American Nurse

MAY 18, 2023

As a new substitute school nurse, I’m constantly caught off-guard by the number of students who come into the nurse’s office with emotional and mental health issues. These students all say the same words, “I have a tummy ache”—but 75% of them don’t. In the elementary school playground and hallway, there are rainbow colored Buddy Benches. If someone is sitting on one of these benches that means that they are feeling lonely and need a friend, and students are encouraged to invite and include.

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Emerging RN Leader

MAY 31, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN When did travel nursing become a specialty? It is a question that leaders now ask themselves. Consider the story a CNO colleague shared with me: I was casually chatting with the dad of one of my son’s friends while I was picking him up last weekend. He […] The post No – Travel Nursing Is Not a Specialty appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Nurse Practitioners in Business

MAY 10, 2023

Recently an NPBO Member shared with me a report on Medicare Advantage plans and the increasing amount of prior authorizations that are being required with Advantage plans. But that is just one disadvantage of these plans… If you, a family member, or a friend receive Medicare, you’re well aware of the uptick in marketing (aggressive marketing) before each annual renewal period.

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Josephine Ensign

MAY 21, 2023

Encampment in U District Park, 2021, photo credit: Josephine Ensign The lived experience, the direct and unintentional (as in not stunt journalism) experience of homelessness, is increasingly used and prioritized in policy and program realms. While much of this is good, I think it needs to be examined more closely. As someone with the lived experience of homelessness when I was a young adult in my then hometown of Richmond, Virginia, it is a concept that I wrestle with.

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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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Donna Cardillo

MAY 5, 2023

I attended a non-healthcare professional association meeting recently with people who are speakers, consultants, trainers, and authors from various backgrounds. When speaking to one individual who asked me who I speak to, after I identified myself as a nurse, I explained that I often presented at nursing professional association conventions and conferences.

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American Nurse

MAY 2, 2023

Use your voice for those who can’t speak up. I’ve been a nurse for 46 years, serving in positions from critical care staff nurse to chief nurse executive. Last year, I faced a new role: cancer patient. After experiencing post-meno­pausal spotting, I consulted my gynecologist who performed a cervical biopsy. A few days later, I learned that I had endometrial cancer.

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Emerging RN Leader

MAY 21, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Just before the start of nurse’s week, the Surgeon General issued an advisory on the epidemic of loneliness and isolation in the United States today. Now some of you may think that this advisory does not extend to happen within work settings, but you would be wrong. […] The post Give Every New Graduate a Battle Buddy appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Nurse.com

MAY 16, 2023

Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN, a school nurse in Camden, New Jersey, and an adjunct faculty member at Rutgers University School of Nursing in Newark, knows firsthand the impact that gun violence can have on families. In 1949, her father, who was 12 at the time, survived a mass shooting in New Jersey that took the lives of thirteen people including his mother, father, and grandmother.

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Becker's Hospital Review

MAY 30, 2023

When Danielle McCamey, DNP, CRNP, founded DNPs of Color in 2020, she wanted to create an organization that could move the needle in terms of diversity, equity and inclusion in healthcare — not just offer more lip service to reiterate the challenges affecting patients in marginalized communities.

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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

Donna Cardillo

MAY 17, 2023

Sea Girt, NJ (May 2023) – This classic primer takes nurses inside the hospital, the exam room, and the locker room to help you survive and thrive on the job—now updated for the post-pandemic world. In this thorough, readable guide, Donna Cardillo, known as “The Inspiration Nurse,” pulls back the curtain on what it’s really … Donna Cardillo Announces Newly Revised & Updated Version of Her Book, YOUR FIRST YEAR AS A NURSE Read More » The post Donna Cardillo Announces Newly Revised

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Consult QD

MAY 1, 2023

An artificial intelligence (AI)-generated R.E.N.A.L.+ score — developed by a team of researchers at the Cleveland Clinic — proves superior to the traditional scoring system for the prediction of renal oncologic outcomes. These findings were recently presented during the American Urological Association Annual Meeting, held April 28 to May 1 in Chicago.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 18, 2023

Every day, healthcare workers across the country are violently attacked. The situation is alarming in emergency departments, which are open around the clock and required by federal law to stabilize and treat anyone who walks in. Studies have shown that ED staff experience a violent event about once every two months. Rep. Joe Courtney, D.-Conn. and Sen.

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Emerging RN Leader

MAY 3, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Being a nurse leader in today’s environment is very challenging. Many nurse managers today are at the beginning of their leadership journey. A young leader recently asked me – everybody talks about what I should do, but do you have ideas about things I should be sure […] The post Ten Mistakes That Can Derail Your Leadership appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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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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Advances in Nursing Science

MAY 25, 2023

The current issue of ANS features two articles focused on the future of nursing: “Philanthropic Foundations’ Discourse and Nursing’s Future Part I: History and Agency” authored by Shawn M. Kneipp, PhD, ANP, APHN-BC; Denise J. Drevdahl, PhD, RN; and Mary K.

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American Nurse

MAY 18, 2023

The mean salary for the country’s 3 million RNs was just over $89,000 last year. California paid the highest mean salary at $133,340 followed by Hawaii, which had a $20,000 lower mean than California. Oregon, Massachusetts and Alaska, were next highest, ranging from roughly $106,000 to $103,000, according the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics . Of the top 10 metropolitan areas for salary, all were in California, led by San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward at $164,760.

