Nursing administration quarterly
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Nurses are quintessential learners. Nested between the fields of science and technology, the professional mandate for life-long learning has never been greater. ⋯ By blending the best of current training and education with the emerging potential of virtual learning, new models for enhancing clinical reasoning and performance will simplify the challenges of complexity, moving it to higher order. In this transition lies the key to restoring the joy and commitment of professional practice while enhancing the capacity to care with competence.
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Nursing professionals have been aware of the management challenges associated with hospital scheduling and staffing for years. However, today's changing work force, advances in technology, increased financial pressures, and regulatory oversight have put the scheduling process on health care's strategic agenda. Virtual staffing is the optimization of front-to-back hospital processes, integrating traditionally disparate systems to provide prospective and informed decisions about resource planning.