Wed.Jun 18, 2025

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Guide for the New Nurse Practitioner: Transitioning Into Practice – Dr. Julianne Ewen and Dr. Julie Ossege Joins The Nurse Keith Show Episode 517

Daily Nurse

Stepping into your first role as a nurse practitioner can feel like being thrown into the deep end with no life jacket. You’ve got the education, the clinical hours , and the degree—but where’s the map for what comes next? That’s precisely what Dr. Julianne Ewen and Dr. Julie Ossege set out to provide in their groundbreaking new book, Guide for the New Nurse Practitioner: Transitioning Into Practice , published by Springer Publishing in early 2025.

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The Hidden Compliance Gaps Putting Patients at Risk

Relias

Compliance gaps are tricky. On paper, everything looks perfect. Training completion rates are 100%. Policies are up to date. Incident reports are filed and stored in compliance systems. Yet patients are still falling, experiencing medication errors, or suffering preventable harm. As a healthcare leader, you face a critical question: Are your staff members compliant in ways that protect patients, or just enough to pass a survey?

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What is Queer Health? Identifying the Needs of LGBTQ Patients

Minority Nurse

Queer people have always been a part of society. As of 2024, more than 20% of younger adults self-identify as LGBTQ+ compared to older adults. However, many nurses and doctors can be hesitant about caring for LGBTQ+ patients. Although this apprehension is common, compassionate care begins with nurses and professionals who are eager to support each patient, regardless of their sexuality.

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24/7 Accountability Versus 24/7 Accessibility

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN When I ask nurse managers about their roles, they often discuss the exhaustion they feel due to the 24/7 accountability expected of leaders. I have been giving a lot of thought to this recently, and what has changed since I was a nurse manager many years ago, […] The post 24/7 Accountability Versus 24/7 Accessibility appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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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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Why Healthcare’s Future Depends on Trust: A HUB25 Session with Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson

NRC Health

What happens when the leaders who shape our healthcare systems become the people who must rely on them? This is the deeply personal and profoundly important question Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson explores in her general session at NRC Health’s Human Understanding Beyond | HUB25: Three Cancers, One Critical Moment: Why Healthcare’s Future Depends on Trust.

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Infographic: Nurse Compensation in 2025

Health Leaders | Nursing

As cost of living continues to rise, nurses, like many other professionals, are feeling the strain. Financial insecurity has a significant impact on every aspect of a person's life, and inadequate compensation can be a major driving factor in employee turnover at an organization. Nurses are overworked and feeling burnt out, and that plus high cost of living pressures is a recipe for increased turnover rates.

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Expanding Essential Wound Care for People Who Use Drugs

Penn Nursing

A new study published in the Harm Reduction Journal identifies critical factors and strategies for expanding low-barrier wound care services for people who use drugs (PWUD). The research comes at a crucial time, as the rise of xylazine, a tranquilizer found in the street opioid supply, has led to a significant increase in severe necrotic wounds among this population.

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Neurodiversity Affirming Speech Therapy: Key Practices & Goals

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Speech therapy is a key intervention for children that helps them to communicate with those around them and express their needs and frustrations. 1 Since children who are neurodivergent often struggle with communication, speech therapy can help support their self-expression. 2 Neurodiversity-affirming speech therapy is a practice that emphasizes the strengths of neurodivergent individuals and tailors the treatment plan to the client’s needs and preferences. 3 As a result of this acceptance and f

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Accelerate your diagnostic imaging career in California

Providence

Whether your chosen modality is X-ray, ultrasound, mammography, CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, echo or fluoroscopy, imagine a vibrant career in medical imaging with Providence. Our radiology technologists are provided with numerous opportunities to advance while they’re working in imaging, so they don’t have to press “pause” on their career trajectories while cross-training on something new.

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The Relentless School Nurse: The Uphill Battle – Reflections and Realities as Another School Year Closes

The Relentless School Nurse

Retrieved from Tattooed Buddha Closing a Difficult Year As another school year comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on everything we carried personally and collectively. The weight, the worry, the moments of heartbreak, but also the connection, the quiet victories, and the fierce determination to keep showing up for our students, no matter what.

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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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Neuro Occupational Therapist: OT Techniques in Daily Practice

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Occupational therapy (OT) is a practice that prioritizes increasing the client’s functionality and improving their quality of life. 1 It accomplishes this by helping people strengthen the skills to complete daily tasks, empowering them to be more self-sufficient. A specific subset of occupational therapy is neuro occupational therapy (neuro OT), which focuses on helping individuals who are recovering from a brain injury , whether a traumatic brain injury, stroke or another neurological condition