For all the debate about artificial intelligence in health care, one quietly transformative shift is taking place not through machines, but through video calls. A growing number of U.S. hospitals are now using virtual nurses to handle admissions and discharges remotely. The promise? Relief for burnt-out bedside nurses, better care coordination and fewer patients bouncing…
More than half of nurses are burned out. The consequences are severe. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses around the country reported feeling overworked and burned out. Burnout, characterized by energy depletion or exhaustion, job-related feelings of negativism or cynicism, and reduced professional efficacy, is not unique to nurses, with other types of health professionals…
Nurses play a vital role in uncovering and addressing patients’ social determinants of health (SDOH), Julia Resnick, the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) senior program manager of strategic initiatives, told nurse leaders during AONL 2021, the annual conference of the American Organization of Nursing Leadership. “Health is more than just healthcare and there is a growing…