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Success Tips from NP Business Owners

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Have you ever wondered what success tips nurse practitioner business owners would share with you? Well, here they are. I recently asked Nurse Practitioner business owners to share some of their top success tips for those who are thinking about starting and growing their own practices. So in this episode of the NP Business Matters podcast, I blend their tips with several of my own.

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The leader within

American Nurse

Roxana Chicas had it in her all along. Sometimes it takes a person looking at you from the outside to recognize your leadership qualities. That’s what happened to Roxana Chicas, PhD, BSN, RN, FAAN. While working as a billing specialist in a pediatric office, one of the physicians told her she’d make a great nurse… This content is for Digital Access and Print Plus subscribers only.

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How Retired Nurses Find Personal Growth Through Travel Nursing

Daily Nurse

There’s no question that nursing is one of the most fulfilling, rewarding, and toughest career choices. It’s also one of the most demanding, physically and mentally. So, no matter how much you’ve loved your career as a nurse , everyone retires at some point and takes advantage of the relaxation and reduced stress that comes with it. However, retirement isn’t always what people expect it to be.

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Take Ownership of Your Nursing Knowledge and Skills

Minority Nurse

Nurses are invaluable members of the healthcare workforce, and when you’re proactively building a nursing career that you can fully embrace and be proud of, there are plenty of strategies and mindset hacks to consider. One of the greatest assets you carry as a nurse is the many skills you’ve worked hard to acquire. So, if you want to boost your self-confidence and make the most of your nursing career, it’s wise to humbly take full ownership of the many things you know and the incredible skill se

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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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Monomorphic VT Electrical Storm: Is Ischemic or Coronary Evaluation Needed?

Consult QD

Ischemic or coronary evaluations often unnecessarily delay lifesaving ablation therapy in patients who have monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) electrical storm with no indication of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). So concludes a retrospective study of nearly 100 patients from a Cleveland Clinic registry, which found that such evaluations resulted in low yield of findings of causative coronary occlusions and had little impact on procedural and mortality outcomes.

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What If There Were No Nurses?

Empowered Nurses

The main reason, or maybe the only reason hospitals exist is for nursing care. As an intricate tapestry of healthcare, nurses are the threads that bind all of health care together. They are compassionate caregivers and tireless advocates. Yes, they are unsung heroes who day and night work diligently to ensure every patient’s well-being. Yet what if one day, every … nurse … in … the … world … vanished ?

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Why are thousands of Kaiser health care workers on strike? 5 questions answered

American Nurse

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers began a three-day strike in Virginia, California, Colorado, Washington state, Oregon and Washington, D.C., on Oct. 4, 2023, after company executives and eight unions representing aides, techs, support staff and other employees failed to agree on the terms of new contracts. This is the largest U.S. health care strike on record.

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Illinois considers changes to nurse-patient ratio law

Becker's Hospital Review

An Illinois House committee met with healthcare leaders to discuss changing nurse-patient ratios laws, Advantage News reported Oct. 5.

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Communication tips for nurse leaders

American Nurse

Build trust with active listening and a positive work environment. Takeaways: Emotional intelligence—which includes active listening, empathy, and compassion—refers to your ability to understand and manage your own emotions and those of the people you work with. Communication goals include understanding, achieving the intended effect, and acting ethically.

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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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7 Tips to Help You Feel More Like Part of the Team

The Gypsy Nurse

RNNetwork provided this article. How travelers can better integrate into the team on a new assignment Travel nurses get the chance to visit new places, experience new work settings, and provide critical care to patients in need. However, it also means that you’ll be joining a new care team every few months, which can make it hard to feel like part of the team.

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The value equation

American Nurse

In 2022, the Partners for Nurse Staffing Think Tank, a collaboration among the American Nurses Association (ANA) and other leading organizations, identified 150 strategies that accountable parties could implement within 12 to 18 months and assess with measurable outcomes This content is for Digital Access and Print Plus subscribers only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.

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Neonatal Nursing and Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges

Every Nurse

News & research Neonatal Nursing and Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges EveryNurse Staff Last Updated: 10/05/2023 Popular Posts 10 Highest Paying Nursing Jobs & Specialties Why Should You Earn a BSN? It May Soon Be a Requirement Why an RN-to-BSN With No Pre Reqs Can Hurt Your Career 6 Reasons Nurses Quit Develop These Nursing Skills to Maximize Patient Care 4 Elements of Time Management New Nurses Need to Know Neonatal nursing plays a crucial role in providing specialized care for n

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What’s the future of AI-assisted nursing?

