Amercan Journal of Nursing

MAY 8, 2023

Nursing is a challenging profession that requires expertise, dedication, and compassion. Black nurses have made significant contributions to the field, yet their stories often go untold. In this second post in a four-part series for this Nurses Month (here’s the first post ), I continue to highlight the achievements of Black nurses who have worked to provide quality care despite discrimination and prejudice.

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American Nurse

MAY 8, 2023

Your knowledge and quick action aid a positive outcome. Takeaways: With a mortality rate exceeding 50%, acute mesenteric ischemia requires prompt nursing identification and vascular intervention. Most patients experience acute onset of abdominal pain out of proportion to a physical examination, nausea, vomiting, and melena. Prompt surgical evaluation is necessary to identify, minimize, and prevent irreversible intestinal damage.

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Nurses Advocates

MAY 8, 2023

The month of May has been designated Nurses Month to recognize Nurses for the work they do. It is a good time to reflect on your career. As a nurse since 1973, I have had an incredible career. As a nurse leader, I have been privileged to educate and share insights on trends, issues, and challenges that impact us all at one time or another. I started as a Licensed Practical Nurse as a ‘floor nurse’ working on a 64-unit men’s ward, where I was responsible for administering medica

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Scrubs

MAY 8, 2023

Charles III was crowned King of the United Kingdom on Friday and a group of nurses were there to celebrate all the royal festivities, including the Queen’s Nurse Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, who presented His Majesty with the ceremonial orb on live TV. Anionwu, a retired community nurse, founded the country’s first nurse-led sickle cell and thalassemia screening center.

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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.

Communication

Consult QD

MAY 8, 2023

Over the past several years, total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT) has become the standard of care for managing rectal cancer. But does it achieve better results than the old approach? A new Cleveland Clinic study says yes. Just as important, the study also identifies tools clinicians can use to predict which patients will achieve a complete response to treatment, potentially guiding the decision for life-altering surgery.

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Consult QD

MAY 8, 2023

Written by Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH The goal of screening is to detect a disease of serious consequence before it manifests clinical symptoms to improve the likelihood of a cure. What makes a screening program successful is balance —the outcome of a successful screening program is reduced deaths from a disease without causing substantial harm to the population being screened.

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Best Practices Medicaid Medicare Communication 87

Scrubs

MAY 8, 2023

Close to half of the global population lacks access to basic medical care, according to the World Health Organization. The high cost of healthcare is pushing nearly 100 million people into poverty. Many countries don’t have the resources or infrastructure to treat common diseases, including everything from birth defects to infectious diseases like AIDS and the Coronavirus.

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Consult QD

MAY 8, 2023

A new clinical trial at Cleveland Clinic is exploring the role of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) on the immune system of adolescent and young adult patients with metastatic or unresectable sarcoma. Previous findings hint at the tool’s potential predictive advantage in determining local oncologic control and overall survival outcomes in patients.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 8, 2023

A little-known fact to many from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN): Nursing is the U.S.’ largest healthcare profession, with more than four million registered nurses ( RNs ) nationwide. Furthermore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the employment of registered nurses to grow six percent within the next decade, with more than 200,000 openings projected each year.

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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

Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine

MAY 8, 2023

The DNP Executive, DNP/MBA, and DNP/MPH spring 2024 graduating cohorts were here in person at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing for their third immersion. These programs teach students the analytical skills and evidence-based practice principles needed for healthcare innovation and leadership. This is achieved not only through coursework, but an intensive Doctoral Scholarly Project… The post Immersion Wrap-Up: DNP Executive Programs Spring Project Proposals appeared first on Johns Hopkin

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The Gypsy Nurse

MAY 8, 2023

Go Healthcare Staffing provided this article. Nursing is the nation’s largest healthcare profession, with more than four million registered nurses (RNs) nationwide and a projected increase of 200,000 per year through 2031. Thousands of RNs enjoy the freedom and flexibility as a travel nurse, a more recent phenomenon of the industry. Nursing Pools, or professional staffing agencies, place nurses in temporary healthcare assignments where permanent staff cannot adequately serve patient admiss

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Travel Nursing Promotion Retirement Education 72

IntelyCare

MAY 8, 2023

McKnight’s recently hosted a roundtable event on Capitol Hill to discuss the issue of worker misclassification in the temporary healthcare staffing industry and the implications it has for long-term care providers. The event brought together special guests including former Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) and Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC), Ranking Member for the Education & Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, as well as a panel of experts to examine: The Rise of Temporary Healthcare

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Digital Doorway

MAY 8, 2023

Nurses are everywhere. They are legion. The ubiquitous nurse is present in the care of children, the elderly, the disabled, and the dying. Nurses don't shy away from responsibility — they embrace it. Nurses run towards the metaphorical fire. Just as firefighters rush into burning buildings and police officers run towards the active shooter, nurses don their gloves and deal with the sputum, the blood, the pus, the emesis, the feces, and the urine — body fluids be damned, there's work to do and nu

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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.

