprehensively at the individual." It's six hours to Anchorage," says Bast. "So It's what we want medicine to be like."

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7 Must-Read Stories for CNOs

Health Leaders | Nursing

HealthLeaders' most popular stories for nurse executives for Q3 2023 range from big data and staffing ratios to robotic nurses. Besides staffing, nurse executives also were most interested in stories about technology, LGBTQIA+ care, recruiting and retaining, big data, and rural healthcare.

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The Exec: Are Your Nurses Dissatisfied? Then Change Things Up

Health Leaders | Nursing

Flexible scheduling and new care models can help provide nurses the work-life balance they demand. Getting creative with staffing and offering flexible scheduling to nurses are among the strategies that acute-care hospitals can adopt to keep the nurses they have and attract new ones, says a health system executive.