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How to Work the Night Shift and Stay Healthy: 12 Essential Tips

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

In many hospitals and long-term care facilities, newly hired nurses, many fresh off of their studies , are asked to work the night shift. There are effective ways for how to work the night shift and stay healthy— and caring for your own health will help you better care for others.

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Project ECHO and the geriatric healthcare workforce

American Nurse

In The Future of Nursing 2020–2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity , the National Academy of Medicine promotes an interprofessional approach to education and training for nurses to help develop their leadership skills as well as their understanding of health equity, social determinants of health, and population health.

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Mental Health and Well-Being Essentials Training for Healthcare Professionals

American Medical Compliance

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease (WHO, 2020). Providers explore contributors to burnout, challenges in long-term care, and prevention strategies.

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Pennsylvania Nurse Rounds Out Her Education and Experience with MSN Degree

Post University

Getting Her Start For seven years, Heather worked as an LPN in a dementia unit and in a long-term care center. American Sentinel College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Post University In early 2020, Heather felt the urge to earn a Master of Science in Nursing. She became a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in 1993.

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Gig nursing

American Nurse

Gig nursing initially focused on long-term care, but it’s now moved to acute care. April 1, 2020. homecaremag.com/april-2020/technology-staffing-challenges Merrilees A. But will it last? Is it finally a staffing solution that gives the power to nurses to determine when and where they work? 2023; 18(3).

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The World Is On Edge…

Life of a Nurse

The stress of workload, moral distress, and working conditions translated into a vulnerable health care sector; nurses in significant numbers changing their practice from acute and long term care to remote work, public health, and leaving the profession. A nursing faculty shortage capping pre-licensure admission capacity.

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The Rise of Malpractice Claims Against NPs

Daily Nurse

According to the Administration on Aging, in 2020, the population of 65 and older numbered 55.7 Many older Americans receive care from aging services facilities across the United States. There are currently about 14 million people receiving some form of long-term care services.