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A User’s Guide to Working with You

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nurse managers today struggle with boundary and communication issues with their staff. Team turnover is high on many units, and few expert nurses are available to explain unit norms to new staff. Why not make things easier for staff and prepare a user’s guide to working with […] The post A User’s Guide to Working with You appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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10 Ways Nurses Can Get Involved in Politics

Diversity Nursing

Nurses possess a wealth of firsthand experience that can greatly impact health policy and political decisions. By getting involved in politics, Nurses can advocate for changes that benefit both patients and the healthcare system as a whole. Here are 10 effective ways Nurses can get involved in politics and policy: Join a Professional Nursing Organization Professional organizations, such as the American Nurses Association (ANA), often have advocacy arms focused on health policy.

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Creating Psychological Safety for Staff

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Building environments that feel psychologically safe for staff in what can seem like a turbulent world is at the top of many nurse leaders’ minds. Leaders will admit that it is more challenging today. Patients and families have high expectations about the care they will receive. Young […] The post Creating Psychological Safety for Staff appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Turning Personal Loss into Personal Connections: A Nurse’s Journey Through Kidney Care and Heartbreak 

Daily Nurse

After starting my nursing career in labor and delivery, I transitioned to caring for patients with kidney disease at dialysis centers. Then, after working for nearly 17 years in dialysis, I moved to Interwell Health , a value-based kidney care provider, where I could use my years of experience to educate kidney patients and try to help them improve their kidney function and overall health to help delay or even prevent dialysis.

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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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The status on Florida's nurse shortage rebound

Becker's Hospital Review

In 2024, Florida hospitals reported lower nurse vacancy and turnover rates than the national average, according to a report from the Florida Hospital Association.

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Call for Abstracts: 2025 Virtual Nursology Theory Week

Nursology

Submission Deadline:December 1, 2024, midnight EST Nursology.net is excited to invite you to submit abstracts for the forthcoming 2025 Virtual Nursing Theory Week. Visit the conference website for more information about the conference.

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Nurses: Always Ready, Always Willing

Daily Nurse

Nurses always seem to show up where and when they’re needed. Of course, they staff emergency rooms, ICUs, home health care agencies, community health clinics, and nursing homes worldwide, but they show up elsewhere, too. Only some people are aware of their presence, but there are staff nurses on cruise ships, nurses employed at Disney World, nurses on the scene at NASCAR, and nurses acting as consultants on movie and television sets in Hollywood.

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Systems ramp up efforts to reduce documentation time

Becker's Hospital Review

Discover how Ochsner Health's use of Epic has saved nurses 11 million clicks and 10 minutes of documentation time, with plans for even more time saved.

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Thirlwall Inquiry: Questions over delays in referring Letby to NMC

Nursing Times

Read Nursing Times' latest coverage of the Thirlwall Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the murders of seven children by Lucy Letby.

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Meet Our QA Team: Behind the Scenes of Healthcare Staffing (Part 3)

Core Medical Group

At CoreMedical Group , our QA team is the backbone of your job placement journey. From finding travel nursing and therapy opportunities to getting you started in new locations, our QA experts, alongside your recruiter, ensure everything is top-notch. Whether it’s your first or fifteenth assignment , we’ve got your back with personalized service, helping with applications, licensing, housing, and even some local tips for your new destination.

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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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Self-care in heart failure patients: a 21st-century problem?

Nursology

Contributor: Maria João Dias Ferreira I’m part of the nursing team at a Heart Failure Outpatient Clinic (HFOC), where we apply a multidisciplinary approach to patients with Heart Failure (HF). This model encompasses two strands of nursing care: a scheduled nursing consultation, where various topics are covered in teaching sessions for self-care and self-management of … Continue reading Self-care in heart failure patients: a 21st-century problem?

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Urgent needs in nurse practitioner education

Becker's Hospital Review

Pitfalls of nurse practitioner education made national headlines in July after a Bloomberg Businessweek article criticized programs for allegedly accepting students and graduating them without proper training or experience.

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Thirlwall Inquiry: NMC accepts failure to act quickly on Letby

Nursing Times

Read why the NMC has told the Thirlwall Inquiry that it ‘could and should’ have done more and acted faster in the Lucy Letby case.

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Pay Transparency in Nursing

New Thing Nurse

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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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Even with AI, healthcare must be in ‘the humanity business’

NRC Health

In a joint discussion, they offered their perspectives on AI’s potential, the need for ethical safeguards and building trust in AI. The post Even with AI, healthcare must be in ‘the humanity business’ appeared first on NRC Health.

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From the Desk of the Historian | ANA-NY

American Nurse

Summer is a time for travel and as you read this column, I will have completed a vacation through Canada to Halifax, Nova Scotia in mid-June. This column is the paper I presented at Saint Mary’s University at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the History of Nursing (CAHN) on June 23, 2024 – The Grenfell Mission, Labrador, Through the Eyes of Sophia V.

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10 states with largest projected CNA shortages, surpluses

Becker's Hospital Review

Mercer predicts a severe nursing assistant shortage by 2028, with only 13 states meeting demand. See which states are projected to have more supply than demand.

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NMC appoints interim executive director amid ‘challenging times’

Nursing Times

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has appointed a new executive director of strategy and insight on an interim basis.

