Tue.Jun 20, 2023

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Ambiverts Unite!

Candy Campbell

Summer's here and I'm recently back home after 2.5 weeks away, where I visited 3 cities. Don't get me wrong. I had an AMAZING time in Vegas, learning and socializing with 23 other creative entrepreneurs, enjoying family and friends in my birthplace of Portland, and visiting more family and friends and performing in San Francisco area. However, I'm still exhausted.

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Nursing Groups Denounce AMA's Effort to Regulate Advanced Practice RNs

Health Leaders | Nursing

'The AMA is again adopting policies encouraging laws and regulations that impede competition and help their bottom line.' Nursing groups are denouncing the American Medical Association 's recent policy amendment calling for advanced practice RNs (APRNs) to be licensed and regulated jointly by the state medical and nursing boards. The policy amendment was passed by the AMA's House of Delegates (HOD), the policy-making body of the organization, during its annual meeting last week in Chicago.

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Washington to Allow Nurses with Multistate Licenses to Begin Practicing in the State

Daily Nurse

Washington, which recently became the 40th jurisdiction to enact the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), will allow nurses holding an active, unencumbered multistate license (MSL) to begin practicing in the state on July 24. Additionally, as part of the NLC legislation , the Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission will officially change its name to the Washington State Board of Nursing on the same date.

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Curbing Thrombosis in Patients with Cancer

Consult QD

Thrombosis is one of the leading causes of mortality for people with cancer, and often goes undetected. To date, little has been understood about the role of platelet activation in causing these complications. Newly published research from Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute explores the mechanisms of tumor-platelet communication and activation—yielding insights that could lead to therapies that protect patients with cancer from thrombosis.

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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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DeSantis signs measure allowing CNAs to become qualified med aides at nursing homes

Health Leaders | Nursing

The law allows qualified CNAs to administer “routine” medications to residents. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed 11 bills, including a measure that allows certified nursing assistants in nursing homes to become trained as “qualified medication aides.” The aides could then administer “routine” medications to residents, freeing up registered nurses to provide other needed care.

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Nurse Called into Office After Saying He Goes to Work “to Make Money”

Scrubs

There’s a new trend on TikTok. Nurses are posting about the things they have shared with their colleagues only to be reprimanded by their managers. Alex Kim (@nurse.alexrn) recently shared a clip in which he talks about being disciplined by his boss after saying part of the reason he decided to become a nurse was to earn money. “Some of my coworkers make me want to quit nursing forever,” he says.

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5 hospitals, health systems working to curb 1st year nurse turnover

Becker's Hospital Review

First-year nurses continue to have the highest turnover rate among any other tenure level in the profession according to the 2023 nurse retention and staffing report, published by NSI Nursing Solutions Inc., a nurse staffing agency.

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Doctor Lands in the Doghouse After Giving Covid Vaccine Waivers Too Freely

Scrubs

Original Reporting by: Brett Kelman A Tennessee doctor has lost his medical license for issuing covid-19 vaccine waivers to patients he never met in at least three states. One, it turned out, was a dog named Charlie Kraus. Robert Coble, 76, of Goodspring, Tennessee, agreed to surrender his license in a May settlement with the Tennessee Department of Health that was announced by the agency on June 15.

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Johns Hopkins program reduces nurse burnout by boosting 'ethical confidence'

Becker's Hospital Review

Hospital leaders already know nurses are leaving the bedside — and countless more are turning away from the profession — for myriad reasons. But do they really understand why?

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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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Nearly 1,800 Portland Nurses Walk Off the Job in Historic Strike

Scrubs

Another week in healthcare usually means someone somewhere is going on strike. This time it’s nearly 1,800 nurses at Providence Portland Medical Center, Providence Seaside Hospital, and Providence Home Health and Hospice in Oregon, the first nurses’ strike in the state in 22 years. The nurses are in the process of negotiating a new contract with Providence management, but the two sides have been unable to reach an agreement.

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Diet Affects Depression

SelfCare for HealthCare

Young men with a poor diet reported a decrease in symptoms of depression when they switched to the Mediterranean diet compared to young men who underwent befriending therapy, a new study shows. Some were put on the Mediterranean diet, which involves eating lots of fruits and vegetables, beans and nuts, healthy grains, fish, olive oil, small amounts of meat and dairy, and red wine.

