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The Alarming Trend of Seasoned Nurses Being Laid Off: Profits Over Patient Care? 

Minority Nurse

According to the Joint Commission (2022), 1,441 sentinel events were reported in 2022, a 19% increase from 2021. Instead, it will increase their financial losses due to increased sentinel events and a decrease in Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores due to poor patient outcomes.

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Congress Introduces Safe Staffing Bill for Hospitals to Protect Nurses

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Nurses have been organizing to get federal lawmakers to pass a bill that would set minimum nurse-patient ratios for every department in every hospital in the country. The bill, known as The Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act, was authored by Sen.

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The Nursing Shortage and Patient Safety

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Because of these ongoing trends, healthcare organizations and the nursing community must work collaboratively to find ways to examine the link between the nursing shortage and patient safety. Patient safety is a fundamental goal of all health care.

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Nursing Education: Pipeline to the Future

Minority Nurse

As the true lifeblood of healthcare delivery, nurses are central to patient care, from long-term and public health to acute care and home health. In 2022, 66,261 candidates were rejected, and in 2021 applications by 76,140 candidates were turned down. decrease since 2021. from 2021 to 2022.

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Risks Facing Nurse Practitioners Today

Minority Nurse

Nurse practitioners (NPs) have a great deal of responsibility regarding patient care, and as the healthcare landscape evolves, so do the daily risks NPs face. Nurse practitioner malpractice data can be used to inform and address areas of clinical improvement as well as help to improve the quality of care and patient safety.

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How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can Influence Healthcare

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Inclusion: Giving employees and patients a voice to help provide and receive high-quality care and encouraging the presence of a diverse healthcare staff in the treatment experience of patients. SDOH) drive health disparities and inequity and how these factors play out on a daily basis in patient care.

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Why prioritize value-based care over volume?

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According to a 2021 FPM Journal article , as healthcare costs spiral higher, more payers are looking to replace the fee-for-service (FFS) system with value-based payment models focused on quality (rather than quantity) care. Gone are the days when the number of patient visits determined a physician’s success.