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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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Visiting nurses receive pay raises in new contract with Cape Cod Healthcare

Health Leaders | Nursing

Just two weeks after the Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod voted to authorize a strike, Cape Cod Healthcare has agreed to a contract that would raise wages for visiting nurses. According to a press release from Cape Cod Healthcare, the new contract means Cape Cod visiting nurses will have some of the highest wages in the state for home health agencies.

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How to Choose an Elder Law Attorney: Key Considerations for Protecting Senior Rights

Elder Care Matters

Learn the key considerations for selecting the right elder law attorney to navigate complex legal issues, protect senior rights, and secure estate plans. Get expert guidance from Elder Care Matters. The post How to Choose an Elder Law Attorney: Key Considerations for Protecting Senior Rights appeared first on Elder Care Directory - ElderCareMatters.com.

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What has germs and five fingernails, but isn’t my hand? Your hand.

American Nurse

No Kidding! When I was going through nursing school it was drilled into our heads that long polished or artificial nails were only for our days off and if we broke that rule, every patient we touched would certainly die. Ok, so maybe my professors didn’t say that directly, but I certainly thought that after taking microbiology. I then made it a habit to keep my nails short and unpolished, leaving me to spend my shift bonuses on other items like Danskos- a habit that still remains.

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5 nurses honored for health equity research: AARP

Becker's Hospital Review

Discover the five nurses recognized by AARP for their efforts to promote health equity and improve healthcare for underserved communities through nursing

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What Is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse? The World of APRNs

Post University

Are you working in the nursing field but interested in taking on more of an advanced leadership role? Becoming an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) might be the right step for you. These nursing professionals not only tend to enjoy a greater sense of autonomy in their work and often have the responsibility for overseeing groups of nurses or entire nursing departments.

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After 138 years, the Visiting Nurses Association of Greater Philadelphia will shut down all health care services next month

Health Leaders | Nursing

The Visiting Nurses Association of Greater Philadelphia, a nonprofit home health care provider, is shutting its doors after a 138-year run. All services, including hospice and palliative care, will cease Oct. 28. Complete details on reasons for the closure, and the long-term effects on patients and employees, are scarce at the moment, but in a statement on its website, the organization said “unsustainable financial losses” led to the decision.

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Travel Nursing Etiquette: Tips and Tricks for All Travelers

The Gypsy Nurse

Travel Nurses Inc. provided this article. Professionalism is an essential aspect of being a successful and respected traveler in the healthcare industry. Whether you are a seasoned travel nurse or just starting out in the field, understanding the unspoken rules of travel nursing can make a significant impact on your experience at each facility you work at.

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Evidence You Can Use

American Nurse

Purpose: This EBP project was needed to improve the compliance, competence, and confidence of bedside nurses in the use of CPR using the Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) program. Target audience: All nursing staff (RN, LPN, and NA), and house medical staff CPR skills are a core skill for all healthcare providers, compliance with the training can be difficult in a small community hospital with limited staff.

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Nursing Leader Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk Honored with President’s Award by American Academy of Nursing

Daily Nurse

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, EBP-C, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN, is being honored with the prestigious President’s Award by the American Academy of Nursing at the 2024 Health Policy Conference in Washington, DC from October 31 to November 2, 2024. This award is the highest individual achievement recognition given by the Academy, celebrating Dr.

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States ranked by projected RN supply by 2028

Becker's Hospital Review

By 2028, the national shortage of registered nurses is projected to primarily affect the Northeast, according to Mercer , a financial services company.

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The Relentless School Nurse: A Critical School Safety Conversation on The Visible Voices Podcast

The Relentless School Nurse

The Visible Voices Podcast is a vibrant platform that amplifies diverse perspectives on healthcare, equity, and current trends. Hosted by Dr. Resa E. Lewiss, this podcast invites thought leaders and advocates to share their insights and experiences, fostering meaningful conversations that resonate with listeners. You can listen to my conversation with Dr.

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How to Manage Venue Staff for Event Success 

Celayix

There is no doubt that there are many elements that go into the planning, coordination and execution of a successful event. Lot’s of factors go into measuring event success! While we often see praise for venues , organisers and brands, there is one element that is often overlooked and that is the venue staff. When you organize an event, you rely on venue staff to provide a great experience to your customers and attendees.

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Nurse License Protection Case Study: Neglecting an ED patient in need of nursing care; failing to maintain an accurate healthcare information record

American Nurse

Nurse License Protection Case Study with Risk Management Strategies Presented by NSO A State Board of Nursing (SBON) complaint may be filed against a nurse by a patient, a patient’s family member, colleague, employer, and/or other regulatory agency, such as the Department of Health. Complaints are subsequently investigated by the SBON to ensure that licensed nursing professionals are practicing safely, professionally, and ethically.

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Advanced Nursing Degrees to Accelerate Career Growth

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

The door is open for many exciting career opportunities within nursing. Advanced nursing degrees prepare licensed nurses for expanded roles in clinical practice, leadership and more. Explore two primary advanced nursing degrees and specializations offered within some degree programs. Why Get an Advanced Nursing Degree? The demand for nurses with advanced nursing degrees creates exciting opportunities for nurses with graduate-level education.

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UK HealthCare hires 328 nurses from new program

Becker's Hospital Review

Lexington, Ky.-based UK HealthCare recently hired more than 300 registered nurses as part of the University of Kentucky's implementation of a new graduate recruitment program.

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