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Florida Law Requires Hospitals to Report Patients’ Immigration Status

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A new law is set to pass in the state of Florida that will require all hospitals receiving Medicaid funding to collect information regarding their patients’ immigration status as part of the admissions process. The request will include a disclaimer that the patient’s response won’t affect their care or be reported to the immigration authorities. Patients’ names also wouldn’t be disclosed to the state.

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The Promise and Peril of ChatGPT in Geriatric Nursing Education 

Daily Nurse

Artificial intelligence (AI) integration in healthcare has become more prevalent through the advancements of ChatGPT, an OpenAI-developed AI language model based on deep learning that produces human-like text. ChatGPT has many questioning its role in healthcare, specifically its use in nursing education. So Daily Nurse spoke with Bei Wu, PhD, FGSA, FAAN (Honorary), Vice Dean for Research, Dean’s Professor in Global Health, New York University, Rory Meyers College of Nursing , and Xiang Qi, B

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Nursing Student Saves a Life at JFK Airport While on Spring Break

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Natalie Davies, a senior at Sacred Heart University, was at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City waiting to catch a flight to New Orleans for spring break when she heard a man screaming. She quickly jumped into action when she saw him lying on the ground. “With my clinical experience, plus my work in the emergency room at Yale New Haven Hospital, I just reacted,” Davies said.

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3 Considerations for Supporting Aging Nurses

Minority Nurse

Many nurses commit to a long career in healthcare, so it’s essential to support aging nurses. This longevity may be due to their continued passion for serving the community, or it can also result from the family of colleagues they’ve built around them. Nevertheless, having a long career or even joining later in life can see professionals in the field facing challenges related to aging.

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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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Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Earns Top Rankings

Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine

According to U.S. News & World Report 2024 rankings, the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing is ranked the top Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program in the country, and the No. 2 ranked nursing master’s program. This is the second year in a row that the DNP program received the top ranking, and the… The post Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Earns Top Rankings appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine.

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NMC relaxes rules on nurses facing investigation leaving register

Nursing Times

The post NMC relaxes rules on nurses facing investigation leaving register appeared first on Nursing Times.

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Oregon nursing program risks closure due to leadership void

Becker's Hospital Review

Portland (Ore.) Community College's nursing program is at risk of closure due to a vacant nursing director position, OPB reported April 21.

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The Pros and Cons of a 4/10 Work Schedule

Celayix

The traditional work schedule of 9-to-5, Monday through Friday, has long been the norm for many organizations. However, as businesses strive to meet the evolving demands of the modern workforce, alternative work schedules have gained increasing popularity. One such option is the 4/10 work schedule, where employees work four days per week for 10 hours per day.

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Slow Adoption of Sialendoscopy Limits Patient Access

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It has been 20 years since the opening of an international training center dedicated to instructing specialists in sialendoscopy, a minimally invasive approach to salivary gland disease developed in Germany, and nearly as long since the technique was approved by the FDA in 2005. According to the International Sialendoscopy Society, today there are less than a thousand medical centers offering sialendoscopy globally.

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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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87 Roles In Nursing That Are Unique

Aussie Nurse

87 Roles In Nursing That Are Unique On Pinterest I regularly make pins on different topics about nursing, recently I’ve been making them for a board titled ‘Who’s Your Nurse?’ , its about different roles in nursing. As I was making the pins it was becoming more obvious that I knew that there are heaps of different job roles, but I have never taken the time to acknowledge how unique each individual nursing role is Slowly I was writing the descriptions for the pins on it started to sink in that t

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Mimics Hinder Early Evaluation for Pulmonary Hypertension

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The first World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension (WSPH) was convened in 1973 by the World Health Organization. Fifty years later, significant improvements in the understanding of pathogenesis, better clinical diagnostics, and a growing array of treatment options and protocols have greatly changed the management of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Pulmonary medicine specialist Franck Rahaghi, MD , has witnessed much of the change as Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic at Cleveland Clinic

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NRC Health stands out as Best in KLAS at HIMSS Conference

NRC Health

The post NRC Health stands out as Best in KLAS at HIMSS Conference appeared first on NRC Health.

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Nursing student, cardiologist save man in airport

Becker's Hospital Review

A nursing student about to leave on spring break had her first nursing experience after a man collapsed at Kennedy Airport in New York City, Sacred Heart University said in an April 20 press release.

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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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Management of Lung Cancer Brain Metastases: An Update

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By Lilyana Angelov, MD ; Samuel Chao, MD ; and Marc Shapiro, MD Nearly half of all brain metastases are associated with an underlying cancer diagnosis, and lung cancer is one of the most common of these. As improved cancer therapies are helping patients live longer, the safe and effective management of lung cancer brain metastases is coming to the fore.

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CommonSpirit, Dignity Health roll out nurse retention program in 21 states

Becker's Hospital Review

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has launched a year-long nurse residency program that will be available in 21 states in partnership with Dignity Health Global Education.

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Growth at Genesis Security

Celayix

Organization Genesis Security Group Genesis Security is a leading pioneer in BC’s security industry, serving both public and private clients for over two decades. Focusing on staff and client training, they protect clients and the community from loss, liability, and malicious or unexpected situations. Location : Vancouver, BC, Canada Industry : Security Company Size : 500-1000 employees Challenges For Genesis Security, creating schedules and tracking employee time and attendance was a tedi

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'100 nurses in 100 days': CNO Kristin Wolkart's creative plans for FMOL Health System's nursing workforce

Becker's Hospital Review

Kristin Wolkart, RN, has spent much of the past year doing what she loves — learning.

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Leveling the Playing Field: How HR Can Equitably Improve Health Outcomes Through Fertility Benefits

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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Data Point to Progress in Treating Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer

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Anaplastic thyroid carcinomas (ATCs) remain among the most highly lethal of all cancers, but newly published data from Cleveland Clinic’s 21-year experience provide reasons for optimism in the current era of targeted and immune therapies. The rare, aggressive, undifferentiated tumors have a median survival of 4-9 after diagnosis, and a one-year survival of just 20%.

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