January, 2025

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Training Healthcare Teams in Restorative Nursing: Best Practices and Tools 

American Medical Compliance

A 2023 systematic review published in BMC Nursing revealed a strong connection between clinical nurse competence and patient safety culture, underscoring the transformative impact of comprehensive training on nursing skills. Restorative nursing stands as a cornerstone of healthcare, dedicated to enhancing patients’ quality of life by helping them regain or maintain their highest levels of function and independence.

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Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Guide for Nurses Deciding Whether to Leave Their Jobs

Empowered Nurses

Nurses across the nation are grappling with burnout, dissatisfaction, and a healthcare system that often feels unresponsive to their needs. If you’re a nurse wondering, Should I stay or should I go?, youre not alone. The decision to leave a job is never easy, but taking a structured approach can help you assess your situation and make the best choice for your career and well-being. 1.

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From Housekeeping to Healing: Meet Anthony Levesque, The Nurse of the Week

Daily Nurse

In the bustling halls of Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia, California, a heartwarming story of resilience and compassion unfolds. Meet Anthony Levesque, this week’s honored Nurse of the Week , whose journey from housekeeping to nursing is nothing short of inspiring. Not long ago, one patient lay in his hospital bed, feeling lonely and despondent.

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Self-Care for Nurses: Preventing Burnout and Promoting Well-Being

The Gypsy Nurse

Nursing is one of the most demanding and rewarding professions, but it can also be incredibly stressful and emotionally taxing. Long hours, high patient volumes, difficult working conditions, and the emotional toll of caring for others can lead to nurse burnouta state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion. Nurse burnout not only affects job performance but also has a significant impact on personal well-being.

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How to Start Virtual Care the Right Way: A Proven Roadmap for 2025 and Beyond

Speaker: Dr. Christine Gall, DrPH, MS, BSN, RN

The promise of virtual care is no longer theoretical and is now a critical solution to many of healthcare’s most urgent challenges. Yet many healthcare leaders remain unsure how to build a business case for investment and launching the right program at the right time can be the difference between value and failure. For organizations seeking a financially sound, clinically effective entry point, Virtual Patient Observation (VPO) offers a compelling case to lead with.

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Nursing: Leading the Charge for Healthcare Diversity

Diversity Nursing

Diversity in healthcare is essential for ensuring fair treatment and enhancing patient outcomes. Among healthcare professionals, Nurses have emerged as champions for diversity, leveraging their unique positions as caregivers, educators, and advocates to lead the charge. Let's take a look at how Nursing is transforming healthcare by embracing and promoting diversity.

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A Look at Post-Pandemic Mental Health: Data and Resources

Registered Nursing

Trauma-informed care (TIC) plays a crucial role in supporting mental health, especially for young adults adjusting to college life. Trauma can originate from various experiences, such as childhood adversity, difficult transitions, or widespread events like the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing trauma in the college setting is essential for fostering emotional well-being and academic success.

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Thinking Innovatively About Your Nursing Career Development

Minority Nurse

Your nursing career is yours to create, and with proper care, your path can be unique, innovative, and idiosyncratic. At the same time, your many obligations and responsibilities can steer you away from your uniqueness and leave you in a rut of choosing the path of least resistance. There are many strategies for choosing a career journey that fits your vision of who you want to be as a healthcare professional, and it’s worth exploring those strategies for the ones that can most readily mov

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How Trained CPR Coaches Are Transforming Pediatric ICU Response Teams

Daily Nurse

Every team member’s role in a code response is critical when seconds count. A recent study, Impact of a Quality Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Coach on Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Resuscitation Teams , published in the American Journal of Critical Care , shows how incorporating trained CPR coaches into pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) response teams can make a lifesaving difference.

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The Impact of Rising Housing Costs on Travel Nursing: Challenges and Opportunities

The Gypsy Nurse

Travel nursing has long been an attractive career option for healthcare professionals seeking flexibility, higher pay, and the opportunity to explore new locations. Travel nurses fill short-term staffing gaps in hospitals and medical facilities, often receiving compensation packages that include high salaries, bonuses, and travel nurse housing stipends.

