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It’s critically important to provide educational opportunities for nurses to become leaders in their respective fields of practice.

Simulation is commonly used among higher learning institutions and healthcare facilities to train and evaluate nurses’ skills and competencies.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, growing numbers of healthcare providers were exploring remote patient monitoring (RPM) as a supplement to in-person office visits.

The field of nursing is guided by many theoretical, philosophical ideas that change over time. These ideas offer different perspectives on nursing practice as a whole and its relationship to nursing.

A survey conducted by the American Nurses Association (ANA) found 23% of respondents reporting feelings of depression; of these, 1% reported suicidal ideations within the last 14 days.

Considering today’s patients and standards of care, it is important for nurse leaders to help create a work environment that is supportive of nurse well-being and patient safety.

Nurses have been challenged to remain at the bedside, providing competent, compassionate care while grieving the loss of patients and coworkers. For many, spiritual practices help to alleviate stress.

Nurse leaders should prioritize these types of interventions to help other healthcare team members mitigate and avoid stress and burnout.

Nursing students felt more prepared for actual nursing practice after using the BOSS method in patient care simulations.

The authors suggest that systemic implementation strategies be developed to help improve screening and participation in interventions designed to reverse prediabetes trends.

Even beyond peak patient levels in 2020, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic challenges healthcare organizations’ typical approach to nurse staffing.

A wealth of research shows that appropriate nurse staffing improves patient outcomes and increases satisfaction among patients and staff members.

Nursing has always been an innovative profession — by its very nature, such work requires nurses to constantly assess, evaluate, and find solutions to problems which may vary tremendously in an ever-changing environment.

Alarm fatigue is a well-documented problem among nurses, the study may help nurse educators develop strategies to improve awareness of alarm fatigue among nursing students.

As nurse retention, especially new nurse retention, continues to be problematic for healthcare organizations, new strategies are needed to help foster relationships and improve skill sets so the best nursing care is provided.

A variety of healthcare outcomes measures help nursing leaders and administrators identify or rule out effective methods of patient care.