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Collette Health: A Virtual Revolution in High-Acuity Care

Health Leaders | Nursing

Merging virtual monitoring, clinician observers, and cutting-edge analytics, Collette Health is helping solve the pervasive issue of hospital staffing shortages while simultaneously elevating patient safety, experience, and satisfaction. If distracted, observers receive alerts.

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Is Nursing Heading for Collapse?

Daily Nurse

Concerns of a nationwide nursing shortage have loomed for decades, and the COVID-19 pandemic only fast-tracked the profession toward crisis. Nursing is integral to safe healthcare delivery, and the threat of a nursing shortage should concern everyone. Nurses who are leaving the bedside aren’t retirement age.

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Observations on nursing shortages

American Nurse

Evans I graduated from my basic nursing program in 1973 (50 years ago!). Just like now, a significant nursing shortage existed then, too. As a matter of fact, I don’t recall a single time in my long career that we weren’t faced with a shortage. The demand for nurses will always be high.

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NCLEX to Be Changed as Fail Rates Climb

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Just ask any licensed registered nurse. But more and more students are having trouble passing the exam, which is only compounding the ongoing nurse shortage. The health crisis forced nursing schools to conduct their operations online, depriving thousands of aspiring nurses the chance to learn and practice their skills in person.

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Effective clinical learning for nursing students

American Nurse

Approaches that meet student and nurse needs. Takeaways Direct care nurses serve as significant teachers and role models for nursing students in the clinical setting. Building critical thinking skills is one of the most important outcomes in the clinical setting for nursing students.

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Forty Minutes of Bright Light Helps Nurses on the Night Shift Feel Less Tired

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A new study published in Sleep Health shows that nurses who work the night shift feel less tired and commit fewer errors at work when they get at least 40 minutes of bright light before their shift. Healthcare workers are experiencing high levels of fatigue due to staffing shortages, difficult schedules, and heavy workloads.

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The Rise of Malpractice Claims Against NPs

Daily Nurse

According to “The 2022 Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report: 5th Edition,” claims again nurse practitioners (NPs) are rising. To find out what this means and what NPs can do about it, Daily Nurse interviewed Georgia Reiner, MS, CPHRM, Risk Analyst, Nurses Service Organization (NSO).