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Underfunded Programs Are Affecting Our Society: Is There A Way To Make A Change?

The Nursing Site

By Brent Tucker, Founder and Owner — First Responder’s Coffee Company Brent Tucker When I retired from the service as a Green Beret and Delta Force Operator, friends called on me to help them train SWAT teams all over the country.

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Handling Negative Feedback

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nursing leadership roles are challenging today. The last thing most leaders want is negative feedback about their performance. Consider a story a leader recently told me: I was depressed for days after I saw our all-employee survey results.

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“Essentials of Starting a Practice,” the Workshop

Nurse Practitioners in Business

At last, spring is here again … Flowers are blooming, birds are singing, and the days are getting longer. New growth and new beginnings are all around us. So it may be the perfect time for Nurse Practitioners to bloom and embrace new opportunities … like starting a practice.

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Kim Ellis, the Diabetes NP, on Diabetes Awareness

Minority Nurse

Diabetes Alert Day was introduced in 1988 and for decades has helped raise awareness about diabetes this significant medical condition.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Don’t Look Away From this Little Girl’s Pain – You Can Do Something, Demand Action!

The Relentless School Nurse

Nicole Hester/The Tennessean This little girl is clearly traumatized. This photo, taken by Nicole Hester of The Tennessean, captured this student’s response as she was being driven away from the scene of another horrific school shooting. She was being taken to the reunification center.

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Florida lawmakers look to increase penalties for people who attack hospital personnel

Health News Florida | Nurses

A Jacksonville nurse told a state House panel that the bill would give her more tools to use when dealing with misbehaving patients and gave examples

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Team Communication

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Poor communication skills in healthcare environments can lead to medical errors, fragmented care, poor team coordination, and incivility. Most problems that occur in teams are traceable back to challenges with communication.

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Fun Facts & Quotes For The National Nurses Week

NurseBuff

In a world where superheroes wear scrubs, National Nurses Week is the perfect opportunity to shine a spotlight on these real-life heroes.

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The Relentless School Nurse: NASN in the HOT Seat on Capitol Hill

The Relentless School Nurse

Donna Mazyck, MS, RN, LCPC, NCSN, NCC, CAE, FNASN is retiring as Executive Director of NASN after her dedicated service to our national organization for the past twelve years.

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What is ATS and what does that mean for my nurse resume?

New Thing Nurse

By: Sarah K. Wells, MSN. CNL Resumes have CHANGED over the years. Today’s resume has to work to work for humans AND computers. saywhat The reason why your resume has to work for computers is Applicant Tracking System (ATS) software: What is ATS?

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Nurse, 7 officers charged in death of man who refused blood draw

Becker's Hospital Review

A nurse and seven California Highway Patrol officers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter after the death of a man who was court ordered to have a blood draw in 2020, NBC News reported March 29. Nursing

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Travel Nursing with Families

The Gypsy Nurse

StaffDNA provided this article. There have always been non-traditional travel nurses, but in the last few years, more and more families seem to be trying to figure out life on the road.

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Greet Your Fellow Nurses With These Nurses Week Greeting Cards

NurseBuff

Happy Nurses Week, readers! It’s our special week and you probably want to give a shoutout to your colleagues and fellow nurses. Here are some greeting cards and tailored messages we’ve made especially for you. Share these on your friends’ Facebook and social media channels!

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Checklist Prompters Support ICU Rounds

Daily Nurse

Rounding checklists can help hospital care teams improve patient outcomes. New research points to the potential for patient-specific checklists as a valid way to effectively translate the latest evidence into clinical practice.

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Penn Futures Project Leaves Lasting Impact

Penn Nursing

Penn's unique cross-school collaboration, the Penn Futures Project, leaves impact on education, research, and Philadelphia

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The Relentless School Nurse: A Conference Four Years in the Making

The Relentless School Nurse

In March of 2020, as the world shut down, our New Jersey State School Nurse Association (NJSSNA) executive board made the decision to cancel our annual Spring conference.

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When nurses are betrayed

American Nurse

In studying any specific culture, common phrases always arise from stories. For example, even though there is no water, when nurses are totally overwhelmed, they frequently say, “I’m drowning” because this metaphor comes the closest to how they feel in that moment.

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What is a NICU Nurse?

NurseBuff

As the tiniest patients in the hospital, premature infants require a level of care and attention that is unmatched in any other medical specialty.

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Vaccination Mitigates Increased Risk of COVID Hospitalization in Celiac Patients, Study Finds

Consult QD

People with celiac disease are at increased risk of infections like influenza and pneumonia. At the same time, some vaccines may be less effective in these patients. But what is their risk from COVID-19, and does vaccination offer protection?

