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Nurses are Powerhouses of the Highest Order

Daily Nurse

In these days of distressing news about nursing shortages, inadequate staffing, nurse burnout and compassion fatigue, moral injury, and the ongoing corporatization of healthcare, nurses and their healthcare colleagues continue to find their pathways to solace, healing, and perseverance despite the odds. On the flip side, for those nurses who feel they’ve reached their limit and need to exit stage left in search of greener pastures, how do we reconcile ourselves to that highly understandable choi

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Starting a Practice Playlist

Nurse Practitioners in Business

It should come as no surprise to anyone reading NP Business, that the most common question we receive is “ How do I start a practice? ” As we get ready to close out 2023, I wanted to post a playlist of our most popular podcasts and blog posts about starting a practice. I’ll follow this up with a post about growing and operating a practice.

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What’s Trending As We Close 2023

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN What has been interesting in my leadership development work is examining the trends that emerge over time. We are at the end of 2023, and here is what leaders are telling me now: We are in a new world of work, and many leaders are struggling with […] The post What’s Trending As We Close 2023 appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Most People Want to Breastfeed, But Need More Support To Do So

Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine

Dr. Cecília Tomori, Associate Professor and internationally recognized breastfeeding expert, responds to recent New York Times articles on breastfeeding and the overuse of tongue-tie release procedures. The investigation misses the bigger picture: that the U.S. does not provide an enabling environment for breastfeeding. Cecelia Tomori, Phd In the U.S., 83 percent of new parents start… The post Most People Want to Breastfeed, But Need More Support To Do So appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nu

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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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Can Boosting Hydrogen Sulfide Bolster Standard-of-Care Glioblastoma Therapy to Extend Survival?

Consult QD

New Cleveland Clinic research efforts are exploring the cancer-suppressing effects of endogenous hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) in glioblastoma and whether aging-induced decreases in H 2 S can be effectively targeted therapeutically. The efforts are being pursued via basic science investigations led by Christopher Hine, PhD , with support from a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), as well as in a proof-of-concept clinical trial led by

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The Impact of High Turnover on Nurse Managers

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN For years, leaders have been told that nurses don’t leave their organizations but rather the leaders they work for. Today, that adage is not true in many settings. Nurses leave leaders for many reasons, including: Higher Pay Childcare Challenges A Desire to Travel The Inability of the […] The post The Impact of High Turnover on Nurse Managers appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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The Rising Tide of Nursing Burnout: Insights and Reflections

NurseBuff

Fairly recently, a mental health tech, a nurse manager, and a psychiatrist – all long-time veterans of the psychiatric hospital where I work – retired and sadly died from heart attacks immediately after. I’m a mental health RN. This has really shaken me up and made me question the long-term impact of our high-stress roles […] The post The Rising Tide of Nursing Burnout: Insights and Reflections appeared first on NurseBuff.

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Fetal Echo, Team Care Optimize Congenital Heart Disease Outcome

Consult QD

The use of fetal echocardiography to guide management of congenital heart disease (CHD) in a setting of multidisciplinary care optimizes neonatal outcomes, according to Cleveland Clinic fetal cardiologist Rashmi Rao, MD. Dr. Rao, Associate Director of Fetal Cardiology, spoke during a Continuing Medical Education live course on the role of imaging in the continuum of care in tetralogy of Fallot.

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Mental Health and Wellness Programs for Healthcare Workers

Daily Nurse

Healthcare professionals work tirelessly to provide care and support for their patients, often at the expense of their physical and mental well-being. It’s no secret that healthcare workers face high levels of stress, long hours, and emotionally charged situations daily. However, healthcare organizations must prioritize their employees’ mental health and wellness , not only for their well-being but also for the quality of care they provide to their patients.

