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The Relentless School Nurse: A Heartfelt Retirement Speech With an Advocacy Message

The Relentless School Nurse

I have seen Kathy blossom from a novice school nurse to one of New Jersey’s most valued school nurse leaders, and now to her much deserved retirement. Nurses never really retire, especially school nurses. Many school nurses monitor absenteeism to remove barriers and improve school attendance.

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Empowering Nurses: 10 Amazing Ways to Lift Your Spirits and Unleash Your Superpowers

Empowered Nurses

Step into the Spotlight: Become a Nursing Leader: You possess extraordinary leadership potential! Unleash your leadership skills by embracing programs that nurture your abilities. Competitive salaries, paid leave, health insurance, and retirement plans are just the beginning! The sky’s the limit!

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Team Up to Tackle Care Redesign

Health Leaders | Nursing

Landstrom says leadership did a lot of research prior to launching the program and found that 40% of the tasks done by nurses on the floor can be done by someone other than an RN. This could help Trinity and other health systems retain nurses who are considering leaving or retiring.

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What Are Best Practices in Nursing Practice Redesign?

Health Leaders | Nursing

Letting go of that traditional paternalistic command-and-control models of leadership and getting into that shared leadership/professional governance mindset is the key to the future with this. The best ideas come from our front line on how we're going to change care or do things more efficiently.

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Dedicated Career Pathways and Holistic Benefits Inspire Employee Loyalty and Satisfaction

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Now a program manager in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Global Leadership and Learning Institute , she has continued to advance across multiple branches of the organization and – with Cleveland Clinic’s Tuition Reimbursement Program – has earned a master’s degree in business administration. White adds, “Professional growth is a mindset.

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Views From ViVE: 5 Top Talking Points (So Far) in LA This Week

Health Leaders | Nursing

Nurses are retiring young or quitting. The American Telemedicine Association convened a special summit late last year on Virtual Nursing, and ViVE has its own special track this week. The challenges are many.

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Part 2: 6 Ways CNOs are Improving Teamwork for 2024

Health Leaders | Nursing

We have lost a segment of our healthcare workforce due to retirement,” FitzPatrick says. To help recoup some of that “experience and intellectual brain trust,” they've debuted the Jefferson Nurse Emeritus Program , which brings back retired nurses to provide mentoring, direct care, and patient support.