The Nursing Site

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

In 2022, more than 78,000 qualified nursing applicants were rejected. 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. Consequently nursing schools continue to have limited space for new students.

Mental Health

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

JANUARY 15, 2025

Independent Contractor One popular option for self-employed OTs is to work as an independent contractor for one or more agencies, schools or healthcare organizations. Mandy Chamberlain, OT Flourish, OT Flourish, 2022, [link]. 6 You can work in a clinical capacity, seeing patients on-site.

Private Practice

Penn Nursing

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Fall 2024 Read on to find out how Penn Nursing faculty, alumni, and students who have found themselves as patients have emerged with new outlooks on nursing and health care. As I navigated treatment—chemotherapy, surgery, and countless scans—I found myself on the other side of the health care system.

Self-Care

American Nurse

AUGUST 1, 2025

Horner and colleagues highlighted the need for educational programs for nurses, who spend the most time with patients, to support quality care of those with opioid use disorder. Community and nation-wide efforts strive to improve communication, access, and knowledge about naloxone use among first responders and citizens.

Education

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

JANUARY 30, 2025

1 It can cause you to neglect your hygiene, distance yourself from others or lose your sense of self-belief. Both may also affect how you handle daily activities and result in the neglect of self-care. Understanding autistic burnout, National Autistic Society, March 1, 2022, [link]. Specifically, the triggers can differ.

Mental Health

Minority Nurse

JUNE 23, 2025

Clinical rotations aren’t just a checkbox on the path to becoming a nurse practitioner—they’re the transformative experiences where students develop essential clinical skills, build critical thinking abilities, and learn to navigate the complexities of patient care in real clinical settings.

Preceptors

American Nurse

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Communication goals include understanding, achieving the intended effect, and acting ethically. Leaders skilled in effective communication promote positive outcomes, improve working relationships, and ensure a productive workplace. Everything a person does or doesn’t do, says or doesn’t say communicates something.

Communication

American Nurse

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Nurse educators can role-model self-care behaviors to promote students’ personal health and wellness. Nursing students need to make time for their own self-care, and they need to know that it’s okay to make time for their personal health and wellness. Go, “Nurse Linck,” my coach cheered during track practices.

Self-Care

American Nurse

OCTOBER 3, 2024

This pioneering model of staff caring for staff has been presented locally, nationally, and internationally, receiving positive feedback from other institutions as well as a research award from the American Psychiatric Nurses Association National Conference. Nursing responsibilities frequently interrupt needed breaks.

Self-Care

The Relentless School Nurse

JUNE 18, 2023

The 2022-2023 school year is definitely ending on a healthier note than it began, but it was a doozy. This will enable you to provide comprehensive care and address the evolving needs of your school community. Advocate for resources : Be an advocate for additional resources and support within your school community.

Self-Care

Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As the true lifeblood of healthcare delivery, nurses are central to patient care, from long-term and public health to acute care and home health. in 2022, the first decrease in 20 years. In 2022, 66,261 candidates were rejected, and in 2021 applications by 76,140 candidates were turned down. from 2021 to 2022.

Nurse Educator

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Professionalism in nursing means providing top-quality care to patients, while also upholding the values of accountability, respect, and integrity. In essence, nursing professionalism is about demonstrating an unwavering commitment to the vocation and the willingness to continuously deliver the highest-quality care to patients.

Self-Care

American Nurse

DECEMBER 9, 2023

The highlight of the 3 days—the Magnet Recognition Program® and Pathway to Excellence® Program designation celebration—featured thousands of nurses reveling in more than 200 organizations being designated or redesignated between September 2022 and August 2023. Representatives from St.

Self-Care

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Patients with moderate-to-severe visual and hearing impairments (deafblindness) need their nurses to understand their needs and provide safe care. Depending on cognitive ability and language development before acquiring deafblindness, people with this condition can communicate fluently.

Communication

American Nurse

JUNE 13, 2023

From a healthcare perspective, the idea of taking pride in living authentic lives is closely tied with positive self-esteem and better self-care—for both the patient and the provider. As a nurse, I take pride in the ongoing work of nurses who have and continue to address the healthcare disparities in LGBTQ+ communities.

Self-Care

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

An innovative approach to help new graduate nurses transition into practice Takeaways: As the nursing shortage continues, more new nursing graduates will take jobs in specialty areas such as critical care. According to the 2023 NSI National Health Care Retention and RN staffing report, the average hospital turnover rate remains elevated.

Professional Development

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

JUNE 13, 2024

Communication is key to our existence as human beings. So, who do we turn to when our body or mind creates roadblocks to successful communication? These specialists can address speech disorders and improve communication techniques for patients of all ages. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs). 10 This can be rewarding work.

Communication

Nurse.com

JULY 22, 2022

Though there are many tips that may be helpful during the beginning of your career, organization, mentorship, confidence, learning, and self-care are especially important tips for new nurses. If there is something pressing that needs to be done, take care of that first. Take care of yourself. Organization.

