Wed.Nov 01, 2023

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Challenging Your Own Paradigms

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Many health systems are seeking ways to redesign nursing care delivery in 2024. Our current models are no longer serving us well, and most are proving challenging to sustain with the current shortage of RNs. New models will inevitably include more of a team-based approach, whether using […] The post Challenging Your Own Paradigms appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Where 'automation has not been kind to nursing'

Becker's Hospital Review

While automation holds the lucrative promise for many fields of removing mundane tasks from workloads, some nurse leaders are hopeful — but questioning — if emerging technology will do the same in their field.

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Pilot Program Helps Akron General Patients Find Sobriety

Consult QD

A new nurse-led program at Cleveland Clinic Akron General is fighting substance abuse through early interventions and peer-to-peer counseling. Created to provide ongoing support to patients who present to the emergency department (ED) for drug or alcohol issues, Recovery’s in Reach enables a rapid, seamless transition to addiction treatment that reinforces the possibility of sobriety.

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Placebo, nocebo, and nursing care

American Nurse

The term “placebo” entered the English medical lexicon from the Latin word “placeo,” which means “I please” or “I shall please.” Its current usage, which primarily refers to treatments, frequently pharmaceutical, that provide symptom relief through the mind-body connection rather than through the treatment’s direct effect on the disease, has been in use since the early 1800s.

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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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Exercise Lowers Risk of Suicide Attempts

SelfCare for HealthCare

Exercise may be tied to a reduction in suicide attempts, according to research published in the Journal of Affective Disorders. Investigators examined data from 17 trials and found the likelihood of attempts was significantly reduced in individuals who took part in exercise interventions compared to those who were not active. To learn more about the body-mind connection and about how to create wellness programs for happier, less stressed, more engaged employees, visit SelfCare for HealthCare.

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146 hospitals, systems ranked by nurse support

Becker's Hospital Review

Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, N.M., ranked highest in the country for nurse organizational support, an MIT Sloan Management Review report found.

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From Harm Reduction on the Streets to Research in the ED

Penn Medicine News

Brittany Salerno, MPH, project manager of Substance Use Research in Emergency Medicine at Penn Medicine’s Center for Addiction Medicine, shares how her passion for advocacy influenced her career path.

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3 hospitals awarded as best workplaces for men in nursing

Becker's Hospital Review

The American Association for Men in Nursing awarded three hospitals and health systems as best workplaces for men in nursing at its annual conference in October. The award celebrates organizations that have made strides in recruiting and retaining men in the profession.

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A Quest to Human-centered AI

American Nurse

Generative AI is a hot topic in healthcare right now. There are a lot of questions about its use and how we can most effectively—and safely—use it in healthcare. From an innovation perspective, the question of if and how it can be used to create more solutions to the problems we see in practice looms large. Is it possible to co-create these solutions with systems like ChatGPT ?

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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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The Relentless School Nurse: Ohio School Nurse Rachel Ocampo’s, Assessment Skills Save the Life of a Third Grader!

The Relentless School Nurse

The story of the third grader at Parkside Elementary School highlights the critical role that school nurses play in ensuring the well-being of students. T he timely intervention of the school’s licensed nurse, Rachel Ocampo, proved to be life-saving for Kassie Machado’s daughter, Mia. Ocampo’s astute observation skills and medical expertise allowed her to identify the signs of anemia in Mia, prompting urgent medical attention that potentially saved her life.

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What is Women’s and Children’s Care?

The Gypsy Nurse

Fastaff provided this article. The immediate need for women’s and children’s care in healthcare has never been more pressing. In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving world, the health and well-being of women and children stand as paramount concerns. A society’s true progress can be measured by the level of care it extends to its most vulnerable members.

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Rural regions bear brunt of nation's nurse workforce crisis

Health Leaders | Nursing

According to the latest report by the West Virginia Hospital Association, nursing had the highest overall rates of vacancies and turnovers, at more than 19% and 26% respectively.

