Health Leaders | Nursing
AUGUST 5, 2025
Trust is felt when staff understand that the senior leadership has their back and are responding to their needs and concerns, says this CNO. On this episode of HL Shorts, we hear from Jeff Doucette , CNO at Press Ganey, about the Nurse Experience 2025 report and how CNOs can reengage the workforce by fostering trust between nurses and leadership. Tune in to hear his insights.
Minority Nurse
AUGUST 5, 2025
If you’re reading this, then you’ve probably been laid off from your nursing job or are worried about a future layoff, and are anxious about it. Layoffs can be stressful when they’re unexpected. Unlike being fired, layoffs can come for reasons out of your control, but it’s still a frustrating experience to go through, especially when you know that the U.S. is under a nursing shortage.
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American Nurse
JULY 29, 2025
Balancing Leadership, Compassion, and Resilience in High-Stakes Healthcare The monitors beep in rhythmic bursts, a mechanical symphony of life hanging in the balance. The weight of decisions presses against my chest—some choices urgent, some haunting. In the midst of the chaos, I pause, inhaling deeply, grounding myself in the present. Managing an ICU is relentless.
Emerging RN Leader
AUGUST 3, 2025
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I first became aware of Jefferson Fisher when I heard him interviewed by Mel Robbins on her podcast. While his vocation is being a trial lawyer, his true passion is helping people communicate more effectively, especially during challenging situations. As I have listened to his podcast and […] The post What Nurse Leaders Can Learn from a Litigator appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
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.
Registered Nursing
AUGUST 2, 2025
Detroit's skyline is punctuated by the glittering GM Renaissance Center , reflecting a city amid a healthcare renaissance as well. With Southeast Michigan facing a projected 15 percent increase in advanced practice nursing roles by 2030, and Metro Detroit's hospitals expanding specialty services, now is the time to advance your career through an RN to MSN Programs track.
Nursing Review
AUGUST 4, 2025
The Victorian state government has introduced new legislation to protect older people living in residential aged care from medication-related harm. In an Australian first, new laws will dictate that authorised health professionals – registered and enrolled nurses, pharmacists and GPs – will bear the responsibility of the management of strong medications in residential aged care.
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Daily Nurse
AUGUST 4, 2025
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, an average of 194,500 job openings for registered nurses is projected each year through 2033, reflecting sustained demand for skilled nursing professionals. However, despite this growth, workforce analyses suggest a looming shortage in several states. Data from the Bureau of Health Workforce indicates the U.S. could face a shortfall of approximately 78,610 full-time RNs by 2025 and 63,720 by 2030.
Empowered Nurses
JULY 31, 2025
Picture this: You’re a school nurse preparing for an exciting field trip to Washington D.C., but your home state is Maryland. As you carefully organize medications for three students with diabetes, one with severe allergies, and another with ADHD, a nagging question keeps surfacing—can you legally administer these life-sustaining medications once you cross that invisible line into another state?
Minority Nurse
JULY 29, 2025
Nurses have bad days, too. When we’re sad and need someone to talk to, sometimes friends and family aren’t available, and we end up feeling lonely, fearful, and anxious as thoughts bubble up from the surface. Existing stigma tells you that taking care of your mental health is unnecessary or not worth it. Still, stigma can increase social isolation and cause those to sink deeper into mental illness.
Registered Nursing
AUGUST 3, 2025
Nursing continues to evolve as a profession, with more hospitals and healthcare systems pushing for higher education standards. According to the Ohio Board of Nursing, more than 250,000 nurses are licensed in the state, and the trend toward bachelor’s-level education is evident. Recent national data from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing shows a consistent increase in BSN enrollments, underscoring the value of a baccalaureate education.
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.
American Nurse
JULY 30, 2025
Take a bundled approach to improve the patient experience. Takeaways: The bundle approach to implementing the commit-to-sit initiative positively impacts patient experience scores. Focused efforts related to sitting with patients, nursing communication skills, nurse leader rounding, and transparent data sharing move nurse domain scores in the positive direction.
Daily Nurse
JULY 30, 2025
What does it take to ensure today’s nursing graduates are prepared for real-world practice? According to Dr. Ruth A. Wittmann-Price — a trailblazing nurse educator, author, and researcher — the answer lies in competency-based education (CBE). On Episode 523 of The Nurse Keith Show podcast , host Keith Carlson dives into a timely and insightful conversation with Dr.
Health Leaders | Nursing
JULY 30, 2025
To help find common ground with Gen Z, CNOs should focus on communication and flexibility. Nowadays, there are plenty of issues in nursing to keep CNOs busy, but one of the biggest ones is nurse turnover. As it stands now, the national RN turnover rate sits at about 16.4%. Press Ganey recently released the Nurse Experience 2025 report, which relies on feedback from over 500,000 RNs, APPs, and other clinical staff across the country.
Registered Nursing
JULY 31, 2025
El Paso sits at the western tip of Texas, where the Franklin Mountains meet the Rio Grande, and a vibrant binational culture thrives. As home to Fort Bliss, the largest U.S. Army installation by area, and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, the city offers unique clinical partnerships and research initiatives in trauma, emergency care, and critical care settings.
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
American Nurse
JULY 29, 2025
Building competence and confidence in your specialty Marianne Horahan Whether you’re already a certified nurse or exploring this possibility, it’s helpful to understand the value of certification and how it can position you for success throughout your nursing career. Certified individuals report feeling a sense of pride and achievement, feeling more professionally competent, having improved employability and advancement, and being positioned for better compensation and career longevity, accordin
Daily Nurse
JULY 31, 2025
When Jeanny Camden, LPN, was just 11 years old, she spent six harrowing weeks in the hospital with a ruptured appendix—and the experience nearly broke her. Ignored by nurses, battling a high fever, and later developing MRSA, she left the hospital not just with scars, but with a mission. “I want to be better than that,” Camden says. “I don’t want to be that person to somebody else.