American Nurse

Will you be the first AI-certified nurse in your organization? Lillee Gelinas I don’t have a crystal ball, but I do see several evolving trends related to artificial intelligence (AI) and the future of nursing. It holds significant promise in many areas of practice: clinical care, administration, education, and research. Clinical Care Decision support: AI can assist in real-time to provide decision support for accurate patient assessment and treatment plans, thereby improving the precision and s

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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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Balancing Self-Care and Service: Nurturing Resilience in Military Nursing

Every Nurse

Health & Wellness Balancing Self-Care and Service: Nurturing Resilience in Military Nursing EveryNurse Staff Last Updated: 10/06/2023 Popular Posts Recognizing and Managing Compassion Fatigue in the ER Building Resilience and Preventing Burnout as a Certified Nursing Assistant Seven Ways Nurses Can Avoid Burnout Eat, Pray, Wear Gloves Long Work Hours Increases Risk of Stroke for Nurses Many Young People Ignore Stroke Symptoms to Their Peril The Adverse Health Effects of Too Much Screen Time

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Differentiating the unique work of nurses – Reader Response

American Nurse

In Response to: Differentiating the unique work of nurses Dear Editor, I am so glad to see that this is getting out to the mainstream of nursing. FINALLY. We have pushed this for years in the field of informatics nursing. Even as an APRN I had to convince our hospital’s provider coordinator that I was able to obtain an NPI & the hospital could bill for some of my services.

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St. Peter’s Health fires union consultant following internal leak of nurses’ personal information

Health Leaders | Nursing

St. Peter’s Health ended its contract with union consultant Niles Commer after nurses discovered a document created by a consultant containing their personal information, and it felt to them like a “low blow.

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Community Health Nurses: Advocates for Underserved Populations

Every Nurse

Beyond the Bedside Community Health Nurses: Advocates for Underserved Populations EveryNurse Staff Last Updated: 10/06/2023 Popular Posts An Overview of BSN Curriculum: Core Courses & Specializations BSN vs. ADN: Choosing the Right Path for Your Nursing Career Clinical Rotations and Practical Experience in BSN Programs Online BSN Programs: Flexibility and Convenience in Nursing Education Accelerated BSN Programs: Fast-Track Options for Career Changers Why a BSN Degree Matters: Advantages fo

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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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School Nurse Career Guide

Nurse.com

Have you ever considered working as a school nurse and curious about school nurse qualifications and salary? If you have a passion for children and enjoy working independently, this information can serve as a helpful school nurse career guide. What is a school nurse? School nurses are essential to keep their small charges healthy and safe while at school.

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Thinking through critical posthumanism: Nursing as political and affirmative becoming

Nursing Inquiry

Abstract As a rejection and continuous reframing of theoretical humanism, critical posthumanism questions and imagines the human condition in the current context, aligning it with nonhuman and more than human entities, past and future. While this philosophical approach has been referenced in many academic disciplines since the 1990s, it has been gradually garnering interest among nursing scholars, leading to questions such as what it means to be human and what it means to be a nurse in the here

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In search of staffing solutions

American Nurse

Innovation, change management, persistence define successful strategies Appropriate staffing—a dynamic process that aligns the number of nurses, their workload, expertise, and resources with patient needs to achieve quality outcomes within a healthy work environment—is a longstanding goal in healthcare. Achieving this ideal, as defined in 2023 by the Nurse Staffing Task Force, requires heavy doses of creativity, change management, communication, and persistence, according to nurse leaders implem

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Endonasal Approach Enables Intraconal Orbital Tumor Removal

Consult QD

Surgeons at Cleveland Clinic have published the world’s largest single-center experience to date on an innovative endoscopic endonasal approach to removing or sampling benign intraconal orbital tumors. The research appears in Laryngoscope. Even when benign, tumors that arise in the deepest part of the eye socket, the intraconal space, can still cause vision loss or neurologic deficit if not removed.

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Epstein-Barr Virus Serologic Screening for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma is Cost-Effective in Southern China

Consult QD

Population-wide screening of middle-aged adults for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is cost-effective in southern China, where NPC is endemic. A two-step strategy first employing Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) serology, and if positive, followed by nasoendoscopy, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or MRI with nasopharyngeal polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for EBV are the most cost-effective strategies, according to research presented at the 2023 ASTRO annual meeting.

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