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Navigating Travel Nursing: Preparing for Your Next Assignment

The Gypsy Nurse

Being a good travel nurse is about more than just delivering high-quality patient care. Its also about mastering the logistics of a highly transient lifestyle. From securing reliable transportation to choosing assignments in high-demand locations, success in travel nursing requires careful planning and strategic decision-making, not just for your current job, but also for your next assignment.

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Service in Motion: DPT Alum Drives Change in Patient Care, Research and Education

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Dr. Highsmith (fourth from left) poses for a quick photo during a training mission with his U.S. Army Reserve physical therapy and occupational therapy colleagues.] Jason Highsmith, PT, DPT, PhD, CP, FAAOP (USAHS DPT ’03), embodies the true spirit of being a force for good. As a physical therapist and officer in the U.S. Army Reserves and national director of Orthotic, Prosthetic & Pedorthic Clinical Services (OPPCS) at the U.S.

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WVU Medicine’s Diploma Program is Lowering Barriers to Nursing Education. Here’s How.

Health Leaders | Nursing

WVU Medicine's diploma program gives traditional nursing education a contemporary approach, according to this CNE. As CNOs across the country look for solutions to the nursing shortage, one key factor to consider is nursing education. Nurse leaders and education partners must find new ways to increase the number of students entering and graduating from programs, who can then step into clinical roles as fully prepared nurses.

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The 6th Edition of “Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice” is Here!

Nursology

Marlaine C. Smith, Editor Im happy to announce that the 6th edition of Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, published by F.A. Davis, has been released. This book was originally edited by Marilyn Parker (2000; 2005). I joined her to co-edit the 3rd and 4th editions (2010, 2015) and edited the 5th and 6th editions … Continue reading The 6th Edition of “Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice” is Here!

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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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The 2025 Direct Support Professional (DSP) Survey Report

Relias

High turnover and low retention of direct support professionals (DSPs) continues to be a top-of-mind concern for intellectual and developmental (IDD) providers. For several years now, the national turnover rate for DSPs has lingered around 50%, with some agencies having as many as one-in-eight DSP roles consistently vacant. While low wages are commonly a factor in high turnover, what other factors can organizations address to combat turnover and support DSPs?

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Be Yourself in Your Nursing Career

Daily Nurse

Have you ever played small in your life or nursing career? Have you taken the path of least resistance or otherwise ignored the inner voice pushing you to greater heights or bigger risks as a nurse or a human being? Have you played small when you wanted to play it big? Youre not alone! Weve all played it small at certain times in our lives, even when we knew we needed to think bigger.