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5 Critical Thinking Strategies Every Nurse Needs to Prevent Patient Safety Errors
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A roundup of evidence-based critical thinking strategies nurses can use to prevent medication errors, falls, communication breakdowns, and other patient safety threats — with links to in-depth resources across RN Journal.
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The Role of a Nurse Educator: Integrating Evidence-Based Practice throughout Nursing Curricula
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Evidence-based practice (EBP) is necessary to provide safe & high-quality nursing care, yet nursing graduates commonly report low levels of confidence with utilizing clinical decisions based on their research findings. Nurse educators have an important role in developing EBP competence through the integration of evidence-based practice across the nursing curriculum. This academic briefing focused on EBP in nursing education, highlighted recent studies that substantiate effective teaching practices, and discussed implications for nurse educators to better prepare students for evidence-based practice.
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Silenced and Overlooked: The Impact of Societal Norms on Women’s Mental Health Care
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This article examines the ongoing influence of societal norms and gender bias in the treatment of women’s mental health. Despite advances in medical understanding, many women continue to face dismissal, misdiagnosis, and emotional invalidation within clinical settings. Drawing on contemporary research and lived experiences, the paper sheds light on issues such as medical gaslighting and diagnostic overshadowing, emphasizing how these challenges impact trust, access, and outcomes. It calls for greater awareness among healthcare providers, particularly nurses, and advocates for a more compassionate, inclusive approach to mental health care that validates the experiences of all patients.
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Revolutionizing Nursing Education: The Impact of Virtual Reality and Simulation Technologies
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The rapid evolution of virtual reality (VR) and simulation technologies is transforming nursing education by enhancing clinical training, improving decision-making skills, and fostering experiential learning. These advanced tools provide immersive and interactive environments that simulate real-world clinical scenarios, allowing nursing students to develop critical competencies in a safe and controlled setting. This paper examines the integration of VR and simulation technologies in nursing education, focusing on their impact on clinical skill acquisition, critical thinking, and patient safety. Additionally, it addresses the challenges of adopting these technologies, including cost, accessibility, and the need for faculty training. By exploring current innovations and future directions, this paper highlights the transformative potential of VR and simulation in preparing future nurses for complex healthcare environments.
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Innovation and Technology in the AI Era: Enhancing Healthcare Systems and Nursing Care in the U.S.
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This paper explores the impact of AI innovations in the U.S. healthcare system, particularly within the nursing profession. Key AI applications such as predictive analytics, robotic assistance, personalized medicine, and virtual nursing assistants are examined.
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Pyelonephritis: A Review of Literature
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Pyelonephritis needs to be diagnosed early so proper treatment can be instituted to prevent further complications. If urinary tract infection is left untreated, it can spread to the blood stream.
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Clinical Algorithms and Leadership
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Clinical algorithms can support the clinical practice of nursing staff. Nurses in acute care are expected to manage care for the acutely ill. The use of clinical algorithms can guide both new and experienced nurses with critical thinking and decision-making. The algorithms should be well organized and visually appealing. An algorithm should be re-evaluated after introduction into clinical practice, and further development should focus on its efficacy in producing a clinical outcome as well as by testing it in clinical education.
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Disease Preveniton and Health Promotion Screening: Breast Cancer
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Current risk factors for breast cancer, screening recommendations, and latest diagnostic assessments.
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The Importance of Educating in Real-Time
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Working in the acute care hospital, provides many opportunities to learn. As healthcare workers, we must recognize and act quickly on any situation that puts a patient at risk. A recent situation occurred in the hospital that required both the need to act and to provide education in real-time.
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Use Critical Thinking: It takes Only a Second for an Error to Occur
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Working in an acute care hospital, provides many opportunities for learning. As healthcare workers, we must recognize and confront situations that put our patients at risk for harm. A recent situation occurred in the hospital that did provide an opportunity for learning and the need for an action plan.
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Clinical Decision Support Need for Standardization
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Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) is interactive software that assists physicians in decision-making about their patients. The system utilize data from pharmacy, laboratory, radiology, and other patient monitoring systems to help physicians in enhancing patient care. Statistics show an increase in the number of medical institutions adopting CDSS in pursuit of reducing errors, improving the nursing documentation and improving patient outcomes. This paper discusses errors arising from the use of CDSS and ways of preventing them.
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The Cardiac Diagnostic Interventional Symposium (CDIS)
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The symposium focused on nursing and allied healthcare professional education.
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Cardiac Amyloidosis: The oft times missed cardiomyopathy - A nurse's personal story
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Having been in nursing for over 30 years, nothing I had learned in school or through experience would prepare me for the long, misdiagnosed disease my husband suffered that eventually took his life. Forever changing my perspective on healthcare, it has prompted me to share this story with other nurses, hopefully, averting this course for other patients, and possibly one’s own family member.
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The Challenge of MSA: Multiple System Atrophy
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Five months later his wife called and said “Jack has been diagnosed with MSA and there’s not much they can do.” I asked if she meant MRSA. “No, it’s like Parkinson’s but there’s no known medication that helps.” The diagnosis was made by a neurologist who specializes in multiple system atrophy (MSA).
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