Wed.Jun 14, 2023

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Learning From Failure

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I recently did a workshop and a young leader in the workshop reached out to me after the session. She was looking for advice on how to bounce back from a leadership failure. Her story is one that I have heard before from leaders beginning their leadership […] The post Learning From Failure appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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NPs and Professional Liability Insurance: Getting it Right

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Professional liability insurance, also known as malpractice insurance, is a crucial component of protecting nurse practitioners (NPs) in their practice. Whether you’re a business owner or employed by someone else, having your own policy is essential. Even if your employer provides coverage, it’s important to evaluate the terms as it often prioritizes the interests of the business.

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Sibling Rivalry with Estate Planning

Elder Care Matters

Sibling rivalry all too often resurfaces during a parent’s estate planning process, and long-buried conflicts often come back to life in a crisis such as a parent’s illness or incapacity. In fact, disputes over a parent’s needs and wishes may really boil down to, “I’m closest to Mom, so I know what’s best for her.”… The post Sibling Rivalry with Estate Planning appeared first on Elder Care Directory - ElderCareMatters.com.

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Mass Under the Lip

Consult QD

Note: This article is reprinted from the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine ( 2023;90[3]:145-146 ) By Sagar Khanna, BDS, DDS A 60-year-old man was referred by his primary care physician to the oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic with a mass under the upper lip. The mass had grown slowly over the past two to three weeks while the patient was in rehabilitation after a stroke that had occurred three months earlier.

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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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Nurse Practitioner Payal Emery Uses Art to Help Others

Daily Nurse

Milford, Connecticut, nurse practitioner Payal Emery has been using art as an outlet to cope with many different moments in life. Because of her experiences, she now wants to use art to help others After noticing how much art helped her and her autistic son — and knowing stories of how art has helped others — Emery created the Artistic Nurse. Emery’s online gallery donates a portion of all sales to fund important causes supporting mental health, animal conservation, environmental conservation,

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QR Codes for Rapid Responses: Improved Clinical Operations and DEI Insight

Amercan Journal of Nursing

Improving data collection and analysis of RRTs for quality improvement The method we use to track rapid response team (RRT) data has evolved on our health campus at Mount Sinai Queens. Just a few years ago we were using paper logs; now we use electronic logs accessed by a QR code. The goal initially has been to become paperless and collect data to analyze our rapid responses for clinical insight.

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Man Goes to the Hospital for Toothache Only to Die Hours Later

Scrubs

Diego Soto went to Public hospital Villa Regina in Argentina on June 6 complaining of a toothache, but he never made it out alive. The doctors treated him with an injection and Soto later returned to his home only to be found dead early the next morning. A preliminary autopsy classified the cause of death as “acute pulmonary edema,” a condition in which abnormal fluid builds up in the lungs.

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Nurse residency program doubles-down on ED training

Becker's Hospital Review

Training for the first cohort of Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare's nurse residency program is underway at seven of its hospitals. The system adopted the program with an aim to improve retention of new nurses and better equip them for the demands of emergency department care, according to a June 13 news release.

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Woman Declared Dead Knocks on Coffin Door During Her Own Wake

Scrubs

Something unexpected happened during a funeral in Ecuador over the weekend. The ceremony was held in honor of Bella Montoya, a retired nurse, who was pronounced dead at the age of 76. The only problem was that she wasn’t dead. The family halted the funeral when they heard strange sounds from inside the coffin where they found Montoya alive and breathing.

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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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How to Create an Employee Schedule that Maximizes Productivity

Celayix

Crafting a smart and effective employee schedule is a crucial yet often underestimated aspect of managing a successful business. The process might seem tedious and complex, but it plays a central role in the productivity and satisfaction of your team. In this comprehensive guide, we will walk you through the steps to create an employee schedule. We want you to understand how important creating an employee schedule is.

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HUB23 Preview: Peggy Greco, Ph.D

NRC Health

At HUB23, you’ll find expanded, dynamic programming focused on bringing impact to your organization. Check out our speaker spotlight to learn more! The post HUB23 Preview: Peggy Greco, Ph.D appeared first on NRC Health.

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The growing need for bilingual nurses: how to become more valuable in the healthcare industry

Nurse Deck

Bilingual nurses offer a unique set of skills in the healthcare landscape, enabling them to serve as a bridge between diverse patient communities and the medical teams that care for them. Their abilities offer a host of benefits, cater to growing demands, and certainly increase their professional value in the healthcare industry. What are the benefits of being a bilingual nurse?

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Come to Cleveland in September for Unmatched Aortic Disease Education

Consult QD

Cleveland Clinic kicks off an ambitious schedule of live cardiovascular CME offerings this autumn with the latest installment of “ C omprehensive, L ifelong, E xpeditious (CLE) Care of Aortic Disease ” at the InterContinental Cleveland on Cleveland Clinic’s main campus on Friday-Saturday, Sept. 22-23. Since its launch a few years ago, this day-and-a-half course — one of the most in-depth live meetings on aortic disease available anywhere — has consistently pleased crowds by taking its name quite

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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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AACN revises guidance for acute care nurses

Becker's Hospital Review

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses announced revisions to its scope and standards guide for acute care clinical nurse specialists, according to a June 13 news release.

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Employee Retention – Everything You Need to Know

Celayix

As an employer, it is crucial for you to realize that your employees are your single, most important resource. This is true for all businesses and all industries. Employee retention is not something that just happens. As Richard Branson once said; “Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients” As an employer, you have a responsibility.

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Does Sleep Dysfunction Help Explain Sex Differences in Alzheimer’s Incidence and Progression?

Consult QD

Why women develop Alzheimer’s disease (AD) at a higher rate than men and tend to have more rapid cognitive decline are intriguing unanswered questions. Evidence indicates that differences between the sexes cannot be attributed to apolipoprotein E ( APOE ) genotype, age or education level. Some studies have found associations with AD progression and sleep deficits, but whether this can help account for the sex differences is unknown.