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What kind of leader are you?

Candy Campbell

Are you a risk taker ? We all have our safety blankets… Our nets to break the fall… Our mitigation strategies. But is the New Year beckoning you to try something new? Maybe something a teeny bit uncomfortable ? What if you chose to consciously shift your behavior from reflecting your TITLE to a more relational leadership style? If you chose to become a person who can be known and who can know others, as persons, not as merely employees?

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What Witnessing a Code Does to Us.

New Thing Nurse

By: Sarah K. Wells, MSN, RN, CEN, CNL What is a Code : For the context of this post, a Code is a coordinated resuscitation effort to deliver ACLS or PALS care to a patient Who is the “us” : Members of the healthcare team that are part of the Code response or who witness the Code response How witnessing a Code impacts us : Codes are traumatic to witness, let alone participate in.

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Happy New Year 2023

The Nursing Site

Happy New Year 2023! Ring out the old. Discard the bad and unnecessary from the past. Open the door to new experiences, challenges and successes! Drink in all the new energy and recharge. There is lots to do in 2023! The post Happy New Year 2023 first appeared on The Nursing Site.

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The Importance of Tech Literacy for Nurses

Daily Nurse

Medicine and technology have continuously operated hand-in-glove, and never has that been more true than today — and this is all the more reason for nurses to prioritize tech literacy if they want to be the best nurse they can be. Nursing is the ultimate caring profession, but nursing is also a science. Making it […].

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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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The Importance of Teaching Nursing Students How to Cope with their Mental Health

Minority Nurse

We’ve seen the statistics showing that nurses and future nurses need mental well-being more than ever. With healthcare staffing shortages all over the country, healthcare facilities and consumers cannot afford to lose more nurses. At the root of it is that nursing is an incredibly stressful profession, with 63% of nurses reporting significant workplace stress, 70% saying they put the safety and well-being of the patient above their own, and 31% reporting a workload assignment higher than which t

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Nurse Appreciation: Add These 2023 Dates to Your Calendar

Nurse.com

Nurses work every day to ensure patients get the care they need — and the comfort and compassion they deserve. The complex nature of nursing continues to be physically and emotionally draining, yet nurses carry on providing quality patient care and moving the profession forward, which reinforces the importance of nurse appreciation. “Nurses need to be emotionally, psychologically, and morally refueled regularly to enable them to resist burnout and its many negative impacts such as moral distress

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Nurse of the Week: Nurse Tessa Migliano Saves Man Having Heart Attack on Pickleball Court

Daily Nurse

Tessa Migliano, a Milwaukee-area nurse, and her son, Lukas, saved a man’s life when he collapsed on the pickleball court. They were in the right place at just the right time, and for playing the role of lifesaver, Migliano is our Nurse of the Week. Migliano wanted to get in one more pickleball game with […].

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Switching Careers To Nursing

Diversity Nursing

Thinking about changing careers? At any stage in life, N ursing is a great choice because Nurses are always in demand. It's a challenging, but rewarding field and previous education can help you become a Nurse faster. "I'm a second career Nurse. What's wonderful about Nursing, is that it's very accessible after you've already been to school or college for another type of degree," Telemetry Nurse, Victoria told Johnson and Johnson.

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Reasons to Contest a Will

Elder Care Matters

Even if your loved one left a last will and testament behind, there may be instances in which it can be challenged. For instance, if your father had dementia and added his second wife’s name to a bank account intended for the family, or your mother changed her will to omit you in favor of… The post Reasons to Contest a Will appeared first on Elder Care Directory - ElderCareMatters.com.

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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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Q&A with symplr President Nicole Rogas: Healthcare Operations Trends | symplr

Symplr

We asked symplr's top executives to share their outlook for healthcare operations technology. symplr President Nicole Rogas responds to questions about healthcare operations, the symplr customer journey, and the recent symplr Compass Survey of CIOs at top U.S. health systems.

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Beekman 1802 Spreads Kindness to Nurses in 2023

Daily Nurse

Beekman 1802 kicks off its new Nurses First initiative today, celebrating hardworking nurses in 2023 with kind surprises, special products, and Kindness Grants throughout the year. Nurses are inherently kind for the work they do every day, and Beekman 1802 says these kind heroes share the brand’s ideology of being kind to everyone they meet […].

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Educate Yourself About Retirement Planning Now

Minority Nurse

No matter where you are in your career path, retirement planning is something you need to think about. From young nurses just starting out to nurses who will retire in the next year, retirement planning is a big issue. Preparing for an unknown future isn’t always the easiest task, so sometimes retirement planning gets pushed aside so nurses can deal with the here and now of student loans, mortgage or rent payments, transportation costs, and rising daily expenses.

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Nursing School from the Perspective of a Neurodivergent Nurse 

IntelyCare

Gabrielle N Neff, LPN is the winner of the 2022 IntelyStars People’s Choice Award. (IntelyStars is the annual celebration of IntelyCare’s nurses and nursing assistants. We believe that nursing professionals deserve to be recognized and rewarded for the contributions they make year-round, not just during Nurse’s Week or CNA Week.) Gabrielle is a neurodivergent nurse, meaning that nursing school was challenging for her.

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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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The ROI of Healthcare Compliance: A symplr Value Proposition | symplr

Symplr

No health system wants to make headlines for compliance penalties and fines. Managing risk and meeting compliance standards to keep patients safe—and stay out of the news—is challenging and costly. In fact, to adhere to more than 600 regulatory requirements, an average-sized hospital spends $7-9 million per year on administrative activities associated with compliance.

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Meet New ANA President: Dr. Mensik Kennedy

Daily Nurse

The American Nurses Association (ANA) welcomes its newest president, Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, Ph.D., MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN. She brings more than 25 years of nursing experience to the ANA presidency. She has devoted more than a decade of service to ANA, providing leadership in high-profile positions such as ANA Committee Treasurer and service on ANA’s Board […].

