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Healthcare Technology and Nursing: What You Should Know

Diversity Nursing

Wearable medical devices offer valuable data in real-time, enhance the patient experience, and help Nurses deliver quality patient care to all patients regardless of their geographical location. Electronic Health Records Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have revolutionized how Nurses manage patient information and care.

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Top Issues in Nursing — and How Nurse Leaders Can Address Them

Post University

These days, nurses — and nurse leaders — are called on to provide higher levels of care with fewer resources, particularly in the past two years with the Covid-19 pandemic. Hence, the importance of effective nurse managers who can ease this burden while implementing a healthier work environment.

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Are You a Nurse Bully?

Nurse.com

“It’s up to organizations to address bullying and create a culture in which nurses feel comfortable reporting instances of bullying.” Creating awareness: It’s important for all nurses (but especially new ones) to have a firm grasp on the signs of bullying. The post Are You a Nurse Bully? appeared first on Nurse.com Blog.

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Collaboration: The key to patient care success

American Nurse

As soon as the patient can safely ambulate, functional independence is promoted. Third Runner-Up Parkland Health 12B Hospitalist Medicine Team To ensure a healthy work environment that addresses nurse burnout, nurse retention, and good patient outcomes, Parkland Health’s 12B Hospitalist Medicine Team initiated the C.R.E.A.T.E.

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Patient prejudice toward minoritized nurses

American Nurse

Although limited by a new, untested survey, these data shed light on possible contributors to the current crisis of nurse burnout and staffing shortages as well as the serious negative impact on the well-being of both patients and nurses documented by Kieft and colleagues. Qual Health Res. 2018;28(1):145-58.

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Broken trust

American Nurse

Reese raises the issue with her nurse manager, who says, “We can’t afford to have anyone else out on sick leave!” After trying to get an appointment with a mental health professional for 2 weeks, Reese tells the nurse manager that she needs to take a leave of absence or she’ll have to quit. Nurs Manage.

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5 Ways To Reduce Nurse Compassion Fatigue

Nurse.com

Richardson also added that this act of self-focus promotes stability and presents an opportunity to rebalance your own health — physically and emotionally. A study on nurses’ social support found that nurses who had strong and effective relationships with colleagues had better mental health.

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