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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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Trial Of Nursing School “Diploma Mills”

Empowered Nurses

Imagine the horror of learning that the Nursing School from which you graduated gave you a Diploma without proper training. There you are doing quite well in your job and suddenly you find that your License is about to be revoked because you did not attend a properly licensed School! That is exactly what happened in Florida’s Palm Beach School of Nursing, Quisqueya Health Academy, Sacred Heart Institute of Fort Lauderdale, and Siena College of Health in Lauderhill where “Operation Nightingale,”

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Shift Workers – Why Scheduling Them Can Be Difficult!

Celayix

Shift work is relied upon by many companies and organizations throughout the world. In fact, between 26 and 38 million adults ( 18%–26% of the population ) in the United States are considered to be shift workers! Some rely on 24/7 operations to satisfy their business needs. Shift workers can be defined as people who work outside of a steady 9-5 schedule.

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On Health and the Holidays

American Nurse

I first learned about Christmas disease while preparing for a presentation on lab values many years ago. At first glance, I thought it was some sort of a seasonal condition brought on by the confluence of forced merriment, surges in alcohol and calorie intake, and exacerbated psychosocial stress during the holidays. It isn’t. Christmas disease, also known as hemophilia B and named after its first patient, Stephen Christmas, is a rare genetic bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency in clotting f

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ER Nurse Melanie Park Helps Homeless Patients with Necessities, Clothing at ‘Mel’s Closet’

Daily Nurse

ER nurse Melanie Park has seen an increase in the number of visits to hospital emergency rooms by people experiencing homelessness. She blames the lack of homeless shelters in the Plant City, Florida, area. Despite the challenges, Park has been doing her best to assist these patients and was recently recognized by HCA Florida Hospitals with a humanitarian award for her efforts.

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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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Could a Career as a Family Nurse Practitioner Be Right for You?

Post University

If you are enjoying your work in nursing but are looking to take your career to a new level, then it may be time to explore the possibility of becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). For many registered nurses who are already working in the healthcare field, obtaining an FNP designation is a logical next career step towards a more advanced practice, increased autonomy, and the opportunity for additional earnings.

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Digital Do’s and Don’ts: Navigating Healthcare Compliance Successfully

American Medical Compliance

Providing healthcare is undeniably one of the most promising and rewarding ventures in today’s business landscape. This is because of the rapidly growing global population and aging demographic. As featured in Companies Market Cap, the top 10 publicly traded healthcare companies have revenue of $39 billion to $359 billion as of 2023. This shows that there’s a continual focus on health and wellness.

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Authentic

American Nurse

Merriam-Webster chose “authentic” as the 2023 word of the year. It seems like this word has been around much longer than 2023. It seems as though “authentic” was used to describe a nursing leader when I first started my nursing practice in the late 1980s, early 1990s. We were looking for a nursing leader who was “real.” Now, with all the capabilities of computers and algorithms, we have all sorts of things to think about when we say “authentic.

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Snacking Explained: How to Stay Energized During Long Shifts

Daily Nurse

One of the biggest challenges as a nurse is working those long, 12-hour (+) shifts, with small snack breaks, and needing to keep your energy up the entire time. It’s a lot to handle! And I know firsthand as my mom was a shift nurse for over 40 years. I watched her juggle working overnights, getting me off to school in the morning, and getting her well-deserved sleep.

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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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How To Promote Community Inclusion for Individuals With IDD

Relias

For individuals living with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), achieving a sense of community and belonging can be difficult. They face stigma and barriers to success on both inter-personal and systemic levels. Due to these obstacles, organizations must find ways to support community inclusion for their clients. In this article, we’ll cover what community inclusion is, the most common barriers to it, and how your organization can help clients with IDD become better integrated int

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Boot Camp Prepares Trainees for Hand Surgery Fellowships

Consult QD

Incoming hand surgery fellows had a novel opportunity to review upper extremity fundamentals at a two-day Hand Fellows Boot Camp in August. It was the second time Cleveland Clinic hosted the event, a combination of classroom presentations and hands-on experience in a simulation lab. “Many trainees starting hand surgery fellowships have not had a rotation in upper extremity surgery in more than a year,” says Joseph Styron, MD, PhD , a Cleveland Clinic upper extremity surgeon who is Director of th

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Streamlining OPPE and Improving Outliers

Symplr

A recent article identified The Joint Commission’s Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) process as “costly, ineffective, and potentially harmful”. While The Joint Commission issued a statement countering this contention, conversations we’ve had with other healthcare systems indicate they agree. With the right technology, your hospital or health system can both streamline the OPPE process and improve the process of identifying outliers and driving performance improvement.