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Becker's Hospital Review

MAY 16, 2023

When Marc Lalande, PhD, vice president of research for Tampa, Fla.-based Shriners Children's, came to the organization five years ago, he said he was "struck by how many research projects were going on in some 20 different locations" in silos.

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Consult QD

MAY 9, 2023

This article is reprinted without references from the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (February 2023, 90 (2) 91-92; DOI: [link] The open-access and fully referenced original article is available at [link]. By Bruce Long, MD, FACR, BS Pharm In the February 2023 issue of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, Antonelli and colleagues present an important reminder that vitamin D levels are lowered during inflammation, behaving as a negative acute-phase reactant.

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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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Amercan Journal of Nursing

MAY 8, 2023

Nursing is a challenging profession that requires expertise, dedication, and compassion. Black nurses have made significant contributions to the field, yet their stories often go untold. In this second post in a four-part series for this Nurses Month (here’s the first post ), I continue to highlight the achievements of Black nurses who have worked to provide quality care despite discrimination and prejudice.

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Emerging RN Leader

MAY 10, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN The nation celebrates nurses this week. Yet sadly, all is not well with the profession. Last week, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing released some concerning nursing school enrollment data. The number of students in entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs decreased by 1.4% in 2022, ending 20 […] The post Nursing School Enrollments Now Down appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Advances in Nursing Science

MAY 1, 2023

Featured currently in ANS is the article titled “The State of the Science of Nurses’ Implicit Bias: A Call to Go Beyond the Face of the Other and Revisit the Ethics of Belonging and Power” by Holly Wei, PhD, RN, CPN, NEA-BC, FAAN; Zula Price, PhD, FNP-BC, RN, CNE®cl, CD(DONA); Kara Evans, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC; […]

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American Nurse

MAY 3, 2023

There are just over 4 million nurses in the United States, and as Gallup’s most trustworthy profession for two decades running, one would think that nurses’ voices would be heard loud and clear on topics of import about individual health, medicine, public health, and the delivery of patient care. As the largest segment of the healthcare workforce, nurses’ voices should be suitably amplified so that citizens and legislators with functioning ears can hear them loud and clear, but many of us know t

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The Relentless School Nurse

MAY 7, 2023

Mission of Change the Ref: Shifting America’s social response to gun violence, by uniting creativity, activism, disruption, and education. Patricia and Manuel Oliver’s son Joaquin was killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018. They have been on a five year journey of activism since their son was murdered along with 13 other students and 3 staff.

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Consult QD

MAY 4, 2023

Cleveland Clinic researchers have identified distinct differences in both bacterial and fungal species among women with and without overactive bladder (OAB), suggesting the potential for new approaches to treatment. OAB is a common urologic diagnosis, predominantly characterized by the symptoms of urinary urgency and frequency. The novel microbiome and “mycobiome” findings came from two separate studies conducted by a multidisciplinary Cleveland Clinic team led by urology resident Glenn T.

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Nurses Advocates

MAY 1, 2023

Last week my husband and I explored the Greek Isles via the Viking Sea. In preparing for our trip, I reviewed the route we would take and tried to decide which excursions we wanted to take as we visited each Island. From my research, I knew the journey would be rugged. Many people brought walking sticks to support them as we navigated steps, hills, and challenging terrain.

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Amercan Journal of Nursing

MAY 11, 2023

Planning to leave the profession. In my current position as faculty in a university DNP program, I hear from my students about caring for overwhelming numbers of patients and fearing for their patients’ safety and health. The nursing shortage continues, with no end in sight. Working nurses are suffering burnout from caring for so many patients that they know nursing care is being missed.

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Nurse Shortage Retirement Nursing Burnout Nurse Practitioner 109

Scrubs

MAY 11, 2023

Is there a goat in the house? In addition to being a VA nurse, Mary Jordan is known as a lover of baby goats. She brings her furry farmland friends to the hospital where she works every year to celebrate National Nurses’ Week. The staff at Patient Care Services at Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in Columbia, Missouri lined up in the adjacent lawn to play with a group of baby Nigerian dwarf goats.

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American Nurse

MAY 31, 2023

The months of May and June are a time for graduation. In the United States, commencement ceremonies are a very lucrative enterprise, from the rentals of halls and regalia, travel, gifts, hotel, astronomical fees for star keynote speakers (a quick internet search: Bill Clinton charges at least $250,000 per speaking engagement), and many other miscellaneous expenses.

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The Relentless School Nurse

MAY 1, 2023

As Mother’s Day approaches, Moms Demand Action is advocating for a different kind of celebration. Instead of flowers and chocolates, they are asking for action to prevent gun violence and keep our children safe. Every day, an average of 100 Americans are killed by guns, and countless others are affected by the trauma of gun violence. As moms, we know that this is unacceptable.

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Consult QD

MAY 12, 2023

Healthcare has seen significant change in recent years. The ways clinicians care for patients is different, patient and caregiver expectations are higher and staffing shortages and turnover are more prevalent. For many organizations, nursing models of care, which define how nurses and support staff deliver care, no longer align with the current environment.

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Nurses Advocates

MAY 15, 2023

As a case manager, I have worked with several people who sustained catastrophic injuries. My role was to help them work through the system, settle them with needed resources, and close the case. In a worker’s comp case, I would work the case till the patient reaches Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI). Once reached, the treating physician would give an impairment rating to decide on a settlement.

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