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171K+ clicks saved: Inside Johns Hopkins' nurse documentation revamp

Becker's Hospital Review

Across healthcare, efforts to advance documentation are often focused on enhancing physicians' workflow. But at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Hospital, leaders are equally focused on improving documentation in nursing.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Dr. Robin Geiger

Minority Nurse

Robin Geiger, DNP, MSN, APRN, NP-C, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, is an accomplished, results-driven, board-certified nurse executive with over 20 years of hands-on clinical leadership experience. Dr. Geiger ’ s professional focus is on health equity and clinician advocacy. Through the ACT (Advocacy, Career, Tools) program for all clinicians within the Ingenovis Health brands, Dr.

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Data Shows Flexible Nursing Workforce Can Fill Dreaded Summer and Holiday Staffing Gaps

Daily Nurse

Every nurse is familiar with the underlying anxiety of not working a holiday. At the core of that anxiety is a specific fear: the fear of receiving a desperate call from a nurse manager asking them to come into work despite the fact they’re not on holiday rotation. Likewise, every nurse manager maintains a similar level of dread during the holidays and when the summer rolls around.

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Calling all Readers: I Need Your Suggestions For the 2024 Summer Reading List

Nurses Advocates

It’s that time of year when I ask YOU, readers of Nurse Advocate, to share your suggestions for my Summer Reading List. Your recommendations are crucial in making this list diverse and engaging. If you’ve found a few good books (s) this year that caught your attention, please share the title, author, and what you liked about it, and I’ll be sure to include them in my summer reading list.

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Fertility Benefits for Every Age: A HR Roadmap from Gen Z to Baby Boomers

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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Inclusive Care for LGBTQ+ Patients: Nurse Best Practices

Diversity Nursing

In the ever-evolving healthcare landscape, it is crucial to prioritize inclusivity to deliver top-notch care to all patients. This is especially significant when tending to LGBTQ+ individuals, who often encounter distinct obstacles and inequalities in healthcare. As Nurses, we play a vital role in championing patient care and establishing a warm and inclusive environment.

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Welcoming the first babies from Penn Fertility in Lancaster

Penn Medicine News

Ashlee Rineer, who sought family planning with her wife Lauren, and Carly Albright Keller, who was battling infertility, celebrated being the first patients to welcome children through the new Penn Fertility practice in Lancaster.

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University unveils 18-month online nurse educator program

Becker's Hospital Review

Too few nurses are going into advanced degree programs and onto becoming educators in the field, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. This prompted Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind., to revamp a nurse educator program to be more accessible, shorter and flexible.

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Gender affirming care and a future not in the shadows

Penn Medicine News

As a lifelong performer, Mattie Chaya Kimberly “Kimi” Klauser is accustomed to living in the stage lights. This year, she began enjoying life even more after facial feminization surgery, as part of her gender-affirming care.

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Let's Talk About AI: Communication Tips for CNOs

Health Leaders | Nursing

CNOs need to be clear and transparent in communication surrounding AI, says this nurse leader. AI has been all over the news recently, especially when it comes to nurses. Many have questions about implementation and ethics, and it is up to CNOs and other nurse leaders to communicate with their workforce about what AI means for nurses. Concerns According to Betty Jo Rocchio , senior vice president and chief nurse executive at Mercy , there are three main concerns that nurses have with AI.

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How a culturally informed model of care helped First Nations patients with heart disease

Nursing Review

Danielle Harrop , The University of Queensland ; Debra Pauza , Indigenous Knowledge , and William Wang , The University of Queensland A First Nations child born in Australia today can expect to live eight to nine years less than a non-Indigenous child born on the same day. During their life, they are more likely to have a heart attack, and would be on average 20 years younger than the non-Indigenous patient in the hospital bed next to them when they do.

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Why Menopause Should Matter to Today’s Employers

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

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What is Pre-Acute Care and Why Do We Need it?

Relias

What is pre-acute care? Pre-acute care is a term that describes the care provided to patients before they need acute care services such as hospitalization or an emergency department visit. Like preventative care, pre-acute care aims to prevent the onset of acute conditions — such as infections, injuries, or exacerbations of chronic diseases — by providing more comprehensive and coordinated primary care.

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Inadequate pay rises for NSW nurses and midwives’ creates “wage curse”

Nursing Review

A new report claims that the public sector 'wages cap' enforced by the NSW Treasury between 2011 and 2023 has had a profoundly detrimental effect on the remuneration of nurses and midwives, resulting in a labour market in NSW under significant strain. The report examines wage movement between 1999 and 2024 and was prepared for the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) by Professor John Buchanan , an expert in labour market and industrial relations from the University of Sydney.

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What is Pre-Acute Care and Why Do We Need it?

Relias

What is pre-acute care? Pre-acute care is a term that describes the care provided to patients before they need acute care services such as hospitalization or an emergency department visit. Like preventative care, pre-acute care aims to prevent the onset of acute conditions — such as infections, injuries, or exacerbations of chronic diseases — by providing more comprehensive and coordinated primary care.

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Whooping cough cases are spiking in NSW, Qld

Nursing Review

The federal health department has reported an increasing number of whooping cough cases, with 7031 cases recorded in the first five months of this year. About 45 per cent of those cases are in Queensland, and about 40 per cent are in New South Wales. Queensland Health data shows case numbers are 15 times the standard (mean) number so far this year, compared to reported cases during the past five years.

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Maximizing Your Benefits Strategy: Reframing the Way We View Fertility

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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The Once-in-a-Lifetime Experiences of Travel Nursing

The Gypsy Nurse

TNAA-Travel Nurse Across America provided this article. Travel nursing is so much more than a rewarding career – it’s your gateway to once-in-a-lifetime experiences. The unique opportunities you can find through travel nursing are unlike any you can find through another nurse career, providing you with professional growth, personal enrichment, and thrilling adventures you’ll cherish forever.

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Accelerating Transformational Leadership: Empowering Leaders for a Dynamic Future

The Leadership Development Group

In the fast-paced, ever-evolving business landscape, the role of leadership has become increasingly critical. Transformational leadership, which drives change and innovation, is more essential than ever.