American Nurse

MARCH 25, 2024

Four years after hospitals in New York City overflowed with covid-19 patients, emergency physician Sonya Stokes remains shaken by how unprepared and misguided the American health system was. Hospital leadership instructed health workers to forgo protective N95 masks in the early months of 2020, as covid cases mounted. “We were watching patients die,” Stokes said, “and being told we didn’t need a high level of protection from people who were not taking these risks.

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Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine

MARCH 25, 2024

Michelle Patch, PhD, APRN-CNS, DF-AFN, FAAN, is an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, an adult health clinical nurse specialist, and an advanced forensic nurse. We caught up with Dr. Patch to learn more about forensic nursing and her career and research as a forensic nurse. Can you explain what forensic nursing… The post Q & A With Forensic Nurse, Michelle Patch appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 25, 2024

Nursing is among the most demanding and critical jobs in the healthcare industry. To provide the best care to patients, nurses must continuously enhance their skills and expand their knowledge. While CPR is a vital credential for all healthcare professionals, there are other certifications you can obtain as a nurse to further your expertise. Today, we will look at ten certifications that can help your career.

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Health News Florida | Nurses

MARCH 25, 2024

The Emotional Vaccine program is being offered for free by the Florida Center for Nursing for all current and future nurses in the state.

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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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RN Network

MARCH 25, 2024

It’s easy to be disappointed if you don’t know exactly what you are signing up for. Here are three travel nurse pay pitfalls to avoid. The post 3 travel nurse pay pitfalls to avoid appeared first on RNnetwork - Travel Nursing Blog.

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Penn Medicine News

MARCH 25, 2024

While most high school juniors are busy preparing for college, this Germantown student spent a month in Penn's Level 1 Trauma Center where he learned the value of connecting with patients and the importance of being curious and asking questions.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

MARCH 25, 2024

Nurses are considering more than just compensation, says this CNO. Compensation is not the only factor that nurses consider when choosing a health system. Benefits packages, workplace culture, safety, and flexibility all play a role in the decision-making process. CNOs should take a look at their health system’s offerings to make sure they are attractive to new nurses and that they are staying competitive in the industry.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 25, 2024

When you earn a nursing degree — an ADN, BSN, MSN, or beyond — you signal to the world that you ’ re a professional who values education and advancing your career. Consistently reaching for increased expertise is a goal for individuals working in almost any discipline, and nurses are no exception. Beyond your formal education, you have other opportunities to expand your knowledge, and certifications are one such avenue for demonstrating dedication to having the most up-to-date, evidence-based in

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Joyce

MARCH 25, 2024

Volunteer Occupational Therapy Work There’s never been a better time to work as an Occupational Therapy Assistant ( OTA ). With a positive employment outlook, OTAs have the opportunity to work in a variety of clinical and home settings. Occupational Therapy (OT) is a great career if you want to make a difference in a person’s everyday life, and volunteer OT opportunities help get your foot in the door.

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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 Review

MARCH 25, 2024

A recent TAFE graduate proves it's never too late to follow your passion after switching from a small business owner to a nursing graduate aged 46. Daniella Goodridge owned and operated a thriving swim school in the eastern suburbs of Sydney and sold the business just before Covid hit in December 2019. The sale of her business and the following lockdown gave Daniella time to contemplate her career.

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Nurses Advocates

MARCH 25, 2024

Many good outcomes happen in healthcare. In this post, I want to share an example that shows when the system works, it works well. I had such a case a few years ago where I was asked to work with a man who hurt his back while working as a pipefitter in Jacksonville, FL. I will call him Jake. My service request said that Jake had severe back pain due to a work injury.

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Nursing Review

MARCH 25, 2024

A recent TAFE graduate proves it's never too late to follow your passion after switching careers from a small business owner to a nursing graduate at 46 years of age. Daniella Goodridge owned and operated a thriving swim school in the eastern suburbs of Sydney and sold the business just before COVID hit in December 2019. The sale of her business and the following lockdown gave Daniella time to contemplate her career.

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Joyce

MARCH 25, 2024

Occupational therapy (OT) is hard work for professionals and patients alike. As an Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA), you will utilize fun therapy interventions that will keep a diverse community of patients engaged, enjoying therapy, and building skills for activities of daily living (ADL). Here are 53 creative OT treatment ideas to add to your OT activity toolkit.

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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 25, 2024

The forthcoming flu season is forecast to be just as bad or worse than 2023, with one in three people tipped to get a cold or influenza. Flu cases are already double the weekly rate of last year’s sickly season, but one epidemiologist says it’s unclear whether cases are peaking early or climbing to record levels. Influenza hit at least 300,000 Australians in 2023, as the illness took hold in the freer post-covid pandemic world.

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Joyce

MARCH 25, 2024

Animal-Assisted Occupational Therapy: How Animals Can Improve Patient Health From pleasant puppy encounters to mood-boosting kitten videos, animals make people happy. But did you know that they can also improve your health? Animal-assisted Occupational Therapy (OT), also known as pet therapy, uses animals to help with OT patients’ psychological, emotional, mental, and cognitive health.

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Nursing Review

MARCH 25, 2024

After unanimously rejecting the government's wage and condition offer, Victorian nurses and midwives have threatened to walk off the job following the start of protected industrial action by union members. On Thursday, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) members voted to apply for a protected industrial action ballot in the Fair Work Commission after the Allan Government had offered a three per cent pay rise for public sector nurses and midwives over four years and a cost-of-livin

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Joyce

MARCH 25, 2024

For many potential Occupational Therapy Assistants (OTAs), the range of possible OTA jobs and work locations is a major draw to the career. As an OTA, you have the option to find a career that best suits your personality , working with a population in a setting where your individual skills shine. Joyce University’s flexible OTA program is designed to support you in finding an OTA job where you can thrive and make a difference.

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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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Post University

MARCH 25, 2024

At a time when hospitals and medical centers are struggling to adequately staff their nursing departments, nursing schools across the United States are regularly turning qualified applicants away due to a lack of dedicated faculty members. In its attempts to raise public awareness and concern about this problem, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) published statistics showing that, even at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, US nursing schools rejected 92,000 other

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The Gypsy Nurse

MARCH 25, 2024

TNAA-Travel Nurse Across America provided this article. There have been many changes in the travel nurse profession recently. Although the influx of demand during the pandemic has waned since 2020, travel nurses are still in high demand. With hundreds of agencies to choose from, it can be hard to know if you are picking the right travel nurse agency to help you reach your personal and professional goals.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

MARCH 25, 2024

While CPR is a vital credential for all healthcare professionals, there are other certifications you can obtain as a nurse to further your expertise.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

MARCH 25, 2024

The Florida Center for Nursing (FCN) has created a free program to combat the burnout nurses face throughout their careers.

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