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Award-winning health journalist Liz Seegert explains why nursing plays such an important role in tackling older patients’ ""most insidious challenge: ageism in healthcare.” (Article starts on p. 20.) It’s behind the serious shortage of geriatric specialists, even though demand is on the rise. Although al medical schools in the U.S. require pediatric training, less than 10 percent require geriatric training. Fewer than 1% of nurses are formally trained to work with older adults. One solution? Train all healthcare providers to care for older patients. “Caring for older people takes specialized knowledge, the ability to tackle multiple problems at once, and someone who is unfazed by complexity. It takes a person who understands that the pieces are always moving, and that a condition isn’t just a ‘Costco Wholesale recipe,’ says Jennie Chin Hansen, former president of AARP and herself a nurse. This makes it “a partnership like no other”—and a deeply rewarding career. https://buff.ly/3yPXo1I

📢 Continuing with highlighting highly cited articles in Nursing Reports! We would like to share the following paper with you 📄 "Health Literacy in Adults with Chronic Diseases in the Context of Community Health Nursing: A Scoping Review" by Annike Morgane Nock, Sabine Metzing, Ivonne-Nadine Jürgensen, and Corinna Petersen-Ewert 📝 This scoping review summarized that educational interventions by advanced nurses are essential components for improving chronic disease selfcare outcomes and health literacy. Literature that was analyzed underlined positive associations between nurse-led communication strategies and positive outcomes in patients with chronic disease. 🌟 This review provides a foundation for advancing Community Health Nursing-led strategies in primary care settings, bridging healthcare gaps, and supporting equitable access to health information. 🔗 Read the full study here: https://lnkd.in/g3zewnMf #MDPI #OpenAccess #HealthLiteracy #CommunityNursing #ChronicIllness #NursingResearch #NursingReports #PatientCare #PrimaryHealthcare

As a follow-up on my last post about the difficulty of getting access to primary care physicians, I note EBRI's recent research that revealed a distinct trend away from PCPs and to NPs (nurse practitioners). This shift hasn't resulted in lower costs. From 2010–2020, the share of health spending in commercial health plans that was put toward primary care rose 30 percent. Understanding why the shift toward nurse practitioners hasn’t resulted in lower costs or improved access to care is an important puzzle to address given the importance of primary care for employers and employees. https://lnkd.in/emsg4cUM

ENP-C presented a poster at the International Council of Nurses NP/APN Network conference in September 2024 in Aberdeen, Scotland. Their poster was titled How Nurse Practitioners Can Address the United States’ Poor State of Health and Effect Change to Address the Ubiquity of Non-Communicable Chronic Disease. The poster highlighted the rising rates of obesity and the impact of chronic disease rates on the U.S. healthcare system. A novel approach combines the roles of Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Coach, and Lifestyle Medicine Professional. The triple combination style utilizes a holistic methodology including root-cause discovery, education, and patient partnering for health behavior change. Each element addresses the quintuple aim.   

Just completed the BMJ Learning course "Clinical Pointers: Frailty" This practical module for GPs provides valuable insights into assessing, measuring, and managing frailty in older adults. Learned how to: * Identify and objectively measure frailty * Conduct a mini comprehensive geriatric assessment * Develop personalized care plans * Improve patient outcomes * Implement strategies to prevent and slow frailty progression Highly recommend this course to GPs, GP trainees, practice nurses, and physician associates! #frailty #eldercare #BMJLearning**

🌟 Join Us for the 2nd International Conference on Nursing and Healthcare! 🌟 🗓 Date: July 28-30, 2025 📍 Location: Frankfurt, Germany We are thrilled to announce the upcoming 2nd International Conference on Nursing and Healthcare in the beautiful city of Frankfurt! This conference is a unique opportunity to connect with global leaders in nursing, healthcare professionals, researchers, and innovators 🔥 Why Attend? Engage in thought-provoking discussions on the latest trends and challenges in nursing and healthcare Network with industry experts and like-minded professionals ·        Participate in interactive workshops and panel discussions ·        Discover innovative solutions and research that are shaping the future of healthcare ·        Exchange ideas and experiences with peers from around the world This conference is your chance to contribute to the global conversation on improving healthcare delivery and patient outcomes Whether you're looking to expand your knowledge, share your expertise, or collaborate on groundbreaking projects, this event is not to be missed! 📢 Register Now: [Insert Registration Link] For more information, visit: [Insert Conference Website] #Nursing2025 #HealthcareConference #Frankfurt #GlobalHealth #NursingInnovation #HealthcareLeadership #MedicalConference #NursingEducation #PatientCare #ClinicalPractice #NursingResearch #HealthcareTechnology #Telemedicine #HealthcarePolicy #PublicHealth #InterdisciplinaryCare #NursePractitioners #HealthEquity #ChronicDiseaseManagement #EmergencyNursing #PediatricNursing #GeriatricCare #MentalHealthNursing #NursingEthics #GlobalNursing #HealthcareInnovation #PrimaryCareNursing #CommunityHealth #EvidenceBasedPractice #NursingLeadership #HealthPromotion #NursingAdvocacy #NursingWorkforce #NursingEducationReform #AdvancedPracticeNursing #NursingScholarship #IntegratedCare #HealthInformationTechnology #HealthcareSustainability 

