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What is a Patient Care Assistant’s Role in a Hospital?

What is a Patient Care Assistant’s Role in a Hospital?

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Patient care assistants also known as caretakers or HCAs provide essential support healthcare services and compassionate care to patients either at a healthcare facility, home healthcare setting, or the patient themselves. Working alongside nurses and supervisors, they offer a wide range of patient support services. (more…)

5 Key Benefits of Nursing Informatics

5 Key Benefits of Nursing Informatics

5 Key Benefits of Nursing Informatics

Global healthcare systems remain inefficient despite a wide range of efforts from nurses and health professionals; errors still happen occasionally.

Healthcare informatics and nursing informatics aim to optimize patient care by eliminating errors, inefficiencies, and waste in processes and care delivery systems. (more…)

Top 5 Patient Safety Issues in Nursing

Top 5 Patient Safety Issues in Nursing

Top 5 Patient Safety Issues in Nursing

Experts estimate that at least one person dies daily due to pharmaceutical mistakes. Over 1.3 million are injured annually due to these mistakes despite increasing education programs, electronic medical record systems (EMRs), and safety precautions to combat pharmaceutical errors. (more…)

All About Acute Pain Nursing Care Plan

All About Acute Pain Nursing Care Plan

Acute Pain Nursing Care Plan Causes, Sign & Symptoms

Acute pain nursing care plan helps nurses care for patients who have sudden pain. It gives step-by-step ways to check pain and help the patient feel better. In this blog, you will learn what acute pain is and how to make a good care plan for it. (more…)

How Does (LPNs) Nurse Burnout Affect Patient Care?

How Does (LPNs) Nurse Burnout Affect Patient Care?

How Does (LPNs) Nurse Burnout Influence Patient Care?

The nursing staff is already under stress from the increased demand for patient care.  Patient care delivery has become even more difficult in the healthcare industry. (more…)

What is Patient-Centered Care? Important Aspect of Advanced Nursing Care

What is Patient-Centered Care? Important Aspect of Advanced Nursing Care

Patient-Centered Care: Important Aspect of Advanced Nursing Care

Patient-centered healthcare is a healthcare approach that puts the patient in control. When patients take an active part in their care, health care professionals find that they feel empowered, and the results improve. Patient-centered care improves health, reduces the number of unnecessary procedures, and honors patients’ preferences. (more…)

What is Nursing Scope of Practice?

What is Nursing Scope of Practice?

The term “scope of practice or nursing scope of practice” describes the activities that a person with a license to practice as a health professional is allowed to do. These activities are increasingly governed by laws passed by state legislatures and by regulations made by the relevant licensing body. (more…)

Nursing Process Steps and Phases: LPN Programs

Nursing Process Steps and Phases: LPN Programs

Nursing Process Steps and Phases LPN programs

A nurse’s most useful tool in her practice is the nursing process. Nursing schools provide first-year nursing students with information on the nursing process. However, many nurses are unaware of its significance in patient care. This article will discuss the nursing process in LPN programs, including its history, purpose, and essential characteristics, with five steps. After reading this article, you can answer the question “What is the nursing process?” and comprehend the five procedures involved in the practical nurse’s health work. (more…)

LPN Courses and Programs: A Guide to Common Classes and Topics Covered

LPN Courses and Programs: A Guide to Common Classes and Topics Covered

LPN Courses: A Guide to Daily Classes and Topics Covered

Nursing and healthcare jobs require at least an associate’s level. Many others require a bachelor’s degree or higher. LPN positions are exempt from this requirement. To earn a non-degree, you will attend a formal training program instead of an associate’s/bachelor’s degree program. The process will generally take about a year. (more…)

How to Prepare for the TEAS Exam for LPN Programs?

How to Prepare for the TEAS Exam for LPN Programs?

How to Prepare for the TEAS Exam for LPN Programs

What is the TEAS Test?

The ATI TEAS test has four sections. Mathematics, physics, and literature are the three. It also includes English and vocabulary. The test contains 170 questions with a time limit of 209 minutes & has 20 wide range of questions that can be used for personal use only without being evaluated. (more…)

What is a Patient Care Assistant’s Role in a Hospital?

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Patient care assistants also known as caretakers or HCAs provide essential support healthcare services and compassionate care to patients either at a healthcare facility, home healthcare setting, or the patient themselves. Working alongside nurses and supervisors, they offer a wide …

5 Key Benefits of Nursing Informatics

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Global healthcare systems remain inefficient despite a wide range of efforts from nurses and health professionals; errors still happen occasionally. Healthcare informatics and nursing informatics aim to optimize patient care by eliminating errors, inefficiencies, and waste in processes and care …

Top 5 Patient Safety Issues in Nursing

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Experts estimate that at least one person dies daily due to pharmaceutical mistakes. Over 1.3 million are injured annually due to these mistakes despite increasing education programs, electronic medical record systems (EMRs), and safety precautions to combat pharmaceutical errors.

All About Acute Pain Nursing Care Plan

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Acute pain nursing care plan helps nurses care for patients who have sudden pain. It gives step-by-step ways to check pain and help the patient feel better. In this blog, you will learn what acute pain is and how to …

How Does (LPNs) Nurse Burnout Affect Patient Care?

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The nursing staff is already under stress from the increased demand for patient care.  Patient care delivery has become even more difficult in the healthcare industry.

What is Patient-Centered Care? Important Aspect of Advanced Nursing Care

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Patient-centered healthcare is a healthcare approach that puts the patient in control. When patients take an active part in their care, health care professionals find that they feel empowered, and the results improve. Patient-centered care improves health, reduces the number …

What is Nursing Scope of Practice?

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The term “scope of practice or nursing scope of practice” describes the activities that a person with a license to practice as a health professional is allowed to do. These activities are increasingly governed by laws passed by state legislatures …

Nursing Process Steps and Phases: LPN Programs

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A nurse’s most useful tool in her practice is the nursing process. Nursing schools provide first-year nursing students with information on the nursing process. However, many nurses are unaware of its significance in patient care. This article will discuss the …

LPN Courses and Programs: A Guide to Common Classes and Topics Covered

Posted on by developer_vervecollege

Nursing and healthcare jobs require at least an associate’s level. Many others require a bachelor’s degree or higher. LPN positions are exempt from this requirement. To earn a non-degree, you will attend a formal training program instead of an associate’s/bachelor’s …

How to Prepare for the TEAS Exam for LPN Programs?

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What is the TEAS Test? The ATI TEAS test has four sections. Mathematics, physics, and literature are the three. It also includes English and vocabulary. The test contains 170 questions with a time limit of 209 minutes & has 20 …