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Ten Questions Nurse Managers Are Asking

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nurse Managers have one of the most challenging roles in healthcare today. They are at the frontline of care and usually among the first to witness trends in both the workforce and workplace. I pay close attention to the questions they ask during the leader development session […] The post Ten Questions Nurse Managers Are Asking appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Healthcare Privacy and the Evolving Role of Nurses

Daily Nurse

Nurses are natural multitaskers, and now, a small part of their work includes helping protect patient privacy. According to the HIPAA Journal , over 133 million healthcare records were exposed in data breaches in 2023, and many of these incidents started with simple, avoidable mistakes. Thats why nurses are now considered part of the frontline in protecting patient privacy.

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Is Your Practice Ready for Growth?

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Are you ready to take your practice to the next level? And is your practice at a point where it can handle the growth? Yes? Then the question is, what will you do to grow your practice aside from your ongoing marketing efforts ? Which services and products can you add, and how can you bring more patients to your office to boost revenue? Many NP business owners seek ways to grow their practices, not only by seeing more patients, but also by diversifying their revenue streams beyond traditional pa

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The Growth Mindset of Self-Leadership

Diane Sieg

Mary, a self-proclaimed people-pleaser and chronic worrier, was feeling a lot of anxiety about a decision she wanted to make, fearful of making the wrong one. When I asked her the best way she could support herself, she immediately responded, I crave some time and space away to slow down, regroup, and just be. While Mary was very clear about what she needed, she was not clear how to get it, feeling completely responsible for the outcome of a future site visit.

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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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Nurse. Parent. Human. Why Self-Care Isn’t Optional When You Care for Everyone Else

Minority Nurse

Navigating a full-time nursing career while being a parent is tough. Caring for children is time-consuming and challenging, while working as a nurse requires professionals to be focused and on the job for long hours. It can be easy to burn out while overloaded with child and career responsibilities. Thats why prioritizing self-care can help you feel energized and rested.

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Quick interview with Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor of Mental Health Nursing

The Nurse Break

Before we get into Louise’s journey about mental health nursing, if youre a nursing student or nurse in Australia, youre currently reading this on your very own free, nurse-only community that we built for you. Its where you can join forums, connect, and share all things to do with nursing. Quickly join here in 30 seconds and then continue to read this article and all our other articles, webinars and resources.

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Navigating New CMS Skin Substitute Updates: Essential Policies for Wound Care Providers

Relias

Wound care providers are entering a new compliance landscape, which will impact 10.5 million Medicare beneficiaries in the U.S. with chronic wounds. Starting on January 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement new Local Coverage Determinations (LCD), which will affect the use of cellular and tissue-based products (CTPs), also known as skin substitute grafts, for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and venous leg ulcers (VLUs).

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How To Become a Sports Physical Therapist: Career Guide

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Sports physical therapy is a specialty within physical therapy (PT) that focuses on the treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of athletic injuries. 1 In addition to helping athletes recover faster and improve their performance, a sports physical therapist also plays a critical role in preventing injuries, especially those that may otherwise end an athletes career. 1 With athletes looking to boost their sports performance and healthcare professionals interested in monitoring wellness, sports p

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Aesthetic Leadership in Nursing: A Theoretical Proposal for Rehumanizing Care Delivery

Nursing Inquiry

ABSTRACT Aesthetic leadership in nursing constitutes a disruptive conceptual proposal that questions and redefines traditional leadership models within healthcare settings. This article develops an original theoretical framework that incorporates the aesthetic dimension as a structuring category of care, emphasizing the role of beauty, presence, and relational ethics in transforming healthcare delivery.

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Healthscope has entered voluntary administration. Here’s what that means for hospitals and staff

Nursing Review

Australias second largest private hospital operator is in administration after lenders swooped to secure their $1.4bn in debt. A syndicate of banks and hedge funds that control Healthscopes loans placed the company into receivership after being handed control by its previous owner, Canadian asset management giant Brookfield, earlier this month. Healthscope chief executive Tino La Spina said there has been no impact on hospitals, staff or patients.

