July, 2025

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How Much Clinical Experience is Enough to be a Leader

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Our Generation Z nurses are career ambitious, which is terrific. Yet increasingly, nurse leaders report that they have nurses applying for roles for which they lack the necessary experience or clinical skills to be successful. Consider the following story: We recently posted a vacancy for an Assistant […] The post How Much Clinical Experience is Enough to be a Leader appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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The Real Cost of Medicaid Cuts: Hospitals Could Close, Nurses Burn Out, Warns ANA President

Daily Nurse

H.R.1 has successfully passed both houses of Congress and has now been signed into law. The American Nurses Association (ANA) is sounding a renewed and urgent alarm. “We are deeply concerned about the negative impacts of the bill that has just passed both houses of Congress and will soon go to the President’s desk for signature,” said ANA President Jennifer Mensik Kennedy , PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN.

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Will AI Serve as a Pattern of Knowing in Nursing?

Nursology

Contributor: Victoria Soltis-Jarrett Will nurses consider Artificial Intelligence (AI) a pattern of ‘knowing’ in nursing in the future? I recently completed a course that required me to ensure that an online asynchronous graduate nursing course I will design meets the rigorous standards. I chose the asynchronous format of the course despite the availability of a … Continue reading Will AI Serve as a Pattern of Knowing in Nursing?

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NMC launches search for chair of code and revalidation review

Nursing Times

Read about the Nursing and Midwifery Council's recruitment campaign for a chair to oversee its reviews of the code and revalidation.

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How to Start Virtual Care the Right Way: A Proven Roadmap for 2025 and Beyond

Speaker: Dr. Christine Gall, DrPH, MS, BSN, RN

The promise of virtual care is no longer theoretical and is now a critical solution to many of healthcare’s most urgent challenges. Yet many healthcare leaders remain unsure how to build a business case for investment and launching the right program at the right time can be the difference between value and failure. For organizations seeking a financially sound, clinically effective entry point, Virtual Patient Observation (VPO) offers a compelling case to lead with.

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Nursing faculty shortage

American Nurse

American Nurse Journal, the official, clinically and career-focused journal of the American Nurses Association (ANA).

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New Nurses: Stoking the Flame

Minority Nurse

Graduating from nursing school and becoming a new nurse is a remarkable accomplishment that can generate a range of emotions, including excitement, fear, anxiety, joy, and both positive and negative feelings. With many new nurses abandoning their nursing careers within the first few years, the nursing profession and the organizations that employ new nurses need to consider the crucial nature of the support that new nurses need and deserve as they enter the workforce.

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Tampa General Hospital Gives Nurses Time Back with AI-Powered Ambient Listening Tech

Daily Nurse

Tampa General Hospital (TGH) is bringing artificial intelligence to the bedside—not to replace nurses, but to empower them. Building on the success of its ambient listening rollout for physicians last year, the Florida-based academic health system is now launching a new AI solution tailored specifically for nurses. The technology, powered by Microsoft and embedded in Epic’s Rover mobile app, automatically captures nurses’ spoken notes and converts them into clinical documentation in real-time.

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One Nurse, Twelve Patients, and a Lonely Battle: Listen to the Silent Screams of Pakistani Nurses on International Nurses Day 2025 “Our Nurses. Our Future. Caring for nurses strengthens economies”

Nursology

Contributor – Ibrahim Shah Yesterday, I received a call from one of my clinical nurse colleagues, Nasreen, who works in a private hospital’s surgical ward. Her voice was filled with exhaustion and frustration. She had been assigned twelve patients in a surgical ward, each requiring intensive care, blood transfusions, pain management, and continuous medications.

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‘Should NMC language requirement be a proficiency test or continuous support?’

Nursing Times

Aromoke Sanjo-Odutayo argues that language skills for overseas nurses working in the UK should be continuously supported.

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Medicaid Matters – Reader Response

American Nurse

In response to: Medicaid Matters Dear Editor, I write in strong support of Jennifer Mensik Kennedy’s column “Medicaid Matters” (July 1, 2025), which soundly called for nurses to advocate for those impacted by legislative cuts to Medicaid funding. In these turbulent times, nurse advocacy isn’t optional, it’s essential. Evidence shows that public narrative from RN voices and nursing leadership in policy-making improve outcomes and reduce costs.

