Cheryl Ridgway on LinkedIn: Virtual Nurse Expo (2024)

🌟 Exciting Update for the Nursing Community! 🚀As we reflect on the future of nursing outlined in articles such as "The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity," it's inspiring to see how far we've come in just a few short years. Let's take a moment to compare the predictions made in the report with where we stand in nursing today in 2024:Addressing Health Disparities: Nurses have stepped up to the challenge of addressing health disparities head-on. Through innovative strategies and increased collaboration, we've made significant strides in reaching underserved communities and promoting health equity for all.Telehealth and Technology: The adoption of telehealth and technology in nursing practice has soared, providing greater access to care and improving patient outcomes. Nurses are leveraging digital tools to deliver remote consultations, monitor patients' health, and enhance patient education.Mental Health and Well-being: Recognizing the importance of mental health and well-being, efforts to support nurses' resilience and mitigate burnout have gained momentum. Wellness programs, counseling services, and peer support networks are helping nurses prioritize self-care and maintain their well-being.Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: The nursing profession is making significant strides in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. With initiatives focused on increasing workforce diversity, addressing implicit bias, and creating inclusive environments, we're striving to ensure a more representative and equitable workforce.Leadership and Policy Advocacy: Nurse leaders are playing a pivotal role in shaping healthcare policy and advocating for patient-centered care. Their expertise and advocacy efforts are driving positive change at local, national, and global levels, influencing decision-making processes and improving healthcare outcomes.While challenges remain, such as staffing shortages and disparities in access to care, it's heartening to see the progress we've made towards achieving the goals outlined in "The Future of Nursing 2020-2030" report. Together, through innovation, collaboration, and advocacy, we're continuing to advance health equity and improve healthcare outcomes for all.Are you facing staffing challenges, get in touch with me and let us work together! 💪💼#NursingCommunity #HealthEquity #FutureOfHealthcare #NurseLeadership #InnovationAndAdvocacyFeel free to share your thoughts and experiences in the comments below. Let's continue the conversation and inspire positive change together! 🌟

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Social media can be a great tool for connecting with others and sharing experiences, but it's important to be mindful of the risks involved, especially as a healthcare provider. In recent years, more and more medical professionals have faced consequences for their social media activity, with some even being cancelled by the public over things they posted online. To stay safe and navigate the fine line between sharing and oversharing, it's crucial to be aware of the guidelines and policies for social media use in healthcare settings. Check out our blog for more information on how to protect yourself and your professional reputation. Remember, always think before you hit the post button. Stay safe and responsible online. https://lnkd.in/gyN7WGU3#SocialMedia #Healthcare #Nurses #TravelNurse #TheraExStaffing

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How WellSpan Health Is Using Artisight’s Virtual Nursing Tech to Reduce Burnout – MedCity News - MedCity News #Title: How WellSpan Health Uses Artisight's Virtual Nursing Tech to Combat Burnout#Summary:WellSpan Health, a leading healthcare provider, has implemented Artisight's virtual nursing technology to address the issue of burnout among its nursing staff. By leveraging this innovative solution, WellSpan Health aims to improve patient care, enhance workflow efficiency, and reduce the burden on nurses. The virtual nursing technology provides real-time monitoring, alerts, and assistance to nurses, allowing them to focus on critical tasks and reducing the risk of burnout. This implementation is part of WellSpan Health's commitment to leveraging technology to improve healthcare delivery and support their nursing staff.#Headings and Inline Hashtags:1. Introduction to WellSpan Health's Burnai.mediformatica.com#health #artisight #hospital #platform #nurses #medcity #news #clinical #healthsystems #hospitals #nursing #pilot #digitalhealth #healthit #healthtech #healthcaretechnology@MediFormatica (https://buff.ly/4amnCY2)

Flexible nursing shifts are gaining traction.I recently read a great article in Becker's Healthcare by Mariah Taylor.It discusses how Mercy Health's St Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio, is using “creative shifts” that fit the diverse needs of its staff. The system allows for unconventional shifts such as:▪ 12-hour shifts starting at any time ▪ 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. schedules▪ Schedules for new mothers. ▪ Flexibility with weekend shifts. The flexibility is available for everyone. And the results are solid.The flexible scheduling has helped reduce nurse turnover rates from 23% during the height of the pandemic to 12.5% today, she said.Congrats Cory Werts and the Mercy Health system.This is progress.My big question about this great success story is whether they used technology to achieve these stellar results.According to the article, the hospital utilizes a centralized staffing and scheduling department - likely a group of people.Scheduling the old-fashioned way is hard work—there are dozens of ever-changing moving pieces, which makes it difficult for humans to keep up and maximize efficiency. I’d love to learn more about their approach, which led to such a great outcome! I am proud to share that M7 Health is helping hospitals achieve outcomes like St. Rita’s Medical Center’s - without increasing headcount.M7 leverages staff preference data to devise staffing models that include non-traditional shift types to meet the workforce’s work-life needs.We’re making nurses’ jobs more sustainable and helping hospitals stabilize their workforce to meet patients’ needs. #nursinginnovation #nursesonlinkedin

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This is a fantastic start! In addition, we should know the patterns in our environment such as volume by day, churn by hour, etc. and match staffing resources by skill to meet these demands based on data! Much of what seems to be unpredictable in healthcare really isn't. And, why are we STILL using ADC when the MODE is much more accurate with less variability?!

