The Gypsy Nurse

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Travel nursing is a stimulating and fulfilling career choice that lets medical professionals see the world while offering essential treatment. But the journey changes when you’re not going alone—rather, you have a family to think about. It takes considerable planning and thought to combine your employment as a travel nurse with your family life because there are many factors involved that can have a big impact on both your family’s well-being and your own professional development.

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Nurse Practitioners in Business

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Once a practice is up and running, there is still quite a bit to keep your eyes open to and manage. Some of the most common issues NPs report have to do with mone: billing, managing funds, and getting enough patients into the practice. Much like the previous last blog post, here are our 2023 top recommended posts and podcast episodes to help you become more successful managing and growing your practice.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Nurses want to work with in-house teams that they can rely on, but it’s complicated. Across the country, nursing unions are citing compensation, working conditions, and staffing issues- and now most recently, outsourcing—as their reasons to go on strike. Registered nurses at SMM Health Saint Louis University Hospital have announced that they will hold a two-day strike beginning on December 27 to protest the outsourcing of RN jobs and management’s attempts at union-busting.

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Becker's Hospital Review

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Many of the struggles that strained the nursing profession in years prior continued to do so in 2023, perhaps unsurprisingly to some. Multiple surveys on the profession this year highlighted continued staffing issues, burnout, nurses wanting to leave the profession, lacking feelings of support from hospitals and a range of other issues.

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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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Daily Nurse

DECEMBER 25, 2023

As nurses play a pivotal role in healthcare, they must focus on their health and well-being, and maintaining a healthy diet tailored to support the specific needs of nurses is essential for sustained energy, optimal health, and enhanced performance. Here’s a comprehensive guide specifically designed to assist nurses in creating and maintaining a healthy diet regimen.

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Nursology

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Contributor – Donna Shambley-Ebron “My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.” – Desmond Tutu Today is the beginning of Kwanzaa, a weeklong celebration of history, family, community, and culture observed by African Americans and other people of African descent throughout the world.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 28, 2023

There are countless reasons why some of us fall into nursing. And when we choose this particular professional journey, all types of motivations keep us in the game. For many of us, a family member who was a nurse inspired us to continue the tradition. For others, it was witnessing the nursing care of a sick or dying loved one that opened our eyes. For still others, nursing seemed like a flexible, well-paying job that could support a family, especially since nurses will always be needed (until th

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Empowered Nurses

DECEMBER 28, 2023

There have been two different notable criminal matters against EMTs. The first involved Elijah McClain of Colorado, a massage therapist who apparently was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Police noticed he was listening to music on his headphones and thought he appeared suspicious and stopped him and used a control technique, kind of like a carotid hold that restricts blood flow to the brain rendering him unconscious.

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Consult QD

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Written by Rachel Scheraga, MD ; Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD ; and Joshua Veith, MD, MSCE Understanding the mechanisms of mechanical stretch-induced ARDS The pathobiology of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by innate immune infiltration into the alveolar space for clearance of pathogens, dead cells and debris. However, how the innate immune cells sense the injured alveolar extracellular matrix to regulate their function remains an unanswered question.

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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

Core Medical Group

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Ever wonder what a day in the life of a CoreMedical travel nurse really looks like? Here’s a peek inside the ups and downs that make this career and lifestyle so challenging but rewarding, too.

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Daily Nurse

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Christina Flint-Lowe, a nurse practitioner at Bay Pines VA , works continuously to ensure Veterans and their loved ones know they are safe at the VA. “What I value about working at VA is that we approach challenges with our Veterans’ care at the forefront. When I worked in the private sector, the model was always very results-driven, but being here flips the script a little.

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The Relentless School Nurse

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Judy Doran is the 2023 Maine School Nurse of the Year and a believer in the power of using her platform to write Op-Eds to address pressing social issues. Here is Judy’s most recently published public commentary for the Bangor Daily News: Bangor Daily News: Letter: Most people support common-sense gun laws. As nurses, we are the largest healthcare workforce in the United States and the most trusted.

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Consult QD

DECEMBER 26, 2023

A 54-year-old woman with left eye pain, proptosis and limited ocular motility was evaluated at a non-Cleveland Clinic hospital. Following imaging and a transcranial biopsy, she was diagnosed with a GLI1 -amplified spindle cell tumor behind her left eye. This type of tumor, while rare, previously had been reported in various head and neck sites but never in the eye.

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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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Penn Medicine News

DECEMBER 27, 2023

A Penn Medicine research study, which recently secured a $3.8 million grant, has the potential to transform the services that are available to young children with autism in Philadelphia.

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Daily Nurse

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Your nursing career is yours to create, and every nurse’s path can be unique, innovative, and distinctive with proper care and attention. At the same time, all of your obligations and responsibilities might steer you away from your uniqueness and lead you into a rut of choosing the easier way, the path of least resistance. There are many strategies for choosing a career journey that fits with your vision of who you want to be as a nursing professional, and it’s worth exploring those strategies t

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 29, 2023

With January 1 right around the corner, the end of the year is a prime time for many people to start thinking about change. New Year’s resolutions often focus on doing something better, so establishing good financial habits and a reliable budget is a great place to start. Pablo Oliva, a wealth advisor with Northsight Wealth Management, LLC , says if you aren’t happy with the way your finances are going, the new year is a good time to take stock of your spending habits, and also to s

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Consult QD

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Cleveland Clinic’s ongoing program to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) has led to the implementation of multiple initiatives designed to address issues that contribute to potentially deadly nosocomial infections. In recent years, the majority of CLABSIs enterprisewide have been traced back to issues with central-line maintenance.

