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10 Strategic Steps to Eradicating Racism in Nursing Education

Daily Nurse

A Lack of Diversity Among Decision-Makers: Key decision-makers in nursing education, including faculty, school leadership, and academic officials, often do not adequately reflect the populations they serve. Raising awareness of racism might positively influence the lives of faculty and students of color by promoting career mobility.

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The Growing Role Of the Chief Nursing Officer

Diversity Nursing

Chief Nursing Officers have a wide variety of responsibilities. Nurses are under immense stress and Nursing leaders need to use best practices to address the mental and emotional trauma their teams are enduring. The pandemic is straining the healthcare profession.

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Contributed Content: Empowering the Future - Transforming Nursing Education to Meet the Growing Demand for In-Home Care

Health Leaders | Nursing

Healthcare accessibility is critical for seniors, and nurses need to be properly equipped for that, says this nurse leader. Editor's note: Kathy Driscoll, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CCM, is the senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Humana.

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10 Black Healthcare Leaders Making a Difference in 2023

Scrubs

She focused on sending nurses to the areas where they were needed most, which has strengthened the facility’s recruiting efforts. Dianne Aroh, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in Tacoma, WA Aroh continues to raise the bar for quality care in her role as the CNO.

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Patient care assistant training

American Nurse

To address this shortfall, the chief nursing officer set out to create an internal PCA course (with didactic, simulation, clinical experience, and testing components) to provide knowledge, skills, and competency customized to the organization. The internal course went live on February 18, 2020. American Nurse Journal.

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A Fortuitous Career: California Nurse Leader Earns DNP Executive Leadership

Post University

For many years, Chad worked as a staff nurse, typically in intensive care units and emergency rooms. He moved into management in 2014 when the chief nursing officer of his hospital asked him to manage the hospital’s busy emergency department. He was also invited to join the university’s advisory board. “I

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The Critical Shortage No One’s Talking About: Nurse Educators

Minority Nurse

The Hidden Crisis: Why Nurse Educators Are More Important Than Ever Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics illustrates that the demand for nursing professionals is expected to grow by 9% from 2020 to 2030, faster than the average for all occupations.