The Nursing Site

MARCH 30, 2023

By Brent Tucker, Founder and Owner — First Responder’s Coffee Company Brent Tucker When I retired from the service as a Green Beret and Delta Force Operator, friends called on me to help them train SWAT teams all over the country. Through them, I started to get involved in training law enforcement as well. It was through these training sessions that I experienced firsthand the impact that underfunded programs have on our society, especially when it comes to first responders.

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New Thing Nurse

MARCH 30, 2023

By: Sarah K. Wells, MSN. RN. CEN. CNL Resumes have CHANGED over the years. Today’s resume has to work to work for humans AND computers. #saywhat The reason why your resume has to work for computers is Applicant Tracking System (ATS) software: What is ATS? ATS is computer software, often incorporating AI, designed to scan resumes for keywords and then filter out the ones that do not match the job description.

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Scrubs

MARCH 30, 2023

Some one million nurses with active RN licenses are not working due to unsafe working conditions, according to National Nurses United, the largest nursing union in the country. Nurses have been organizing to get federal lawmakers to pass a bill that would set minimum nurse-patient ratios for every department in every hospital in the country. The bill, known as The Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act, was authored by Sen.

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Amercan Journal of Nursing

MARCH 30, 2023

CGFNS VisaScreen Applications by Country of Education, 2022. Reprinted from CGFNS International. CGFNS Nurse Migration Report 2022: Trends in Healthcare Migration to the United States. “Rather than relying on importing foreign-educated nurses, high-income countries should aim to ensure an adequate domestic supply of new nurses as well as retention of those already in the workforce.” Increased nurse migration as a stopgap in the United States.

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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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Scrubs

MARCH 30, 2023

As a black woman, Kara James learned how to advocate for herself at a young age. She grew up in Carson, California and was forced to move out of her mother’s house when she was in high school because her mother didn’t have enough money to take care of her. She moved in with family in New Orleans and began work towards a career in nursing. Now, she’s looking to empower other black women as a nurse practitioner at Planned Parenthood. “I know what it’s like being from the hood, I know w

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Becker's Hospital Review

MARCH 30, 2023

A nurse and seven California Highway Patrol officers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter after the death of a man who was court ordered to have a blood draw in 2020, NBC News reported March 29.

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Consult QD

MARCH 30, 2023

Professional nursing organizations empower nurses with similar objectives to join forces for the betterment of their individual careers and healthcare as a whole. Despite the countless opportunities these associations provide, experts say many caregivers are unaware of the career-affirming benefits of membership. Devoted to the professional and personal development of their members and to the general advancement of nursing, such organizations foster peer-to-peer connections, advance education, a

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 30, 2023

Ask any passerby on the street to describe nurses. You’ll likely hear a description of a woman in scrubs with a stethoscope around her neck, caring for patients in a hospital. While that picture may be accurate for a certain percentage of nurses, there are plenty whose professional life looks much different, including those who have embraced the world of nurse entrepreneurship.

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Becker's Hospital Review

MARCH 30, 2023

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' Clinical Scene Investigator Academy has provided more than a 600 percent return on investment; the 97 participating hospitals realized a fiscal savings of $84.2 million, Marian Altman, PhD, RN, clinical practice specialist and supervisor of the AACN's CSI Academy, told Becker's.

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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

Nursing Times

MARCH 30, 2023

The post Nurse-led plant initiative improving staff wellbeing appeared first on Nursing Times.

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Equality 4 Black Nurses

MARCH 30, 2023

This poem was written by a staff nurse in recovery from severe racial abuse from a white senior manager in a large NHS trust. She worked there for many years and suffered in silence. The team mocked her for her spiritual beliefs; she was isolated and ostracised. She lost her hair and had other health problems due to the treatment. She came to Equality 4 Black Nurses late and had already lost her case at an employment tribunal.

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Advances in Nursing Science

MARCH 30, 2023

The current featured article is titled “Factors Involved in Nurses’Health-Seeking Behaviors: A Qualitative Study” authored by Tahereh Najafi, PhD, MSc, BScN, RN; Forough Rafii, PhD, MSc, BScN, RN; and Sara Rahimi, BScN, MSN, RN. The article is available for free download while it is featured.

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Empowered Nurses

MARCH 30, 2023

Just like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz waking up in a new land, imagine one day you wake up wanting to be a registered nurse in a new world of health care. As anyone who has read the Frank Baum classic, we know Dorothy sets out to find her way home after a tornado blows the young girl to the land of Oz. And nurses too set out on a hero’s journey after being swept away to the health care world.

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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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Nursing Review

MARCH 30, 2023

The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN) has asked to urgently revise some nursing programs to ensure at least one-third of the content teaches about mental health. ACMHN president, Mike Hazelton, said graduate entry and abridged pre-registration qualifying degrees leading to nursing registration offer an inadequate mental health curriculum.

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 30, 2023

After the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a greater importance in implementing proper infection control protocols, such as identifying cases of infections and supplying proper personal protective equipment (PPE) to emergency medical workers. All medical facilities must establish and follow proper infection control guidelines due to the high potential of exposure to infectious materials and patients that healthcare personnel face.

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Nursing Review

MARCH 30, 2023

Recruiting overseas staff to fill workforce shortages in aged care could prompt the sector to become more culturally safe, a gerontology expert has said. Australia is increasingly more depending on overseas personal care workers and nurses to cover the anticipated shortfall of over 200,000 full-time workers by 2050. Already 40 per cent of the aged care workforce is estimated to come from a culturally linguistically diverse background.

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NRC Health

MARCH 30, 2023

Compliment Sharing is a new digital solution to address burnout and boost morale among frontline care teams. The post NRC Health energizes healthcare organizations with digital solution to ease burnout for care teams appeared first on NRC Health.

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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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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 30, 2023

OSHA (Occupation Safety and Health Administration) views workplace violence as a major occupational risk. In response to this risk, OSHA may install additional safety standards to combat workplace violence. Over the last decade, the number of workplace violence instances has grown significantly. These instances have continued to increase as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Becker's Hospital Review

MARCH 30, 2023

A new study suggests there are eight key risk factors for surgical site infection after an abdominal hysterectomy, including obesity and a longer procedure duration.

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National Nurses in Business Association

MARCH 30, 2023

The post Kathy Hodge Kramer – Nurse Entrepreneur’s Exchange Video Interview appeared first on National Nurses in Business Association.

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Becker's Hospital Review

MARCH 30, 2023

Nurse shortages have proven to be a persistent, long-term challenge for healthcare. To examine this issue, Becker's recently spoke with Robin Geiger, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President of Clinician Advocacy at Ingenovis Health.

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Providence

MARCH 30, 2023

We believe all nurses should have the opportunity to influence their practice.

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The Gypsy Nurse

MARCH 30, 2023

3 months, 13 weeks, and 91 days. It may not seem like a lot of time spent in one place, but I can’t honestly say that I have grown significantly in my career and personal life in that snapshot of time. As many travel nurses will tell you, it really does fly by. This was the beginning of my new career as a traveling ER nurse when I decided to take a leap of faith in this unpredictable travel nursing lifestyle.

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Consult QD

MARCH 30, 2023

People with celiac disease are at increased risk of infections like influenza and pneumonia. At the same time, some vaccines may be less effective in these patients. But what is their risk from COVID-19, and does vaccination offer protection? A new study by Cleveland Clinic scientists provides clarity on these questions. The study was recently published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

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