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Things You Will Have To Do Every Day as a Nurse

Caregiver Support Services

Check Vital Signs. Nurses should expect to check the vital signs of patients on a consistent basis. The frequency of your vital sign checks will entirely depend upon your patient and their condition. As a nurse, your sole responsibility is your patients’ health, safety, and wellness.

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Ongoing Neurological Assessments Reveal Subtle Changes

Daily Nurse

. “Direct care nurses are at the forefront of care, and it’s imperative to understand key components of an assessment and be able to evaluate trends rather than isolated events.”

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Study: Machine Learning Prompts Earlier Advance Care Planning, Reduces High-Cost Care

Hospice News

“I really view it as a sixth vital sign,” Mayo previously told Hospice News. “It Croix to achieve 100% performance on quality measures for patient visits during the last days of life, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr. Andrew Mayo.

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Predictive Analytics ‘Gives Hospices a Lens’ into Quality, Compliance

Hospice News

AccentCare utilizes Medalogix’s Muse digital health care platform, which collects data on patient vital signs, pain assessments, medication changes, physician narratives and other staff/bedside notes, among other data.

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

Daily Nurse

In addition, some nursing stations in the virtual care center (such as Critical Care ICU) are connected to telemetry feeds and other data streams to enable off-site nurses to watch patients and their vital signs continuously.

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Home Infusion and the Rise of Virtual Care

AlayaCare

Based on diagnoses, demographics and vital signs, a risk profile for each client can be aggregated. Another concept abetted by software is risk stratification: tools that can help clinicians direct their attenti on toward higher-risk clients.

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Home Infusion and the Rise of Virtual Care

AlayaCare

Based on diagnoses, demographics, and vital signs, a risk profile for each client can be aggregated. Another concept abetted by software is risk stratification: tools that can help clinicians direct their attenti on toward higher-risk clients.

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