Education

CynaMed

MAY 8, 2023

3 minute read Depending on the setting, CNAs will fulfill a variety of different tasks and roles. CNAs, also known as Certified Nursing Assistants, can work in any number of facilities and environments. One of the many places you’ll find CNA jobs is in a nursing home. Keep reading to learn more about the duties and responsibilities of a CNA in a nursing home setting.

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Scrubs

MAY 8, 2023

Throughout the course of his career, Dr. Vladimir Pastouk has earned his reputation as a world-renowned dental professional who specializes in an unparalleled level of service and an attention-to-detail that is second to none. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, he uses his skills, his expertise, and his passion for helping countless patients with things like Invisalign treatment, dental acupuncture, ceramic implants, biological dental surgery, and much more.

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Every Nurse

MAY 8, 2023

TIPS, ADVICE, & INSPIRATION Managing Traveling Nurse Assignments with a Family Updated May 9, 2023 by EveryNurse Staff Writers The life of a traveling nurse can be both rewarding and challenging. You get to see new places, meet new people, and help those in need. However, when you have a family, it can be difficult to balance your work and personal life.

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Nursing Review

MAY 8, 2023

NSW residents rated public hospital services received during the height of the pandemic higher than those in other states, according to two reports released last week. Close to two in three patients said the state's hospital services were 'very good' compared to 59 per cent in other states. Nearly eight in ten reported that their confidence in the NSW health system had either stayed the same or increased since the start of the pandemic.

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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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American Medical Compliance

MAY 8, 2023

In March 2023, researchers from Rockefeller University made a significant breakthrough in the fight against HIV/AIDS. They cured a New York woman of HIV using a new treatment method. This method modified her immune cells to resist the virus through gene therapy. This development offers hope for millions of people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. This is a major breakthrough in healthcare worldwide.

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Nursing Review

MAY 8, 2023

Pay rises for registered nurses working in the aged care sector and incentives to boost the number of nurses in general practice will be among the key health initiatives handed down in the budget. On Tuesday, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down his second federal budget, which includes a $2.2 billion dollar package designed to fix Australia's primary healthcare services.

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Relias

MAY 8, 2023

Trauma is pervasive. 70% of adults have experienced some type of traumatic event at least once in their lives. This can include many different experiences. Surviving a natural disaster, experiencing abuse or sexual assault, first responders arriving at the scene of a crime — all these experiences (and more) can create a traumatic stress response. For healthcare organizations of all kinds, becoming trauma-informed has never been more important.

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Communication Promotion Education 52

Nursing Review

MAY 8, 2023

Nurses and GPs can continue to help save Australians from the nation's biggest killer after a heart health check is to be extended in today's federal budget. Health Minister Mark Butler said he would prolong the heart health check's availability for another two years amid concerns the screening test was on the chopping block. Each day, 438 Australians are hospitalised with coronary heart disease, with one dying every 30 minutes.

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American Nurse

MAY 8, 2023

Data transparency aids care quality improvement. Takeaways: To help patients and their families make informed decisions about choosing health care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly reports quality performance measures. With understanding of these reported measures, nurses can lead improvements in healthcare with evidence-based practice that improves patient outcomes and reduces healthcare costs.

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Nursing Review

MAY 8, 2023

Caitlin Clayer, a Remote Area Nurse, is leading the way in improving the health and wellbeing of First Nations communities in the Northern Territory. Indigenous Australians have a lower life expectancy compared to non-Indigenous Australians, and are at least twice as likely to report their health as fair or poor. It's estimated that one-third of the unequal access to primary healthcare and substandard health infrastructure in Indigenous communities are due to social factors such as income and sc

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Minority Nurse

MAY 8, 2023

The annual celebration of Student Nurses Day recognizes the hard work and ambition of nurses who are pursuing additional education to help them be the best nurses possible. Student nurses today face an entirely different world than nurses entering school many years ago did. The global pandemic changed the face of nursing in ways that will take years to understand.

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Penn Medicine News

MAY 8, 2023

Individuals who experience headaches regularly are familiar with triggers for their headaches—such as alcohol, stress, or changes in sleep quality. But what people might not realize is that climate change can have effects on headaches, too.

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Nursing Inquiry

MAY 8, 2023

Abstract In this paper, the sociopolitical status of nurses in the Philippines is examined. The importance of nursing research in identifying the many elements that contribute to inequality among nurses is critical in the face of these problems. The positivist and interpretivist perspectives, however, have limitations that could potentially perpetuate the many forms of inequality that already exist.

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Becker's Hospital Review

MAY 8, 2023

The University of Houston College of Nursing said it will use a $20 million gift it received to help replenish the workforce in that area.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MAY 8, 2023

Healthcare employers can improve patient outcomes by infusing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) into their hiring, retention, and training practices. Legal minimums require that employers cannot make employment decisions based on any protected category, including race, national origin, and sex. But beyond these requirements, healthcare organizations need to prioritize DEIA to mitigate negative patient outcomes and increase the ability to provide high-quality patient care.

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