Emerging RN Leader
MARCH 1, 2023
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Many health systems today are looking at redesigning care to a team-based model. When making this change, it is essential to think about the role of teamwork. Don’t assume that it is strong. Consider the story a nurse manager recently shared with me. It feels like I […] The post Teaching Teamwork Skills appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Life of a Nurse
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Well, February is almost done, and locally the snow is falling; from inside, I’ll admit it’s pretty. The world needs a hug; the word compassion is required, but wars, inflation, mass murders, etc., sometimes make locating this essential value difficult. Last time the focus was on what nurses want, and the mood of nurses in Canada is one of patience wearing thin.
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Digital Doorway
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Your nursing career can feel like a busy airport, a marathon, a bus terminal, a rickshaw ride, or a taxi careering the wrong way down a one-way street. If your nursing career is an airport, and you're readying your plane on the runway in order to take flight, what's on your runway and who's behind the controls? Photo by Josue Isai Ramos Figueroa on Unsplash Who's in the Cockpit?
Nurse Practitioners in Business
MARCH 1, 2023
Do you ever get requests to provide medical treatment for friends, family, or staff? Many providers get that on a regular basis, in the office, and at social and sports events. But the question is, should you? This episode of the NP Business Matters podcast was inspired by an NPBO Member who was looking for a policy on treating staff in her practice.
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
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN One of the challenges in any leadership role is that you will sometimes be asked to implement policies, procedures, and practices that you disagree with. New managers often ask me how they should deal with this and whether they should share their viewpoints with the staff. While […] The post When Leaders Don’t Agree With Organizational Decisions appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
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Advances in Nursing Science
MARCH 2, 2023
ANS is currently featuring the article titled “Gender Minority Persons’ Perceptions of Peer-Led Support Groups: A Roy Adaptation Model Interpretation” Ralph Klotzbaugh, PhD, FNP-BC and Jacqueline Fawcett, PhD, ScD (hon), RN, FAAN, ANEF. The article is available for free download while it is featured, and we welcome your comments here! Drs.
Scrubs
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
It’s been a busy two days for thousands of nurses in Austin, Texas. They turned out on Monday and Tuesday as part of Texas Nurse Day at the Capitol, an event organized by the Texas Nurses Association. It’s more than a protest. Instead, the union is taking over sections of the state capitol to meet with lawmakers to develop policies that will curtail the state’s ongoing staffing shortage.
Health Leaders | Nursing
MARCH 1, 2023
When 100% of the nursing faculty at one upstate New York reported incivility as a major departmental issue, they reversed course. Incivility among nurse educators—bullying, disrespect, harassment—is growing and affects new nurses’ view of nursing as a profession, according to a new study published in NursingCenter. Workplace incivility among faculty and students in nursing education has been known to have “detrimental effects on health and well-being, disrupt teaching and learning, and negativel
American Nurse
MARCH 1, 2023
Has the future of part-time work shifted? The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the healthcare workplace. Stress, burnout, and lack of work–life balance and flexible work hours contributed to the mass exodus of nurses from their jobs. On-demand, per diem staffing models and travel nursing boomed, and the growing gig economy spurred another flexible staffing approach: gig nursing.
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
Nurses Advocates
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
How do you find something when you don’t know what you are looking for? How do you search for the unknown? So many times, I have sorted out issues by talking to friends and colleagues. Just talking about the issue and laying out questions helps to focus thoughts on strategies that you can look at. I realized recently I have a friend who has mental health issues and has withdrawn from family and friends.
Scrubs
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga, TN recently gave a 10% raise to all 1,500 of its hospital-based registered nurses and 300 on-call nurses, and good things have been happening ever since. The company says it has seen a dramatic decrease in the number of nurses calling out sick since the wage increases were implemented on February 5. In a recent meeting with Erlanger’s board of trustees, Rachel Harris, chief nursing executive, said the call-out reduction was an unexpected benefit of the pay
Nurse.com
MARCH 2, 2023
At times, the lines between our personal and professional lives can become blurred — especially in nursing. When you think of your role as a nurse, terms such as “compassionate and “committed” may come to mind. And while these words capture your identity as a nurse, it’s important to define who you are separately from your workplace. Setting boundaries at work can be uncomfortable and even scary.
American Nurse
MARCH 3, 2023
Nurses need evidence-based support strategies. Takeaways: During the COVID-19 pandemic, rural nurses experienced feelings of abandonment at work as well as within their own families and communities. Experiences of frontline nurses during the pandemic resembled warlike settings. Strategies for addressing feelings of abandonment require nurses and nursing leaders to foster lines of communication and promote safety and wellness at work.
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
MARCH 3, 2023
Sandra Kim, MD, appointed to lead Cleveland Clinic Children’s Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, says a childhood diagnosis of chronic gastrointestinal and liver diseases like inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) represents one of the great challenges and opportunities of modern medicine. “We are in a time of incredible advances within the specialty.
