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Exciting Nursing Career Paths for the Aging Nurse

Minority Nurse

Legal Nurse Consulting Healthcare and medical records have a language of their own, and nurses know how to read patient charts, mine for data, and understand the medical jargon that lawyers and others need help translating and grasping. Some LNCs are nurse entrepreneurs with private practice who work as consultants.

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Navigating the Complexities of Social Admissions in Healthcare

EvidenceCare

The decision between placing in observation or outpatient in a bed involves weighing the need for continued monitoring and evaluation against the patient’s overall stability and documenting to support the charges. This proactive approach facilitates the identification of individuals genuinely in need of post-acute care needs.

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A “Great Re-Set” for Telehealth and Remote Monitoring? Panda Health Says That’s a “Yes”

Health Populi

The fast-growing adoption of telemedicine and remote patient monitoring from the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic led to hospitals and health systems launching new or expanding existing virtual care programs to accommodate a new reality for work-flow and patient care.

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Making a Case for Nurse Case Management 

Minority Nurse

Nurse case managers can work as entrepreneurs and freelancers with individual clients, hospitals, insurance companies, or corporations. “This includes healthcare finance , insurance systems, quality and metrics, regulatory compliance, and balancing quality care with cost-effectiveness.

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Help Veterans reclaim their independence as an occupational therapist

Minority Nurse

As an occupational therapist at VA, you’ll be able to explore opportunities across the continuum of clinical care. Areas of practice include: Acute care. Robust insurance. These “occupations” – whether at home, school, the workplace, the community or elsewhere – can take on a number of forms. Assistive technology.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Shelise Valentine

Minority Nurse

Shelise Valentine, RNC, MSN, C-EFM, CPPS, CPHRM, is the Director of Clinical Education, Healthcare Risk Advisors, part of TDC Group and chairs nursing, co-chairs obstetric and simulation initiatives, and directs risk management and obstetric education for insured hospital clients to improve patient safety and reduce malpractice risk.

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Nurses with Disabilities: A Skilled Workforce

Minority Nurse

Am I still the same person?’” Every Path Is Different Sandra Nosek, MSN, RN , has been a nurse for over 30 years with experience in management, staff development, QA wound care, long-term critical acute care, hospice, and skilled nursing facilities. The priority with every nurse is to ensure patient safety.

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