--- title: August 6, 2024 Nursing Newsletter description: "Explore Commonwealth Health Drafts Future Nurses,Administrators Love Med-Challenger, AANP Responds about NPs, Tracking Hand Hygiene with Technology" image: https://challengercme.com/hubfs/nurses.jpg --- [![Med-Challenger-green-logo-1024x244](https://challengercme.com/hubfs/Med-Challenger-green-logo-1024x244.webp) ](https://challengercme.com/) - [SHOP EXAM PREP & CME ](https://challengercme.com/blog/august-08-07-2024-nursing-newsletter-0-0#) ### [EMERGENCY MEDICINE](https://challengercme.com/emergency-medicine-exam-review-cme-course) [ABEM exam prep](https://challengercme.com/emergency-medicine-exam-review-cme-course), [MyEMCert](https://challengercme.com/emergency-medicine-myemcert-exam-review-course), etc. ### [FAMILY MEDICINE](https://challengercme.com/family-medicine-exam-review-cme-course) [ABFM exam prep](https://challengercme.com/family-medicine-exam-review-cme-course), [ABFM KSA](https://challengercme.com/family-medicine-moc-ksa-course), etc. ### [INTERNAL MEDICINE ABIM exam prep, MOC points, etc.](https://challengercme.com/internal-medicine-exam-review-cme-course) ### [OBGYN ABOG exam prep, CREOG, etc.](https://challengercme.com/obgyn-exam-review-cme-course) ### [PEDIATRICS ABP exam prep, MOCA-PEDS, etc.](https://challengercme.com/pediatric-medicine-exam-review-cme-course) ### [PEDIATRIC EM](https://challengercme.com/pediatric-emergency-medicine-3rd-edition) [ABP/ABEM exam prep Ed.3](https://challengercme.com/pediatric-emergency-medicine-3rd-edition), [Ed.2](https://challengercme.com/pediatric-emergency-medicine-pack2), etc. ### [SPECIAL PURPOSE / SPEX FSMB exam prep, etc.](https://challengercme.com/special-purpose-exam-review-spex-exam-preparation-course) ### [PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT](https://challengercme.com/physician-assistant-exam-review-cme-course) [PANCE / PANRE](https://challengercme.com/physician-assistant-exam-review-cme-course), [CAQ-EM](https://challengercme.com/pa-caq-em-review-course), etc ### [NURSE PRACTITIONER](https://challengercme.com/family-nurse-practitioner-exam-review-cme-course) [FNP](https://challengercme.com/family-nurse-practitioner-exam-review-cme-course), [ENP](https://challengercme.com/emergency-nurse-practitioner-exam-review-cne-course), [AGNP](https://challengercme.com/adult-gerontology-nurse-practitioner-exam-review-cne-course), [PNCB/CPNP](https://challengercme.com/pediatric-nurse-practitioner-exam-review-cne-course), etc. ### [NURSING / NCLEX NCLEX, CNE, etc.](https://challengercme.com/nursing-certification-nclex-exam-review-cne-courses) ### [STATE-REQUIRED CME / CE State CME requirements, etc.](https://challengercme.com/state-required-cme) ### [JOINT COMMISSION CME](https://challengercme.com/stroke-center-ce-review-course) [Stroke](https://challengercme.com/stroke-center-ce-review-course), [Cardiac](https://challengercme.com/cardiac-center-ce-review-course), [Trauma](https://challengercme.com/trauma-center-ce-review-course), [ALS](https://challengercme.com/advanced-life-support-and-resuscitation-center-ce-review-course), etc. ### [PROFESSIONALISM CME Professionalism review with CME](https://challengercme.com/professionalism-review-course) ### [DERMATOLOGY CME Dermatology review with CME](https://challengercme.com/dermatology-review-course) ### [USMLE STEP 2CK / STEP 3 USMLE exam prep, etc.](https://challengercme.com/usmle-certification-exam-review-clerkship-exams-shelf-exam-review) - [INSTITUTIONS ](https://challengercme.com/atlas-pro-inst) - [BLOG ](https://challengercme.com/blog) - [SUPPORT ](https://support.challengercme.com/knowledge) [SIGN IN ](https://fuse.challengercme.com/sign-in?redirectURL=%2Fuserdash) # August 6, 2024 Nursing Newsletter Explore Commonwealth Health Drafts Future Nurses,Administrators Love Med-Challenger, AANP Responds about NPs, Tracking Hand Hygiene with Technology [ Challenger Corporation ](https://challengercme.com/blog/author/challenger-corporation) Aug 7, 2024 ### < [All Posts](https://challengercme.com/blog) Try Med-Challenger Start a free trial today and save! 