Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS). However, the CNS position required the hire to have a Master’s of Science in Nursing, which I did not have. The job description was changed to allow me to land the position and the title given me was Clinical Educator—Cardiovascular Services. While the new position allowed me to do everything I loved, from being involved with new nurses to helping patients to providing educative experiences to helping develop Cardio Services programs and to positively impact patient outcomes—it was still felt that I should pursue my MSN.… Continue Reading...
who've attained advanced clinical and educational practice requirements. They include clinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists, certified nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners. Experts project that the demand for APRNs is bound to increase as hospitals pay more attention to the most unstable and sickest patients and move most of health services to homes, nurse-managed clinics, birthing centers, schools, community health centers, and other centers and venues (American Nurses Association, 2011). This stand on health policy as nurses view it, calls for action for APRNs to equip themselves with the knowledge of how current health policy works and how various initiatives will affect… Continue Reading...
to the education among the intervention patients.
Education is an effective way to address gaps in knowledge; nurse educators or clinical nurse specialists are the primary educators for these innovations. Providing data to clinical staff specific to CAUTI data from their unit/facility and then educating on ways to reduce the knowledge gaps could be an effective way to reduce CAUTI in acute care patients. CAUTI reduction programs with evidence based protocol driven guidelines which are educated to the staff are also effective to help reduce CAUTI. There is also financial savings that can be considered with the reduction in CAUTI (Scanlon, 2017). The education will be nurse driven but patient… Continue Reading...
measurement and quality, as well as payment and reporting adjustments. Physicians and their assistants, clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, and certified registered nurse anesthetics are all part of the eligible clinicians indicated in Medicare Part B and their QPP includes the tracks of payment for: (Gaylis & Gaylis, 2017).
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System.
The physicians who are not involved in any form of APM will automatically be on the track of MIPS. Some will be exempted if they fail to meet the “low volume threshold” of the MIPS which can be an undefined least number of patients, the permitted charges for a performance… Continue Reading...
