Whether they are easing pain during an acute illness, helping patients cope with a new diagnosis, welcoming a new life into the world, or witnessing someone’s final breaths, nurses are granted a unique privilege to be present during the most intimate […]
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Nurse of the Week Lissa McGowan has treated countless premature infants during her time at New Jersey’s The Children’s Hospital NICU at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, but this is the first time she has treated both a father and his
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With the current pandemic, telehealth is coming in handy as a great way for nurses to see their patients and treat them as well as is possible during a nationwide quarantine. That said, there are still telehealth liability issues that you
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As a nursing student looking ahead at my career, Covid-19 may be my best professor I have yet had. Professor Covid-19 is teaching me how to be a leader, and the difference from a good nurse from an exceptional nurse
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After a slow start, testing for COVID-19 has ramped up in recent weeks, with giant commercial labs jumping into the effort, drive-up testing sites established in some places and new types of tests approved under emergency rules set by the
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Empathy has been recognized as an essential element to improved patient outcomes, and it plays a vital role in the practice of telehealth nursing. Empathy encourages patient engagement and enables nurses and other members of the care team to build
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Counties across Oregon are suffering from a shortage of primary care Nurse Practitioners (PCNPs), according to a 2019 survey. A recent study from the Oregon Center for Nursing found that despite the promising national statistics reported by the American Association
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The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is directly contacting retired VA and Federal clinicians to join them in the ongoing effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic. VA needs experienced patient-care providers during the crisis to help those already providing the best care to our
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Learn recruitment strategies that tie in with National Nurses Week and how they can be a helpful tool in gaining quality nursing staff that you are more likely to retain. With the national nursing shortage still an issue today, recruiting
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Nursing students, nursing schools, school nurses grounded after school closures, and retired nurses are all joining the fight against the rising pandemic. Here are just a few examples to be found across the United States: Jackson, Mississippi Seniors at Belhaven’s
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