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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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Amercan Journal of Nursing

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The January issue of AJN is now live. What are the consequences of addiction stigma, and what steps can nurses take to reduce biases related to substance use? Learn more in this month’s CE, “Reducing Bias Against People with Substance Use Disorders.” Get your 2024 reading list started: here are the winners of our annual Book of the Year Awards. “Original Research: Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Asian Indians in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Descri

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Daily Nurse

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Clinicians need to have a better understanding of the potential impact of patients’ anxiety sensitivity, or “fear of fear,” according to an article published in American Journal of Critical Care ( AJCC ). When a patient has anxiety sensitivity, they misinterpret nonthreatening symptoms as threatening, assessing the potential meaning across physical, social or cognitive domains.

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American Medical Compliance

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, maintaining compliance with regulations is paramount. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been a cornerstone in safeguarding patient information for nearly three decades. As we step into 2024, healthcare providers must stay abreast of the latest updates to remain compliant.

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Consult QD

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The combination of the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) enfortumab vedotin (EV) and the immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab has emerged as a new frontline standard for the treatment of patients with advanced urothelial cancer, supplanting platinum-based chemotherapy. Data from the large EV-302/KEYNOTE-A39 clinical trial, presented at the 2023 European Society of Medical Oncology Congress, showed a doubling of progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) with the ADC-checkpoint co

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

As previously reported in this post , criminal trials premised on upcoding evaluation and management (E/M) service codes are extremely rare. The Justice Department took that rare step in Maryland in connection with a practice in which Dr. Ron Elfenbein, a physician, billed Medicare and private payors a Level 4 E/M for patients receiving COVID-19 tests.

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Relias

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Opioid misuse has been an increasing concern in the U.S. over the past two decades, and it is particularly prevalent in American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) communities. Over the 20-year span from 1999-2019, deaths related to opioid overdose increased rapidly among Indigenous populations, multiplying by more than five times due to increased use of heroin, hydrocodone, oxycodone, fentanyl, tramadol, and in combination with alcohol and other drugs.

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NurseBuff

DECEMBER 29, 2023

In the demanding and fast-paced world of healthcare, nurses are constantly on the move, performing tasks that require endurance, agility, and long hours of standing or walking. To support their strenuous routine, finding the right apparel is crucial. Among the most beneficial garments for nurses are compression tops. These specialized tops are designed not only […] The post Best Compression Top for Nurses appeared first on NurseBuff.

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The Gypsy Nurse

DECEMBER 29, 2023

TRS Healthcare provided this article. While being able to experience new places is one of the major benefits of a travel nursing career , moving to unfamiliar places can sometimes be stressful. If you need help adjusting to new settings, check out these helpful tips for feeling more at home on your next travel nursing assignment! Tips for Adjusting to a New City While Travel Nursing: Research the Area Before taking off for your travel assignment, take some time to research the area you’re heade

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

For years, law enforcement has bypassed traditional means of securing evidence by informal requests for documents from witnesses of crimes. At some point, that practice bled over into informal requests for healthcare providers’ documents, including documents reflecting protected health information (PHI). Healthcare providers, for the most part, have complied with these informal requests because, as the logic goes, law enforcement couldn’t possibly prosecute me for complying with law enforcement,

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Premier Medical Staffing

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The healthcare landscape changes with every new year. As we march ahead into 2024, there are many key developments to watch out for as a clinician. Here are the healthcare predictions for 2024. Continued Labor Challenges for Facilities The nurse shortage we experienced in 2023 is expected to continue in 2024. There are a number of factors driving the shortage, including a retirement boom, lack of educators, and of course, burnout after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Boosting its commitment to underrepresented nursing leaders, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has secured a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for its innovative leadership program, Academy for Diverse Emerging Nurse Leaders. The academy is a groundbreaking, five-day immersive fellowship designed to train nurses from underrepresented backgrounds in nursing leadership who are in early leader roles in health systems and nursing schools and those committed to expanding and sup

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The Gypsy Nurse

DECEMBER 25, 2023

One of the best things about travel nursing is the way you can tailor the experience to fit your lifestyle. Whether that be traveling with friends or significant others, traveling with pets, or even traveling with children, you can make it work. The idea of traveling with a family at first may seem intimidating, but there are several ways families are making the travel nurse lifestyle work for them!

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Plaintiffs often disclose medical experts to opine not only as to the diagnosis or prognosis of an injury or medical condition, but also as to whether the defendant’s actions caused plaintiff’s alleged injury/condition. In the usual course of treatment, physicians often focus simply on the diagnosis a patient’s injury/condition, rather than on what caused it.

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