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Integrating Travel Nurses Into Your Team

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Travel nurses will be part of core team staffing for the foreseeable future in many healthcare settings. Managers should value the experience and adaptability that travelers bring to a group. A downside is that if not integrated into the team, nursing staff may get angry about travel […] The post Integrating Travel Nurses Into Your Team appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Utah Grants Full Practice Authority to Nurse Practitioners

Health Leaders | Nursing

Beehive State becomes the 27th state to adopt Full Practice Authority. Utah lawmakers' adoption of Full Practice Authority (FPA) eliminates hurdles for the Beehive State’s nurse practitioners (NPs) to set up their own practices. When Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed Senate Bill 36 into law Thursday, capping a strong bipartisan effort to modernize outdated licensure laws for multiple professions, including NPs, Utah became the 27 th state in the nation, along with the District of Columbia and two U.S

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Celebrating the Value of Specialty Nursing Certification on Certified Nurses Day 

Daily Nurse

AACN joins hospitals and healthcare organizations in recognizing certified nurses for their professionalism, leadership, and commitment to excellence in the care of patients and families as part of Certified Nurses Day , Sunday, March 19. As healthcare becomes increasingly complex and challenging, nursing certification has become an essential mark of excellence.

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Access to Abortion Medications: Why Should Nurses Care?

Amercan Journal of Nursing

She sat in my office, tissue in hand, tears rolling down her cheeks as she tried to process the news I’d just confirmed: she was pregnant, and really, really needed to not be. She was living in her brother’s small house, her seven-year-old son with her, sleeping on a sofa while trying to put her life back together after a divorce. She had chronic kidney disease, and had been told that another pregnancy could cause kidney failure.

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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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Leading Difficult Staff

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC One of the biggest challenges for new leaders is dealing with difficult staff members. Left unchecked, difficult staff can do an amygdala hijack of the team, causing everyone to go into stressful fight-or-flight responses. Consider the following story: A new manager has several RN team members who have worked […] The post Leading Difficult Staff appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Nurses Looking to Quit are Being Charged for Training Costs

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Around one third of nurses in the U.S. say they are thinking about leaving the profession due to staff shortages and low pay. But some providers who want out are waking up to a harsh reality. Jacqui Rum recently quit her job at Los Robles Regional Medical Center only to receive a bill for $2,000 from the facility a few months later. She was being charged for the training she received at the hospital during her employment.

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Critical Steps Your Workplace Can Take Today to Prevent Suicide

NIOSH Science Blog

Employers can play a vital role in suicide prevention. Historically, suicide, mental health, and well-being have been underrepresented in workplace health and safety efforts, but this is changing. In some European countries, there are workplace standards for workplace psychosocial hazards that put workers at risk for suicide. Additionally, in France, employers have been made accountable for toxic workplaces and management practices that contributed to worker suicides.[1] Some of the latest workp

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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Hailey Miller

Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine

Starting Down the Path The road to becoming part of the Hopkins School of Nursing faculty is different for all who aspire to teach the next generation of nurses. For Assistant Professor Dr. Hailey Miller PhD, RN, this road had a unique paving. Dr. Miller grew up in the town of Avon Ohio, a suburb… The post Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Hailey Miller appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine.

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A Day in the Life: Physical Rehabilitation Nurse

Daily Nurse

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work as a nurse in physical rehabilitation ? Here are the basics that you need to know. Adam Francis, MSN, RN, Director of Nursing at Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital – Bartram Campus , took time to answer our questions. Adam Francis, MSN, RN, is the Director of Nursing at Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital – Bartram Campus.

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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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Prioritizing Mental Health – Wellness Resources for Travel Nurses

The Gypsy Nurse

Fastaff provided this article. The need for nurses is at an all-time high. During the past few years, nurses have faced extreme challenges, from the pandemic to working long hours and even experiencing violence in the workplace. The impact of those occurrences has been detrimental to the mental health of healthcare workers everywhere. Nurses are the ones who have the most direct involvement with critically ill patients and can be affected the most.

