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Why Telemedicine Must Play a Central Role in Solving the Nursing Staffing Shortage

Daily Nurse

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the healthcare industry, including how health systems coped with the ongoing shortage of qualified registered nurses. Healthcare organizations need a different solution to the nursing shortage that doesn’t rely on flying in professionals in response to sudden spikes in need.

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Tips & advice to ace your nursing studies by Jessica

The Nurse Break

The ship was an old ferry that had been converted in a hospital, travelling all around Africa giving free healthcare. We are critical thinkers and patient advocates, without nurses, healthcare wouldn’t exist! Some of the tasks I perform are personal hygiene, vital signs, feeding and fluids.

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Advanced Pain Management in Cancer: Janet Abrahm

GeriPal

We didn’t have pain as a fifth vital sign then. Janet: And you could put the liquid methadone in the feeding tube, can’t you? Eric: So you can use the tablets in the feeding tube, too. Janet: Then put it in the feeding tube if you can’t get the liquid. Nobody was taking them. Eric: And then-.

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S3 Ep.1 : How Training Has Changed Over the Last 20 Years, With New Hosts Linda Leekley and Amanda Sternklar

Home Care Pulse

Before that healthcare was cooking along really growing and then this balanced budget act was passed in 1997 and it drastically slashed Medicare reimbursement amounts for services across the continuum. You know, even though in my opinion home care is the cornerstone of the healthcare continuum. That happened.