As senior nurses or AHP, you will be well versed on the impact that poor professional relationships can have on an individual. To stress, anxiety or absenteeism, to reduced confidence, feeling disempowered or experiencing low self-esteem. Along with the clinical and emotional challenges that manifest themselves in critical care and other environments. You may or may not feel comfortable talking to your colleagues about particular issues. If you do, having access to a peer support in your clinical environment provides a positive real time resource. Designed from the bottom up, rather than at board level and driven by your department. It can be the first step to preventing further difficulties, by offering supportive conversations within the context of work. Undertaken by your peers who are familiar with your clinical area, and its challenges, but it is not promoted as a replacement for other therapeutic interventions. The Intensive Care Society developed a strategy in 2020, and offer a framework, and a 1-1 on line training course for ICU staff to become peer supporters. Check out the link for more information. https://lnkd.in/eD8vPseD #seniornurse #alliedhealthprofessional #peersupport

On February 7th, Missouri concluded public hearings for House Bill 1773, which aims to grant independent practice authority to the state’s APRNs. This bill would allow eligible advanced nurses to practice without the supervision of a physician and grant them the same authority to prescribe medications. Granting APRNs independent practice is said to aid in the growing health disparities in rural communities, where physicians are less common. Advanced nurses are one of the fastest-growing specialties and can bridge this care gap for patients in Missouri and in other parts of the U.S. APRNs must be in good standing with over 2,000 documented hours partnered with a supervising physician to be eligible for independent practice. If passed, this legislation will align Missouri with 11 other states which allow independent practice for APRNs after meeting certain requirements. This article will outline the three changes proposed by HB 1773, the pros and cons of independent practice for APRNs, and an overview of the legislation on independent practice across the United States. https://hubs.la/Q02l9K8D0 #aprns #hb1773 #nursepractitioner #nursingnews #statelegislation

Lived experience is so important, but to effect real change we need data and indisputable evidence to back up what nurses are telling us. Recently, MNU posted about the average median wait times throughout all WRHA ER/UC = 3.62 hours. Two things to note: while the average ER/UC wait times are going up, it seems like the average ER/UC visits are going down. MNU’s in-house research team tracks weekly visits to WRHA ER/UC facilities. For the data that we have (dating back to March 2024), average weekly visits to all WRHA facilities in 2023 were 5139, and in 2024 average weekly visits to date are 4915. In other words, while we have fewer average weekly visits, we’re seeing longer median wait times. Also important is that the reason ‘median’ is used as a statistic for wait times (instead of average), is because it is less affected by outliers (i.e. extremely short or extremely long waits). For a value to be the median wait time, all that needs to happen is that 50% of people wait less time and 50% of people wait more time. For example, say there are 7 people in the waiting room. They could be waiting the following number of hours: 1hr, 1hr, 1 hr, 4 hrs, 8hrs, 9hrs, 10hrs. The median wait time for this group would be 4hrs (the average would be 4.85hrs). Another group of 7 people could wait: 3hrs, 3hrs, 3hrs, 4hrs, 8hrs, 9hrs, 10hrs. Their median wait time is also 4hrs (the average is 5.71hrs). All this to say that you don’t need a “large number of people waiting a very short time” to get those median values. All this to say, wait times are rising despite visits declining. This is indisputable evidence that timely patient care is trending in the wrong direction.

Have you heard of the POLST form? It’s OK if you haven’t. We (healthcare professionals) don’t talk about it enough. Not to mention, not every state in the US is using it widespread and some call it by a different name. REGARDLESS  of whether or not your state is using it, you should be aware of POLST. Understanding the language on the national POLST form is a way to communicate your person’s overall goal of care quickly to medical professionals. POLST can take what has been documented in a LIving Will (or communicated to you directly by your person) and turn that into a form that is actionable to paramedics, nurses, and doctors when making emergency medical decisions. In my opinion, as an ER physician, this is the best tool we have to quickly communicate a patient’s overall goal of care when they are unable to do so for themselves. POLST is a valuable tool for a person living with dementia. Especially in the following circumstances: 1 - If they would no longer want CPR 2 - When they would want to stay out of the intensive care unit. 3 - If the person would want to stay out of the hospital unless they could not be kept comfortable where they’re living. Leave me your POLST questions here so I can make more content for you. #DementiaDecisions #PhysicianEducator #DementiaCare #CaregiverTips