The Relentless School Nurse

MAY 23, 2023

The most recent Surgeon General’s Advisory report highlights the mental health impact of social media on children and adolescents. It draws attention to the association between excessive social media use and increased rates of anxiety, depression, loneliness, and other mental health issues among young people. The advisory emphasizes the need for awareness, education, and action to address these concerns.

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Relias

MAY 23, 2023

What does it mean to look at your work through a trauma-informed lens? Imagine sitting in a parking lot, drumming up all your courage just to walk into a behavioral health center. You have never seen a counselor before, and you are very nervous. You haven’t had a good night’s sleep for weeks. You have nightmares, seem to always be ‘on edge’ and anger easily.

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Becker's Hospital Review

MAY 23, 2023

Hospitals across the country are responding to the recent surge in violence against healthcare workers by launching violence prevention campaigns to spread the message to all who enter: acts of aggression will not be tolerated here.

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Celayix

MAY 23, 2023

Are you having difficulties in creating schedules for your employees? Does your company need help with planning and managing shift schedules ? There are a lot of important questions that employers consider during employee scheduling. You might be wondering, how can an employee scheduling software answer these questions? Will it magically provide employees when there are no-shows or any last-minute schedule changes ?

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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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Diversity Nursing

MAY 23, 2023

Patient education is a crucial aspect of the Nursing practice, because it empowers patients to take an active role in their own healthcare. Nurses serve as educators, providing patients and their families with the knowledge and skills they need to make informed decisions about their health and well-being. Patient education provides a better understanding of their health conditions, treatment options, and self-care strategies, leading to better health outcomes.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 23, 2023

Have you ever wondered what it was like to work with patients who live with serious mental illness? If you’ve thought about working with this particular population but weren’t sure what it was like or even knew someone in the field, don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Erin Walczykowski, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, works as a psychiatric nurse practitioner at MBI Health Services , LLC in Washington, D.C.

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Scrubs

MAY 23, 2023

It’s no secret that the U.S. likes its sweets. We have one of the highest obesity rates in the world. And many of our sugar-coated treats contain chemicals that aren’t exactly nutritious. Some ingredients and dyes have even been linked to cancer. And now the largest state in the union is taking steps to ban them for good. Assembly Bill 418 would ban the manufacture, sale and distribution of foods containing five harmful substances starting in 2025, including: Red dye No. 3 Titanium dioxide Potas

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Daily Nurse

MAY 23, 2023

Join International Nurse Coach LLC Farah Laurent for a replay of the Level Up Your Career Webinar Series: How to Think, Speak and Act with Confidence. During this webinar, you will learn to position yourself for success with unshakeable confidence. The webinar covers positive self-talk, having a growth mindset , personal branding, and how to promote yourself using the brag and swag method.

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NRC Health

MAY 23, 2023

Fifteen seconds can make all the difference in the world of healthcare. For NRC Health partners, those 15 seconds can help provide an easily viewable patient-background summary, so that patients feel seen and heard and providers have the necessary details to deliver better care experiences. The post The importance of treating patients as people first to improve the patient experience appeared first on NRC Health.

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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

Consult QD

MAY 23, 2023

Nurse Essentials · Loud and Clear: How and When to Speak Up for Patient Safety “In the Cleveland Clinic way, patients come first, and we’re always going to stand up to do the right thing for a patient,” says Craig Tobias, MSN, MBA, RN, Director of Acute Nursing Care at Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital. Standing up for patients includes speaking up and alerting others when something doesn’t seem right.

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Nursology

MAY 23, 2023

Contributor: Bárbara Marisa Franco Nunes da Silva Cardoso I have been a nurse for over a decade, always in the infectious diseases department, working with people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

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Consult QD

MAY 23, 2023

Left bundle branch block (LBBB) or high-grade atrioventricular block, which can necessitate permanent pacemaker implantation, are some of the most serious complications of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and surgeries involving the aortic valve and surrounding area. As the adoption of TAVR has expanded, ways to minimize electrical system-related complications such as LBBB have been the focus of significant research.

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The Gypsy Nurse

MAY 23, 2023

TNAA-Travel Nurse Across America provided this article. Licenses, screening, and immunizations – oh, my! With each travel nurse assignment comes a mountain of compliance requirements. If you don’t have help through your travel nurse agency, staying compliant for each assignment feels like a chore. However, if your travel nursing agency has a QA department, you have a valuable resource at your service.

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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

MAY 23, 2023

The Ohio Nurses Association is sounding the alarm on understaffing in hospitals through a new "Code Red" advocacy campaign.

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Penn Nursing

MAY 23, 2023

The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing is pleased to announce that ten teams from health systems around the country have been selected for the Johnson & Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship Program (JJNIF), powered by Penn Nursing and the Wharton School–a ground-breaking, one-year, team-based nursing fellowship for Chief Nursing Officers, nurse executives, and senior nurse leaders.

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Becker's Hospital Review

MAY 23, 2023

Eight students from a now-shuttered nursing program at Stone Academy in West Haven, Conn., filed a class action lawsuit May 3 against the institution claiming it violated the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act by misrepresenting the institutions' standing until its last day of operation.

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Celayix

MAY 23, 2023

Understanding how to manage your workforce during periods of fluctuating demand is crucial for business survival and success. In today’s fast-paced business environment, demand can change rapidly, often requiring significant adjustments in workforce scheduling and management. Depending on your business, you might be dealing with demand fluctuating at different times of day, or different times of the year.

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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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Becker's Hospital Review

MAY 23, 2023

Western Governors University, an accredited, online, non-profit school based out of Millcreek, Utah, said in a May 22 press release that it will open an 18,000-square-foot nursing prelicensure simulation lab in Kansas City, Mo., in late 2023.

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Consult QD

MAY 23, 2023

By Christopher Zust, MD, and John A. Morren, MD Note: This article is reprinted from the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (2023;90[2]:81-84). If a patient with myasthenia gravis (MG) has been taking adequate doses of a first-line medication, typically pyridostigmine, for a sufficient duration but without significant efficacy, or has experienced substantial adverse effects, it may be time to consider immunosuppressive therapy.

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Nursing Review

MAY 23, 2023

In light of Schizophrenia Awareness Day, groundbreaking research and a multidisciplinary approach could offer new hope for people living with the condition. Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder that affects one in a hundred Australians. While treatment options exist, roughly 10 per cent of people do not respond to available therapies. Professor Christos Pantelis at the Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre (MNC) of the University of Melbourne said nurses were critical in empowering patients and

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Celayix

MAY 23, 2023

Whether you’re a first-time leader or seasoned pro, understanding the value of different management styles is absolutely essential. Not only are they important for the effectiveness of your leadership, but the success you achieve too. The management style that you choose will often depend on specific goals and the organization you work for. The reality is that there is no one-size-fits-all to suit every situation.

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