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Have a Happy and Safe Halloween!

The Nursing Site

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“Let Me Go Ask Your Nurse…” Tackling the Transition from Student RN to THE Nurse

NurseBuff

We’ve all done it. You jump straight from nursing school clinicals to the world of bedside nursing. Patients bombard you with question after question after question. You exhaust our knowledge and follow up with, “I don’t know; let me go ask your nurse.” But then it hits you – you ARE THE nurse!! Congratulations!?! Feeling […] The post “Let Me Go Ask Your Nurse…” Tackling the Transition from Student RN to THE Nurse appeared first on NurseBuff.

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Celebrating a Baby’s First Halloween in the NICU

Daily Nurse

It’s Halloween at the Children’s Hospital New Orleans (CHNOLA), and the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nursing team is celebrating with adorable handmade animal costumes for their babies. The NICU nursing team will dress as zookeepers to match the babies. Emily Cade, RN in the CHNOLA NICU, says making costumes and dressing the babies up for Halloween is a special tradition in the Children’s Hospital NICU. “We love seeing our babies celebrate their first Halloween, an

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One big benefit of working with us: our benefits package

Providence

Our Mission to care for all includes our caregivers, and a major way we do that through our best-in-class suite of benefits. We spoke with Providence Medford Medical Center Operating Room Assistant Nurse Manager and Nurse Educator Jilleann about what the benefits mean to her. Here’s what she says.

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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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I Made it, Despite Life’s Ups and Downs

Nurse.com

My story begins when I was 6 years old. I was living in a violent world surrounded by chaos and alcoholism. My father had been a Navy medic in the Korean and Vietnam wars and was suffering from PTSD, nightmares, and sleepless nights. Lori Wells, RN But I have fond memories of staying up late with him and watching classic shows like Car 54, Where Are You?

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Pumpkin Spice and Everything at Night: Staying Energized on the Night Shift

The Gypsy Nurse

Gifted Healthcare provided this article. As the world outside dims, travel nurses on the night shift all around the country are preparing to begin their workday. To stay focused and energized on your next night shift, Gifted Healthcare has created a list of tips to help you all night long. We’ll explore some tried-and-true strategies and have added a touch of autumn flair to help you stay awake and embrace the fall season. 1.

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How Nurse Scheduling Software Can Transform Your Business? 

Celayix

Managing a medical practice is no easy feat, and the complexities of nurse scheduling can be particularly challenging. The COVID-19 pandemic has upended traditional scheduling norms, prompting healthcare facilities to turn to nurse scheduling software for a more streamlined transition. Let’s first look at why nurse scheduling software is so essential right now.

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Strategy for human-centered, individualized care

NRC Health

In this episode, we are joined by Shawna Grissom, Director of Family Services of Children’s Hospital Colorado and Cami Mitelman, Customer Success Manager at NRC Health, to discuss lessons learned during the influx of patients last fall and winter, and how teams are strategizing this year to ensure patients and families receive human-centered, individualized care.

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Transitioning from Pediatric to Adult Care for Obesity

Consult QD

In his mid-teens, a patient with severe obesity joined Cleveland Clinic’s Be Well Kids Clinic , a comprehensive, family-based program for the treatment of obesity in children age 2 and older. Be Well patients receive medical and psychological care as well as nutritional counseling, physical therapy, pharmacological therapy and, if appropriate, access to a metabolic surgery program for adolescents.

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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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The Top 6 Specializations for Community-Oriented Nurses

Registered Nursing

Nursing is a diverse and dynamic profession that offers a myriad of specializations , each catering to unique aspects of healthcare. For nurses who are passionate about community well-being and making a positive impact on the health of populations, several specialized roles focus on community-oriented care. Read on as we delve into the top six specializations for community-oriented nurses, each offering a distinctive path to serving and advocating for the health and welfare of communities.

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Nurses picket outside Lower Bucks Hospital seeking better contract, improved staffing

Health Leaders | Nursing

Nurses from Lower Bucks Hospital held a picket outside the facility Monday morning to put pressure on Prime Healthcare as contract talks are underway. Pillar: Nursing Link: Full story Article Source: LevittownNow.

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Marking Orthopaedic Nurses Week

Minority Nurse

Orthopaedic nurses know that when problems with joints and muscles strike, they can impact the quality of life in a significant way. Nurses in this specialty are there to diagnose and treat patients who have conditions ranging from an injury needing a short-term recovery to longer, chronic conditions including osteoporosis. This week, orthopaedic nurses around the world are celebrating a week devoted to highlighting their nursing specialty with Orthopaedic Nurses Week.

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Grant will fund training to combat bias in healthcare

Health Leaders | Nursing

A $1.3 million grant will enable WSU researchers to study how a training program originally developed for law enforcement can help nurses recognize their unconscious biases.

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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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Perceived nursing barriers to early mobilization of hospitalized patients

Nursing Management

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Chiappa picked to fill St. John's Health's new lead nursing executive role

Health Leaders | Nursing

Jennifer Chiappa has been selected to serve in the new lead nursing executive role of St. John’s Health as chief nursing officer/chief clinical officer.

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Virtual nursing and the impact on safety

Nursing Management

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Researchers Offer New Paradigm for Managing Adult ADHD

Consult QD

Abbreviated from an article published in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine , July 01, 2023; Volume 90, Issue 7. By Michael J. Manos, PhD and Elizabeth J. Short, PhD Medical professionals face a significant challenge when treating adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Although adult ADHD bears similarities to its childhood expression, the distinct features are associated with ADHD across the life span, with particular attention focused on the ADHD symptom-generated t

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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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Mitigating workplace violence: An interdisciplinary approach to a behavioral response team

Nursing Management

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Workforce Planning and Why It’s Important

Celayix

Here at Celayix, we’ve spoken a lot about workforce management , and what steps you can take as a leader to get the most out of your people. Of course, workforce planning is a major part of this. The last few years have taught us how vital planning is in general, but particularly when it comes to your companies most important asset – employees. What is Workforce Planning?

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Smart Hospitals and the AI Tech Powering Them are Bringing Job Satisfaction Back to Nursing

Daily Nurse

Smart hospitals are helping bring job satisfaction back to nursing, and care.ai, an artificial intelligence company redefining how care is delivered, is leading the way through gen AI and ambient intelligence powerful assistive technologies to empower clinicians to make healthcare safer, smarter, and more efficient by reducing administrative burdens, mitigating staffing shortages, and freeing up clinicians to spend more time with patients.

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