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Nursing community collaboration on the European COVID-19 front-lines

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth Women In Health IT Workforce The pandemic has underlined the importance of nurses working together and ensuring we are better prepared for any future crisis, as highlighted during the 'European Nurses Facing COVID-19' webinar. Patients have embraced the shift to digital, with nurses supporting digital engagement.

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How Nurse Practitioner Authority Varies By State

Iris Telehealth

The degree to which nurse practitioners (NPs) can utilize the full extent of their education and training varies from state to state and practice to practice. According to the AANP , nurse practitioners’ independence varies depending on what state they choose to practice in. Collaborative care.

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Getting Health Care at a Retail Pharmacy vs a Retail Store: Consumers May Be Favoring the Pharmacist Versus the Retailer

Health Populi

Strikingly, the trust deficit with retail stores for medical care was substantial, with 80% of consumers telling Wolters Kluwer that they would “probably never” go to a department store for health care. adults were open to have medications prescribed by a specially-trained pharmacist instead of a doctor.

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Checking In on Nurse Practitioner Residency Programs – Where Are We Now?

HealthStream

Primary care physician shortages and the size of the geriatric market will continue to drive a need for nurse practitioners and an expansion of nurse practitioner residency programs to train them.

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Adelaide virtual care project gets state backing

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A new health project in Adelaide seeks to provide virtually-delivered primary care services to patients with chronic conditions. In addition, the project will form a new digital health workforce by training doctors, nurses and allied health professionals in both hospital and primary care.

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Nursing Care Plan and Diagnosis for Hypertension: Understanding the Basics

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

As a registered nurse, developing an effective nursing care plan for hypertension is crucial in managing and treating patients with this condition. Understanding hypertension nursing diagnosis and interventions are critical for providing quality care to patients with this condition.

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Aging Populations of Consumers and Physicians Underpin the Future Doctor Shortage

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: How to mitigate the supply-and-demand gap between growing health citizen needs for care as we age, and a shortage of doctors? Consider a subset of physician shortage shown here in the third chart — that is the shortage expected for primary care doctors.