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CSI Academy Teams to Focus on Implementing HWE Standards

Daily Nurse

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is bringing the lessons learned from its proven nurse leadership and innovation program and its Healthy Work Environment (HWE) initiative to help nurses at hospitals around the country improve the health of their workplaces. AACN Clinical Scene Investigator (CSI) Academy is a unit-based program using implementation science to leverage direct care nurses’ expertise and build additional skills, preparing and supporting them as clinician lead

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Florida's rebound from nurse shortage at risk

Becker's Hospital Review

A waning supply of nurse educators could impede Florida's success in resolving its shortage of nurses, according to a new report.

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Want to Improve the Well-Being of Health Workers? The System Itself Must Change

NIOSH Science Blog

The pandemic has brought attention to the safety, health, and well-being of workers in healthcare. Recent efforts to address these issues include, the Office of the Surgeon General’s Addressing Health Worker Burnout,(1) an “Advisory on Building a Thriving Health Workforce,” from the National Academy of Medicine’s National Plan for Healthcare Workforce Wellbeing (2) and the NIOSH Health Worker Mental Health Initiative (3).

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The ultimate guide for writing a great nursing resume

RN Network

How do you make your nurse resume stand out? Here's your ultimate guide to writing a great nurse resume to help you land your perfect job The post The ultimate guide for writing a great nursing resume appeared first on RNnetwork - Travel Nursing Blog.

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Understanding the Cup: A Reflection on How Nurses Understand Self-Care

Nursology

Contributor – Justin McFail, MSN, RN Understanding how to care for myself is not selfishness, it’s altruism for oneself. The adage goes something like, “you can’t pour from an empty cup.

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Doctor who sexually harassed nurses avoids suspension

Nursing Times

Dr Nour Rezk, who sent sexually explicit messages to two nurses, will not be suspended from the GMC register. Read more.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Celebrating 100 Episodes of “See You Now”Podcast!

The Relentless School Nurse

The SEE YOU NOW podcast highlights real people changing the status quo in health, with a specific focus on the contributions of nurses. Hosted by nurse economist and health technology specialist Shawna Butler , the podcast provides meaningful conversations with nurses at the forefront of healthcare and innovation, covering a wide range of topics. The podcast is created in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson and the American Nurses Association, and it aims to share the human-centered so

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Exploring the Benefits and Drawbacks of Nurse Residency Programs

Relias

Nursing residency programs have both advantages and disadvantages. While many healthcare leaders believe that nurse residency programs are a necessity , others are wary of the cost and long-term commitment they require. Nurse graduates are often eager to leave the classroom behind and begin their careers, skipping residency programs altogether. Unfortunately, this leaves many new nurses without the hands-on training and clinical skills necessary for success — contributing to burnout and high tur

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The biggest staffing lessons Mercy learned in 2023

Becker's Hospital Review

Mercy found that granting nurses more flexibility was worth it at the end of the day. Dara Webb, VP of Women and Children's Patient Services, shares her strategies and more.

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A New Policy Update on Breastfeeding: What All Clinicians Need To Know

Consult QD

Editor’s note: Article originally published in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine ( 2023; 90 [8]:469-473 ) By Heidi Szugye, DO ; Ali Murra, BS and Suet Kam Lam, MD, MPH, MS, The most recent policy statement on breastfeeding from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 1 focuses on enhanced communication with and support for breastfeeding mothers and babies — i.e., the breastfeeding dyad — and urges clinicians to increase their understanding of breastfeeding and their ability to support it