Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) new to ambulatory care practice traditionally have not had robust programs for orientation, leaving a multifaceted gap in this rapidly growing area of practice. Unit-based orientation was left to managers…

Introduction: An academic medical center in the Midwest has experienced steady growth in ambulatory clinic visits. Our staffing model relied heavily on RNs and LPNs, which did not allow top of license work for the RNs…

This session discusses standardized telephone practice and documentation in a large medical system for ambulatory nursing care, including a review of outcome process measures with utilization of the specified electronic form and documentation compliance of authorization, patient response to educati…

This session discusses standardized telephone practice and documentation in a large medical system for ambulatory nursing care, including a review of outcome process measures with utilization of the specified electronic form and documentation compliance of authorization, patient response to educati…

Purpose: While a nursing discharge planning processes existed within the ambulatory care orthopedic practice, the post-pandemic changes of the total arthroplasty patient prompted further examination and redesign of the existing processes for scope of licensure, resources utilization and assessment…

In the dynamic setting of a community internal medicine (CIM) clinic, the adverse effects of the nationwide licensed practical nurse (LPN) recruitment crisis and ongoing understaffing became untenable…