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Dispatcher Tells Heart Attack Victim “We Have No Ambulances Available”

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Canada is experiencing a surge in demand for healthcare services and there’s not enough staff to go around. That has led to dramatic delays for patients seeking emergency care. A retired nurse experienced these delays firsthand in early February when she woke up feeling weak and believed she was having a heart attack. Sharon Chartier, a former RN in Saskatchewan, called 9-1-1 on Feb. 7 to request an ambulance but the dispatcher told her there were none available in her area. “I laid on the

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Reflection is nursing practice

American Nurse

Personal and professional self-nursing requires reflection. Yet, in our world today, reflection is seen as something special and ethereal. Only certain people can reflect and the rest of us can learn how to do it with special instruction. The definition of reflection can be summed up as assessment, intervention, and evaluation. When nurses assess, we take in information and produce an intervention based on that information.

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Study Reveals America’s Top Health Questions

Registered Nursing

Health concerns are one of the most common reasons people turn to the internet for information. Before making the trip out to the doctor, self-diagnosing with the abundance of online health-related information is common practice. Plus, it's available without a copay. However, because not all online sources are accurate, now more than ever people need nursing professionals to accurately diagnose and treat health issues.

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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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Jefferson Health S.E.A.L. RN Team Designed to Deploy Where It Is Most Needed

Health Leaders | Nursing

After less than a year, the special team has improved nurse staffing, patient care, and health system finances. Much like the U.S. Navy SEALS go to where their services are necessary, Jefferson Health ’s S.E.A.L. RN team deploys to areas of greatest need. The Jefferson Health S.E.A.L. (Service, Excellence, Advocacy, Leadership) RN Team, which launched in May 2022 with an initial cohort of 25 nurses, is a flexible staffing resource of nurses who care for patients across Jefferson Health’s 18 hosp

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Hospice Nurse Locates Missing Woman While Out Visiting Patients

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Emily Moore, a hospice nurse in Chillicothe, Oklahoma, was out in the neighborhood completing some paperwork when she noticed a woman who looked oddly familiar. She thought about where she might’ve seen this woman before recognizing her from a local missing person’s case. The trouble started late last month when a car pulled into a gas station on U.S. 23.

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How to Reduce Patient abuse by Warning Others Early

Healthy Workforce Institute

Workplace violence is on the rise. Globally, every hour, two nurses are assaulted by a patient at work. And that number is based on the reported incidents. As we already know, workplace violence is highly underreported. Therefore, healthcare organizations have an ethical responsibility to their employees to keep them as safe as they can by making sure they are warned early of potential violence.

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Health care workers are frazzled – and poor sleep may turn stress into poor mental health

American Nurse

Health care workers often put the health and safety of their patients first, neglecting to take care of themselves. By providing continuous services around the clock, many experience short and poor-quality sleep, risking not only their own health and safety but also increasing the risk of making errors that can affect patient safety. I am an occupational health researcher who studies work, sleep and health among health care workers.

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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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Recognizing Certified Nurses Day on March 19

Minority Nurse

The annual recognition of Certified Nurses Day on March 19 honors the nurses who go the extra step to achieve certification in their specialties. But the day also helps raise awareness in the nursing community about the importance of certification and the benefits it brings to a nursing career. Certification is an excellent career advancing move; after all gaining more knowledge and skills in your nursing specialty is only going to help you be a better nurse.

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Hospital Turns to Externs to Fight the Staffing Shortage

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Northwell Health, New York’s largest healthcare provider and private employer, is using students to ease the ongoing worker shortage at all but three of its hospitals. The program, which has been around for thirty years, allows junior-level students to work alongside experienced nurses in various departments. But unlike an internship, they are being compensated for their time.

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Colorado Nurse Applies Nurse Practitioner Skills to Remote Diabetes Monitoring Role

Post University

For teenage Jennifer Hernandez, college was a distant thought. Having grown up in a difficult home situation, Jennifer started working at 15 and almost stopped attending school altogether. “We had a lot of issues at home, so I ended up going to several different high schools,” says Jennifer, who is from Fort Collins, Colorado. She found a program that allowed her to finish high school at her pace and was determined to finish as quickly as possible.

