American Nurse

APRIL 2, 2024

How do you ensure transparency and nurse safety? This content is for Digital Access and Print Plus subscribers only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.

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Nursology

APRIL 2, 2024

Contributor: Munachi Okpala, DNP, MBA, MSN, APRN, NP-C As I embark on another day in the world of nursing, I find myself drawn to the profound philosophies that underpin our profession.

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Diversity Nursing

APRIL 2, 2024

When you first meet someone, do you automatically judge that person based upon their weight, skin color, clothing, piercings, hairstyle, disability, speech, etc? Many people automatically infer a stereotype based on someone’s appearance. This is known as unconscious bias. Recognizing and addressing biases is not only crucial for Nurses to uphold the highest standards of care, but it's also a moral necessity in providing equitable and compassionate treatment to every patient.

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American Nurse

APRIL 2, 2024

Learn about the connections to improve care. Takeaways: The digestive system, skin, lungs and other parts of the body that interact with the environment are covered with bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and other microbes. Research in the past 20 years has shown the gut microbiome to be a key factor in the start and progression of cardiovascular disease, a variety of cancers, diabetes, dementia, allergy, depression, schizophrenia, and rheumatoid arthritis.

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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.

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Nursing Times

APRIL 2, 2024

Read more about the Nursing and Midwifery Council's temporary Covid-19 register closing, four years since it was first set up.

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American Nurse

APRIL 2, 2024

Approaches that meet student and nurse needs. Takeaways Direct care nurses serve as significant teachers and role models for nursing students in the clinical setting. Building critical thinking skills is one of the most important outcomes in the clinical setting for nursing students. Collaboration with nursing faculty during the clinical rotation can ease the burden on direct care nurses and facilitate a positive learning experience for the student.

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Northeastern State University

APRIL 2, 2024

Nursing administration covers a wide range of leadership roles, from nurse supervisor to chief nursing officer. Although administrators do not routinely provide direct patient care, the policies and the culture they create have tangible impacts on patients, staff and communities. Successful nurse administrators “help lead best practices” and collaborate “across multiple disciplines within the organization,” says the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).

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American Nurse

APRIL 2, 2024

RNs recount progress, challenges in meeting patients’ overall needs In recent years, nurses and key policymakers have recognized that improving health requires attention to many aspects of people’s lives outside of healthcare settings. The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the effects of social determinants of health (SDOH). Influential efforts such as the 2021 National Academy of Medicine report, Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity, and the Department of Health and H

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Northeastern State University

APRIL 2, 2024

Human resources (HR) is a form of management key to serving the community safely and effectively. It includes diversity, inclusion, equitable treatment and employee satisfaction in unique work environments. The HR department plays a critical role in managing companies in every industry. Therefore, HR leaders in healthcare organizations need to know about the various aspects of the practice and familiarize themselves with the HR side of the job and the healthcare industry.

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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

Celayix

APRIL 2, 2024

It’s 2024 and traditional employment models are giving way to more flexible and dynamic arrangements. We are seeing the rise of on-demand labor, an idea that is changing how businesses source, manage, and deploy talent. In this blog post, we discuss on-demand labor management, including its advantages, difficulties, and impact on employers and workers.

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NRC Health

APRIL 2, 2024

NRC Health announced today the appointment of Jennifer Baron as the organization’s first chief experience officer. Baron’s addition is part of the organization’s continued investments in leadership and innovation to align with the evolving healthcare landscape. The post Veteran patient experience executive Jennifer Baron joins NRC Health as its first chief experience officer appeared first on NRC Health.

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Joyce

APRIL 2, 2024

An Occupational Therapy Assistant’s Daily Schedule Before diving into any career, it’s important to know what a typical day on the job entails. Doing this gives insight into what you might encounter, and the same goes for a career as an Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA). At Joyce University, our OTA associate’s program teaches what daily life as an OTA looks like, firsthand, through classroom and fieldwork opportunities.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

APRIL 2, 2024

Nurses in different generations have different needs that CNOs must fairly accomodate. On this week’s episode of HL Shorts, we hear from Cassie Lewis, Chief Nursing Officer for the Richmond market at Bon Secours Mercy Health, about how CNOs can ensure that offerings are equitable between generations of nurses. Tune in to hear her insights.

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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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Joyce

APRIL 2, 2024

One of the many benefits of working as a nurse is that there is always an opportunity to grow and expand your career path. If you are a Registered Nurse (RN) with an Associate of Science in Nursing ( ASN ) degree, you can further your education and work experience by earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing ( BSN ) degree in just over one year. Joyce University’s RN to BSN program offers the perfect way to grow your nursing knowledge, job prospects , and salary potential.

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NRC Health

APRIL 2, 2024

As healthcare leaders face challenges with competing priorities and time constraints, NRC Health has launched an easy-to-use tool, Team Digest, offering insights that leaders can use to inspire teams and execute improvement efforts. The post NRC Health’s Team Digest offers custom engagement tools for key stakeholders appeared first on NRC Health.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

APRIL 2, 2024

Nursa released the results of a survey with healthcare decision-makers that examines their perspectives on the evolving social contract of employment, opinions on the 1099 workforce, and reflections on what makes a nurse truly valuable to an organization. Pillar: Nursing Link: Full story Article Source: Yahoo!

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Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine

APRIL 2, 2024

Policies are pivotal for shaping the structural resilience of communities, influencing their ability to navigate and overcome adversity. In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Director of The Institute for Policy Solutions at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, to explore how policies, social determinants of health, and structural resilience intersect to… The post Policy Pathways to Community Resilience appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine.

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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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Health Leaders | Nursing

APRIL 2, 2024

In the past year, St. Charles Health System said Monday that it's seen a major turnaround in the strength of its workforce, according to a variety of metrics, and has hired over a dozen temporary traveling nurses as permanent caregivers so far this year.

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Penn Medicine News

APRIL 2, 2024

Through a new Planetary Health curriculum, Penn medical students are learning about the impact of climate change on human health.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

APRIL 2, 2024

Results of a new survey by The Harris Poll reveal that many patients receive too many needlesticks in hospital procedures, which amplifies misconceptions and lack of awareness from Americans on the risks of common medical procedures.

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American Nurse

APRIL 2, 2024

Differential diagnosis provides a key to successful outcomes. Takeaways: Significant emotional or physical events (both positive and negative) can trigger Takotsubo syndrome. Symptoms of an ST-elevation myocardial infarction and acute heart failure can mimic Takotsubo syndrome. Nurses should have a high suspicion of Takotsubo syndrome in patients with symptoms of acute cardiac syndrome or acute heart failure who recently experienced a significant emotional or physical event.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 2, 2024

Results of a new survey by The Harris Poll reveal that many patients receive too many needlesticks in hospital procedures, which amplifies misconceptions and lack of awareness from Americans on the risks of common medical procedures. The “Accepted But Unacceptable” Practice of Repeated Needlesticks Needlesticks are an often-overlooked challenge but can be one of the most traumatic aspects of a patient’s hospital stay.

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