Emerging RN Leader
JANUARY 17, 2024
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A nurse manager recently told me that a new nurse had questioned her about what she does in her role. She noted, “Initially, I found myself a little defensive – it appeared she was questioning my value on the unit. I then realized that she really doesn’t […] The post What is Your Role?
Minority Nurse
JANUARY 17, 2024
Selena Gilles, DNP, ANP-BC, CNEcl, FNYAM, is a Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Programs at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing. She’s also an Affiliate Faculty member of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (HIGN), where she serves as Co-Director of the HIGN Scholars Program, an Affiliate Associate Professor at Howard University College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, and a Volunteer Associate Professor for the State University o
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Consult QD
JANUARY 17, 2024
Electronic cigarettes entered the U.S. market in 2007, with manufacturers touting their safety. Recent research led by Cleveland Clinic pediatric pulmonologist Fariba Rezaee, MD , raises doubts about those claims. E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that incorporate aerosolized liquid mixtures of propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, flavorings and/or nicotine.
Becker's Hospital Review
JANUARY 17, 2024
Iowa, Kentucky, New Mexico and Wisconsin were the only states with nursing programs that had a perfect score, according to a registerednursing.org ranking.
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.
Symplr
JANUARY 17, 2024
Happy New Year, and welcome to this month's news roundup where we delve into the latest happenings and advancements within the healthcare sector. As we embark on another fast-paced year in healthcare IT, we'll explore a variety of topics ranging from innovation awards to in-depth insights from industry leaders. Join us as we discuss some of the key healthcare trends and predictions for 2024!
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Penn Medicine News
JANUARY 17, 2024
When diagnosed with a rare cancer, Howard Aaron had to pause his rigorous training for a bench press competition. Instead, he embarked on a new battle: “I took on this cancer as if it was another competition.
Healthy Workforce Institute
JANUARY 17, 2024
In the complex world of healthcare leadership today, there’s no shortage of challenges. From spearheading cultural shifts and securing committed leadership to grappling with ongoing workforce shortages and managing disruptive behaviors, it’s a demanding landscape. The stress associated with their roles further complicates matters. It’s clear that addressing these challenges goes beyond a mere workshop or a strategic plan checkbox that’s forgotten once created.
Diversity Nursing
JANUARY 17, 2024
Healthcare organizations must recognize the importance of investing in resources and training for graduate Nurses during their first 2 to 3 years of employment in order to retain them in direct patient care roles. While some top Nursing schools are striving to produce practice-ready Nurses, not all graduates possess the expertise needed upon entering the workforce and may require time to build confidence in various situations.
Becker's Hospital Review
JANUARY 17, 2024
Nurse leaders said allowing days off when necessary and listening and responding to feedback from nurses were the two most effective strategies for improving staffing at their organization, according to an American Organization for Nursing Leadership Foundation's study.
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
Scrubs
JANUARY 17, 2024
There was a time when we knew nothing about our bodies. Our physicality was as much a mystery to us once as space is now. Since the first days of medical science, mankind has endeavored to keep learning about our bodies and the systems that power them. We have come a long way since the days of trepanning and thinking that the uterus wandered around like an errant critter.
The Relentless School Nurse
JANUARY 17, 2024
Elizabeth Elliott, MSN, BSN, RN, NCSN, is the President of the Maryland Association of School Health Nurses (MASHN). In the fall of 2023, MASHN leadership was approached by Maryland Kids Code to support Age Appropriate Design Code (AADC), legislation being introduced to protect students from big tech predatory practices. Elizabeth wrote an Op-Ed for Maryland Matters about her experience advocating for this important legislation to keep our students safe in an ever-evolving digital society.
Health News Florida | Nurses
JANUARY 17, 2024
The Florida Health Care Association counters by saying those trends are a function of the post-COVID workforce environment and not the result of efforts to "modernize staffing standards.
Health Leaders | Nursing
JANUARY 17, 2024
More than 200 UChicago Medicine (UCM) nurses and their allies took part in a rally organized by National Nurses United (NNU) Monday morning amid a months-long contract negotiation between the labor union and UCM.
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.
The Gypsy Nurse
JANUARY 17, 2024
Providence Health Care Staffing provided this article. As a travel healthcare worker, having the ability to travel the world is one of, if not the biggest perk of traveling for a profession. However, depending on your work and rest schedule, you may find yourself a bit bored at times. Sometimes, being in a new place, away from friends and family, can urge you to fill your time with something a bit distracting or exciting – a new hobby, perhaps.
Advances in Nursing Science
JANUARY 17, 2024
The current ANS featued article is titled “Resilience in Family Caregivers of Asian Older Persons with Dementia: A Concept Analysis,” authored by Thitinan Duangjina, MSN, RN; Anne M. Fink, PhD, RN, FAHA; and Valerie Gruss, PhD, APRN, CNP-BC, FAAN. You can download this article at no cost while it is featured.
CynaMed
JANUARY 17, 2024
2 minute read Pursuing a career as a nurse in an assisted living facility can be incredibly rewarding. However, part of what brings the fulfillment of being a nurse is finding the right fit in a specialty or niche, as it is often called. The primary goal of caring for patients is essentially the same across nursing, but each niche has its own special skills, tasks, and requirements to achieve that goal.
Health Leaders | Nursing
JANUARY 17, 2024
Community nurses offer a local, low-cost service in towns with growing senior populations, filling a gap in the state's fragmented and expensive health care system.
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.
Becker's Hospital Review
JANUARY 17, 2024
Michelle Strider, BSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Community Health.
Health Leaders | Nursing
JANUARY 17, 2024
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest public health crisis of our lifetimes, continue to be felt nationwide.
Celayix
JANUARY 17, 2024
Whether you’re a nurse or not, you are probably familiar with workplace stress. We all deal with it from time to time, and we all suffer in different ways. But the phenomenon of nurse burnout has taken over the healthcare community in the last decade, and it’s taking its toll on the nursing workforce at large. According to a recent study, a staggering 95% reported feeling burnt-out in their nursing position within the last three years.
Consult QD
JANUARY 17, 2024
A new era in catheter ablation therapy for cardiac arrhythmias appears to be underway with the emergence of irreversible electroporation, also known as pulsed-field ablation (PFA). In December 2023, the FDA approved the first PFA system (PulseSelect, Medtronic) for the treatment of paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). Previously approved in Europe, the system is expected to be commercially available in the U.S. shortly.
Health Leaders | Nursing
JANUARY 17, 2024
Two leaders share their insights and strategies to help CNOs work together with staff and problem solve. Right now, it seems like every day there are new cases of nurses striking or unionizing at health systems all across the country. Nurses are frustrated, and the recent union activity is indicative of large, widespread problems in the nursing industry with staffing, work environment, and nurse wellbeing.
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