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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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When it’s Time to Start Therapy— How BIPOC Nurses Can Begin the Process

Minority Nurse

Many BIPOC nurses can get overwhelmed by nursing duties and demands that can build up and become unmanageable over time. And with minority nurses facing a high level of burnout , recovery, and wellness strategies have never been more critical than now. Therapy can be a beneficial resource for nurses who need emotional care but don’t know where to turn.

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FNU 2025 Diversity Impact Conference

Diversity Nursing

2025 Diversity Impact Conference Rising Strong: Better Together to Advance Wellness Initiatives for All Join Frontier Nursing University for their 15th annual healthcare workforce conference! This conference brings together renowned thought leaders and speakers to increase awareness of the importance of achieving health equity and reducing health disparities in patient care delivery across healthcare settings.

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Inside NJCU’s Revamped Nursing Education Center: A Bold Step Toward Solving New Jersey’s Nursing Shortage

Daily Nurse

As New Jersey stares down one of the most severe nursing shortages in the country, New Jersey City University (NJCU) is making a decisive move to train the next generation of nurses—better, faster, and with more real-world preparation than ever before. On June 12, 2025, NJCU reopened its newly revamped Nursing Education Center (NEC) inside Rossey Hall, unveiling a high-tech hub built to prepare students for the evolving demands of modern healthcare.

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‘I’m dreading birthing in such a system’: what Indigenous women globally think of birth care and what they’d like to see instead

Nursing Review

Pregnancy and having a baby can be a special time. And families want to feel safe and trust their maternity care. But when we reviewed the evidence , we found many Indigenous families globally face unfair treatment during pregnancy and birth. This can include racism, neglecting cultural aspects of their care, or using health care poorly designed to accommodate their needs.

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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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‘Menopause didn’t break me – but the silence nearly did’

Nursing Times

Gemma Fieldsend discusses why menopause deserves year-round understanding, open conversation and consistent support.

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The essence of nursing

American Nurse

 How do we advance the art and science of patient care? Lillee Gelinas Technological advances and artificial intelligence continue to grab headlines while clinicians’ documentation burdens mount almost daily. Is basic nursing care receding into the background? The American Nurse Journal’s editorial board considered this question during spirited discussions on the current state of nursing and patient-care delivery.

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From ICU to Innovation: How Kim Gadiwalla is Rewiring Nursing Education—One Microlesson at a Time

Minority Nurse

When the COVID-19 pandemic upended healthcare, many nurses found themselves treading water. Kim Gadiwalla dove headfirst into change. A critical care nurse turned clinical educator, Gadiwalla now leads content strategy at Elemeno Health , a public benefit corporation that’s transforming how nurses learn—by delivering microlearning in real time, right at the bedside.

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Will AI Take Over My Business? A Message to Nurse Coaches and Legal Nurse Consultants

Empowered Nurses

The headlines are everywhere. “AI can write your reports.” “AI will replace knowledge workers.” “Even healthcare professionals aren’t safe from automation.” As nurse coaches and legal nurse consultants, it’s natural to wonder: Will AI take over my business? Will there still be room for me in the future? Let’s take a deep breath and answer that with honesty and clarity: No—AI won’t take over your business.

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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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A Call to Action: Please Read and Share

Nurses Advocates

I received an email from my professional Organization, the Case Management Society of America, asking all of us to take action and call our US Senators to ask them to vote NO as they review the Big Beautiful Bill. As you might be aware, the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a ‘budget reconciliation’ bill extending expiring tax cuts and providing hundreds of billions of dollars in additional funding for the military, border security, and deportations.

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Penn Nursing Summer Innovation Institute 2025: Driving Change Through Collaborative Design + Co-creation for Health Equity

Penn Nursing

From June 23–27, 2025 , the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing welcomed innovators, educators, and healthcare leaders to Tangen Hall for the annual Summer Innovation Institute a week-long intensive focused on collaborative design and co-creation for health equity.

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Call for NHS railcard as ‘crazy’ train fares push nurses away

Nursing Times

Nurses are paying hundreds each month just to get to work by train. Now, a campaign has been launched for the creation of an NHS railcard.