Health Leaders | Nursing
AUGUST 5, 2025
For all the debate about artificial intelligence in health care, one quietly transformative shift is taking place not through machines, but through video calls. A growing number of U.S. hospitals are now using virtual nurses to handle admissions and discharges remotely. The promise? Relief for burnt-out bedside nurses, better care coordination and fewer patients bouncing back to the hospital within weeks.
The Gypsy Nurse
AUGUST 3, 2025
Travel nursing offers an exciting opportunity to explore new places, gain diverse clinical experience, and enjoy competitive pay. But before jumping into a new assignment, it’s crucial to take a thoughtful and strategic approach. Here are ten essential steps every travel nurse should take before accepting a new contract to ensure the experience is rewarding, safe, and professionally beneficial. 1.
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.
Registered Nursing
AUGUST 2, 2025
Detroit's skyline is punctuated by the glittering GM Renaissance Center , reflecting a city amid a healthcare renaissance as well. With Southeast Michigan facing a projected 15 percent increase in advanced practice nursing roles by 2030, and Metro Detroit's hospitals expanding specialty services, now is the time to advance your career through an RN to MSN Programs track.
American Nurse
JULY 30, 2025
The journey to organizational growth Jennifer-Mensik-Kennedy Thousands of nurses from across the United States and the globe will convene October 8–10, in Atlanta, GA, for the 2025 Magnet & Pathway Conference™. Nurses who attend this extraordinary meeting will connect with peers, learn best practices, and explore innovative strategies in the nursing profession.
Empowered Nurses
JULY 31, 2025
Build Your Business, One Relationship at a Time As a nurse business owner, you’re used to wearing many hats—clinician, CEO, marketer, and sometimes, head janitor. But one of the most powerful roles you’ll ever step into is that of a connector. Whether you’re launching a legal nurse consulting firm, wellness coaching practice, or healthcare staffing agency, networking isn’t optional—it’s essential.
Health Leaders | Nursing
AUGUST 1, 2025
While many CNOs are focused on the present, they need to look to the future and consider what will happen once they move on. Succession planning is essential for CNOs who want to ensure the sustainability of their health systems when the time comes for new leadership. However, it's not that easy. Nurses now have many options and potential career paths, and the leadership role is not one that comes without difficulty.
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.
Emerging RN Leader
JULY 30, 2025
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN In a recent workshop, a nurse manager shared with the group the difficulties she was experiencing in gaining staff cooperation for some of the changes she wanted to implement in the unit. They simply don’t seem to care about improving things. I have tried to be positive, […] The post Words Have Power in Leadership appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Nurse Practitioners in Business
JULY 30, 2025
It seems that every week, I come across another press release from the OIG (Office of Inspector General) announcing that a healthcare provider has been convicted of Medicare fraud. The OIG for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), along with a host of other agencies, investigates fraud in healthcare. For years, I have been a subscriber to the OIG list, and it’s always sobering and sad to hear of healthcare providers who are involved in healthcare fraud.
American Nurse
JULY 30, 2025
Guidance for recognition and response to subtle yet damaging harms. Microaggressions in nursing and patient care remain under-identified and under-addressed yet have ethical significance in our profession. Better recognition of microaggressions when they occur will enable nurses to address them in the moment and help maintain a civil and safe work environment.
Penn Nursing
JULY 29, 2025
Penn Nursing Dean Antonia Villarruel recently moderated a pivotal congressional briefing, "Powered by Evidence: Quality Patient Care Requires Nursing Science." The event, co-hosted by the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), brought together congressional staff, nursing leaders, and stakeholders to highlight the profound impact of nursing science on chronic disease management, prevention, and the responsible use of AI in healthcare.
Health Leaders | Nursing
JULY 29, 2025
Where nursing goes, so does a health system, says this CNO. On this episode of HL Shorts, we hear from Jeff Doucette , CNO at Press Ganey, about the Nurse Experience 2025 report and what it means for nurse engagement. Tune in to hear his insights.
American Medical Compliance
AUGUST 1, 2025
When documentation mistakes happen, the costs can be steep: denied claims, billing delays, compliance risks, and even patient safety issues. In fact, documentation issues have been estimated to play a role in 10–20% of medical malpractice lawsuits , as reported in the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. For healthcare providers, one of the most effective ways to reduce these risks is by training your team—consistently and strategically.
Daily Nurse
JULY 29, 2025
As a nurse, life moves fast. Working long hours, managing emotional highs and lows, and caring for others with compassion. In the middle of it all, it’s easy to let your mental health take the backseat. Whether you’re working nights, rotating shifts, or adjusting to life on the road as a travel nurse, finding time to care for yourself can feel nearly impossible.
American Nurse
JULY 30, 2025
Nurses have a responsibility to create a welcoming workplace community. Q Recently, I witnessed something that made me uncomfortable. I was surprised when one of my more senior nurse colleagues referred to a newly graduated nurse on the unit using a derogatory and offensive term. What should I do in a situation like this? A I’m sorry that you experienced this situation as it surely caused you some level of distress.
Registered Nursing
AUGUST 4, 2025
In Florida’s capital city, healthcare plays a vital role in both the economy and community well-being. As the nursing profession evolves, so does the need for continued education. The push for more Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) prepared nurses is especially strong in Florida, where workforce projections from the Florida Center for Nursing anticipate continued growth in healthcare through 2025.
Nursing Times
AUGUST 4, 2025
Attending regular peer group support sessions can improve the wellbeing of mental health nurses, researchers in Western Australia have found.
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