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Do We Need All These Meetings?

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN In talking with nurse managers today, they all want to spend more time with their staff and on their units. But finding that time can be challenging. In focus groups we recently conducted for my AONL plenary, we learned that attending meetings ranked first in how nurse […] The post Do We Need All These Meetings?

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A Pediatric ICU Nurse Finds Relief in Not Compartmentalizing Hard Emotions Like Grief

Amercan Journal of Nursing

Editor’s note: Hui-wen Sato is a pediatric ICU nurse in California and a regular writer for this blog who has gone deeply into the topic of grief, her own and that of patients and their families. Her insights reverse our usual ways of understanding grief, finding a generative energy instead of a wasteland. Here is a key passage from a TED-style talk (see video below) she gave at the last End Well Project conference in November 2023.

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Nurse Manager Span of Control and Role Scope

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A troubling trend is emerging from my discussions with nurse managers. Not only have the managers’ spans of control continued to grow, but so has their role scope. With shortages across all disciplines and departments, nursing is the default for tasks needing reassignment, and the responsibility for […] The post Nurse Manager Span of Control and Role Scope appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Taxes and Legal Structures: What You Must Understand

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Recently, a tax-related question posted in the Nurse Practitioner in Business FB Group caught my eye. The question concerned FICA taxes and how they are paid. Taxes can be confusing, and since Tax Day is approaching fast, I thought it might be helpful to review taxes as they relate to different business structures. But before I continue, and for the record, what follows is not tax or legal advice.

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Fertility Benefits for Every Age: A HR Roadmap from Gen Z to Baby Boomers

Speaker: Lauri Armstrong, SHRM-SCP - Sr. Director, People Operations at Carrot Fertility

Today’s workforce includes multiple generations of employees all looking for something different from their benefits package. While meeting these disparate needs can be challenging, a comprehensive fertility benefit can support everyone from junior staffers learning about their fertility health to senior leadership managing menopause and low testosterone symptoms.

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Thirlwall Inquiry: Nurse whistleblowers apply to give evidence

Nursing Times

Hundreds of nursing and midwifery whistleblowers have applied to contribute to the Lucy Letby inquiry, to give evidence about raising safety concerns in the NHS.

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Top Nursing Certifications: More Than CPR

Daily Nurse

Nursing is among the most demanding and critical jobs in the healthcare industry. To provide the best care to patients, nurses must continuously enhance their skills and expand their knowledge. While CPR is a vital credential for all healthcare professionals, there are other certifications you can obtain as a nurse to further your expertise. Today, we will look at ten certifications that can help your career.

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How Mount Sinai is bridging the gap between nurse education, patient care

Becker's Hospital Review

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System improved nurse communication by 4%, teamwork by 10% and responsiveness by 10% thanks to its nurse attending model.

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Q & A With Forensic Nurse, Michelle Patch

Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine

Michelle Patch, PhD, APRN-CNS, DF-AFN, FAAN, is an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, an adult health clinical nurse specialist, and an advanced forensic nurse. We caught up with Dr. Patch to learn more about forensic nursing and her career and research as a forensic nurse. Can you explain what forensic nursing… The post Q & A With Forensic Nurse, Michelle Patch appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine.

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Navigating Accent Bias: A Nurses’ Journey from Assimilation to Advocacy

Nursology

Contributor: Nadine Griffiths-Brooks, MSN, RN, NEA-BC Let me begin with a little background to set the stage and hopefully you can walk in my world…I started my Nursologist career in South Africa, where I was born and raised.

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Why Menopause Should Matter to Today’s Employers

Speaker: Julie B. Chavez - VP, Strategy & Alliances at Carrot

An estimated 1.1 billion women worldwide will have experienced menopause by 2025. Symptoms like hot flashes, fatigue, and anxiety can be incredibly disruptive — and last for years. But despite its massive impact, little is being done to support those going through menopause in the workplace. In a recent survey, 70% of respondents said they have considered changing their employment to better manage symptoms — perhaps because only 8% received significant support from their employer related to meno

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The Florida Center for Nursing creates a program to combat burnout

Health News Florida | Nurses

The Emotional Vaccine program is being offered for free by the Florida Center for Nursing for all current and future nurses in the state.

