Virtual nursing is becoming the standard of care, and nurse leaders must prepare for the next evolution.
In the latest edition of HealthLeaders' The Winning Edge webinar series, a panel of nurse leaders discussed what additional technologies can be integrated into your virtual nursing program, and how to optimize it to best support the bedside nurse and be cost effective.
The discussion included four key takeaways: how to individualize the program for the needs of your health system, get nurses involved, choose the right technology, and make the financial case with ROI metrics.
The Winning Edge for Advancing Your Virtual Nursing Program webinar included four experts on the subject: Catherine Hughes, senior vice president and chief nursing executive at Virtua Health; Sandy Alexander, associate nursing officer at Vanderbilt Health; Jennie Van Antwerp, director of digital acute care at OSF OnCall, and Dr. Christine Gall, DrPH, MS, BSN, chief nursing officer at Collette Health. Tune in to hear their insights.
This webinar was sponsored by Collette Health.
G Hatfield is the CNO editor for HealthLeaders.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Common goals for virtual nursing include reducing time spent completing administrative tasks such as admissions and discharges, and giving time back to bedside nurses.
Nurses are well equipped to give the best feedback to CNOs about workflows, and they can help with virtual nursing program adoption.
When selecting what technology to use, CNOs should pilot different technologies and give themselves plenty of time to test things with the understanding that it might not work the first time.