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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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How to Become a Trauma-Informed Organization

Relias

Even when organizations dont directly engage with trauma, they are touched by it. The effects of trauma are present when employees call in sick. They are present when tensions build between staff and clients. And they are present when high turnover occurs and stretches budgets. Trauma-informed organizations change these painful patterns by acknowledging both the far-reaching effects of trauma and the many paths to heal it, becoming more effective in the process.

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Why I Chose Mental Health – A New Graduate Nurse Perspective

The Nurse Break

Before we get into John’s inspiring story, if you’re a nursing student or nurse in Australia, come quickly check out our nurse-only community that we built for you. It’s where you can join forums, connect, and share all things to do with nursing. Quickly join here in 30 seconds and then continue to read this article and all our other articles, webinars and resources.

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Recognizing the Signs: Understanding and Improving Diagnosis of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Women

Daily Nurse

As a cardiology nurse practitioner, I witness the typically long and overwhelming diagnostic journey for women living with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Nurses and nurse practitioners often have the unique privilege of spending a significant amount of time communicating with patients and families as they undergo several appointments and tests. They ensure there is a patient-centered, goal-oriented approach to care.

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Health wins big in Victorian state budget

Nursing Review

The Victorian state government has released what is is calling a responsible budget focused on what matters most. Treasurer Jaclyn Symes first budget has projected a $600m operating surplus, which is about $1bn less than its forecast last year. Net debt is forecast to grow and hit a record high of $194bn by June 2029, with the states forecast debt of $167.9m in 2025-26 sitting at 25.1 per cent of Victorias economy.

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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 CRAFFT Screening Tool: What It Is and How to Use It

Relias

Substance use among adolescents continues to be a critical concern for healthcare providers, educators, and behavioral health professionals. Early identification is key to prevention and intervention but traditional screening tools designed for adults often fail to capture the unique risks and behaviors of younger populations. Thats where the CRAFFT screening tool comes in.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is an Assault on Children’s Health and Wellbeing

The Relentless School Nurse

The Houses passage of Trumps Big Beautiful Bill marks one of the most sweeping assaults on the health, nutrition, and future of Americas children in recent memory. While headlines focus on tax cuts and political maneuvering, the real story is the profound and lasting harm this legislation would inflict on millions of young people. There is so much more to unpack about the impact of what is woven throughout this pending legislation.

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Healthcare Executive Completes Third Post University Degree, Makes Plans for Doctorate

Post University

Kay Black grew up in a household where healthcare was a respected profession. She was born in Jamaica but moved to New York at the age of two and grew up there until middle school, when her family moved to Connecticut. My mother is a Certified Nurse Aide in a hospital and always encouraged me to go into healthcare because I share her passion for helping people, says Kay.

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50 Years of Heart: Celebrating Doris Chapman and Her Legacy of Care at Luminis Health

Daily Nurse

Daily Nurse is proud to honor Doris Chapman, Patient Care Technician at Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center in Lanham, Maryland, as our Nurse of the Week. Chapmans half-century of hands-on care, unwavering compassion, and deep community ties embody the very heart of nursing. Chapman isnt just part of the hospitals historyshe is the history.

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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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A Conversation with Lois Thetford, PA

Josephine Ensign

Lois Thetford, PA. At Jack Straw Cultural Center, July 2, 2015. Photo credit: Josephine Ensign Lois Thetford began her work on health inequities, anti-poverty, and health care for the homeless work in Seattle in 1970. I talked with her about her life and work in Seattle and learned a lot from our conversation, especially about safety net health care in our city and county.

