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What Did You Just Write About Me?!

Empowered Nurses

Protecting Yourself in the Age of MyChart and Open Notes If you’re a nurse in 2025, chances are you’ve already had a patient quote your charting back to you word for word from their phone. Welcome to the age of MyChart, Open Notes, and patient transparency. We’re not in the pre-portal days anymore, friends. Everything you document is instantly available to patients and their families, and in some cases, their attorneys.

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A perfect match: Doylestown Health joins Penn Medicine

Penn Medicine News

The beloved Bucks County institutionnow Penn Medicines seventh hospitalmaintains its founders focus on caring for its neighbors.

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Professional Wills: What Happens if You Die?

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Life happens Most professionals think about personal possessions, financial assets, and family heirlooms when they hear the word will, but few associate their practice or patients with it. But what happens to your patients and your practice if something happens to you? An accident or unexpected illness could keep you from continuing to practice, temporarily or permanently.

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How Evening Therapy Programs Help Nurses Manage Stress and Avoid Burnout

Minority Nurse

Nurses dedicate their lives to caring for others, but the demands of the profession can significantly affect their mental health. Long shifts, emotional fatigue, and high-stakes decision-making contribute to burnout , affecting job performance and personal well-being. While many healthcare workers recognize the importance of mental health support, finding time for structured therapy can be a challenge.

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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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Businesses Drag Their Feet on Narcan, But Overdoses Won’t Wait

Daily Nurse

After years of devastating increases in overdoses across the U.S., some good news finally emerged late last year. Between August 2023 and August 2024, overdose deaths in the U.S. saw the most significant decrease over a 12-month period in U.S. history, with a 22% drop. Experts believe that Narcan played a role in this notable reduction in preventable overdose deaths.

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MUSC Builds on Success to Expand Virtual Nursing Across the Hospital

Health Leaders | Nursing

The Charleston-based health center, participating in HealthLeaders Virtual Nursing Mastermind program, is ready to move beyond med/surg units and put virtual nurses in the ED, ICU and specialty care programs. Its an exciting time for nursing transformation, says Emily Warr , Administrator for the Center of Telehealth at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).

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How to Become an Expert Witness as an RN: Building a Career in Legal Nursing Consultation

Registered Nursing

Registered nurses with extensive clinical experience and specialized knowledge possess valuable expertise that can significantly impact legal proceedings. As an RN expert witness, you can apply your healthcare insights to help attorneys, judges, and juries understand complex medical issues in cases ranging from medical malpractice to personal injury claims.