How ECHO Based Programs are Providing Opportunities for Nurses The purpose of Gail Pfeifer's article "Improving Access to Specialty Care for Veterans"," is to identify the ECHO program and how it is being implemented by nurses. The article, published in the American Journal of Nursing, discusses various ways in which nurses participate in ECHO programs as well as opportunities for nurses to become involved in them, and mostly how the SCAN-ECHO programs have been successful in improving care for veterans. Jeanne Boyle, MSN, RN, is the executive nurse manager at the University of New Mex...

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From my time in the Emergency Room at Berger Hospital in my hometown shadowing Heather Potts, RN, I have gained tremendous insight into what it means to be a good nurse. ... This characteristic of paying it forward, exemplifying empathy in my own community is something I hope to preserve when I become a nurse. ... I look forward to learning how to best work alongside physicians, pharmacists, respiratory therapists and others. In the hectic and fast-paced settings that most healthcare sites have become it is important to be able to rely on their expertise and support to elevate the care of pati...

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