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Addressing Health Inequities: Diversity and Inclusion Matter

Diversity Nursing

Underserved communities often face significant barriers to accessing equitable healthcare. To make meaningful progress, these communities need to see themselves reflected in the systems designed to improve their health. This requires a commitment to Diversity and Inclusion across all aspects of healthcare. The Role of Representation in Healthcare Healthcare systems must prioritize the lived experiences, preferences, and concerns of individuals, considering factors such as gender, geography, and

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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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Govt. to fast-track foreign nurses into Australian workforce

Nursing Review

The Albanese government has announced a new scheme for the removal of red tape to allow a record number of overseas-trained nurses to enter the Australian workforce faster. In a statement released yesterday, the federal Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler said that, from March 2025, nurses wishing to immigrate to Australia from countries with comparable qualification standards will have their registration applications fast-tracked.

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Top Nursing Specialties in Demand for 2025

NexNurse

As we look ahead to 2025, the demand for skilled nursing professionals continues to grow, driven by an aging population, advances in healthcare technology, and evolving patient needs. In this blog post, we explore the top nursing specialties that are expected to be in high demand, offering insights into the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for nurses in these fields. 1.

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5 Steps to a Stronger Nursing Resume

Minority Nurse

When you’re in the market for a nursing job, a resume is a very important part of your job search toolkit. No matter how many job boards allow you to create a personal profile with your career details, having your own consistently updated document accurately representing your expertise could not be a smarter way to always be ready for the next opportunity.

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Study Finds Geriatric Physician & NP Workforce Kept Pace with Aging Population, But Significant Rural Disparities Persist

Daily Nurse

A new study published in JAMA Network Open finds that geriatric nurse practitioners (NPs) helped expand the geriatric workforce and kept the combined geriatric physician and NP workforce on pace with the growth of the older population. It also exposes significant geographic disparities in geriatric healthcare, highlighting that nearly two-thirds of U.S. counties lack specialized geriatric healthcare professionals.

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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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The Top 3 Podcast Episodes and Blog Posts You Loved in 2024

Healthy Workforce Institute

2024 has been a year of transformation and growth, and at the heart of it all has been our shared commitment to creating a respectful and healthy work culture. As healthcare leaders, we tackled some serious challenges while still managing to make progress on creating healthier, happier workplaces. Throughout the year, weve been honored to share strategies, resources, and solutions with you whether through our podcast episodes or blog posts These resources have been just a few ways weve helped y

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The Relentless School Nurse: A Prescription for America – Choose Community

The Relentless School Nurse

Today, we are faced with a profound choice: do we continue with the status quo, marked by pain, disconnection, and division? Or do we choose a different pathone of joy, health, and fulfillment, where we turn toward each other instead of away from each other; where we choose love over fear; where we recognize community as the irreplaceable foundation for our well-being?

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Government rolls out free vaccine program for pregnant Australians

Nursing Review

Expectant mothers will have access to free vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) from next month under a major expansion of the National Immunisation Program (NIP). RSV commonly causes respiratory infections in people all of ages, but is especially dangerous for infants, particularly when they have heart, lung or immune system problems.

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The Key To Understanding Your Practice Finances

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Tracking the financial health of your practice is as important as tracking the physical health of a person. Both utilize data and define milestones to track and evaluate progress. Comfortable… As a Nurse Practitioner, youre comfortable with the physical side of things a patients weight, blood pressure, lab results, and the like. You collect and review the data and make clinical decisions based on it.

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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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5 Tips for Strengthening Your LinkedIn Nursing Profile

Minority Nurse

LinkedIn has been around for many years, and it continues to serve as a powerful and reliable online platform that allows professionals from almost any industry imaginable to connect in meaningful ways. LinkedIn remains the go-to social media platform for serious professionals, and it has been made even more robust with a user-friendly job board and thousands of online groups.

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Transforming Healthcare Delivery: The Importance of Top-of-License Utilization

Daily Nurse

Nursing is at a pivotal moment. With ongoing challenges like staffing shortages, high turnover, and burnout, healthcare organizations are rethinking how they deliver care to better support nurses and improve patient outcomes. One powerful approach gaining attention is top-of-license utilization, which empowers nurses to work to the full extent of their training and expertise.

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Preventing Resident-to-Resident Aggression Through Staff Training 

American Medical Compliance

A study published in BMC Geriatrics found that out of 3,693 nursing staff surveyed (with a response rate of 60.1%), 88.8% reported witnessing at least one incident of resident-to-resident aggression in the past year. Resident-to-resident aggression (RRA) is a growing concern in healthcare facilities, particularly in assisted living and long-term care settings.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Read the “Role of School Nurses in the Health and Education of Children”

The Relentless School Nurse

I’m honored to share a recently published article in JAMA Health Forum, “ Role of School Nurses in the Health and Education of Children, “ co-authored with my esteemed colleagues Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, and Elizabeth Dickson, PhD, RN. Published on January 23, 2025, our open-access article explores the critical role of school nurses in promoting student health and academic success.