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9 nurse innovators to know: ANA

Becker's Hospital Review

Discover the 2024 ANA Innovation Award winners, recognized by the American Nurses Association and Foundation for their impactful work in patient care

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Mastering the Art of Creating a Sustainable Routine Beyond Nursing

Daily Nurse

Creating a routine looks different for everyone and isn’t always what people see on social media. It certainly doesn’t have to look perfect, and most people make mistakes before finding what helps them manage their everyday lives. You might want to eat healthier, take a walk after work , or remember to do a particular chore. Whatever it is, maintaining a dependable routine can be tricky with a busy work schedule, but not impossible.

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NMC agrees to regulate nursing associates in Wales

Nursing Times

Find out more about the Nursing and Midwifery Council's decision to regulate nursing associates in Wales and the next steps.

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Maximizing Your Benefits Strategy: Reframing the Way We View Fertility

Speaker: Lizzie Wright - Director of Customer Success at Carrot Fertility

Employee expectations around benefits and workplace support have evolved in step with the growing need for fertility and family-forming care. As HR professionals, it is our job to ensure employees have a comprehensive understanding of the benefits our organizations offer and how they can utilize them. Before educating employees, we first need to understand the rising healthcare costs and the financial burden of fertility care.

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The Ultimate Spring Bucket List To Help Nurses Recharge

Diversity Nursing

Whether you're a Nurse dealing with the daily stresses of the healthcare profession or simply looking for ways to unwind and recharge, this list of activities is designed to help you make the most of the spring season. From outdoor yoga sessions to mindful walks in nature, each suggestion is aimed at promoting relaxation, rejuvenation, and overall well-being.

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3 travel nurse pay pitfalls to avoid

RN Network

It’s easy to be disappointed if you don’t know exactly what you are signing up for. Here are three travel nurse pay pitfalls to avoid. The post 3 travel nurse pay pitfalls to avoid appeared first on RNnetwork - Travel Nursing Blog.

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What new, tenured nurses want from their employers

Becker's Hospital Review

Novice nurses are more likely than more tenured co-workers to want self-scheduling and flexible shifts, but experienced nurses are more in favor of hybrid and fully remote work.

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WWII Navy Nurse Alice Darrow Celebrates 105th Birthday, Honored as One of the Last Links to Pearl Harbor

Daily Nurse

Alice Darrow, a former Navy nurse , was honored for her love of life and patriotic commitment to our country as one of the last living links to Pearl Harbor when she celebrated her 105th birthday in Danville, California, surrounded by family, friends, and community members. Darrow was born in 1919 in Paso Robles and enrolled in nursing school after finishing high school.

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Leveling the Playing Field: How HR Can Equitably Improve Health Outcomes Through Fertility Benefits

Speaker: Julie B. Chavez - VP, Strategy & Alliances at Carrot

As HR and total rewards professionals, we are often seeking opportunities to foster a better sense of community and belonging amongst employees - ensuring that all employees have an equitable opportunity to receive fertility treatments is one of the many ways this can be achieved. Fertility benefits make it possible for employees to access treatments like IVF.

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ViVE 2024: Navigating Healthcare’s Complexities through Collaboration & Innovation | symplr

Symplr

I recently served as a panelist at the ViVE 2024 conference entitled, “The platform: Who will get the final rose?”, a discussion about the industry’s move to integrated comprehensive platforms while eyeing the promise of emerging disruptors. Here I reflect on the key takeaways and insights garnered from our panel discussion.

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Improving Patient Throughput: Recommended Reading in AJN’s April Issue

Amercan Journal of Nursing

The April issue of AJN is now live. How can an acuity-adaptable model improve patient throughput and care? This month’s Original Research article, “Breaking Through the Bottleneck: Acuity Adaptability in Noncritical Trauma Care,” evaluates the implementation of such a model on a 20-bed noncritical trauma unit, examining the pre- and postimplementation metrics for throughput efficiency, resource utilization, and nursing quality indicators.