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How nurse 'change agents' saved hospitals $84M thanks to the CSI Academy

Becker's Hospital Review

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' Clinical Scene Investigator Academy has provided more than a 600 percent return on investment; the 97 participating hospitals realized a fiscal savings of $84.2 million, Marian Altman, PhD, RN, clinical practice specialist and supervisor of the AACN's CSI Academy, told Becker's. Nursing

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The Relentless School Nurse: Support the 27th Annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace Supporting the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute’s Mission!

The Relentless School Nurse

Dr. Peter Masiakos is raising funds for the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute through their annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace on May, 14, 2023. He is also the Co-Director of Mass General Hospital’s Gun Violence Prevention Center.

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Congress Introduces Safe Staffing Bill for Hospitals to Protect Nurses

Scrubs

Some one million nurses with active RN licenses are not working due to unsafe working conditions, according to National Nurses United, the largest nursing union in the country.

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A Day in the Life: Vascular Access Nurse

Daily Nurse

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work as a vascular access nurse and what this job offers? Here are the basics that you need to know. Rebecca Myers , MSN, RN, VA-BC, NPD-BC, is a Vascular Access Nurse (aka PICC nurse).

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Positive touch in neonatology: A fundamental nursing intervention focused on Laurie Gottlieb’s theory of Strengths-Based Nursing Care

Nursology

Contributor: Marisa Sofia Potes Trindade Abrantes Touch provides the first sensory input to develop in the womb and continues to play an important part in how children understand the world.

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Nurse shortage declared global health emergency

Becker's Hospital Review

The International Council of Nurses has declared nurse shortages to be a global health emergency, with 13 million nurses needing to be replaced globally in the coming years. Nursing

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April Issue Highlights: Nurses’ Views on Substance Users, Decarbonizing Health Care, More

Amercan Journal of Nursing

“I was always the strong one, the one with the answers, the one people came to for advice… ” – from the April Reflections essay, “ Take Off the Mask: Getting Real About Depression, Trauma, and Loss “ The April issue of AJN is now live.

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Why You Should Consider Travel Nursing with a Pet

The Gypsy Nurse

Amare Medical Network provided this article. By Jaclyn Neilly, BSN, BA, RN, Director of Clinical Services at Amare Medical Network What would we do without our pets?

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AANA Updates Analgesia and Anesthesia Guidelines for Obstetric Patients

Daily Nurse

To help ensure that all obstetric patients receive high-quality, safe analgesia and anesthesia care during labor and delivery, the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) has published its updated Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Obstetric Patient practice guidelines.

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2024 March 21-25 Nursology Virtual Theory Week Scheduled – Save the Dates!

Nursology

Everyone who participated in the 2023 Virtual Nursology Theory Week had amazing exposure to the kind of discourse that nurtures and advances theoretical and conceptual thought in the discipline!

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New York City spends $18M+ on travel nurses for 1 hospital, union claims

Becker's Hospital Review

New York City spends millions on travel nurses to fill the staffing gap at Jacobi Medical Center, which lost about 20 percent of its nursing workforce last year, according to a March 23 report from the Bronx Times. Nursing

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The Nursing Shortage: Foreign-Educated Workers Aren’t a Long-Term Solution

Amercan Journal of Nursing

CGFNS VisaScreen Applications by Country of Education, 2022. Reprinted from CGFNS International. CGFNS Nurse Migration Report 2022: Trends in Healthcare Migration to the United States.

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Case Study: Bilateral DMEK in 1-Year-Old with Posterior Polymorphous Corneal Dystrophy (Video)

Consult QD

Above: A young patient presents with significant diffuse corneal haze later diagnosed as posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy.

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 Night Shift Nurse Wins DAISY Award for Her Calming Presence

Scrubs

Christy Fliss isn’t used to seeing much daylight as the charge nurse on the night shift at Sanford Health Sylvan Court in Canby, Minnesota where she’s worked for nearly nine years.

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Racism and Other Forms of Bias are a Threat to Safe Patient Care

Daily Nurse

Many people, including nurses, carry some bias, whether it is recognized by the individual or not. One study in the March issue of the Journal of Emergency Nursing sought to explore that more in-depth.

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Billings Clinic uses wearable tech to see what nurses see

Becker's Hospital Review

Montana State University and Billings (Mont.) Clinic have teamed up on a research effort to see what their nurses see — literally, according to NBC affiliate KULR-8 News. Nursing

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Innovation is at the Heart of Cardiac Nurse's Practice

Health Leaders | Nursing

There was not a barrier that she couldn't move out of the way,' Yale New Haven Hospital CNO says of innovator Michele Santoro, RN.

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Advanced Practice Provider IBD Fellowship Enters Year Two

Consult QD

Cleveland Clinic’s unique inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) fellowship program for advanced practice providers (APPs) will soon enter its second year, with further expansion on the horizon.