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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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The Silent Threat -The Dangers Faced by Black Nursing and Midwifery Staff in Healthcare including the NHS

Equality 4 Black Nurses

Racism within healthcare settings not only affects morale and career progression but can also pose real risks to the well-being and professional lives of Black nurses and midwives. Black nurses often find themselves isolated or excluded from professional networks and peer groups, which are crucial for career development and emotional support in high-stress environments like healthcare.

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Nursing Care Plan: Guide with Example & Writing Tips

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Care plans are a way to strategically approach and streamline the nursing process. They also facilitate effective communication in a nursing team. Lets review the fundamentals of a nursing care plan and how to create one, step by step. Well outline best practices and provide you with a nursing care plan example that you can download and print. Table of Contents What Is a Nursing Care Plan?

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What Is an MSN Degree? (And Why It Matters)

Post University

The nursing profession is quickly evolving. Today’s nurses are required to meet the increasingly complex needs of patients all while managing lower staff levels and higher levels of burnout. Thus, the need for qualified, intuitive, and innovative nurse leaders is prevalent, which is why many nurses are considering advanced degree programs. If you are a nurse, you might be wondering,What isan MSN degree, and what are its benefits?

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Meet Carlee Minyard: The ER Nurse Who Set a Stroke Care Record and Transformed a Life in Just 17 Minutes

Daily Nurse

When every second counts, ER nurse Carlee Minyard steps up to the challenge. Her remarkable achievement of a 17-minute door-to-treatment time for stroke care at Saint Mary’s Regional Health System in Russellville, Arkansas, not only set a new record for the hospital but also showcased her exceptional skill, quick thinking, and unwavering commitment to saving lives.

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Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You: A Nurse’s Perspective

Empowered Nurses

Its an unsettling thought, isnt it? To consider that in the act of simply doing our jobcommunicating with patients, families, and colleagueswe might unintentionally put ourselves at risk. A casual comment can be perceived as a definitive medical opinion. A shared moment of empathy can be construed as overstepping professional boundaries. And when things go wrong, the words we spoke in the spirit of care can be dissected in courtrooms, disciplinary hearings, or even by our employers and board inv

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Why Practice Cash Flow Is More Important Than You Think

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Youve probably heard the phrase Cash is King. What does that mean for your Nurse Practitioner (NP) practice? If youre bringing in plenty of revenue, that should mean your practice is financially healthy, right? Well, not necessarily. Many business owners falsely assume their business is doing well if they bring in lots of money. And so do NPs in their own practices.

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Top Nursing Specialties for 2025

Diversity Nursing

The field of Nursing continues to evolve rapidly, driven by advancements in technology, shifting healthcare needs, and a focus on specialized patient care. As we look toward 2025, certain Nursing specialties stand out for their growth potential, earning opportunities, and capacity to make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes. Whether youre an experienced Nurse seeking a new challenge or a student deciding on a career path, these specialties are worth considering. 1.

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Cultural Competence vs Cultural Humility: What’s the Difference?

Nursology

Danielle Brochu With the increasing spotlight on the demand for implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives through the healthcare industry and beyond, nurses will likely encounter ideologies and perspectives that may be unfamiliar to them in the context of their work. A common concept, albeit one that is waning in popularity, is cultural competence, … Continue reading Cultural Competence vs Cultural Humility: Whats the Difference?

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Taking a Break From Travel Nursing

The Gypsy Nurse

While travel nursing can provide adventure and reward, it can also be taxing. You may find taking a break seems like a good idea. Though the day-to-day in each assignment may be similar to a traditional nursing job, hopping from one assignment to the next is anything but normal. Over time, you may become exhausted from all the packing , moving, and readjusting that each contract might bring, especially if you leave little downtime between each new job.

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4 Things to Love About Ambulatory Nursing

Daily Nurse

Ask anyone on the street what nurses do, and the most common response is likely to be that nurses care for sick people in the hospital. Even many nurses themselves are probably of the mind that “real” nurses work in acute care. However, this could not be further from reality. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Nursing Workforce Factsheet , 55 percent of nurses work in “general medical and surgical hospitals.” Considering that statistic, we