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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. Dramatic surges in patient volumes led to hospitals bringing in travel nurses at unprecedented rates, hiking the demand for contract nurses by at least 35% over pre-pandemic levels.

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Exploring the Neonatal Nursing Specialty

Nurse.com

NICU nurses may occasionally see their patients after hospital discharge in a NICU developmental follow-up clinic or when providing home health care needs, she said. What does a neonatal nurse do? There’s a common misconception that NICU nurses only hold and feed babies.

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