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Create the environment for nursing excellence

American Nurse

It’s time to get back to the basics. Lillee Gelinas Last month’s editorial made clear that the future of healthcare delivery hinges on our ability to optimize the work of nurses and enable them to practice the essence of nursing. This editorial explains how. It’s not easy to define basic nursing care in terms relevant to all settings. Yet ensuring the delivery of basic care has never been more important.

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Virtual Nursing and Real Results. How Nurse Leaders Are Rebuilding the Care Model from the Inside Out.

Health Leaders | Nursing

From easing discharge and enhancing safety to scaling Hospital at Home and solving workforce gaps, HealthLeaders Virtual Nursing Mastermind participants are leading a quiet revolution. Today’s virtual nursing strategy, as defined by participants in the 2025 HealthLeaders Virtual Nursing Mastermind program, sponsored by Microsoft, is to expand platforms to create multiple points of value.

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CLABSI prevention in hospitalized patients receiving hemodialysis

American Nurse

This multi-targeted approach includes novel elements aimed at sustaining practice adherence and improving patient safety. Takeaways: Central-line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), a nurse-sensitive indicator, remains a common adverse outcome in patients receiving hemodialysis CLABSIs result in hospitalizations, morbidity, mortality, and increased healthcare costs.

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Would your workforce benefit from an LMS?

Nursing Review

For Australian healthcare professionals, the requirement to keep skills and knowledge up-to-date is omnipresent. Research, medical discoveries, changing regulations, and evolving patient-care needs all mean the learning never stops. But with widespread workforce shortages contributing to ever-busier shifts and sometimes unpredictable schedules, finding the time for traditional training sessions can be tough.

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How to Start Virtual Care the Right Way: A Proven Roadmap for 2025 and Beyond

Speaker: Dr. Christine Gall, DrPH, MS, BSN, RN

The promise of virtual care is no longer theoretical and is now a critical solution to many of healthcare’s most urgent challenges. Yet many healthcare leaders remain unsure how to build a business case for investment and launching the right program at the right time can be the difference between value and failure. For organizations seeking a financially sound, clinically effective entry point, Virtual Patient Observation (VPO) offers a compelling case to lead with.

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Nitrous oxide: Myths and misconceptions

American Nurse

Follow the evidence to ensure laboring patients have access to all options. Takeaways: Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) in childbirth is widely used outside of the United States. As a relatively new modality in the United States, some misconceptions exist. The use of N 2 O supports women who want to preserve their mobility and don’t want regional anesthesia. Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) has been used as an analgesic during childbirth since the late 1800s, almost exclusively outside of the United States, until it

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How many nurses are enough? Staffing ratios emerge as unionization issue in Pittsburgh

Health Leaders | Nursing

When two nurses at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital posted on social media recently that they’re being run ragged and patient care is being strained by the Pittsburgh health system giant’s staffing practices, it highlighted a long-running national debate over the right patient-to-nurse ratios. UPMC officials dispute allegations that their policies are a problem.

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Explore Best RN to BSN Programs Near Hartford, Connecticut

Registered Nursing

Known as the Insurance Capital of the World, Hartford sits at the crossroads of finance, biomedical research, and patient‑centered care. Two Level I trauma centers, Hartford Hospital and Saint Francis, anchor a metro corridor that serves more than a million residents. At the same time, the University of Connecticut Health Center, located just ten miles west in Farmington, powers innovation.

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Find purpose and connection as a Providence RN Care Manager in Southern California

Providence

If you’re a nurse looking for a role where you can truly guide the patient journey, care management, also called case management, might be the perfect fit.

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Discover Affordable Accelerated BSN Programs Near Colorado Springs, Colorado

Registered Nursing

Colorado Springs hugs the eastern slope of Pikes Peak, and its skyline is dotted with healthcare landmarks, such as UCHealth Memorial Hospital and Penrose – St. Francis Health Services , and Evans Army Community Hospital. That blend of natural beauty and clinical opportunity draws scores of career changers each year. Suppose you already hold a bachelor's degree in another field and want to become a registered nurse quickly.

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Informatics and Nursing: What It Is, What They Do, and How to Know If It’s Right for You

FreshRN

Curious about the connection between informatics and nursing? Learn what informatics nurses do, where they work, and how to become one in this career breakdown (plus how AI is shaping the future of nursing). The post Informatics and Nursing: What It Is, What They Do, and How to Know If It’s Right for You appeared first on FRESHRN.

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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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Discover Premier ADN Programs Near Cleveland, Ohio

Registered Nursing

Cleveland's rise from Great Lakes port to biomedical powerhouse rests on a culture of practical innovation. The same drive that led to the first blood transfusion and early X-ray technology now fuels the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, and MetroHealth, three systems that together employ more than 35,000 nurses. For Ohioans seeking to enter this dynamic workforce quickly, Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) programs provide a concentrated two-year route to licensure at community college tui

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Photo of 70yo that shook state ‘to the core’

Nursing Review

A nurse at one of NSW’s busiest hospitals says staff are “burnt out” amid an unprecedented winter surge, after “frightening” images were released of a 70-year-old man lying on the floor. The photos, posted to Facebook by the man’s daughter Hayley Leatham, show 70-year-old Raymond lying down behind a row of chairs at Blacktown Hospital with a bag under his head.

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Preparing for End of Life (Part Three) – Tech to Keep Documents, Information and Wishes Secure

Nurses Advocates

Welcome to Part Three of “Preparing for End of Life: Getting Organized.” In reality, don’t wait – do it today so you are prepared for what will happen tomorrow. Starting this process while you and your loved ones can talk and discuss options is important because once a person dies, you lose that opportunity. Gathering data is critical. But where will you store this data, so it is safe and secure?

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Perinatal Experiences of Black Women During COVID‐19: A Qualitative Study Guided by the Public Health Critical Race Praxis

Nursing Inquiry

ABSTRACT Pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic presented unique challenges for all women; however, the experiences of Black women were particularly affected by intersecting processes and systems such as race, class, gender, socioeconomic status, and healthcare access. The objective of this study was to explore the perinatal experiences of Black women amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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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Ramsay axes 85% of mental health clinics

Nursing Review

The country’s biggest private hospital company will shut the majority of its psychology clinics in a matter of months. Ramsay Health Care notified staff of the closure of 17 of its 20 clinics earlier this month. The three remaining clinics are in the Newcastle suburb of Charlestown, in Perth’s northern suburbs, and in Cairns. “We understand this change might be unsettling and we are working closely with our psychologists to ensure every client is supported and has continuity of care, whether thr