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Large Security Company Makes The Switch to Celayix

Celayix

Organization “SecurityX” (Company name confidential) With central offices in Virginia, this large security company delivers outstanding service to its clients through exceptional staff training and an internationally recognized quality management system. This security company serves many high-level government departments. With over 1000 employees, they pride themselves on providing a great work environment.

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The power of a personal patient experience in advancing quality of care at Children’s Mercy

NRC Health

For Mandy Riemer, Manager of Patient Experience at Children’s Mercy, how patient experience is delivered is personal. The post The power of a personal patient experience in advancing quality of care at Children’s Mercy appeared first on NRC Health.

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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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A Guide On Full Time vs. Part Time Work Schedules

Celayix

Most schedulers have to juggle both full time, and part time schedules when creating employee schedules. While this might sound easy, it can lead to schedule errors, or sending employees into overtime unintentionally! This costs you both time and money. Today, we want to help you improve your employee scheduling process when it comes to full time vs. part time schedules.

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What Travel Healthcare Workers Should Know About Their First Job in a Rural Area

The Gypsy Nurse

Many travel healthcare workers are familiar with a steady workflow in bigger cities. But, if you’re interested in something different, you might be considering making the switch to a rural area. Maybe you’re already on your way to your first rural position. Either way, it’s important to know what to expect. There are major differences between rural and urban healthcare needs.

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Toronto Security Company Enhance Their Scheduling and Reporting Processes 

Celayix

Organization This is a security guard client based in Scarborough, Toronto (Name Confidential). They have provided high-quality security guards across Toronto for more than 30 years. They have a detailed understanding of various sectors’ operational requirements that allows their security guards and support personnel to deliver a client-centric service experience that’s friendly and relatable.

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Study: Telemonitoring Infants’ Weight Reduces In-Office Visits

Consult QD

Findings from a new pilot study show that remote home weight monitoring in healthy newborn infants is feasible and also reduced office visits by 25% after the first week of an infant’s life. These findings support growing momentum toward more at-home monitoring programs for infants, which could improve growth trend metrics, allow for earlier interventions, and offer a more convenient option for parents and guardians.

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Leveling the Playing Field: How HR Can Equitably Improve Health Outcomes Through Fertility Benefits

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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A scoping review exploring the impact and negotiation of hierarchy in healthcare organisations

Nursing Inquiry

Abstract Healthcare organisations are hierarchical; almost all are organised around the ranking of individuals by authority or status, whether this be based on profession, expertise, gender or ethnicity. Hierarchy is important for several reasons; it shapes the delivery of care, what is prioritised and who receives care. It also has an impact on healthcare workers and how they work and communicate together in organisations.

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CoxHealth CNO, VP of clinical services to retire after 42-year career

Becker's Hospital Review

Lynne Yaggy, MSN, RN, chief nursing office at Cox Medical Center Branson (Mo.) and vice president of clinical services for Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth, is retiring after 42 years in the healthcare industry.

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Clinicians Emphasize Harm Reduction When Counseling Patients About the Use of Psychedelics

Consult QD

Interest in the therapeutic potential of psychedelics has swelled in recent years, thanks in part to a growing body of research that supports the use of these once-polarizing substances for the treatment of mental illness. A corresponding surge of media attention has further stoked public curiosity about these mind-altering drugs, compelling clinicians to help their patients better understand the risks of psychedelic “trips” – and navigate the hype.

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4 issues the American Nurses Association wants to address

Becker's Hospital Review

The American Nurses Association voted for four legislation and policy updates to promote nursing knowledge on gun violence, increase funding for mental health

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Meet the Author of Journal of a Black Queer Nurse

Minority Nurse

Britney Daniels, RN, MSN, is a Black queer ER nurse from Chicago who is passionate about social justice and healthcare equity. She’s also the author of Journal of a Black Queer Nurse , a memoir about her experiences navigating the inequities she faced as an ER nurse on the front lines of COVID-19. Minority Nurse spoke with Daniels to learn more about her memoir and what she hopes readers can learn about what nurses of color experience at work.

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How Nurses Can Improve LGBTQ+ Health Disparities

Nurse.com

Discrimination and difficulty accessing healthcare persist. Here’s what some nurses are doing to bridge the gap in LGBTQ+ health disparities. As a queer nurse and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) nurse educator, Clare Madrigal, BSN, RN, knows the disparities and barriers that LGBTQ+ patients face in accessing health care.

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