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Essential Answers for Those Considering a Nursing Career

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This growth is driven by an aging population, increased emphasis on preventive care, and the need for healthcare services in rural and underserved areas. Nurses with additional certifications, experience, or advanced degrees, such as nurse practitioners or nurse anesthetists, can command even higher salaries.

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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. Nursing leaders should strive to be lifelong learners and stay current on best practices and evidence-based research to improve care.

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Severe Wound Care Is Shifting to Post-Acute Care

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Since 2016, fewer patients with severe wounds have received care in long-term care hospitals, and more patients have gone to less costly facilities like inpatient rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities. When staff is trained on wound best practices, the patients have better outcomes. in 2017.

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New HIPAA Regulations in 2022-2023

The HIPAA Journal

The purpose of the HIPAA Safe Harbor Bill was to encourage healthcare organizations to adopt recognized cybersecurity practices to improve their defenses against cyberattacks. The bill also requires the HHS to decrease the length and extent of any audits in response to those breaches if industry security best practices have been implemented.

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