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Nurse Emeritus Program Re-Engages Retired Nurses

Health Leaders | Nursing

Seasoned nurses strengthen Jefferson Health's workforce while sharing their deep expertise. Jefferson Health is re-engaging retired nurses to support its nurses and care teams as they struggle with staffing shortages. Emeritus specialty nurses —educators, informatics, etc.—work

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How CNOs Can Avoid Nurse Turnover and Knowledge Gaps

Health Leaders | Nursing

Retired nurses offer coaching and mentoring to Novant Health's novice nurses to solve retention challenges. The program not only helps solve retention challenges, but also retains the expertise of experienced nurses to avoid knowledge gaps that can occur when nurses retire and new nurses join the care team.

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Contributed Content: Boosting Nurse Retention in Younger Generations

Health Leaders | Nursing

Editors note: Cheryl Reinking, DNP, RN , is the chief nursing officer at El Camino Health and has been with El Camino Health for 35 years. As a new generation enters the workforce, Gen Z nurses are not only facing these shortages, but also navigating a health care landscape that is evolving more than ever before.

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Getting Nurses Comfortable With Big Data

Health Leaders | Nursing

Emory School of Nursing has launched a data science certificate program to help nurses better understand informatics. How comfortable are nurses with mining Big Data? Despite the benefits of Big Data, nurses tend to be uncomfortable with it for a couple of reasons. Evidence is hard to accept for change," he says.

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Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections is Everybody's Job, Not Just Nurses

Health Leaders | Nursing

HL: Nurses traditionally have had a large role in infection control. It is particularly important to make sure each location has the knowledge of infection preventionists; someone who can help translate what the latest guidance is coming out. Who else should be responsible for infection prevention?

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Leveling the Playing Field for Rural Health Providers

Health Leaders | Nursing

Rural healthcare executives share ways that can help alleviate specialty care access, staffing issues, and financial challenges. To facilitate access to specialty care, Fairbanks Memorial has a partnership with Troy Medical , a Texas-based telehealth company that provides virtual specialist services. What can be done?

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7 Must-Read Stories for CNOs

Health Leaders | Nursing

HealthLeaders' most popular stories for nurse executives for Q3 2023 range from big data and staffing ratios to robotic nurses. Besides staffing, nurse executives also were most interested in stories about technology, LGBTQIA+ care, recruiting and retaining, big data, and rural healthcare.