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How to Improve the Accessibility of Your Website

Nurse Practitioners in Business

In response to last week’s article, “ ADA … What It Means For Your Practice ,” we are following up to answer your questions about web accessibility. The sad reality is that most websites today are not fully accessible. Based on WHO figures from 2023 , 1.3 billion people, or 16%, that’s 1 in 6 people worldwide, live with a significant disability, including motor, visual, auditory, speech, and cognitive.

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Steward hospital to close nursing school

Becker's Hospital Review

Sharon (Pa.) Regional Medical Center, part of Dallas-based Steward Health Care, will close a 125-year-old nursing school after the current class of students graduates next May, according to a news release sent to local news outlets.

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Nurse Reveals Patients MyChart on Social Media

Empowered Nurses

Little Rock, Arkansas nurse Amber Nelson had been caring for a patient she had previously known when, for some reason, she chose to reveal the patient’s MyChart on the social medium, Snapchat. There are all kinds of misinformation out there about this case, including the patient whose confidential information was disclosed. I’m not sure exactly when this happened and there is a little information about the event.

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HCA hospital exec responds to Texas Children's layoffs

Becker's Hospital Review

The Women's Hospital of Texas, part of HCA Houston Healthcare, is ready to hire nurses affected by the layoffs at Texas Children's Hospital, the HCA hospital's chief nursing officer said in an Aug. 7 post on LinkedIn.

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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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The Fundamentals of Care Framework

American Nurse

Engage nurses and place patients at the center of our care. If we define nursing as the science and art of promoting positive human responses to health and illness, at the core of our profession sits the ability to develop a relationship with those for whom we care. Building on that relationship, nurses integrate the physical and psychosocial aspects of care via a series of relational activities influenced by the patient’s level of dependence–independence in performing self-care.

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The Epidemic of Gun Violence: A ‘Problem to Be Solved, Not a Battle to Be Won’

Amercan Journal of Nursing

The alarming surge in child gun deaths For decades, gun violence in America has been framed “as a battle to be won rather than a problem to be solved,” in the words of a poignant New York Times op-ed by Nicholas Kristof , who argues that we should acknowledge the blunt reality that guns aren’t going away. Therefore, he writes, it’s time to “bypass the culture wars and try a harm-reduction model familiar from public health efforts to reduce deaths from other dangerou

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ANA Enterprise News, August 2024

American Nurse

American Nurse Journal, the official, clinically and career-focused journal of the American Nurses Association (ANA).

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AANP responds to recent article in Bloomberg news

Health Leaders | Nursing

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) is writing to address the recent article, "The Miseducation of America’s Nurse Practitioners." In a recent podcast, one of the authors of this article stated that “A bad reading of the story would be nurse practitioners bad, which is not what the story says.” However, the authors have failed to write a balanced story by cherry picking negative information and failing to report the enormous contributions nurse practitioners (NPs) make to pat

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Survey sets the stage to meet needs of younger nurses

American Nurse

American Nurse Journal, the official, clinically and career-focused journal of the American Nurses Association (ANA).

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Enhancing Patient Safety: Reducing Medical Errors and Adverse Events

Daily Nurse

It’s no secret that there are some difficult systemic challenges to address in medicine. A recent survey revealed that addressing issues with the quality of patient care is a priority for many nursing staff members. The fact that this is a forefront issue when many nurses face challenging conditions speaks volumes about the empathy of healthcare staff.

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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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Personal and profound

American Nurse

American Nurse Journal, the official, clinically and career-focused journal of the American Nurses Association (ANA).

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Into the Minds of Nursing Excellence: Dean Angela Amar on Psychiatric-Mental Health and Forensic Nursing

Minority Nurse

In the busy world of healthcare, a group of hidden heroes emerges with specialized care and unwavering dedication: meet the unsung champions of psychiatric-mental health (PMH) nursing. These caregivers play a crucial role in shaping compassionate mental healthcare. We spoke with Angela Amar , PhD, RN, FAAN, the Dean and Erline Perkins McGriff Professor at the New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing.

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2024 Collaborative Care Grant announced

American Nurse

American Nurse Journal, the official, clinically and career-focused journal of the American Nurses Association (ANA).

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