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Yes, Nurses Can Take Naps on Their Break – Here’s How

Daily Nurse

A 2021 study reports that nurses who took short naps during their 12-hour shifts produced better quality care, had less fatigue, and felt more energized. These fears are valid since ER wards and other critical care units require alertness at all times. Plus, it encourages teamwork and collaboration.

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Nurses with Disabilities: A Skilled Workforce

Minority Nurse

Maheady, EdD, APRN-BC , founder of ExceptionalNurse.com. What about my self-esteem, self-identity, self-worth, and self-confidence? GPA) in 2019 and, after receiving improved Bluetooth processors in 2021, sent out more than 400 applications with little result. You think about, ‘ who am I now?

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Critical Care Association President Wants Nurses to be Heard

Nurse.com

A self-proclaimed millennial, Amanda Bettencourt , PhD, APRN, CCRN-K, ACCNS-P, is serving a one-year term as president of the world’s largest specialty nursing organization, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). Amanda Bettencourt, APRN. Q: What are the most pressing issues for critical care nurses?

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Connecting the dots with cannabis care

American Nurse

Kim King Kim King, MSN, FNP-C, who consults on cannabis care through her business, Thrive to Care and Wellness Education Consulting, hopes to see cannabis education added to nursing program curricula in the next 5 years. We’ve got to educate all nurses, from LPNs to RNs to APRNs,” she said.

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Is Nursing Students’ Mental Health in Jeopardy?

Nurse.com

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, APRN. Surgeon General’s advisory released in December 2021 on the mental health crisis among young people. “We are going to grow up another generation of students that don’t practice good self-care.” Mental Health Support Resources.

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Strengthening the Role of Nurses in High-Reliability Cultures  

Consult QD

By Meredith Foxx, MSN, MBA, APRN, NEA-BC , Executive Chief Nursing Officer High reliability is a commonly repeated term in healthcare today. Integral to every aspect of the care continuum, nurses are the eyes and ears of patients. And nurses are vital to sustaining high-reliability environments.

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What Is an MSN Degree?

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

MSN-prepared nurses might step into advanced care specialities or an executive or teaching role. 1 5 Graduate students who plan to enter an APRN field should note that different states establish their own requirements based upon their individual Nurse Practice Acts (NPA). What Do You Learn in an MSN Program?

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