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Finding Inner Peace While Managing an ICU

American Nurse

Preventing Burnout While Supporting Your Team Burnout doesn’t arrive suddenly—it builds in small increments, hidden beneath the urgency of patient care, documentation demands, and the emotional weight of critical decisions. Mindful leadership: The 9 ways to self-awareness, transforming yourself, and inspiring others. Sotile (2019).

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Sustaining Excellence: Knowledge Transfer and Strategic Planning in Nursing Leadership

American Nurse

The Need for Knowledge Transfer To address an impending shortage of nurses and nurse leaders, healthcare organizations need to develop a new generation of nurses with the leadership skills who can effectively lead teams in providing high-quality care. Studies by Roth and Whitehead (2019) and Ramseur et al. Lacross et al.

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16 Benefits of Online Learning for Flexible Study

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

2 Studying from home or engaging in a blended learning model can give you more time to focus on self-care. Whether through self-reflection , meditation or yoga, self-care is one of many online learning benefits that can help boost your confidence and emotional intelligence. ManpowerGroup. Levitz, Ruffalo Noel.

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Washington Veterans Affairs Nurse Aims to Deepen Her Impact with MSN – Case Management Specialization

Post University

That was a perfect introduction to caring for patients and human interaction, and it was a short time commitment to get started, she says. The Seattle area had high demand for certified nursing assistants (CNA), so Kayla had no trouble finding a job in long-term care and rehabilitation. Plus, the VA is very supportive of education.

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There is a Mental Health Crisis in Nursing

The Nursing Site

since 2019. The academic rigors and pressure on students to care for sicker patients with more acute and chronic illness under the eye of their professors, creates a highly stressful environment. COVID and the lockdown in 2019 and 2020 exacerbated mental health issues for nurses with increased anxiety and depression.

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Nursing Burnout: What It Is and How to Prevent It?

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Clinical nurses work in an environment that is high-stress by nature—making decisions that can impact patients’ lives— and need to take extra care to avoid the mental and physical condition known as nursing burnout. For institutions, a decrease in the quality of patient care can affect their reputation and bottom line.

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Day in the life of a Forensic Nurse Practitioner

The Nurse Break

I have been in this role since 2014 and in this time has seen over three hundred women and men providing them with a forensic service and medical care. Forensic nursing care is not separate and distinct from other forms of medical care, but rather integrated into the overall care needs of individual patients.