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Lawsuits That Don’t Involve Patient Care Can Still Involve Nurses

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Most of my blogs over the years have examined conduct directly related to nursing practice and focused on nurses who have been named in professional negligence lawsuits or who were called as expert witnesses. But sometimes nurses have a role in a lawsuit that has nothing to do with patient care, as the following case illustrates.

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The Call for Greater Autonomy in Nursing

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Healthcare organizations continue to experience numerous challenges ranging from supply and demand issues, quality outcomes, and addressing the nursing workforce shortage. Transforming our current healthcare delivery model to address these challenges will require greater autonomy in nursing and flexibility built into nurse roles.

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CSI Academy Teams to Focus on Implementing HWE Standards

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The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is bringing the lessons learned from its proven nurse leadership and innovation program and its Healthy Work Environment (HWE) initiative to help nurses at hospitals around the country improve the health of their workplaces. We aim to change that.”

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Nurses Help Nurses Succeed, Stay Safe, and De-Stress

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When nurses help nurses by creating special programs, it’s a personal mission to make work life better for all of their colleagues. Amy Castillo, RN “I remember when one of my nursing colleagues was punched in the face by a patient,” Castillo said. We started with 20 students and now have 81,” Wisehart said. “We

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How the Public’s Perception of Nursing Impacts the Profession

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Nurses are intimately involved in the well-being and health of those in their community. It’s their duty to care for others physically, mentally, and emotionally. Because this care often relies on patient compliance, the public’s perception of nursing has significant impacts on the profession.

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Safety Concern: Unsafe Nursing Ratios

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Solutions such as newly required nurse-led staffing committees aim to end unsafe nursing ratios that compromise patient safety. . At a recent conference, a group of nurse leaders came up with this catch phrase, “You cannot fix it with a pizza day.”. Nurses are taking on more patients and more responsibilities.

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The Future Is Here: Using AI in Nursing Is a Growing Trend

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At Portneuf Regional Medical Center (PMC) in Pocatello, Idaho, nurses on the med-surg unit are receiving support through a new partnership that combines artificial intelligence (AI) with virtual nursing. Amy Hemsley, RN Amy Hemsley, MSN, RN, Assistant Chief Nursing Officer at PMC, says the hospital has partnered with care.ai

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