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From Being a Peer to Becoming the Leader

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I am noticing a trend in our leadership workshops: many nurses are now being promoted from within their own units to leadership roles. Some confess that this has been hard, and their former peers are now among the most outspoken critics of their leadership. Promotions from within […] The post From Being a Peer to Becoming the Leader appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Suzette Porter

Minority Nurse

Suzette Porter, MBA, BSN, RN, is an elder care nurse manager and adjunct faculty member who has been with Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) for over 25 years. Porter says she got into healthcare because her great-grandmother raised her and was the Florence Nightingale in their small town in Jamaica. She would take Porter to help the sick, elderly, and needy in their hometown.

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Tips for successful interprofessional collaborative writing: Part 2

American Nurse

As noted in Part 1 of this two-part series, interprofessional collaboration is a cornerstone of quality healthcare delivery, so it makes sense that writing produced by interprofessional teams can have a significant impact on patients. Several steps are needed, however, to ensure the project runs smoothly. Part 1 focused on choosing coauthors and holding the kick-off meeting.

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Valentina Obreja Left Romania with Luggage and a Dream. Now She’s an Award-winning Nurse

Daily Nurse

Valentina Obreja has dedicated her career to improving care for ICU patients at UCLA Health. “Never give up” are three words that have defined much of Obreja’s adult life. It’s what she told herself when she and her husband left Romania in 2006 with little more than four pieces of luggage and a dream to start a new life in the U.S. It’s what she told herself while bagging groceries at a supermarket as she awaited approval to take her nursing licensure exam.

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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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Letby renews appeal against murder convictions

Nursing Times

Former nurse Lucy Letby has resubmitted an application to appeal her murder convictions, after a first bid to overturn them was rejected.

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Nursing associates ‘exploited’ in community, claims QNI

Nursing Times

Read about concerns raised by the QNI that nursing associates are being "exploited" by community employers to work beyond their scope.

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House subcommittee advances Florida health legislation, with some changes

Health News Florida | Nurses

The House Health Care Appropriations subcommittee unanimously advanced the measure, and it next goes to the Health and Human Services Committee before a floor vote.

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Effectively Managing Unionized Workers

Celayix

In 2022, more than 16 million workers in the United States were represented by a union— an increase of 200,000 from 2021. Not only that, but evidence suggests that more than 60 million workers wanted to join, or form a union, but couldn’t. Unionization efforts have primarily served as a last-ditch attempt by employees who feel neglected, insulted, unheard, and underappreciated.

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Early Heart Attack Care Training

American Medical Compliance

The following Early Heart Attack Care Training is designed to educate healthcare providers on the significance of timely identification of heart attack symptoms. Healthcare providers play an integral role in the early prevention of heart attacks for those exhibiting the associated risk factors. What you will learn: Major risk factors for heart attacks Common symptoms of a heart attack Steps to take when heart attack symptoms are identified The importance of bystander awareness Immediate treatmen

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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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Moritsugu: Congress can fix America's nursing shortage

Health Leaders | Nursing

As the demand for quality care surges, our healthcare industry finds itself on the precipice of disaster — at a critical juncture where the supply of skilled nurses cannot keep pace with overwhelming patient needs and demands.

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New Research Indicates Liver Transplant, Resection as an Option for Patients with CRLM

Consult QD

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. While an early diagnosis of CRC has excellent ten-year survival rates, the outlook for colorectal cancer liver metastasis (CRLM) is much more dire. For patients with CRLM, surgical resection represents the best chance for a cure, but recurrent rates are high, and 80% of patients are not candidates for traditional surgery.

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Arizona ranks among top five states coping with nursing shortages

Health Leaders | Nursing

Arizona ranks among the top five states coping with nursing shortages.

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Advances in Bone Marrow Transplant Have Improved Outcomes in Fanconi Anemia

Consult QD

Pictured above: Pediatric hematologist-oncologist Seth Rotz, MD, was part of a research team that retrospectively studied patients who had bone marrow transplant for Fanconi anemia between 2000 and 2018. Outcomes of patients with Fanconi anemia bone marrow failure have significantly improved thanks to advances in hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), report a team of Cleveland Clinic researchers.

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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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Infographic: What Are Healthy Work Environments?

Health Leaders | Nursing

A healthy work environment is critical to maintaining sustainable health systems. A large part of nurse dissatisfaction involves working in poor conditions. Nurses are overworked because of staffing shortages, they’re exhausted by heavy workloads, and they’re often dealing with workplace violence and other external disruptors. A healthy work environment is necessary for nurses to thrive, and for patients to get the highest quality care and experience when visiting a health system.