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Nurses and Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Advanced Providers are on the rise, so is the need for point-of-care ultrasound
Workplace evolution has led to traditional tasks and roles formerly reserved for physicians being transitioned to advanced practice providers, such as physician assistants, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, clinical nurse specialists, and certified registered nurse anesthetists. Healthcare providers who perform a physical examination coupled with point-of-care ultrasound are uniquely empowered to better understand patient anatomy and detect pathologic conditions.
As frontline care providers, nurses are always under pressure to provide more efficient and cost-effective healthcare. Technological advances have led to rapid growth in point-of-care ultrasonography. Appropriate use of this technology coupled with robust training solutions will empower nurses and extend the scope of practice of advanced-practice nurses. This broader responsibility and added skill set will radically improve frontline healthcare delivery and efficiency. The list of topics relevant to nurse training is long and will continue to evolve and expand.
Nurses and Ultrasound Training
Barriers to Nurse POCUS Education
The SonoSim Difference
SonoSim assists nurses with ultrasound education to perform ultrasound-guided procedures, assist in surgeries, and meet training program and job-specific ultrasound proficiency requirements. Novice to advanced learners can learn ultrasound online with the largest peer-reviewed content library of 80+ medical topics. With the ability to uniformly train and assess any number of learners.
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