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If you look towards the middle of the article, the partnership between the hospital and the college is their local answer to a lack of education slots and clinical training opportunities. The Pennsylvania system has been developing many partnerships, as have other states, to extend nursing training into community colleges and even into high school programs for prospective students.   [Grow our own:' Commonwealth Health Drafts Future Nurses as State Faces Significant Shortage](https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/grow-our-own-commonwealth-health-drafts-future-nurses-as-state-faces-significant-shortage/article_37b3b019-3022-572b-b7d6-a82db99421c7.html?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8hwA5eQunATrZc3LLEx_VUxDdO9VbVrbfg78fLwu2BfcuJEYthQ3l8MMo39f5FC4D0Dnri) | ![nurse mindframe_nurses_in_classroom_--ar_251_--sref_httpss.mj.runwF_8f7e4756-9994-4ff8-aab5-9546a448cf64_2](https://challengercme.com/hs-fs/hubfs/nurse%20%20mindframe_nurses_in_classroom_--ar_251_--sref_httpss.mj.runwF_8f7e4756-9994-4ff8-aab5-9546a448cf64_2.jpg?width=787&height=55&name=nurse%20%20mindframe_nurses_in_classroom_--ar_251_--sref_httpss.mj.runwF_8f7e4756-9994-4ff8-aab5-9546a448cf64_2.jpg) ## [![NP NL CTA](https://challengercme.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NP%20NL%20CTA.png?width=800&height=267&name=NP%20NL%20CTA.png)](https://challengercme.com/medical-education-lms-for-nurse-practitioner-training-programs?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Obloxq8WYcFm99mwj3-H3Irwhtfg0wSKKU6_n6WYFrbDOxyWLV4-WF9xnRVyS2acDPJZx)Why Faculty and Administrators Love Med-Challenger  Med-Challenger offers expert preparation for certification exams, tailored to the specific topics and formats of advanced practice nurse certification. 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The problem is that there isn’t a single right or wrong answer to this issue. Before the NP boom, it was Physician Assistants. A PA with 20 years of experience as an Army Corpsman is usually highly competent, while a new PA fresh out of graduate school needs experience. But that’s the same for every medical profession. There are two issues. First, physicians undergo two years of mixed clinical rotations at school, three years of residency, and, in some specialties, additional years under supervision as a Fellow. The pronounced shift away from requiring 2 to 5 years of practical RN experience before becoming a Nurse Practitioner has taken a toll, and there is no substitute for experience. Second, money. The last two decades have seen a 26% reduction in inflation-adjusted Medicare reimbursement, a trend that also affects insurance reimbursement. Despite budget increases, factoring in inflation likely results in a decrease of around 19% in healthcare reimbursement and training dollars. Gaining practical clinical experience is a problem in every clinical type. [AANP Responds to Bloomberg News Story on Nurse Practitioners](https://www.bloomberg.com/letters/2024-07-29/aanp-responds-to-bloomberg-news-story-on-nurse-practitioners?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9ZIVjJ2DcANKwLlhjOzG4EM6OOHRmGngMXR6Z8pARyE1I5q9GelWen4q70bsOlhoN1S5hl) ![np divider mindframe_hospital_exterior_--ar_251_--sref_httpss.mj.runwFcv_14a712b0-705e-49fa-8870-40258cb1af8b_1](https://challengercme.com/hs-fs/hubfs/np%20divider%20mindframe_hospital_exterior_--ar_251_--sref_httpss.mj.runwFcv_14a712b0-705e-49fa-8870-40258cb1af8b_1.jpg?width=786&height=55&name=np%20divider%20mindframe_hospital_exterior_--ar_251_--sref_httpss.mj.runwFcv_14a712b0-705e-49fa-8870-40258cb1af8b_1.jpg) ## Tracking Hand Hygiene Adherence with Wearable Technology Using devices for performance monitoring can actually be rewarding, when it is in small doses, the staff is involved, fun but not earthshattering incentives are offered, and the data is completely open. In this case, a brief bout of wearable devices to improve handwashing hygiene. As can be imagined, the first reaction was “*are you really tracking where I am all day!?”*. Having settled that, the pilot program went along a lot better. A time is going to come, and very soon, when we’re going to have to figure out AI-monitored rooms for fall risks or mobile but disoriented patients. How well it works with humans is going to depend on whether they trust the data will not be abused. 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