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What are some recent innovations in nursing practice, and how can they be integrated into patient care? #NursingInnovation #HealthcareTech #PatientCare #Telehealth #AI #WearableTech #NursingExcellence #FutureOfNursing

Over the past 7 years I have worked as a physician in urgent care, hospital medicine, nursing homes, emergency medicine and outpatient family medicine. I will be sharing my ideal clinical workflow in the above settings over the next few weeks in my newsletter. In this week's newsletter I share my ideal workflow as an urgent care physician, here are the key takeaways: #healthcare #ai #physicianworkflow

“It is a nurse that is most likely to be there with the patient across every setting of care — whether it's inpatient, outpatient, homecare, telephone, telehealth — … [and] the most predominant profession, the most likely person to listen to the patient's angst, [which] is why it's so important that every nurse has very good communication skills when it comes to this topic,” Betty Ferrell, Ph.D., M.S.N., CHPN, director and professor in the Division of Nursing Research and Education in the Department of Population Sciences at City of Hope in Duarte, California Let's talk about the importance of communication skills in nursing—how do you ensure effective communication with your patients, especially in oncology care? Share your insights and experiences! Read more about how to have difficult conversations with patients here: https://ow.ly/znwb50RIjXs #NursingCare #PatientSupport #CommunicationSkills #oncologynursing

Do you know the HIDDEN COSTS of Vascular Access Solutions? Service delays create significant, additional hidden costs that are fractured across your organization and may be hard to quantify. For example, even a 1-day delay in treatment creates unneeded expenses: ?? Additional internal medical care while waiting for vascular access ?? Avoidable complications & costs due to treatment Delay Cascades ?? Transportation expenses (internally or externally) ?? Catheter kits spoilage & expiration ?? Patient and family dissatisfaction ?? Reputation and brand damage Vascular Wellness has extensive geographic and redundant coverage of skilled and certified nurse employees helping to ensure timely service and avoiding treatment delays. Unlike all other bedside options, our nurses provide advanced central lines at the bedside, reducing the need for transportation internally to IR/OR or externally to a hospital. Vascular Wellness ? Superior and reliable services. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ejpzxCt2 #vascularaccess #delaycascade #PICCteam #medicalprocedure #mobilevascularaccess in #Virginia #VHHA #NorthCarolina #SouthCarolina and the #southeast #vascularaccessprocedure #PICCservice #advancedvascularaccess #centralline #delaycascade #isavethatline #nurselife #nursesonlinkedin #nursesoffacebook

Clinical nurse specialists can expand the capacity of health care systems, finding efficiencies and making room for the uninsured. ?? The setting: A level one trauma center in Detroit. ?? The problem: Inefficient processes meant that uninsured patients could not get follow-up care once they were released from the hospital. ?? The solution: Physicians would see the patient in the emergency room, make a diagnosis, and establish the game plan. From then on, Dr. Mitzi M Saunders and six other CNSs would take over their treatment. This meant that the physicians could focus on new patients who had a doctor. The procedural and cost efficiencies savings Mitzi found reduced five days of hospital treatment to four. On the fifth day, she and her team would hold a clinic for uninsured patients who needed care for progressive diagnoses of cancer or heart disease. ?? Why it worked: As a CNS, Mitzi was able to diagnose and prescribe. She was able to order the right tests and find low-cost medications that would work without side effects. ?? Outcome: Patients who would not have received follow-up treatment were given the care and medications they needed. ?? Cost savings: Her new process saved 4x the teams' salaries every quarter. Find out more about how CNSs are making a big difference in healthcare in our infographic: https://brnw.ch/21wMhDz #CNS #ClinicalNurseSpecialists #CNSweek #CaringForHealthCare #BetterOutcomes #Innovation

What I Do Wednesday- Last week I had a client that went in for an outpatient procedure (the same one that had to be rescheduled due to a medication error). This client is a full care coordiation client. For local care coordination clients, we manage all healthcare. We make and attend appointments, we keep families upated, we make in-person visits, we coordinate care among all providers and faciities, we monitor hospital admissions, we facilitate discharge coordination from hospital, to rehab to home or facility and much more. We cover scoops to nuts when it comes to healthcare and resources. For this client he went in early in the morning for his procedure. We stayed with him until he went to surgery and followed care all the way through to his unexpected hospital admission. We kept the family and his assisted living facility updated every step of the way. Once hospitalized, we reviewed his chart daily, spoke with his bedside nurse at least once per day, visited him in person every day and coordinated discharge with the hospital case manager and facility director of nursing. On the day of discharge we were bedside, discussed discharge instructions, reviewed medications and durable medical equipment. Once back at the facility, we coordinated with staff to make sure everyone was on the same page and the care and handoff was seamless, including instructions on after care and pain medications. Family was fully informed from the moment he arrived at the hospital until he arrived and got settled back at his assisted living facility. Full care coordination is perfect for families that do not live close or are not able to manage healthcare for their loved ones. Although this client's procedure did not go as planned, he received excellent care and follow up. If you want to learn more about our local or remote care coordination program, please reach out. #PatientAdvocate #HealthcareAdvocate #NurseNavigator #CareManager #SeniorCare #Healthcare #ElderCare #AssistedLiving

