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Front-line nurses are the clinicians most likely to encounter patients suffering from high anxiety. Full-immersion virtual reality simulation decreased nursing students’ anxiety levels when communicating with anxious patients, says new research published in the September issue of Clinical Simulation in Nursing. With anxiety as the most prevalent mental health disorder in the United States, nurses do not feel adequately prepared …

4 nurse executives reveal how they are adapting to a challenging healthcare environment. Until COVID-19 turned healthcare on its head, care models had not changed much since the early 20th century. But now, nurse executives are finding new and more efficient care models to adapt to the current state of nursing shortages, workforce pipeline challenges, fewer physicians, increased patient acuity, …