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New efforts try to balance nurse staffing ratios with access to care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It's National Nurses Week 2024 , and it's time to celebrate the more than 5 million RNs nationwide who are so essential to care delivery. But overshadowing the celebration are many challenges impacting the nursing workforce. Feds, states take up nurse staffing The past four years have been especially tough on nurses, of course.

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Becoming A Travel Nurse 101: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide

Electronic Health Reporter

If you’re itching to travel, love meeting new people, and are passionate about healthcare, it might be time to consider becoming a travel nurse. Travel nurses fulfill all of the regular duties a traditional RN […]. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Telehealth can increase nurse workloads, study shows

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A study published in the Western Journal of Nursing Research found that patients using at-home monitoring systems for blood glucose and blood pressure levels received almost twice as many "nursing activities" as patients who received usual care. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Automation Drives Optimal Use of Temp Nurses

Healthcare IT Today

ShiftMed serves hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and in-home providers. On the nurses’ side, staff want high-quality placements at times that are convenient for them. ShiftMed also collects data on their nurses and institutions to look for possible process improvements.

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Providence forges a new path with a virtual nursing unit

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual nursing is gaining significant momentum as an effective way to redesign and redistribute nursing workload. Virtual models decrease the burden on nurses delivering direct bedside patient care and leverages nurses that want to continue practicing but may not be able to practice at the bedside by extending their nursing careers.

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Nurse unions slam Kaiser's advanced care at home strategy

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association released a joint statement this past week criticizing Kaiser Permanente's aims to expand advanced hospital services into patients' homes. "Nurses, more than any other healthcare staff, spend the most time with patients," said the unions in the statement.

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Intelligent Communication: The Key to Retaining Nursing Staff

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jim Larrison, Co-Founder & CCO at Firstup Three years after the start of the pandemic, nurses are beyond burnt out. Despite being hailed as “healthcare heroes,” nurses feel overworked, underpaid and under-appreciated. According to a recent survey by Jarrard Inc., In the same Jarrad, Inc.

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