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Severe Wound Care Is Shifting to Post-Acute Care

Relias

Take advantage of the trend As more patients with severe wounds seek care in post-acute care settings, new opportunities present themselves for your organization. Building a wound care specialty can bring new clients to your business. Developing a solid wound care foundation can benefit your agency in many ways.

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Exciting Nursing Career Paths for the Aging Nurse

Minority Nurse

Nurses interested in legal nurse consulting can pursue certification and enter the job marketplace or entrepreneurial space, knowing they have the knowledge, experience, and skill to make a difference. Nurse Educator Many acute care facilities have nurse educators who are experts and specialists in their field.

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Magnetizing High-quality Nursing Care

Minority Nurse

The Magnet designation for hospitals emerged in 1990 under the auspices of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a strategy for catalyzing and recognizing the highest possible standards for quality nursing care. Focus on Quality Nursing Care. Walking the Talk. What aspects of Magnet do nurses want to see and experience?

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Innovative Nurse Practitioners Can Turn the Tide

Minority Nurse

With a growing shortage of primary care physicians , the need for NPs could not be more dire. When NPs approach patient care innovatively, everyone benefits from their creativity. NPs can also earn post-master certificates in other disciplines.

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Meet Nancy Colobong Smith, American Nephrology Nurses Association’s President-Elect 2023-24

Minority Nurse

At the time I was applying for Master of Nursing programs, I was encouraged by one of the nursing professors to apply for the dual acute care nurse practitioner and advanced practice specialist tracks so that I could have the most flexibility in my future career path. It also lets people know I am committed to nephrology care.

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Vanessa Maxwell Celebrates WOC Nurse Week

Minority Nurse

It was not until I was hired in the role of Wound Ostomy RN that I learned my true love was ostomy care. Wound ostomy, continence, and foot and nail care all can be performed by the same nurse, and we can seek certification for all or any of the combination. How did you decide to make the leap as a nurse entrepreneur?

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Aneesah Coates

Minority Nurse

Aneesah Coates, BSN, RN, is an experienced psychiatric mental health nurse with nearly ten years of experience in acute care, long-term care, and home health care. As a nurse, I have worked in an acute care setting caring for lung transplant patients.