Scrubs
MARCH 1, 2023
Prosecutors in Shelbyville, Tennessee say Bobbie Gail Blair, 49, has been working as a nurse for 15 years even though she didn’t have a license to practice. She was employed at the in-house medical clinic in a Tyson Foods plant before being ousted from the job due to her lack of credentials. According to Detective Nathan Everhart, Blair graduated from the licensed practical nurse program at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology in McMinnville in 2007.
NurseBuff
MARCH 1, 2023
When you buy something using the links on our posts, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. Learn more. Finding the best shoes for nurses isn’t as easy as it sounds. Even though there are so many choices, you may still find it hard to find a pair that has […] The post Best Shoes for Nurses appeared first on NurseBuff.
American Nurse
MARCH 2, 2023
Pre-hospital professionals can help ease workload demands. Takeaways: Paramedic training includes multi-tasking, working autonomously, and working under tremendous pressure, all skills critical to working in the emergency department setting. Paramedics can play an essential role as healthcare evolves and organizations struggle to meet an increasing health demands in the midst of a nursing shortage.
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.
Celayix
MARCH 1, 2023
If you have a larger workforce, creating an employee schedule isn’t always easy. There are many ways to schedule your staff, from traditional pen & paper to more automated ways. One of these a utomated options is self-scheduling. What is Self-Scheduling? Self-scheduling is when schedulers allow employees to essentially choose their own shifts.
Scrubs
MARCH 3, 2023
You don’t have to go far to find providers posting videos of themselves on social media. The hashtag #Nursetok has over 2 billion views on TikTok alone. The clips can be just as informative as they are entertaining. Professionals use these mediums to highlight all kinds of issues from unsafe staffing levels, common medical conditions, and even end-of-life care.
Relias
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Effective engagement programs for employees play a pivotal role in the success of human services organizations. These programs allow organizations to innovate care solutions, provide better outcomes for their clients, and create a better culture. All these benefits can help combat two of the largest staff well-being issues in the industry: burnout and retention.
American Nurse
MARCH 2, 2023
Establish a culture of patient safety. Takeaways: The number of patients seen in urgent care clinics can present unique medication administration challenges. Reducing errors requires a culture of patient safety, which includes staff and patient education, strong medication administration policies, and proper labeling and storage. Medication errors can occur in any setting.
Nursing Review
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Academics have offered a sneak peek into how artificial intelligence (AI) could revolutionise hospitals in 30 years. Professor of Economics David Orsmond and artificial intelligence expert Dr Hamid Alinejad-Rokny said a machine that provides nurses with patient-specific data could be on the fore. Orsmond said that these machines would give nurses a summary about a patient's current and future treatment based on data from the past.
Scrubs
MARCH 1, 2023
Masks mandates may be a thing of the past across most of the country, but COVID-19 is still infecting around 30,000 Americans every day with the death toll increasing daily anywhere from several dozen to well over a thousand. Wearing a face mask can still help stop the spread. But there’s new data on who’s most likely to wear them in public. A study recently published in Frontiers in Psychology found that people who think they’re attractive are less likely to wear masks.
Becker's Hospital Review
MARCH 2, 2023
The expiration of California's COVID-19 emergency declaration could spell more trouble for Fresno County hospitals since they will no longer be allowed to hire travel nurses with out-of-state licenses, The Fresno Bee reported March 1.
American Nurse
MARCH 2, 2023
You matter to the profession. As nurses continue their journey to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, many are asking, “Do I belong here?” Belonging, a human need, is fueled by connection, meaning, and purpose. When we belong, our values align, we feel confident, we perform better, our identity is fortified, and we’re more resilient. For nurses, asking if we belong may be an expression of the disorientation and dissonance that’s occurred during the pandemic.
Celayix
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Before we dive into Autofill rotation, we recommend that you read up on our Rules-based engine and our autofill feature. These tools are the building blocks for our Autofill Rotation feature, so understanding how they work is important! What is Autofill Rotation? Creating rules for autofill rotation Autofill Rotation is an automated scheduling method.
Scrubs
MARCH 2, 2023
It’s officially Women’s History Month in the U.S. and Mississippi State University is hosting a slew of events to highlight the important contributions of women. Vanita Phinisey, a family nurse practitioner at the OCH Regional Medical Center, is participating to talk about how women can better advocate for themselves when receiving or discussing medical care.
Minority Nurse
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Dr. Jamil Norman is the Tempo Academic Program Coordinator for the RN to BSN Program at Walden University and a certified nurse educator with over twenty years of experience as a registered nurse and over fifteen years in higher education. Throughout her career, Dr. Norman has served as an agent of social change in the roles of educator, researcher, and mentor.
American Nurse
MARCH 3, 2023
Gabriela Bren is living a double life. On Sunday afternoons all across the country you can catch sidelines at Eagles games, cheering the team on. But when she’s not cheering on the Eagles, she is running around the ICU as a registered trauma nurse. Bren, A Widener University School of Nursing graduate, has been a trauma nurse for the past six years, while also being a cheerleader for the past 4 years for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Capitol Beat
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) that was declared in March 2020 is set to end on May 11, 2023, as the President has announced there will be no more extensions to the PHE. After three years of regulatory flexibility in many areas of healthcare delivery, implications of the PHE unwinding for patients, nurses, and communities will be significant.
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