"North Carolina, like many states across the nation, is struggling with doctor shortages. Far too many residents have difficulty finding reasonable access to a primary care physician, which can lead to poorer health outcomes, especially in rural areas like Appalachia in Western North Carolina. Fortunately, North Carolina legislators could take a major step in addressing the problem with a simple fix. It’s one that 28 other states have already implemented. A?new report?released by the Knee Regulatory Research Center at West Virginia University finds that granting trained nurse practitioners full scope of practice will alleviate provider shortages and improve health outcomes for more North Carolinians." The Knee Center Shishir Shakya #northcarolina #NP #fullpractice

A moving article about the current physician shortage in New Hampshire, especially within primary care. Similar situations are occurring across the country. "Medical practices are full, not taking new patients or putting everyone on a waitlist. Health care systems and outpatient practices are using more nurse practitioners and physician assistants than ever to diagnose and treat a wider variety of conditions, reserving the few doctors on staff for the most complex or serious ailments." A wide range of solutions are required to fix the problem, but NPs and PAs are being relied on more than ever before to help close the healthcare gap. #zivianhealth #healthcareaccess #primarycare #nursepractitioner #physicianassistant #healthcareinnovation #physicianshortage

Enhancing Early Intervention for Dizziness & Balance Issues: Bridging the Gap with Vestibular Training At DizzyCare Clinic Academy, our vision is for patients experiencing vestibular and balance issues to receive an early diagnosis and timely vestibular rehabilitation. However, achieving this requires tackling some major barriers in healthcare: ?? Limited awareness among clients and frontline clinicians about the benefits of early vestibular rehabilitation? ?? Shortage of trained vestibular specialists within both NHS and private sectors We aim to close this gap by offering hands-on workshops across a range of vestibular topics—a mission we’ve been dedicated to since 2012. Through our training, we hope to empower Physios, OTs, Advanced Clinical Nurse Practitioners, Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs), First Contact Practitioners (FCPs), and Doctors working in Emergency Departments, Acute Care, Rehabilitation and Community Hospitals, and Outpatient Clinics. Our goal is to help these professionals better identify and support patients with dizziness and balance challenges, ultimately leading to improved patient outcomes. Visit us at https://lnkd.in/eWh725Y5 to learn more about our upcoming vestibular courses. #VestibularRehabilitation #BalanceAwareness #DizzinessTreatment #EmergencyCare #Rehabilitation #HealthcareEducation #Physiotherapy #OccupationalTherapy #AcuteCare #CommunityHealth #OutpatientClinics #AdvancedPractitioners #FirstContactPractitioners #VestibularTraining

Beyond the Buzz - AI’s Real Impact in Nursing After an inspiring AI & Nursing Science Workshop at Penn Nursing (https://lnkd.in/g8ENnDut ), I’ve been pulled out of my blogging hiatus to reflect on some critical conversations about AI in healthcare. ?? "Health moves at the speed of trust" - (Heather Cole-Lewis, PhD). Nurses are the most trusted profession, yet skepticism toward AI remains high. How do we bridge this trust gap? ?? "Love the problem and not the solution" (Kevin Johnson). AI in nursing should not be about implementing technology for technology’s sake. Instead, it should be about solving real problems. ?? Going beyond prediction. AI is excellent at predicting risks, but intervention is what truly matters in healthcare. ?? The best AI model is meaningless if it doesn’t represent the patient population it serves (Alex John London). ?? Capturing the "Patient’s Voice" effectively – What exactly is "patient voice"? Are we designing AI that captures more than just structured data? (Patti Brennan) This workshop sparked powerful discussions on trust, education, ethics, and real-world AI implementation—and there’s so much more to explore. ?? Read the full post here: https://lnkd.in/ghJhffUD Thank you George Demiris & Kenrick D Cato (He, Him) PhD, RN, CPHIMS, FAAN, FACMI for inviting me to participate in this stimulating workshop. #AIinHealthcare #NursingInnovation #HumanCentredAI #TrustinAI #NursingScience