Nurse Practitioners in Business

JANUARY 9, 2025

Stepping out and starting your own practice is exciting. At the same time, entering unfamiliar territory may feel scary and intimidating. Not only must you tend to the medical side of your practice, but many non-medical things need your attention , too. And to make matters worse, sometimes, decisions must be made faster than youd like. Choosing the correct business entity is one of the most critical decisions when starting a practice, but you dont want to rush it.

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University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

JANUARY 10, 2025

Care plans are a way to strategically approach and streamline the nursing process. They also facilitate effective communication in a nursing team. Lets review the fundamentals of a nursing care plan and how to create one, step by step. Well outline best practices and provide you with a nursing care plan example that you can download and print. Table of Contents What Is a Nursing Care Plan?

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Emerging RN Leader

JANUARY 8, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Self-promotion is a component of both building a leadership brand and a leader’s effectiveness and long-term success. We urge leaders today to develop their expertise, to write about and speak about their work, and to be active on social media platforms like LinkedIn. But how much is […] The post How Much Self-Promotion is Too Much appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Nursing Times

JANUARY 10, 2025

Read about the announcement of the theme for 2025's International Nurses Day, which will focus on nurse wellbeing.

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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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Nurses Advocates

JANUARY 7, 2025

Happy New Year! I hope you and your family had a happy holiday season. As we begin 2025, we have a blank slate. The new year gives us time to examine our lives, to see where we are, where we want to go, and how we will get there. Design yours well! I took time over the holidays to think about what I would write about in 2025. Since I started writing Nurses Advocates in 2015, my goal has been to write meaningful posts that educate and empower you, the healthcare consumer, and members of the healt

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Diversity Nursing

JANUARY 9, 2025

The journey from bedside Nursing to leadership can feel like a leap into uncharted territory. However, with the right mindset, preparation, and strategy, this transition can be both fulfilling and impactful. Whether you're looking to become a Charge Nurse, Nurse Manager, or Director of Nursing, this guide provides actionable steps to help you navigate the shift successfully.

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The Relentless School Nurse

JANUARY 8, 2025

Today, we are faced with a profound choice: do we continue with the status quo, marked by pain, disconnection, and division? Or do we choose a different pathone of joy, health, and fulfillment, where we turn toward each other instead of away from each other; where we choose love over fear; where we recognize community as the irreplaceable foundation for our well-being?

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Nursing Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

Read about the evidence that the chief executive of the Professional Standards Authority, Dr Alan Clamp, gave to the Thirlwall Inquiry.

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Becker's Hospital Review

JANUARY 14, 2025

On Jan. 16, thousands of registered nurses will hold marches, protests and rallies to demand the hospital industry ensure safe staffing levels and artificial intelligence safeguards, a Jan. 14 National Nurses United news release said.

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Minority Nurse

JANUARY 14, 2025

LinkedIn has been around for many years, and it continues to serve as a powerful and reliable online platform that allows professionals from almost any industry imaginable to connect in meaningful ways. LinkedIn remains the go-to social media platform for serious professionals, and it has been made even more robust with a user-friendly job board and thousands of online groups.

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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 Medical Compliance

JANUARY 14, 2025

A 2023 systematic review published in BMC Nursing revealed a strong connection between clinical nurse competence and patient safety culture, underscoring the transformative impact of comprehensive training on nursing skills. Restorative nursing stands as a cornerstone of healthcare, dedicated to enhancing patients’ quality of life by helping them regain or maintain their highest levels of function and independence.

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The Relentless School Nurse

JANUARY 8, 2025

By Donna A. Gaffney and Teri Mills Donna Gaffney and Teri Mills, known as “The OpEd Nurses,” have penned a powerful and timely piece published in Newsweek titled “When Did We Stop Being Afraid of Polio?” These veteran nurse leaders draw on their extensive healthcare experience to address critical public health concerns. In their latest opinion piece, Gaffney and Mills remind us of the devastating impact of polio in the mid-20th century and warn against complacency in th

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Nursing Times

JANUARY 13, 2025

A nurse has been admitted to hospital with life-changing injuries after she was stabbed at work. Read more.

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The Gypsy Nurse

JANUARY 11, 2025

Nursing is one of the most demanding and rewarding professions, but it can also be incredibly stressful and emotionally taxing. Long hours, high patient volumes, difficult working conditions, and the emotional toll of caring for others can lead to nurse burnouta state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion. Nurse burnout not only affects job performance but also has a significant impact on personal well-being.

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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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Daily Nurse

JANUARY 13, 2025

Ask anyone on the street what nurses do, and the most common response is likely to be that nurses care for sick people in the hospital. Even many nurses themselves are probably of the mind that “real” nurses work in acute care. However, this could not be further from reality. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Nursing Workforce Factsheet , 55 percent of nurses work in “general medical and surgical hospitals.” Considering that statistic, we

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Healthy Workforce Institute

JANUARY 8, 2025

2024 has been a year of transformation and growth, and at the heart of it all has been our shared commitment to creating a respectful and healthy work culture. As healthcare leaders, we tackled some serious challenges while still managing to make progress on creating healthier, happier workplaces. Throughout the year, weve been honored to share strategies, resources, and solutions with you whether through our podcast episodes or blog posts These resources have been just a few ways weve helped y

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Elder Care Matters

JANUARY 14, 2025

Learn how Financial Planners help families with Elder Care needs, from managing assets to planning for long-term care expenses. The post 5 Ways Financial Planners Can Support Families Navigating Elder Care appeared first on Elder Care Directory - ElderCareMatters.com.