Self-Care

Daily Nurse

MARCH 11, 2024

This hostile environment not only jeopardizes the safety and well-being of healthcare workers but also impacts patient care. The AONL longitudinal study reveals the following: This survey shows a marginal improvement in nurse leaders’ intent to leave with a 5% decrease in those planning to leave from 2022 to 2023.

Leadership

American Nurse

AUGUST 1, 2024

The limited pool of qualified nursing staff readily available to provide safe, quality care taxes the human capital management of healthcare organizations worldwide. Stress, low self-confidence, and reduced job satisfaction frequently lead to voluntary turnover. See Turnover stats.) reduction from the alarming 8.4%

Professional Development

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Curriculum can include reviews of mental health struggles and disorders, symptoms, and unique risks for nurses, as well as strategies for self-protection and self-knowledge when intervention and resources are lacking. After the crisis, focus on your own self-care needs.

Mental Health

Daily Nurse

OCTOBER 30, 2023

I teach in the graduate nursing program and am the specialty track director for the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP program and the Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist Program. So, I help run those two programs and teach the Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program. But we got through it.

Self-Care

Minority Nurse

AUGUST 28, 2023

We spoke with Ana Pozzoli, PT, CLT, National Lymphedema Network expert clinician, about how nurses can play a pivotal role in helping women receive care and treatment for Lipedema. For more comprehensive guidelines on diagnosis, you can reference the Standard of Care. Skin care is critical at all stages of lipedema.

Self-Care

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

JULY 5, 2024

1 Instead of traveling to a clinic for an in-person visit, patients communicate with a licensed virtual PT via phone call or videoconference and attend the appointment from home. 6 The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) advocates for telehealth as an effective and viable method for delivering patient care.

Licensing

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The study analysis determined worsening nurse population health outcomes equating to a mental health crisis that is actively contributing to costly job turnover rates and increased risks to patient care and safety. 32% of respondents reported a significant lack of communication between staff and management. Healthy work environments.

Mental Health

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Kok defines AI an area of study that develops computers or systems to mimic aspects of human intelligence, such as reasoning, problem-solving, learning, and self-correction. This gap highlights the importance of studying how tools like ChatGPT can be applied in the context of geriatric and gerontology care.

Malpractice

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

As the population in the United States continues to change, the nursing workforce must adapt to reflect the diversity of the communities it serves. Advancing diversity in nursing is an essential step toward having a nursing workforce that is prepared to provide culturally informed and safe care for all patients.

Work-Life Balance

Consult QD

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Integral to every aspect of the care continuum, nurses are the eyes and ears of patients. Nurses, and all caregivers, should learn from mistakes while improving systems to deliver highly reliable patient care. The campaign started in 2022 with health system leaders.

Chief Nursing Officer

Minority Nurse

APRIL 8, 2024

According to the AACA , in 2022, 80% of nurses in the United States were white/caucasian. All nurses must care for themselves and infuse wellness into their daily work. Holistic nursing combines Western medicinal practices alongside complementary and alternative care solutions. Again, this is essential for all nurses.

Holistic Care

American Nurse

APRIL 6, 2023

Incorporating ethical competence and professional development into everyday nursing practice is imperative to fulfilling ethical obligations for optimal patient care. Takeaways: Through shared governance, nurses are encouraged to participate in organizational decision-making to satisfy professional obligations.

Promotion

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

STAMP stands for Staring and eye contact, Tone and volume of voice, Anxiety, Mumbling and Pacing (Hilton, 2022). The Dix and Page Model utilizes assessment, communication, and tactics, which are continually revisited during an incident. link] Hilton, Lisette (2022, February 21). One such tool is the STAMP system. Do not argue.

Psychiatry

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Below, we’ve detailed eleven speech pathology careers in communication sciences, based on jobs held by MS-SLP graduates, as well as corresponding average annual base salaries and salary ranges. #1 SLP jobs are available across the nation. A pediatric speech-language pathologist generally makes $64,246 (range $52k – $80k) annually.

Leadership

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

MARCH 26, 2023

Communication is one of the most crucial components in every realm of life—and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) help people learn, regain and refine the skills they need to communicate. Speech-language pathologists, or speech therapists, concentrate on helping people overcome communication obstacles.

Communication

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Speech-language pathologists (SLP) are in demand to diagnose and treat a wide range of communication disorders and conditions in patients of all ages. Working with individuals to improve their ability to communicate is a rewarding and empowering role, and it starts with the right education.

Communication

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Burnout is associated with workload and lack of support that nurses experience in critical care areas such as ICUs (Buckley et al., Problem Burnout is important in nursing because it may lead to disengagement in care leading to nurses leaving the profession (Ratliff et al., 2019, Forsyth et al.,

Nursing Burnout

Relias

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Initially, the proposed rule released in July 2021 indicated that the first performance year for HHVBP would be 2022, but CMS officials moved that back a year. For the few months remaining in 2022, you can work to identify areas where you trail the national averages, then develop action plans to improve those metrics. Communication.

Medicare

Post University

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A Registered Nurse since 2018, the Florida native had been working as a travel nurse for a little over a year in intensive care units throughout the state. She ended up staying for 18 months, as the hard-hit town on the border of Mexico grappled with high infection rates and full intensive care units in its two hospitals.

Travel Nursing