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When Is Too Young Too Young? Rethinking Early Entry into Nursing

Empowered Nurses

In our quest to address the nursing shortage, innovative solutions are essential. However, we must tread carefully when these solutions involve our youth. The recent case of Elliana Tenenbaum, who became a registered nurse at 16, and Indiana’s legislation to allow LPN training in high school, prompt a critical examination of the implications of such early entry into the nursing profession.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Where Do We Go From Here?

The Relentless School Nurse

As another demanding school year is coming to a close (or already has), school nurses find themselves navigating an increasingly difficult landscape. Budget cuts loom large, threatening not just positions but the ability to provide vital care to students and school communities. In this moment of uncertainty, one question rises to the surface: Where do we go from here?

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Leadership practices and patient outcomes in Magnet® vs. non-Magnet hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multisite study

Nursing Management

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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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Floods, fires and even terrorist attacks: how ready are our hospitals to cope when disaster strikes?

Nursing Review

Floodwaters have engulfed large parts of New South Wales, with at least five pople dead and almost 50,000 evacuated after days of heavy rainfall in a one-in-500-year flood event. The scale of the disaster is still unfolding and affected communities will be recovering for some time to come. One question worth asking is: how ready are our hospitals to cope when disaster strikes?

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Supervision in IDD: Using Checklists to Evaluate DSPs

Relias

It came up over and over again in our national survey of direct support professionals ineffective supervision results in frustrations among experienced DSPs and dissatisfaction with their job. Certainly, supervision in intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) services is challenging. Providing IDD services is often a personal and intimate experience, and it can be difficult to quantify the characteristics so important to person-centered care respect for the individual, kindness, empathy,

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How ChristianaCare is Expanding the Capabilities of Virtual Nursing

Health Leaders | Nursing

The next goal of this health system's virtual nursing program is to see how virtual care can impact other areas, says this nurse leader. Health systems everywhere are experimenting with virtual nursing, and there are many key strategies that they can learn from each other. Maria Brown , nursing excellence manager at ChristianaCare , outlined what ChristianaCare wants to accomplish with their virtual nursing model.

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Navigating the invisible barriers to performance achievement: Strategies for nurse leaders

Nursing Management

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How to Train Surgical Teams Without Pulling Them Off the Floor 

American Medical Compliance

Time is everything in the operating room. Patient safety, team coordination, and timely procedures all depend on a well-trained surgical team that can move together with precision. However, a growing shortage of perioperative nursesand limited opportunities for hands-on educationhas made training more difficult than ever. As highlighted in the AORN Journal article “Nursing Shortages in the OR: Solutions for New Models of Education” , the industry faces increasing pressure to adopt in

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Explore careers at PacMed clinics and enjoy the best of life in the Puget Sound

Providence

Pacific Medical Centers (PacMed), part of the Providence family, is a private, not-for-profit health care network with nine outpatient clinics and more than 175 primary and specialty care providers in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties in Washington State.

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New study to investigate domestic abuse of nurses

Nursing Times

Read about new research being conducted into the issue of domestic abuse against nurses, midwives and support workers.

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Perceptions, benefits, and challenges of using travel nurses: Perspective from nurse leaders

Nursing Management

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Strike Nursing: How to Get Started

The Gypsy Nurse

Nursing strikes, workforce disruptions, or unionization, and travel nurses who cover strikes can often be polarizing topics. So lets start with a brief disclaimer: This article is not meant to be a commentary on strike nursing or the ethical and political implications that are often intertwined with this category of travel nursing. This is simply a brief summary of how strike nursing works and how to get into this particular line of work if you are interested.

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Contributed Content: Tech Strategies for CNOs to Drive Patient Care with Data

Health Leaders | Nursing

CNOs must find ways to retain their remaining nurses while equipping them with the tools and support they need to meet rising demands. Editors Note: Amy Martin, MSN, PNP, BSN is the Head of Standards, Hospital Patient Monitoring, at Philips. Todays nurses face a tough environment from rising burnout and high turnover to a constant juggling act with data that comes at them from all directions.