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BCEN’s Certified Flight Registered Nurse Credential Turns 30

Daily Nurse

The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN), the benchmark for certification across the emergency spectrum, is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN) certification program.

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Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

Hospice News

The number of registered nurse and social worker visits during a patient’s final week is one of the seven quality measures that CMS uses to evaluate providers. Additional touchpoints with patients via telehealth is another factor contributing to improvements on the measure, Harrison said. CMS introduced SIA in 2016.

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CMS Sets Timelines for Modifying, Phasing Out COVID Waivers

Hospice News

At present, the administration’s plan is to extend the emergency declarations to May 11, and then end both [the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency] on that date,” the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently indicated in a statement.

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NP Designation Helps Nurses Shape Their Careers with More Choices

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But advanced degrees, including the designation as a nurse practitioner (NP), also offer study nuances that propel careers forward and present opportunities that weren’t available before. “This experience in healthcare innovation is an asset for nurses contemplating diverse career avenues.”

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Recognizing National CRNA Week

Minority Nurse

Since then one week in January (this year it’s January 22-28) is designated as a time to celebrate the nearly 60,000 nurse anesthetists practicing in the United States. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) work collaboratively with healthcare teams or independently.

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NBNA Program Encourages Young Students Of Color To Consider A Career In Nursing

Diversity Nursing

A key tool to reducing health disparities in patient care involves diversifying the Nursing field. The Nursing population should be as diverse as the patient population they serve. According to research , the majority of Nurses in the US are White/Caucasian at 73.3% and only 7.8% are African American.

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Safety Concern: Unsafe Nursing Ratios

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Nearly one-third of nurses said they’re considering leaving their direct patient care role, a recent McKinsey study found. Insufficient staffing levels and concerns over unsafe nursing ratios. Currently, no federal mandates regulate the number of patients a registered nurse cares for.

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