Fri.Jul 21, 2023

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Moving Past Analysis Paralysis to Start Your Practice

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Just what is analysis paralysis and how can it sabotage your practice startup? Analysis paralysis refers to the state of overthinking, and excessive analysis to the point where moving forward is quite difficult. The choices and decisions can be endless, and in the end, we are fearful of being wrong in our choices. This is not something that affects only Nurse Practitioners – it can affect all humans.

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5 ways to deal with the diva doctor

Scrubs

iStockphoto | ThinkStock + Scrubs Divas work in every profession, including medicine. Having a doctor who swans in and makes unreasonable demands or who throws temper tantrums can harsh your nurse-y groove…so how do you deal with it? Here are five tips for de-diva-ing your drama queen: 1. Stay calm, even if they yell. Some docs love making other people respond to their twerpy behavior.

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A staff nurse’s AI wish list

American Nurse

The adage “necessity is the mother of invention” has been propelling human progress (or folly, depending on one’s point of view) since the dawn of time. I’m sure the need for speed was at the back of the minds of our ancestors who invented the wheel. Enhancing efficiency and effectiveness, hence productivity, is a major driver of innovation. The latest to captivate the world is artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of large language models, with ChatGPT as the leader of the pack.

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Novel Cancer Therapeutics Center Helps Navigate Complex Treatment Landscape and Emerging Side Effects from Cancer Treatment

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From theranostics to modified cell therapy, the landscape of cancer treatment has changed substantially in recent years, bringing fresh hope as well as new challenges for those caring for patients. The Novel Cancer Therapeutics Center at Cleveland Clinic’s Taussig Cancer Center is bringing together researchers, geneticists and specialists to support patients and healthcare providers in this complex new realm.

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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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Shepherd U. School of Nursing's $2.6M Rural Grant to Boost Both Family and Mental Health Nurse Practitioners

Health Leaders | Nursing

$2.6M HRSA grant will help West Virginia's 'most vulnerable populations.' A rural grant awarded to Shepherd University’s School of Nursing will boost the number of primary care nurse practitioners (NPs) and psychiatric mental health NPs to help support West Virginia’s “most vulnerable populations.” The four-year, $2.6 million grant, given by the U.S.

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Nursing Best Practices: Caring for Disabled Patients

Diversity Nursing

Disability affects approximate 61 million , or nearly 1 in 4 (26%) of people in the United States. Including people with disabilities in everyday activities and creating accessible environments and equitable opportunities that support them in holding roles similar to their peers who do not have a disability is disability inclusion. Disability inclusion entails identifying barriers that potentially impact people with disabilities to independently live and be fully engaged in their communities.

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National League for Nursing to Induct 2023 Class of Fellows into the Academy of Nursing Education

Daily Nurse

Twenty-three distinguished nurse educators , including a former National League for Nursing president, have been selected for induction as the 17th class of fellows in the prestigious Academy of Nursing Education. Dr. Elaine Tagliareni, who joined the Academy with this class, served as League president from 2007 to 2009. The Academy was launched in March 2007 while Dr.

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Is Race Correction in Medicine Hurting Your Patients?

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Doctors and providers use medical algorithms and equations when assessing a patient’s risk of illness or disease and recommending treatment. However, many of these programs use race as part of the analytics process. In fact, they may alter their recommendations or findings once the patient’s race is added into the system, a trend known as race correction.

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Robotic-Assisted Approach to Big Acetabular Bone Defects

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The goal of robotic‐assisted technology in total hip arthroplasty (THA), first introduced in the 1990s, is to reduce prosthetic malpositioning and improve patient outcomes. While the use of robotics in primary THA has made brisk inroads in the last decade, its application in hip revision surgery is much rarer, according to Jorge Manrique-Succar, MD , a dual specialist in musculoskeletal oncology and joint replacement surgery based at Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital.

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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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Do Nurses Really Make the Worst Patients? Healthcare Providers Weigh In

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There’s an adage that says nurses make the worst patients. It’s like going out to eat with someone who waits tables. They might start criticizing the waiter or telling their friends what they would’ve done instead. The same is sometimes true for healthcare providers. Nurses know what it’s like to take care of people, so they may have a few notes for the person taking care of them.

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New Book Featuring Rogerian Nursing Science

Nursology

The Society of Rogerian Scholars is pleased to announce publication of Evolving Rogerian Nursing Science: John R. Phillips’ Unique Contributions in both paperback and e-book formats, available through Amazon.

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Video: HealthLeaders Weekly Wrap

Health Leaders | Nursing

The Weekly Wrap, HealthLeaders' video series, brings you a quick look at what we're covering around the healthcare industry. New episodes will be released each Friday. Subscribe now to HealthLeaders YouTube channel to catch all the episodes. Don’t miss out!

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Emerging Treatments for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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By Emily Littlejohn, DO, MPH The heterogeneity of lupus, both clinically and immunologically, makes disease management and drug development a challenge. For decades, only a handful of FDA-approved drugs existed for this disease, including antimalarials, corticosteroids, aspirin and cyclophosphamide. By 2020, however, we began seeing a surge in drug development, including: • Belimumab, a human monoclonal antibody that binds to soluble B lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) to treat systemic lupus and lup

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Maximizing Your Benefits Strategy: Reframing the Way We View Fertility

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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The Role of Hip Resurfacing in Orthopaedic Care

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Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is the gold standard treatment for end-stage degenerative hip osteoarthritis, but Cleveland Clinic orthopaedic surgeon Peter Brooks, MD, FRCSC , would like to see that change, at least for one subset of the population – younger, active males. Dr. Brooks is a staff physician in the Orthopaedic & Rheumatologic Center at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Vero Beach, Florida, and the senior author of the first large single-surgeon report of long-term outcomes