Health Leaders | Nursing

JUNE 12, 2023

The new Collaborative Care Model is rooted in positioning team members to practice at top of their licensure. When UnityPoint Health began exploring new inpatient care delivery models, D’Andre Carpenter, DNP, RN , chief nursing officer, wanted to go beyond the concept of team-based care to position nurses and other clinicians to practice at the top of their license.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 12, 2023

As LGBTQIA+ nurses celebrate June’s Pride Month, they continue to advocate for accessible and safe care for the LGBTQIA+ community and for a nursing workforce that represents the populations they serve. Jeff Day, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, CNEcl, who is chair of the nursing section of GLMA and a medical provider at Callen-Lorde a New York City-based community health center and a global leader in LGBTQIA+ healthcare, says a diverse nursing workforce is essential to good patient care, but it also make

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The Relentless School Nurse

JUNE 12, 2023

School nurses , you can contribute to this nationwide job analysis survey. Your voice is important, share your perspective, experience, and scope of practice. Here is the information from the National Board for Certification of School Nurses, asking for our help: NBCSN needs your help! The NCSN school nurse job analysis survey is now available. The results of this survey will be used to help develop the specifications for the National Board for Certification of School Nurses (NBCSN) National Cer

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Consult QD

JUNE 12, 2023

Up to 80% of menopausal women experience hot flashes and night sweats, and 20% have severe vasomotor symptoms (VMS). Until recently, there were few options for relief aside from hormonal therapy. But in May 2023, the FDA-approved non-hormonal fezolinetant for VMS. “Hormonal therapy remains the gold standard, but we can’t use it for everyone, and not every candidate is willing to take it,” says Holly Thacker, MD, FACP, director of Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Specialized Women’s Health.

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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

Scrubs

JUNE 12, 2023

Nurses across the state of New York are breathing a sigh of relief now that the “Safe Staffing Act” is finally going into effect. The law passed the state legislature during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way of strengthening the healthcare system and easing the burden placed on NY nurses after years of systemic staff shortages. “There shall be a minimum of one registered professional nurse assigned to care for every two patients that an attending practitioner determines to require intensive or crit

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The Gypsy Nurse

JUNE 12, 2023

Being a traveling nurse is one of the best jobs out there. It’s a flexible job that offers many traveling opportunities, freedom, professional growth, the opportunity to meet new people, a great salary with numerous benefits, and other similar advantages. However, being a traveling nurse is not all that easy. What you might not have known is that traveling nurses also have to be great team players.

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CynaMed

JUNE 12, 2023

3 minute read With a growing need for healthcare providers, many individuals want to pursue a career in the industry. If you have been considering working in the medical field but have no previous education or experience, there are options! Earning a Med Tech certificate is the perfect way to kickstart your healthcare calling. Med Techs, otherwise considered Lead Aides, are healthcare providers who typically work in personal care and assisted living facilities.

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Celayix

JUNE 12, 2023

Events are an integral part of our lives, providing us with memorable experiences and opportunities to come together as a community. Whether it’s a thrilling concert, a high-stakes sporting event, a thought-provoking conference, or a vibrant festival, the success of an event lies in the hands of the dedicated professionals responsible for its security and staffing.

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Nursing Review

JUNE 12, 2023

Australians won't be given a new time frame for the introduction of 24/7 nurses onsite in aged care homes after Labor conceded the July 1 deadline would be 'impossible to meet.' On Sunday, Aged Care Minister Anika Wells said she was working to fulfil Labor's election promise to have around-the-clock nursing care in every facility 'as soon as possible.

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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

Daily Nurse

JUNE 12, 2023

Rachel Ellis, RN, works in the ICU and, for the past five years, has primarily worked in the critical care setting, but on the side, though, she provides postpartum care to new moms. Here’s her story. We edited the interview for length and clarity. Why did you decide to start your postpartum side gig? When did you start it, and how did you go about it?

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Nursing Review

JUNE 12, 2023

New quarterly data has revealed that people in NSW continue to wait beyond clinically recommended guidelines for elective surgeries. The latest Healthcare Quarterly data , covering the first quarter of 2023, also found that elective surgery activity has bounced back to pre-pandemic levels. One in ten patients scheduled for non-urgent surgeries waited more than 523 days – a record high compared to the previous five years.

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Becker's Hospital Review

JUNE 12, 2023

Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice nurses around the country — represented by more than 200 national, state and local nursing organizations — are making sure Congress hears their collective voices loud and clear. The American Association of Nurse Practitioners submitted a letter of support inked with 235 signatures to Congress on June 6 in support of H.R. 2713 — the Improving Care and Access to Nurses Act.

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Scrubs

JUNE 12, 2023

The biotech firm known as Grail made headlines earlier this year thanks to its signature Galleri blood tests, which can detect up to 50 different kinds of cancer early on to improve patient outcomes. The tests were hailed as the “first of its kind” when it hit the market in 2023. It is only available with a prescription and currently costs $949 per test.

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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.

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Becker's Hospital Review

JUNE 12, 2023

Compassion satisfaction scores improved significantly after the implementation of a tailored process to debrief critical patient events within a pediatric intensive care unit at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

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Consult QD

JUNE 12, 2023

A first-of-kind dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system demonstrated promising results in the first three months following implantation, reported investigators with the ongoing international Aveir DR i2i Study. The findings were recently presented in a late-breaking clinical trials session at Heart Rhythm 2023 and simultaneously published online in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Consult QD

JUNE 12, 2023

written by Sunjeet Kaur, MD and Reena Mehra, MD, MS Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), characterized by partial or complete airway obstruction during sleep reflecting apneas and hypopneas respectively, afflicts nearly 1 billion individuals worldwide. 1 The standard treatment for OSA is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy which serves as a pneumatic splint to achieve airway patency.

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