Emerging RN Leader
JUNE 25, 2023
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN This week marks the mid-point of the calendar year 2023. Most healthcare leaders had hoped that 2023 would be less turbulent, but most of the previous three years’ challenges continue. Here is what nurse leaders are talking about now: The financial margins for for-profit systems are improving. […] The post What’s Trending Now appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Nurse Practitioners in Business
JUNE 28, 2023
Do you utilize a framework in your Nurse Practitioner practice? When you work with your patients and do your marketing? Not sure …? Chances are you do, even though you may not call it a framework. Although there are formal frameworks, with fancy names, across all different fields, most of us have our own informal frameworks we use every day. After all, a framework is nothing else but a tool to help us make structured decisions.
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The Nursing Site
JUNE 26, 2023
Although nurses graduate each term, May and June remain known for new grad nurse season. Congratulations to all the new grads whether you be total newbies or seasoned nurses with a higher education degree. Welcome to the nursing family You are all so very needed! For the newbies, the NCLEX is next for RN’s and LPN/LVNs. Time to hit the books again.
Daily Nurse
JUNE 29, 2023
It is well known that many U.S. healthcare organizations face a significant nurse staffing challenge, and as leaders and administrators seek solutions, we must emphasize an essential element of nurse recruitment and retention — establishing and sustaining healthy work environments (HWEs). The most recent “ National Nurse Work Environments” study , conducted in 2021 by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), shows that the health of nurse work environments across the country has
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.
Emerging RN Leader
JUNE 28, 2023
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Where is all of this going? It is an interesting question recently posed by a perioperative nurse leader frustrated by the turnover in her OR. Training for the OR can take a full year and sometimes longer. It is a significant investment. For years, nurses who went […] The post Shorter Tenures and Tours of Duty appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
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NRC Health
JUNE 30, 2023
In this episode Amy Feeder, Customer Experience Program Manager at M Health Fairview and Jon Tanner, Program Director of Human Understanding at NRC Health join us to discuss the importance of team recognition and how it strengthens patient care. The post Attracting and Retaining Talent using Team Recognition appeared first on NRC Health.
Relias
JUNE 29, 2023
Supervision is necessary to ensure that practitioners are correctly implementing services and are developing professionally. The Behavior Analysis Certification Board (BACB) requires supervision for those seeking to become Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA) or Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analysts (BCaBA). The BACB also requires ongoing supervision for BCaBAs and for Registered Behavior Technicians (RBT).
Empowered Nurses
JUNE 29, 2023
Nursing is a noble profession that requires compassion, skill, and dedication to providing quality healthcare. However, many nurses are now venturing beyond traditional roles and embracing entrepreneurship by starting their own businesses. A nurse-owned business allows these healthcare professionals to combine their medical expertise with their entrepreneurial spirit.
American Nurse
JUNE 30, 2023
Take steps to protect patient and nurse well-being. Eyes see only light, ears hear only sound, but a listening heart perceives meaning. -David Steindl-Rast Takeaways: Implicit biases (unconscious biases) are pervasive; we all have them, but they can be unlearned. Similar to medication, nurses words have the ability to heal or harm. Listening is the essence of good communication; it’s a skill that requires practice.
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
Daily Nurse
JUNE 27, 2023
Diane Keinanen , a registered nurse of 32 years in Duluth, Minnesota, is a transgender woman who started her transition journey four years ago. Since then, she’s proudly expressed her identity and life post-transition through motivational photos and videos on her social media on her challenges and moments of joy through bike rides, confessions about her family, and what brings her inspiration today.
Post University
JUNE 26, 2023
Nurses follow a unique professional trajectory that includes a complex assortment of certificates, degrees, exams, and credentials. This is most obvious with the position of a registered nurse (RN), which, while available to those with their associate degree, is often a professional distinction held by those with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. All this becomes even more complicated as nurses aim to rise through the ranks.
Becker's Hospital Review
JUNE 26, 2023
Nurses who are considering a career move — whether due to nursing-patient-ratios, burnout or even that they've found that bedside nursing is not bringing them the joy it once did — have options other than leaving the profession entirely.
Minority Nurse
JUNE 28, 2023
With all the talk about a nursing shortage, nurse satisfaction is a key priority in healthcare, and uncovering and addressing issues for nurses is more critical than ever. Minority Nurse recently launched a Nursing Satisfaction Survey to learn more about nursing education and career topics beneficial to our readers and help boost talent retention and create a more productive workforce.
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.
Consult QD
JUNE 30, 2023
Diverticulitis can be classified as acute or chronic as well as complicated or uncomplicated. While most cases are uncomplicated, this condition can become complex when problems secondary to inflammation arise. For instance, severe acute inflammation can cause diverticula to rupture. Scarring can occur in cases of chronic inflammation. More than half of the population can suffer from this condition, according to Emre Gorgun, MD , Vice Chair, Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, who notes that d
Post University
JUNE 29, 2023
Chad Ricks’ path to nursing wasn’t traditional, but today he couldn’t imagine doing anything different. After graduating high school in Texas, Chad went to college right away—but admits now that he wasn’t ready. “I wasn’t mature enough and therefore not successful my first attempt in college,” says Chad. He decided to enlist in the U.S. Army and worked in special operations for the next 10 years.
