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The next hot job in Silicon Valley is for poets

Posted by Nursing-research on April 15, 2016
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The next hot job in Silicon Valley is something you’ve never heard of.

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I found this fascinating.  Check out Sense.ly

Maybe this will help with discharge education but what about a robot nurse for emotional support?

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A True Predator: Austin Publishing Group

Posted by Nursing-research on March 3, 2016
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Check out what I get when I use to locate the address Austin Publishing posts on its website.  map_austin_pub

Folks like Jeffrey Beall are essential in monitoring the behaviors of online publishers.

See what Swedish researchers found when they let a group of nurses work 6-hour shifts instead of 8.

Posted by Nursing-research on January 28, 2016
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Do you live to work, or do you work to live?

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Could this ever be tried here in the US?  Imagine cutting work shifts from 12 to 10 or even 8.  Then think about a 6 hour shift!  Wow.

What do you think might be the result?

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At the Hospital, Better Responses to Those Beeping Alarms

Posted by Nursing-research on January 12, 2016
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When patients’ heart rate, oxygen and other indicators beep falsely so often, nurses and doctors can get ‘alarm fatigue’ and miss real warnings.

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Here is one more way patients and families can protect themselves while in the hospital.

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PwC: Smartphone-connected health devices, behavioral health are top healthcare trends for 2016

Posted by Nursing-research on December 29, 2015
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Smartphone-connected device use, focus on behavioral health, and better databases for health information analysis, are within the top 10 trends in healthcare for 2016, according to PwC’s annual Health Research Institute report.

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TWU has new informatics major for nurses and other health professionals.  This is certainly the way of the future. Check it out at http://www.twu.edu/math-computer-science/informatics.asp

 

 

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Trainee nurses forced to exercise because they are FAT

Posted by Nursing-research on December 19, 2015
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The University of the West of Scotland, brought in the drastic move after becoming concerned that her 600 nursing students were not practising what they are employed to preach.

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What do you think?

Is this going too far or not far enough?

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Popular HGTV presenter diagnosed with cancer by eagle-eyed viewer

Posted by Nursing-research on December 13, 2015
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Tarek El Moussa, 34, co-host of the series Flip or Flop can thank Ryan Read for helping detect his thyroid cancer after the registered nurse noticed a nodule on his thyroid while watching the show.

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Now that was some superb physical assessment skill!

This nurse is from Aubrey, Texas-just up the road from Denton.

Someone should invite her come to assessment class.

Patti

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More Information on Nurse Staffing

Posted by Nursing-research on November 29, 2015
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ANA has issued a white paper on nurse staffing and its economic and safety benefits.  Check it out.

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More Information on Nurse Staffing

Posted by Nursing-research on November 29, 2015
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staffing

ANA has issued a white paper on nurse staffing and its economic and safety benefits.  Check it out.

 

How the Nursing Work Environment Affects Patient Outcomes – RevCycleIntelligence.com

Posted by Nursing-research on November 15, 2015
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Nurses play a significant role in advancing favorable patient, payment, and nurse outcomes, says a report and accompanying press release from Press Ganey.

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While some of the recommendations seem to be doctrinaire rather than evidence-based there is merit to this report.

I have to wonder, though, how many studies it takes to show that the environment where nurses work affects their attitudes and performance.  Is this not the same with any job or profession?

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