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New Appointment for Penn Nursing Professor

Penn Nursing

George Demiris, PhD, FACMI , the Mary Alice Bennett University Professor and Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, has been appointed Penn Nursing 's next Associate Dean for Research and Innovation. This appointment will begin on June 1, 2023.

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Meet Nancy Colobong Smith, American Nephrology Nurses Association’s President-Elect 2023-24

Minority Nurse

March is National Kidney Month and Minority Nurse caught up with nephrology nurse Nancy Colobong Smith, MN, ARNP, ANP-BC, CNN to find out what it’s like to be a nurse in this specialty. She is the national president-elect 2023-24 of the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA). Please tell me about your role now and how your career brought you to this place.

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Nurse Discharged After “Hugging” Colleague 

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A nurse in New Zealand is out of a job for hugging one of his colleagues too tightly. He was discharged from Auckland City Hospital without conviction after accidentally making one of his coworkers uncomfortable. The incident occurred in February 2021. Seong Oh, 57, arrived at work and greeted one of the other nurses with a hug. He held on to the other nurse’s waist and brushed her cheek.

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Missed out on nursing graduate program – now what? Meet Kate

The Nurse Break

What do you do if you don’t get a nursing graduate program? Meet Kate. She reflects on her experiences missing out on a graduate program and over 20 applications and gives some sturdy tricks to help you prevent being in the same situation! Write for us & share your story Read other graduate and student articles Check out our application/resume services offered to help cover the costs of running this website I felt hopeless, that I would never be hired, that I’m a failure, I’

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How to Achieve the Perfect Work-Life Balance as a Travel Nurse

The Gypsy Nurse

Favorite Healthcare Staffing provided this article. As a nurse, you are constantly seeking the perfect balance between your personal life and professional responsibilities. You strive to be the very best caregiver for your patients while also managing multiple obligations in your personal life. Unfortunately, juggling numerous priorities without adequate support or restful breaks can lead us down an unsustainable path.

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Yes, Vasectomies May Actually Have Risen Since SCOTUS Ruling

Consult QD

The number of men seeking vasectomies appears to have risen following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning Roe v. Wade, according to new Cleveland Clinic findings that reinforce previous anecdotal reports. In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that had established a federally protected right to abortion in the United States.

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Healthcare Staffing Executive Indicted for Nurse Wage Fixing

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that a federal grand jury has chosen to indict a home healthcare executive in Las Vegas for conspiring to fix the wages of nurses. According to the DOJ press release, Eduardo Lopez, was an executive at three different home health agencies, which provide various in-home services to patients all over the state.

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NY Hospital Initiative Prevents Tracheostomy-Related Pressure Injuries

Daily Nurse

A New York hospital reduced the incidence of medical device-related pressure injuries (MDRPIs) following a tracheostomy to zero for four years, according to a study published in AACN Advanced Critical Care. “ Reducing Tracheostomy Medical Device-Related Pressure Injury: A Quality Improvement Project ” details how NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester, Bronxville, achieved the results in its 18-bed adult intensive care unit (ICU), in part by integrating MDRPI prevention into the bedside p

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The Relentless School Nurse: I Had a Life-Enriching Experience at the Lake Nona Impact Forum

The Relentless School Nurse

The Lake Nona Impact Forum (LNIF) is an annual gathering of the nation’s leading health care innovators, scientists, thought leaders and CEO’s to share deep discussions about the latest advancements in health and wellness. I was invited to participate this year to share my work as a school nurse and family member of survivors and victims of gun violence.

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Congratulations to the 2023 Penn Nursing Faculty Award Recipients

Penn Nursing

All the honorees will be recognized at the Student, Alumni, and Faculty Awards event on Friday, May 12, 2023, 4-5:30 PM EST in the Ann L. Roy Auditorium.

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