The Nursing Site

MARCH 18, 2024

I recently had the privilege to attend a Zoom session hosted by Lorie A. Brown RM, MN, JD of Empowered Nurses. The guest speaker was RaDonda Vaught, the former Tennessee nurse who was convicted in 2022 of criminally negligent homicide after injecting the patient with the wrong medication. This was after the Tennessee BON cleared her in 2020 and told her they “ had bigger fish to fry. ” How and why that changed two years later needs your attention!

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Health Leaders | Nursing

MARCH 18, 2024

With rising costs in healthcare, CNOs need to brainstorm how to keep expenses down. Cost containment is an issue throughout all of healthcare, and because of the nursing shortage, keeping costs down has become an even more difficult task. According to Gail Vozzella, senior vice president and chief nurse executive at Houston Methodist, the nursing shortage drives up labor costs and turnover costs in nursing.

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Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine

MARCH 18, 2024

Global health journeys are back, in the form of recent visits by Johns Hopkins School of Nursing students to Guatemala and—in a first for JHSON students—Nepal. The “how” is leadership by the Center for Global Initiatives (CGI) and a renewed openness and eagerness to travel after years lost to COVID restrictions. The “why” is clear:… The post Guatemala Re-visited: Rainwater Project Shows Value of Service-learning Trips appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 18, 2024

While rewarding, nursing is also incredibly demanding, and each shift requires hours of walking, standing, and moving from place to place. In short, the job requires that you have stamina and endurance. If you can’t keep up, then there are strategies you can try to regain your tenacity during those long shifts. In addition to sleep and a proper work-life balance, another solution is to try out some high-adventure activities like surfing, skiing, and other exciting endeavors.

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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.

Communication

American Medical Compliance

MARCH 18, 2024

The following Missouri Violence in the Workplace for Healthcare Employees course is designed to educate healthcare providers (HCP) on how to protect themselves and others from violence that occurs in the workplace. Workplace violence is defined as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other potentially disruptive behavior that occurs on the job site.

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Mental Health Licensing Education 91

Becker's Hospital Review

MARCH 18, 2024

A year after the federal government came down on fraudulent for-profit schools, some students are stuck in licensing limbo, the Miami Herald reported March 17.

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Licensing 59

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

MARCH 18, 2024

With her philosophy of “Encourage the heart, lead by example and inspire a shared vision to maintain the highest standards,” Jessica Hovland, DNP, RN, CPAN, NE-BC, PMGT-BC (DNP ’20) is taking her innovation and leadership learnings and putting them to practice. Dr. Hovland graduated from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences with a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) with an emphasis in nurse executive leadership.

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 18, 2024

Workplace violence is defined as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other potentially disruptive behavior that occurs on the job site. Threats and verbal abuse can lead to physical assaults and even homicide. It can have an impact on employees, clients, customers, and visitors. What you will learn: Introduction to violence in the workplace What is workplace violence?

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Education 65

Nursing Review

MARCH 18, 2024

Aged care workers have secured a “historic” pay rise – up to 28.5 per cent – in what has been called a “life-changing” improvement for one of Australia’s most undervalued workforces. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) delivered the major update on Friday following an anxious wait for consultation on the proposed changes. The decision will impact more than 100,000 indirect employees in the sector, and comes four years after the Health Services Union lodged an application for a 25 per cent across-the-

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 18, 2024

Workplace violence is defined as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other potentially disruptive behavior that occurs on the job site. Threats and verbal abuse can lead to physical assaults and even homicide. It can have an impact on employees, clients, customers, and visitors. What you will learn: Introduction to violence in the workplace What is workplace violence?

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Mental Health Education 63

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

Nursing Review

MARCH 18, 2024

Independent MPs and unions have formed an alliance in an effort to get a parliamentary inquiry into how the New South Wales government can deliver housing for essential workers, such as nurses, teachers, and paramedics. In a joint letter sent to NSW Premier Chris Minns on Friday, the MPs and unions representing teachers, firefighters, police and healthcare workers, warn there is an "urgent need for NSW to increase the provision of essential worker housing across the state".

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 18, 2024

The following Kentucky Violence in the Workplace for Healthcare Employees course is designed to educate healthcare providers (HCP) on how to protect themselves and others from violence that occurs in the workplace. Workplace violence is defined as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other potentially disruptive behavior that occurs on the job site.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

MARCH 18, 2024

Healthcare workers say they’ve been facing more and more threats and violence since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 18, 2024

The following Maine Violence in the Workplace for Healthcare Employees course is designed to educate healthcare providers on how to protect themselves and others from violence that occurs in the workplace. Workplace violence is defined as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other potentially disruptive behavior that occurs on the job site.

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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.

Education

Post University

MARCH 18, 2024

You have completed rigorous nursing coursework, clinicals, and professional exams. Now, you are ready to take the next step in your nursing career and find a job you love. First, however, you have one more hurdle to clear: the nursing interview. Interviewing is a must in any field, but with nursing, it conveys many essentials: passion, clinical skills, and the ability to work well under pressure.

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The Gypsy Nurse

MARCH 18, 2024

CareerStaff Unlimited provided this article. Spring is in the air, and with it comes the end of many travel assignments. For nurses working a seasonal travel job, it’s time to consider what’s next. If you’re having a great experience and are happy with where you’re working, why not extend your assignment? However, it’s not always clear how to do so, even for seasoned travelers.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 18, 2024

Whether nurses think their job includes data informatics or not, it does in one way or another. For almost any nurse, data is a touch point in their day, whether they work at the bedside, in an independent office, or a boardroom. “Data is critical,” says Andrew Awoniyi, ND, RN, NI-BC, education director and board member of the American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA).

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Nursing Review

MARCH 18, 2024

Tasmanian registered nurse and aid worker Carol Nagy has recently returned from a six-week stint as an emergency medical coordinator with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) for their Palestine medical program. She has worked with MSF for 23 years and in Occupied Palestinian Territory since 2010. Carol recounted her recent stint on Nursing Review , saying the situation was "much worse than it's ever been".

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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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