Symplr
JUNE 26, 2023
HITRUST was founded in 2007 to help organizations prioritize security, manage data and compliance, and mitigate information risk. Today, it is one of the most rigorous and comprehensive security standards, established to safeguard sensitive, especially in the critical realm of healthcare. The HITRUST Assurance Program includes U.S. federal and state regulations and incorporates a risk-based approach to help organizations address security challenges through a comprehensive and flexible framework
Minority Nurse
JUNE 29, 2023
If you’re a nurse in the job market, resumes and cover letters are a central part of your search strategy, but it doesn’t end there — job interviews are something you need to contend with, too. And no matter how anxious you may be about the interview process, there’s one thing you want to bear in mind: nursing job interviews are a two-way street (or at least they should be).
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.
Consult QD
JUNE 27, 2023
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Vero Beach, Fla., partners with Indian River County Healthy Start to offer a doula program for expectant mothers. “A doula is a non-medical support person that helps women during their pregnancies, through birth and during the postpartum period,” says Megan McFall, B.Ed., RN, who helped launch the program as director of women’s health at the hospital.
Post University
JUNE 29, 2023
When Sara Cothran went on a school field trip in her junior year of high school to an ambulance base, she had no idea that the experience would change her life forever. “That really got me interested in the idea of becoming an emergency medical technician, so I became certified the summer before my senior year of high school,” says Sara, who graduated in 2009.
Nursology
JUNE 27, 2023
Notable Works Co-contributors: Kunta Gautam, Ralph Klotzbaugh, Christopher Reeves Carter and Haji Assa (2023) have written an intriguing and thought-provoking paper about the “curious” historical and continuing comparison between the practice of nurse practitioners (NPs) and that of physicians (MDs). They contended that the ontology and epistemology of NPs and MDs are so different “that … Continue reading Notable Works: Carter, M.
Health Leaders | Nursing
JUNE 28, 2023
'Increasing the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate or higher degree will significantly impact healthcare in South Dakota.' Nursing education in South Dakota is getting a boost with two wide-reaching initiatives designed to grow the state’s healthcare workforce. The first creates a statewide nursing agreement to simplify the process of transferring credits between higher education institutions for nursing students, according to the South Dakota Board of Regents , which authorized both move
Consult QD
JUNE 30, 2023
Nurses have an innate ability and desire to identify and solve issues that affect patient care. Continuously seeking ways to improve nursing programs enhances care outcomes, quality, safety, patient experience and other key measures of success. Perinatal care nurses at Cleveland Clinic Florida’s Tradition Hospital and Martin Health North are no strangers to the benefits of continuous improvement (CI).
Daily Nurse
JUNE 28, 2023
Nurse Mary Ann West didn’t know it then, but in June 2001, she would help deliver her future daughter-in-law. West, a labor and delivery nurse at Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, Utah , was the first to welcome Kelsey into the world, weighing in at 6 lbs. 6 oz. Then, she handed the beautiful newborn to her mother, Stacy Poll. Little did she know that her son, Tyler, and Kelsey would begin dating in 2021, get engaged in February 2023, and get married on May 25.
Penn Medicine News
JUNE 26, 2023
A recent change in blood donation restrictions opens the door to donation for many people who were formerly excluded. Penn Medicine experts weigh in on how and when the change is happening and its impact on inclusiveness.
Becker's Hospital Review
JUNE 27, 2023
A national pause on nurse green cards has left thousands of international healthcare workers in limbo, with hospitals working diligently to stay connected with their prospective employees, NPR affiliate KCUR reported June 27.
Consult QD
JUNE 26, 2023
The lipid-lowering medication bempedoic acid (Nexletol ® ) was associated with a significant reduction in major cardiovascular events among patients taking it for primary cardiovascular prevention, according to a prespecified subgroup analysis of the large multicenter CLEAR Outcomes trial. The findings, presented at the 2023 scientific sessions of the American Diabetes Association in San Diego and simultaneously published online in JAMA , represent a wake-up call for clinicians and patients, acc
Daily Nurse
JUNE 30, 2023
American Association of Nurse Practitioners ( AANP ) and more than 235 organizations sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce illustrating strong support for H.R. 2713, the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act. This bipartisan legislation, which was introduced in April in the House of Representatives, would authorize nurse practitioners (NPs) to order cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, cert
Amercan Journal of Nursing
JUNE 26, 2023
The July issue of AJN is now live. Among the highlights is a guest editorial by Angelina Jolie, “ Addressing Health Inequities in Survivors of Domestic Violence ,” which explains the importance of bruise detection technologies for patients with varying skin tones. Referencing her daughter, who is from Ethiopia, she writes: “Even as my family has access to high-quality medical care, simple diagnoses are missed because of race and continued prioritization of white skin in medic
Scrubs
JUNE 30, 2023
Nearly 2,000 nurses with National Nurses United at three Ascension healthcare facilities, including Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin in Texas and Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph in Wichita, Kansas, say they aren’t allowed to return to work after carrying out a one-day strike on June 27, the largest nurses strike in both states.
Consult QD
JUNE 29, 2023
The youth mental health crisis has been identified as a public health emergency, and one of the many places providers are seeing the impact is in the emergency department. Without enough specialists to help all these patients, hospitals need to look for creative solutions to provide stopgap support, says Purva Grover, MD, a pediatric emergency physician and medical director for Cleveland Clinic’s pediatric emergency departments.
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