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Parity has immense potential to transform your perinatal (OB & NICU) nurse staffing, enhancing efficiency, patient care, and reducing labor costs. With features like real-time acuity-based nurse staffing, objective decision-making tools for Charge Nurses, acuity-based productivity targets, staffing trend analysis, predictive scheduling, patient volume insights, and cost utilization tracking, Parity empowers you to optimize nursing resources, improve labor efficiency, and enhance patient care outcomes.Parity's impact on labor efficiency and alignment with patient needs has delivered significant financial benefits to current customers. Here's why labor cost savings matter:1. Healthcare Financial Sustainability: Managing labor costs ensures long-term financial sustainability while delivering high-quality patient care.2. Resource Allocation: Align staffing with patient acuity to meet care needs, minimizing risks of understaffing or overstaffing and improving patient outcomes.3. Improved Staff Satisfaction and Retention: Adequate staffing reduces burnout, enhances job satisfaction, and lowers turnover, recruitment, and training costs. Heavy workloads and unsafe nurse-patient ratios are the top reasons nurses leave the bedside.4. Enhanced Patient Safety: Proper staffing mitigates risks, reduces adverse events, and improves patient safety metrics.5. Regulatory Compliance: Parity helps meet regulations and standards by providing objective data to support staffing decisions.To revolutionize your perinatal staffing, we can no longer rely on outdated legacy systems and processes for calculating nurse staffing levels or workloads. Embracing innovations like Parity is crucial to achieving different outcomes such as improved staffing, reduced labor expenses, decreased nurse turnover, labor efficiency, and nurse schedules aligned with patient flow.To learn more and book a demo, click the link below:https://lnkd.in/g84q4zkG#PerinatalCare#NurseStaffing#PatientCare#Innovation#HealthcareTechnology#parity#maternalhealth#maternalmortality#healthcare#healthcareinnovation#nursesonlinkedin#healthcareleadership#healthcareleadership#femtech#femalefounder#dataanalytics#software#staffing#nurse#productivity#analytics #healthcaremanagement #nursemanager #nurseleaders #nurseleadership #nurses

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As a nurse-driven media company, it is extremely important for The Nursing Beat to attend traditionally non-nursing conferences to facilitate the forward progression of our profession. Why you ask? 👉#Nurses must be involved in politics so that they can shape regulatory requirements and safe patient conditions. 👉Nurses must be involved in #fashion and design so that they can help build medical apparel that makes their job efficient. 👉Nurses need to participate in technology #innovation because they are the end-user of many products.As a #clinician, have you ever looked at a #healthcare product and thought, why was it made this way? It doesn't make sense. I'm pretty sure all 3 million nurses in the U.S. would raise their hand. We have to put ourselves in rooms where no nurse exists so that the public understands the depth of value we carry. #nursesonlinkedin

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💡 Day 5: Innovation in NursingInnovation is a key driver of progress in healthcare, and nurses are often at the forefront of this change, implementing new methods and technologies to improve patient care. Today, we highlight the incredible innovative spirit of nurses around the world who are not just caregivers but pioneers in the medical field.Nurses play a critical role in developing and adopting new healthcare technologies, from telemedicine platforms that extend care to remote areas to advanced monitoring systems that enhance patient safety. They are also instrumental in refining patient care protocols, ensuring that new approaches are both effective and compassionate.Beyond technology, nurses innovate in patient care through their daily problem-solving. They adapt resources creatively in understaffed or under-equipped settings, develop unique care strategies for complex cases, and lead initiatives to improve patient outcomes and satisfaction. Their insights, drawn from hands-on patient experiences, drive many improvements in healthcare systems worldwide.Today, let’s applaud the ingenuity and resilience of nurses. Whether it’s through introducing new technology, shaping policies, or transforming practices, their contributions are vital to advancing healthcare. Have you encountered a nurse who introduced a new idea or practice that made a significant difference in care delivery? Share your stories and celebrate the innovative spirit of nursing in the comments below.#NursesWeek #NursingInnovation #FutureOfHealthcare

The landscape of health care changes fast. Advancements occur at lightning speed. And yet one relic has remained unchanged for decades: the nurse call button. But why? Reflecting on this stagnation prompts us to consider the incredible progress we've made in other areas of health care. Take, for instance, the story of the Kennedy baby – born prematurely during JFK's presidency. Despite access to the best care available at the time, the baby tragically did not survive. Fast forward to today, and we possess the remarkable ability to save premature babies born as early as 22 weeks. Such advancements underscore the vast strides we've made in medical science and technology.However, amidst this progress, the workload for nurses has intensified. With increasingly complex patient needs, including more medications, charting requirements, and sicker patients, nurses are stretched thin. While some tasks could be delegated to other health care professionals, many requests still funnel through the nursing staff.Attempts to introduce technology into patient rooms, such as Alexa devices or iPads, have often led to more distractions and added burden for the nursing team. Recognizing the need for innovation while preserving efficiency and patient experience, we embarked on a journey to reimagine the role of the nurse call button.Enter Helen – our novel solution that modernizes patient care. Rather than burdening nurses with non-clinical requests, Helen uses connected apps in the patient rooms and the hands of nurses to redirect non-clinical requests to a dedicated team. We affectionately call these people Helen concierges. This innovative approach gives immense time and energy back to nurses and reserves the call button for its original and intended purpose: urgent medical needs.Feedback from our multiple pilot programs has been overwhelmingly positive. Nurses report saving an average of one to two hours per shift, previously spent on fulfilling non-clinical requests. Patients, too, view the introduction of Helen as a welcome enhancement to their hospital experience, giving them comfort and control like never before. While our pilot program is not without its challenges, we remain committed to continuous improvement. After all, that’s what true innovation requires.As we celebrate Nurses Week, let us reaffirm our dedication to alleviating the burdens faced by our incredible nursing staff – and help them return to the work they love. To the nurses who tirelessly care for our community, your unwavering dedication and compassion inspire us all.#NursesWeek #HealthcareInnovation #NurseCallButton #PatientCare #HealthcareTransformation #InnovationInHealthcare #Nursing #PatientExperience #HealthcareAdvancements

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