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Nursing Times

JANUARY 8, 2025

Read about the appointment of Professor Donna O'Boyle to the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a seconded executive adviser.

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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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The Gypsy Nurse

JANUARY 7, 2025

Travel nursing has long been an attractive career option for healthcare professionals seeking flexibility, higher pay, and the opportunity to explore new locations. Travel nurses fill short-term staffing gaps in hospitals and medical facilities, often receiving compensation packages that include high salaries, bonuses, and travel nurse housing stipends.

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Daily Nurse

JANUARY 10, 2025

A new study published in JAMA Network Open finds that geriatric nurse practitioners (NPs) helped expand the geriatric workforce and kept the combined geriatric physician and NP workforce on pace with the growth of the older population. It also exposes significant geographic disparities in geriatric healthcare, highlighting that nearly two-thirds of U.S. counties lack specialized geriatric healthcare professionals.

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Post University

JANUARY 13, 2025

The nursing profession is quickly evolving. Today’s nurses are required to meet the increasingly complex needs of patients all while managing lower staff levels and higher levels of burnout. Thus, the need for qualified, intuitive, and innovative nurse leaders is prevalent, which is why many nurses are considering advanced degree programs. If you are a nurse, you might be wondering,What isan MSN degree, and what are its benefits?

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Diversity Nursing

JANUARY 14, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Three in four Americans consider nurses highly honest and ethical, making them the most trusted of 23 professions rated in Gallups annual measurement. Grade-school teachers rank second, with 61% viewing them highly, while military officers, pharmacists and medical doctors also earn high trust from majorities of Americans. The least trusted professions, with more than half of U.S. adults saying their ethics are low or very low, are lobbyists, members of Congress and TV reporte

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Nursing Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

Read about the evidence given by Helen Herniman, interim chief executive and registrar of the UK nursing regulator, to the Thirlwall Inquiry.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 13, 2025

The largest health care workers strike in Oregons history continued through the weekend with little progress, as thousands of Providence Oregon nurses and doctors strike for higher pay and better working conditions. The nurses union said nearly 5,000 nurses planned to walk out from all eight Providence hospitals in Oregon along with close to 150 physicians and advanced practitioners.

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Daily Nurse

JANUARY 8, 2025

Meet Sarah Wellsandt, MSN, RN, an exceptional assistant nurse manager at the University of Iowa Health Care campus’s Burn Treatment Center. She has recently been honored with the prestigious DAISY Nurse Educator Award for her unwavering commitment to empowering her team through education and collaboration. What began as a volunteer experience in a hospital sparked a profound transformation for Wellsandt.

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The Gypsy Nurse

JANUARY 7, 2025

Travel nursing offers unique opportunities but presents significant challenges, particularly fatigue and stress. The demanding nature of the job, coupled with constant changes in environments and routines, can take a toll on nurses’ physical and mental health. This can create a cycle where job stress impacts health, which can, in turn, lead to more stress.

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Empowered Nurses

JANUARY 9, 2025

There was an article in the American Nurses Association magazine titled “Can This Marriage Be Saved? Nurses and Health Systems in Crisis” draws an analogy between the relationship of nurses and their employers and that of a troubled marriage. While the sentiment of seeking reconciliation between nurses and the healthcare system is commendable, I must respectfully disagree with the premise.

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Nursing Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

Sun Sander-Jackson reflects on how past experiences of racism, microaggression and sexism have affected her mental health and getting support.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 13, 2025

CNOs must keep an open mind and try new things in the new year, according to this nurse leader. As the saying goes, "new year, new beginnings." It's 2025, and while there will be many new beginnings in healthcare, CNOs will also face some perpetual challenges that continue to rear their heads. According to Robyn Begley , CEO of American Organization of Nursing Leadership ( AONL ), and senior vice president and CNO at the American Hospital Association ( AHA ), several of the biggest issues going

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Becker's Hospital Review

JANUARY 8, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic years were marked by significant staffing shortages, but more recently, many major health systems have seen nurse staffing levels stabilize. While a welcome trend, recruitment and retention remain core priorities for healthcare C-suites to build on that stabilization in the year ahead, as the nation still faces a projected deficit of more than 63,000 nurses by 2030.

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Minority Nurse

JANUARY 8, 2025

When you decided to apply to nursing school, a vision or purpose likely drove you. We generally don’t decide to pursue rigorous academic study on a whim. Those who choose nursing often have a special heart for serving others, and that spark can ignite our energy and push us to pursue our goals. If you’ve somehow lost touch with your vision of why you became a nurse , you may need to reconnect with that vision to feel that original spark in your heart again.

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CynaMed

JANUARY 8, 2025

2 minute read Healthcare is a challenging, in-demand profession that allows plenty of opportunities for skilled professionals to find the perfect career. CynaMed works to connect skilled professionals with fulfilling careers in Western Pennsylvania. These positions are not one-size-fits-all but tailor-made to best fit each applicant. Ultimately, this personalized approach, which compares a wide range of options, allows CynaMed to create fulfilling career connections.

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Daily Nurse

JANUARY 14, 2025

The American Nurses Association (ANA), the leading organization advocating for the interests of over 5 million registered nurses across the nation, named Jennifer Mensik Kennedy , PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, one of Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare for 2024. This recognition highlights individuals who, as determined by their peers and the senior editors of Modern Healthcare, have made significant contributions to the healthcare industry through their leadership

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