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Tuition Reduction Available for Select Programs When You Start this Summer!

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Graduate school is an investment in your future: Earning an advanced degree is a way to boost your credentials and open more doors in your career. And at USAHS, you can make that investment without breaking the bank. We’re pleased to offer tuition reductions for students who enroll this Summer (start date May 8) in the following three programs: The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program.

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Highlights of 2022 According to Premier Staff

Premier Medical Staffing

Job Information Job Profession: Highlights of 2022 According to Premier Staff Job State: Job Location: Job Specialty: Job Assignment: We are so proud and excited to look back on 2022 and round up some of our favorite moments as a team. This past year, we celebrated milestones, made memories on company outings, and grew through challenges. Check out what our corporate employees said were their highlights of 2022.

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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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Visitor Management Improves Hospital Safety & Security | symplr

Symplr

Hospitals host and temporarily house thousands or even tens of thousands of people every day. Patients, physicians, employees, volunteers, vendors, and visitors come and go through physical facilities and virtual access points. As a matter of hospital safety and healthcare security, keeping track of every entrant is essential. You have staff, patients, and their family members to protect; drugs and equipment to safeguard; and a duty to your community.

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What You Should & Shouldn’t Include in a Nursing Resume

Daily Nurse

Writing a nursing resume is a challenging process for most. Lack of guidance prevents nurses from investing the time to develop a well-written resume, so it’s essential to know how to write a quality resume so that you can apply to any job with confidently. Depending on the type of nursing position you’re applying for, […].

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Your Work Email Is Not Private

Empowered Nurses

When you have an email address, you would think that you have privacy. If your email address is through your employer, nothing you communicate is private, nothing! An employer has access to everything that is sent and received through your employer’s email system. Therefore, it is imperative that you do not send or receive anything that you wouldn’t want your employer to see.

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The dos and don’ts of working with a nurse recruiter

Nurse Deck

Finding a nursing job can be challenging, especially if you do it alone. This is why nursing recruiters exist. They often have the connections and network that allow you to find the perfect nursing job for you. You might wonder how to act around them, how to present the best version of yourself, or even how to impress them. Below, we’ve compiled a list of dos and don’ts of working with a nurse recruiter.

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From Shipping & Logistics to Nursing: One Student’s Journey

Post University

When Shad Schneider graduated from high school, he decided he would go to school for law enforcement “mainly because it looked fun on TV.” After graduating in 1995, his plans to become a police officer changed when he ran into a friend who worked for United Parcel Services (UPS). “UPS was hiring and I applied on a whim and ended up working there for 12 years,” says Shad, who grew up in central Illinois not far from where he lives now.

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The Courage to Connect—With Yourself

Diane Sieg

I avoided reading a book a good friend gave me right after my accident , thinking, Why read about rest and recovery in difficult times when I am living it? Besides, I was too busy struggling with my long convalescence to actually settle in and learn from it. Even though I teach slowing down as a foundational practice of Self-Leadership to connect, engage, and re-energize ourselves, it doesn’t mean I always practice it.

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ER Nurse Follows Protocol, Avoids Negligence Lawsuit

Nurse.com

I’ve emphasized the importance of following employer policies and procedures in past blogs. The following case reveals that these policies are in place for good reason. In this case , adhering to employer policies protected an emergency room (ER) nurse and her employer from a possible judgment of professional negligence. Negligence allegations. A patient who fell and injured his right hand went to a medical center’s ER for treatment.

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10 things nurses looking for in a job

Nurse Deck

Nursing can be a passion. It can be something you do straight from the heart and your calling. Even so, it is still a job. If you’re looking for work as a nurse, you have some things to look for before accepting a position. While these may vary from person to person, there are some things in common that most people look for in a nursing job. We’ve devised a list of 10 things nurses are looking for in a job.

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Overcome Healthcare Workforce Challenges With Purpose, Innovation

Relias

The American Hospital Association’s (AHA) 2023 Health Care Workforce Scan examined the current state of the healthcare workforce with a deep dive into employment challenges across U.S. hospitals and health systems. The report provided recommendations to address major issues that healthcare organizations will face in the coming year. Workforce issues are still one of the top concerns in the healthcare field since the COVID-19 pandemic, along with supply chain disruptions, inefficiencies, inequiti

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Pennsylvania Nurse Returns to American Sentinel for Third Degree

Post University

Since she came to the United States from the Philippines and started her nursing career, Lane Meltzer has consistently pursued her goal to better herself through education. That educational journey began at the University of the East in the Philippines, where Lane earned a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences. “I taught biology and astronomy for several years in the Philippines at a secondary school,” she says.

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What Is Critical Thinking in Nursing?

FreshRN

Critical thinking in nursing is the evaluation of information through observation, experience, and communication that leads to a decision for action. The post What Is Critical Thinking in Nursing? appeared first on FRESHRN.

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The future of nursing in 2023

Nurse Deck

Ushering the new year in 2023 also means entering a new era for nursing. We can expect some trends to occur and new issues to be tackled. Below, we’ve compiled a summary of what the future nursing of 2023 will look like. This will give you an idea of what to expect this new year. Recognizing mental and physical health issues 2020 heralded the rise of COVID-19.

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How to Sleep Well When Your RN Job Works Nights

CynaMed

3 minute read As nurses well know, working in a medical facility eventually comes with working the night shift. Most RN jobs will eventually end up being required to work a night or two, though some work nights more consistently. Working nights and sleeping during the day is the direct opposite of your natural circadian rhythm. This can take a serious toll on your health if you aren’t careful.