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But there is a team currently working on standardizing a policy statewide.
Frontline health care workers have been deservedly heralded as heroes during the nearly two-year battle against COVID-19 while, less visibly, nurse educators have made possible nurses’ delivery of everything from lifesaving emergency services to end-of-life care. Nurse educators and programs are primarily responsible for the preparation of a diverse, culturally competent, and outstanding nursing workforce for the national and global communities. In recognition of the essential role of nursing education during the pandemic, and in celebration of its historic and continuing inspiration to nurses everywhere, the National League for Nursing has announced 2022 as the Year of the Nurse Educator.
| January 2022 See what your fellow nurses are reading! Browse this month's round-up of 10 top articles from Lippincott's prestigious list of nursing journals. |  |
And now for something completely different!
Some of you may have caught the immersive Van Gogh exhibit this summer in Milwaukee ... so you might be interested in this short 4-minute TED Talk.
Starry Night is one of those paintings everyone seems to recognize.
But do you know the math and science behind it?
I invite you to take a break and dive into:
Are you working to implement Ascension's Recognize and Rescue Tool Kit in Wisconsin? Or just curious about it?
Want access to the referenced articles?
Because so many people may be wanting these articles, we've created context-specific collections (via PubMed) of the articles according to the chapters and topics. This is the best way to share the content and make it accessible while maintaining copyright.
Ascension RandR - Chapter 5 - Person-Centered Engagement (3 citations)Ascension RandR - Chapter 8 - Nursing Education (2 citations)Ascension RandR - Chapter 9 - Promote Teamwork (3 citations)
Kellee and I are excited to be able to help with this colossal effort to improve patient care and patient safety. Let us know how else we can assist you!
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Michele Matucheski Kellee Selden
In the face of rampant misinformation on social media, the interdisciplinary team of PhDs and Clinicians at Dear Pandemic recommend the following steps for good Information Hygiene:
Take 20 seconds guidance serves as an apt metaphor for practicing good information hygiene. Peter Adams, the News Literacy Project’s senior vice president of education, made the connection during a March 14 segment of NPR’s All Things Considered. Here is how Peter described it: “The equivalent of taking 20 seconds and washing your hands is very much the same in the information space. If everyone can take 20 seconds, investigate the source, do a quick Google search, stay skeptical, we can eliminate a great deal of the confusion and misinformation out there.”