Showing posts with label community assistance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label community assistance. Show all posts

Monday, February 6, 2012

New Jersey Nurses Train to Coordinate Their Patients' Care

Last week, Beth Fitzgerald, reporting for NJ Spotlight, discussed how new nurses are learning a variety of skills to act as population care coordinators. The program, which is a collaborative effort between Horizon Healthcare Innovations (HHI), Duke University School of Nursing and Rutgers University College of Nursing, emphasizes the importance of new nurses taking on the roles of coach and health advocate in order to improve coordinated follow-up and preventive and wellness care. The program is also based off of the patient-centered medical home model of care and focuses on patient engagement to improve the overall quality of care.

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Innovative Program Run By Nurses Assist Troubled Teens Graduate High School

Yesterday, Kim Vallez, of local FOX affialiate KASA, detailed a program being conducted at the University of New Mexico Hospital to address low graduation rates among teenagers in high schools in the surrounding area. The program, "Nursing Diversity Pipeline", teaches teenagers from low graduation rate areas the basics of health care including CPR and first aid, as well as educating them about all the different professions that help a hospital run. So far, the program has been rather successful with around 80% of participating teenagers completing the program and graduating high school.

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