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Medicaid matters

American Nurse

Act now to preserve this essential public good. Jennifer-Mensik-Kennedy One of our nation’s most effective health programs faces potentially devastating funding cuts, and I urge all nurses to join me in calling on Congress to protect this vital resource. This essential public good I’m referring to is Medicaid. The Congressional budget process seeks to reduce programmatic spending by $880 billion over 10 years.

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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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“We will not be gaslit” : Qld hospitals brace for more strikes

Nursing Review

Queensland hospitals are bracing for disruption as nurses escalate their campaign for a pay rise, with a new phase of industrial action to begin today, Tuesday July 8. The Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union (QNMU) has confirmed Stage 2 of its protected industrial action will commence from 7am, as it intensifies its campaign for better pay and working conditions.

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Missy Bradshaw and Wendy Rushton—A Lifesaving Duo in Newborn Care

Daily Nurse

When every second counts, experienced nurses can make the difference between life and loss. That truth came vividly to life at Intermountain Health Logan Regional Hospital, where nurses Missy Bradshaw and Wendy Rushton sprang into action to save a newborn in cardiac distress. For their quick thinking, seamless teamwork, and clinical excellence, Bradshaw and Rushton are being honored as the Nurses of the Week.

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'It's Not an Overnight Piece': How This CNO Implemented a Sepsis Protocol in the ED

Health Leaders | Nursing

Nurses play a critical role in preventing sepsis, through early detection, infection control, and patient education, and CNOs must be prepared. HealthLeaders spoke to Nicole Telhiard , chief nursing officer at Our Lady of the Lake Health , about the health system's new nurse-led sepsis protocol in the emergency department. Tune in to hear her insights.

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Boosting Quality Ratings Through Better Service Plan Training

American Medical Compliance

Your quality ratings speak volumes. They influence everything from your facility’s reputation and referrals to compliance status and reimbursement rates. In fact, studies show that the CMS 5-Star Rating system directly influences consumer choice , with many families relying on it to select a nursing home for their loved ones. Whether you’re running an assisted living facility, managing a long-term care home, or supporting a residential care center, your quality ratings say a lot about th

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Interview: disabled nurse’s return to work hindered by NHS

Nursing Times

Read an interview with Milda Ambra, who has shared her journey as a newly qualified nurse navigating work with a disability.

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Investing in innovation

American Nurse

When nurses get support for their ideas, creativity thrives It all starts with a problem to solve. Nurses design workarounds, rethink processes, and imagine helpful tools every day. The hard part is moving those ideas out into the world. Marguerite Rowell “What’s needed is an investment in educating nurses about innovation and entrepreneurship,” said Marguerite Rowell, MSN, MBA, MSM/HM, ONC, SCRN, NEA-BC, founder and CEO of Nurse Math LLC and former assistant vice president of nursing at the Mia

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4 Quick Nursing Assessment Tips for Your Next Shift

FreshRN

Streamline your nursing assessments with real-life tips to help you stay efficient and confident (even when your shift is chaos). Perfect for new grads finding their flow! The post 4 Quick Nursing Assessment Tips for Your Next Shift appeared first on FRESHRN.

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Interested in a RN career? Here’s What To Expect on a Daily Basis

CynaMed

2 minute read At CynaMed , we pride ourselves in selecting the perfect employment for people who are looking to start a career in nursing. However, before embarking on a new career as a registered nurse, you may want to know what will be expected of you on a daily basis. Knowing this, you can face your journey in the confidence that you will be able to fulfill RN duties to the best of your ability.

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Infographic: Nurse Turnover Facts and Figures

Health Leaders | Nursing

Nurse turnover can be extremely costly for health systems, and CNOs must do their best to combat it. From an economic perspective, it's expensive for health systems to operate under workforce shortages. Labor costs are higher across the country in every aspect of healthcare, and having to fill gaps in the nursing workforce with agency nurses and overtime pay is also costly.

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6 Packing Tips for Travel Nurses

The Gypsy Nurse

Getting ready to hit the road for another assignment? The life of a travel nurse can be full of excitement and adventure, but it can also cause a ton of stress and inconvenience without the right preparation. To help you avoid this situation, we’ve made a list of 6 packing tips for travel nurses that are easy to remember and simple to do. Let’s get started.

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