Mon.Jun 30, 2025

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Five Workplace Skills Every Nurse Needs Right Now

Daily Nurse

Let’s face it—being a great nurse today takes a lot more than clinical smarts. You need to think quickly, communicate clearly, work well under pressure, and adapt to every curveball thrown your way (all while staying up-to-date on new technology and patient safety protocols). Sound familiar? A recent study.com survey of 300 hiring managers across industries confirms it: the most in-demand workplace skills aren’t just technical—they’re human.

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R3: Resilient Nurses Initiative Seeks to Redefine the Nursing Narrative

Amercan Journal of Nursing

A film created to spark meaningful conversations about nursing. With support from a state-funded grant, the R 3 : Resilient Nurses Initiative has embarked on a project to further its mission of promoting renewal, resilience, and retention in the nursing profession—a short film. In collaboration with the Dracopoulos-Bloomberg iDeas Lab at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, the team created Harnessing the Promise of Nursing.

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Curious About a “Medical Surgery Nurse”? Let’s Talk Med-Surg

FreshRN

What does a “medical surgery nurse” do? Learn the correct spelling of “med-surg,” what it’s like to work on a medical-surgical unit, and why it’s one of the most important specialties in nursing. The post Curious About a “Medical Surgery Nurse”? Let’s Talk Med-Surg appeared first on FRESHRN.

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How a Sepsis Protocol Is Changing Care Delivery for ED Nurses

Health Leaders | Nursing

This new sepsis protocol is saving time and saving lives, according to this CNO. CNOs everywhere need to be concerned about sepsis. According to the CDC , 1.7 million American adults develop sepsis annually and at least 350,000 adults with sepsis die during hospitalization or are discharged to hospice. Nurses play a critical role in preventing sepsis, through early detection, infection control, and patient education.

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How to Start Virtual Care the Right Way: A Proven Roadmap for 2025 and Beyond

Speaker: Dr. Christine Gall, DrPH, MS, BSN, RN

The promise of virtual care is no longer theoretical and is now a critical solution to many of healthcare’s most urgent challenges. Yet many healthcare leaders remain unsure how to build a business case for investment and launching the right program at the right time can be the difference between value and failure. For organizations seeking a financially sound, clinically effective entry point, Virtual Patient Observation (VPO) offers a compelling case to lead with.

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Intellectual and developmental disabilities: Nurse advocacy

American Nurse

An evidence-based educational intervention aims to enhance confidence. Takeaways: ICU nurses caring for patients with intellectual developmental disabilities (IDD) frequently face challenges in pain assessment and communication, as standard tools and approaches may not effectively capture the unique needs of this population. Nurses find profound moments of fulfillment and connection in their work with patient with IDD, transcending routine care by fostering empathy, adaptability, and creative pr

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Hobart nurses the latest to take industrial action over “breaking point” staff shortages

Nursing Review

The nurses’ union has vowed to continue industrial action if severe staffing shortages are not immediately resolved, saying unsafe working conditions at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) are pushing members to “breaking point”. Representatives from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) met with the Department of Health on Wednesday to demand an immediate staffing uplift in the RHH medical imaging department, which employs around 25 nurses.

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Qld budget bad news for frontline workers who want a pay rise

Nursing Review

The Queensland state government is staring down a $1.2bn wage bill blackhole after using a rejected pay offer to underpin its budget. Frontline workers, like police, teachers, nurses, and firefighters, are fighting for pay bumps as high as 8 per cent, with pressure mounting on the state government to strike a deal with just weeks left on existing wage deals.

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Reducing orthostatic hypotension

American Nurse

Prevent rapid responses after total joint replacement. Elective total joint replacement surgery has revolutionized the treatment of arthritis as one of the most successful orthopedic interventions, with fast-track joint replacement programs (replacing extended periods of bed rest) becoming the gold standard. These programs, which initiate physical therapy on postoperative Day 0, have yielded positive outcomes related to patient experience and decreased morbidity.

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Relias Culture: In Their Own Words, Part Two

Relias

Relias leadership and communication are central to how our culture continues to grow and evolve. In the first part of this blog series, Relians shared what motivates them, how they collaborate, and the small moments that make a big impact. In this follow-up, we’re taking a closer look at how our employees experience leadership, communication, and company direction.

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Bupa fined $35m for ‘misleading or deceptive conduct’

Nursing Review

Private health insurer Bupa has been fined $35m after conceding it engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct to talk more than 4000 Australians out of claiming hospital treatments. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said in a statement on Monday that Bupa admitted to the breaches after telling customers they were not entitled to private health insurance benefits for their claims, even though they were entitled to make a claim.

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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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Alleged anti-Semitic nurses given NDIS bans

Nursing Review

Two nurses charged with threatening to kill Israeli patients in a viral video have been banned from working with NDIS patients. Ahmad Rashad Nadir, and fellow nurse Sarah Abu Lebdeh, both aged 27, made international headlines in February after a video of the pair allegedly bragging about killing Israeli patients at Bankstown Hospital, in Sydney’s west, went viral.

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