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Why you should change to home health nursing (and how to make it happen)

RN Network

Home health nursing: a rewarding career path for nurses seeking more work/life balance, autonomy, variety, and deeper patient relationships. The post Why you should change to home health nursing (and how to make it happen) appeared first on RNnetwork - Travel Nursing Blog.

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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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How Memorial Hermann Health System is addressing the nursing shortage

Health Leaders | Nursing

What's happening? More RNs are leaving the workforce due to factors ranging from burnout to retirement. At the same time, fewer people are entering the profession, partly because of limited education opportunities.

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How to Register for the NCLEX

Joyce

After you’ve earned your ASN or BSN degree, registering for the NCLEX is a crucial step towards obtaining your nursing license. The process may vary slightly depending on your location, but here is a general overview of how to register for the NCLEX. Determine Your Eligibility Before registering for the NCLEX, ensure that you meet the eligibility requirements set by the state board of nursing in the state where you want to practice.

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Adding nurse care managers in primary care boosted OUD treatment

Health Leaders | Nursing

Integrating nurse care managers into primary care teams significantly increased access to opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment compared with usual care, a cluster randomized trial showed.

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Using Artificial Intelligence as a Scheduling Tool

Celayix

In the business world, AI (artificial intelligence) is known for its profound potential to optimize business activities. According to Grand View Research, the global AI market size was worth $62 billion in 2020, and is expected to have an annual growth rate of 40.2% from 2021 to 2028, At Celayix, we’ve long known that the use of AI has enormous potential for software.

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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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Johns Hopkins launches nursing leadership, policy institute

Becker's Hospital Review

Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is unveiling a new institute Nov. 1 aimed at shifting the perception of nurses from a "necessary cost" to a "valued asset," the Baltimore-based university said.

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Getting nurses involved in street medicine

Health Leaders | Nursing

CU Nursing alums Kiera Connelly and Kellie Thompson work the night shift as nurses at Denver Health. On their days off, they volunteer with a street medicine program walking and driving around providing essential healthcare to people in need.

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Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency

Advances in Nursing Science

The following editorial is apearing in more than 200 medical journals worldwide between October 25th, and the end of 2023. We are joining this international action to draw attention to the climate and nature crisis.

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Dare To Dream

Empowered Nurses

An interview with Stefan, a cruise line nurse from Serbia who reinvented his life, creating the life of his dreams while still being able to practice nursing!

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Pollicization or Reconstruction? Managing Congenital Thumb Hypoplasia

Consult QD

By Joseph Styron, MD, PhD , and William H. Seitz Jr., MD There are a multiplicity of congenital conditions resulting in hypoplasia or absence of a child’s thumb. These include: Symbrachydactyly, hypoplasia with webbed interconnection of the digits Cleft hand, with a variety of presentations including a split in the hand, fused metacarpals, transverse phalanges, underdeveloped digits or central polydactyly Duplicate (polydactylous) thumb Radial hypogenesis or agenesis, with underdevelopment of th

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Med-Surg Nurses Use Broad Skill Set

Minority Nurse

When nurses think about all the career options available to them, medical-surgical nursing (known most often as med-surg) is one they hear about frequently–and there’s a good reason behind it. For nurses who want to spend a career constantly learning about different health conditions and issues and who enjoy the variations that come with working with patient populations that differ throughout the week, or even the day, medical-surgical nursing is an ideal career path that helps nurse

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Milwaukee Nurse Heather Berken Arrives in Israel to Deliver Supplies, Assist Those in Need

Daily Nurse

As the war in Israel continues, Heather Berken, a 22-year nursing veteran currently working in the emergency department at the Milwaukee VA , packed her bags for a two-week trip, arriving in Israel to help in any way she could. Berken has traveled to Israel many times; however, this trip is different. Berken is in Israel during a war , hoping to help those who need it.

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