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Unlocking the Power of Your Personal Brand: Why Nurses Need to Take Control of Their Professional Image

Minority Nurse

Whether you know it or not, you have a brand. Like it or not, YOU ARE THE BRAND! One way to check out your personal brand is to google yourself and see what pops up. You may be surprised. If you do not create your brand, it may develop on its own. Research demonstrates that 94% of recruiters will search for a candidate online. Career Builder found that 70% of employers said they use social media to screen their candidates and are less likely to interview a candidate they cannot find online.

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'They want you': How Dad's advice shaped this nursing leader

Becker's Hospital Review

From offering unconventional schedules for nurses to filling the gap between physical needs and mental health, Cory Werts, MSN, RN, has her eyes set on what programs can make the most impact for patients and staff.

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Nurses are Fed Up

Empowered Nurses

Recently, eight nurses who were terminated from Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts filed a lawsuit for wrongful termination claiming the hospital retaliated against them for reporting unsafe conditions. According to an article in MedPages Today , there have been over 600 official reports filed by nurses over the last six months regarding staffing shortages in this hospital.

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Contribution of cultural behavioural patterns and family-informed interventions in cancer-related fatigue

Evidence-Based Nursing

Commentary on: Li H, Ng MSN, Jin X, et al. ‘Life became slow down’: a descriptive qualitative study of the experiences of cancer-related fatigue amongst people with advanced lung cancer. Palliat Med 2023; Sep;37 (8):1168–1182. doi: 10.1177/02692163231184926. Epub 2023 Jul 3. Implications for practice and research Multidimensional measurement of cancer-related fatigue in clinical practice may contribute to coping strategies based on the assumption that it affects physical, emoti

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NMC signs off record investment in fitness to practise

Nursing Times

The NMC has signed off plans to invest £30m in fitness to practise amid an ever-increasing backlog and public scrutiny. Read more.

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Advancing Your Nursing Career Through Certifications

Minority Nurse

When you earn a nursing degree — an ADN, BSN, MSN, or beyond — you signal to the world that you ’ re a professional who values education and advancing your career. Consistently reaching for increased expertise is a goal for individuals working in almost any discipline, and nurses are no exception. Beyond your formal education, you have other opportunities to expand your knowledge, and certifications are one such avenue for demonstrating dedication to having the most up-to-date, evidence-based in

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Overtime Compliance in Healthcare – An Infographic

Celayix

This infographic is also available to download. Download Here Ensuring Overtime Compliance in Healthcare with Celayix In the fast-paced world of healthcare , managing employee schedules while ensuring compliance with labor laws can be challenging. Overtime violations are a common issue, with factors like misclassification, failure to pay overtime correctly, and inadequate tracking of hours worked contributing to the problem.

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Collaboration: The key to patient care success

American Nurse

American Nurse Journal announces 2024 All Pro Nursing Team Awards. Effective healthcare team collaboration can make the difference in patient outcomes. When nurses, pro­viders, therapists, leadership, and other professionals work together as a cohesive team, patients benefit—and so do nurses and all healthcare workers. This year’s winners of the American Nurse Journal All Pro Nursing Team Awards exemplify that ethic of collaboration.

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Who gets to die at home? Race and disease-related cause of death impacts young adults place of death

Evidence-Based Nursing

Commentary on : Gustafson CM, Higgins M, Wood KA, Song MK. Place of death for young adults with chronic illness. Nurs Res. 2023 Jul 11. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000681. Epub ahead of print. Implications for practice and research Clinicians must communicate with young adults (YAs) throughout their disease course about end-of-life care preferences, including place-of-death.

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5 Ways That Outdated On-Call Scheduling is Hurting Your Hospital | symplr

Symplr

On-call scheduling isn’t just about staff management; it's the nerve center of your hospital's operations, dictating how effectively your team members can communicate, collaborate, and ultimately, care for patients. Yet, many healthcare facilities continue to rely on archaic scheduling methods, unaware that their reluctance to evolve has tangible, negative implications.

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The Importance of Mentorship through your Nursing Degree and Career

Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine

Whether you are looking to jumpstart your nursing career or are well into your nursing career, mentorship is key to your success, says Dr. Danielle McCamey, Assistant Dean for Strategic Partnerships. With the vast career opportunities available within nursing, discussing your passions and goals with a mentor can help align your next steps into an… The post The Importance of Mentorship through your Nursing Degree and Career appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine.

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