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Six R01 Research Projects Funded at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing 

Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine

In the last few weeks, Dr. Junxin Li, Dr. Laura Samuel, Dr. Deb Gross, and Dr. Kali Thomas have been awarded R01 grants (Research Project grants) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Ariana Chao has been awarded an R56 (a NIH High-Priority, Short-Term Project Award), which helps renew funding for an existing, funded… The post Six R01 Research Projects Funded at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine.

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International Study Examines Mental Health and Well-being of Nurses and Physicians

Consult QD

Cleveland Clinic is one of 67 U.S. hospitals participating in the Magnet4Europe initiative, launched in January 2020 to improve the mental health and well-being of nurses, physicians and other healthcare professionals in Europe. The four-year initiative has two key components: Twinning relationships were formed between U.S. Magnet-accredited hospitals and European hospitals aspiring to improve their work environment by implementing Magnet principles.

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Nurses + Engineers = Innovative Healthcare

Health Leaders | Nursing

UConn's new Nursing and Engineering Innovation Center to blend nurses' problem-solving abilities with technology experts. The University of Connecticut (UConn) is combining nurses’ problem-solving, innovative nature with engineers’ technology expertise to create the Nursing and Engineering Innovation Center , one of the first of its kind in the nation.

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Nursing Education: Pipeline to the Future

Minority Nurse

In the world of nursing, consistent rates of students graduating from nursing programs, becoming licensed, and successfully entering the workforce are critical to the long-term viability of the nursing profession and the healthcare system itself. As the true lifeblood of healthcare delivery, nurses are central to patient care, from long-term and public health to acute care and home health.

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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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Study Suggests Broader Use of Anastrozole for Male Infertility

Consult QD

Cleveland Clinic urology researchers have made a startling discovery that holds major potential for noninvasive treatment of idiopathic male infertility: The aromatase inhibitor anastrozole improves sperm count even in men who don’t have elevated estrogen levels. The drug, which blocks the body from converting testosterone to estrogen, is approved for treating women with postmenopausal breast cancer.

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Nurse Retention — It’s Not About Pizza and Tote Bags

Daily Nurse

At a time of significant instability and uncertainty in 21st-century healthcare, holding onto valuable nursing staff could not be a smarter focus for organizations that want to stay ahead of the game. If nurse attrition is an arch-enemy of high-quality patient care, how can prudent facilities ensure their nurses stick around ? It’s Not About Pizza and Tote Bags According to the 2023 NSI National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report published by NSI Nursing Solutions, a hospital

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From Clinical Praxis and Back: A Research Journey on the Nurse-Patient Relations

Advances in Nursing Science

The current ANS featured article is in the “Visions” section of ANS, titled “Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Patient’s Perception of Nurse-Patient Relationship as HealingTransformations Scale (RELATE Scale)” by Katherine C. Rosa, PhD, FNP-BC.

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CEO Salaries Soar Into The Stratosphere

Empowered Nurses

Were you aware that the CEO of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was paid $7,700,000.00 in 2021? And got a bonus of $5,600,000.00 to boot? That’s more than the hospital had provided in all charity offerings over the previous three years! That package averaged to over a quarter million ($256,000.00) a week; almost $6,400.00 an hour! When I first heard of Madeline Bell’s mind blowing salary, I was like, “Oh my gosh, this is crazy!

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The Relentless School Nurse: What We Don’t Know about School Shooter Drills 

The Relentless School Nurse

This past summer, I had an opportunity to co-author a perspectives piece with Dr. Mary Beth Miotto for the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The article, Empowered or Traumatized? A Call for Evidence-Informed Armed-Assailant Drills in U.S. Schools, reinforced the urgency for an evidence-based approach to school safety drills. NEJM invited us to continue the discussion through its podcast: Perspectives: Intention to Treat.

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Big Mike Reminded Me Why I Love Nursing

Nurse.com

I’ve been a nurse practitioner (NP) for over 25 years and was an OR nurse for 21 years before that. My mom was a nurse and my father was a doctor — both were alcoholics. Neither ever sought treatment. Susan Draves, RN I struggled with the effect that all of this had when I was growing up, but it did come in handy once. While I was working the day shift at a family practice clinic, a patient dressed in biker gear walked in.

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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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Socialisation of children to nurse and nursing images: A Goffman?inspired thematic analysis of children's picture books in a Swedish context

Nursing Inquiry

Abstract Picture books are often part of children's socialisation processes, contributing to the children forming images of the world, including ideas about (categories of) people, such as nurses. The study aims to explore how nurses/nursing are portrayed in children's picture books in a Swedish context. Through a systematic search, 44 books were included for analysis using thematic analysis and a theoretical lens inspired by Goffman.

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Staying Healthy as a Nurse: Tips from Premier Clinicians

Premier Medical Staffing

Job Information Job Profession: Staying Healthy as a Nurse: Tips from Premier Clinicians Job State: Job Location: Job Specialty: Job Assignment: Staying healthy as a nurse is a high priority in order to deliver the best level of patient care. Lack of sleep, spending time around sick individuals, and tough schedules pose challenges to clinicians’ health, so it’s of the utmost importance to make sure you’re taking care of yourself to stay healthy.

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Fall Festivities For Your Next Travel Assignment

The Gypsy Nurse

Titan Medical Group provided this article. Fall is around the corner, and to get you in the mood, we have found the perfect fall festivities for your next travel assignment. Fall Festivities for your next travel assignment: Freeport, Maine – Every September, Freeport holds a festival with dozens of the best artists in New England, along with close to 200 vendors for a three-day festival on the L.L.

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Staying Healthy as a Nurse: Tips from Premier Clinicians

Premier Medical Staffing

Staying healthy as a nurse is a high priority in order to deliver the best level of patient care. Lack of sleep, spending time around sick individuals, and tough schedules pose challenges to clinicians’ health, so it’s of the utmost importance to make sure you’re taking care of yourself to stay healthy. We asked some Premier nurses their favorite ways to stay healthy at work so you can follow in their footsteps and be the best version of yourself for your patients every day.

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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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Navigating Nursing Careers: Identifying the RN and NP Roles

NP Hub

Ever wondered about the people in scrubs who make healthcare tick? Let’s dive … The post Navigating Nursing Careers: Identifying the RN and NP Roles appeared first on NPHub.

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22 Health Science Careers for Biology Majors

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

You might think that if you major in biology, your only career path involves working in a laboratory. Don’t break out the test tubes just yet; there are a lot of careers for biology majors you might not have considered. Biology majors are excellent candidates for many health science professions, and we recommend a biology undergraduate program to anyone considering one of our graduate health science programs.

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Navigating Nursing Careers: Identifying the RN and NP Roles

NP Hub

Ever wondered about the people in scrubs who make healthcare tick? Let’s dive … The post Navigating Nursing Careers: Identifying the RN and NP Roles appeared first on NPHub.

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Patient Experience warrior Brandon Jones on advice to inspire healthcare teams

NRC Health

Ever heard of a Patient Experience Warrior? Meet Brandon Jones, MSN, RN, CPXP, CEN, NEA-BC. When not serving as System Patient Experience Manager at Carillion Clinic or hosting his podcast Real Nurses Real Talk, he’s using his unique takes to improve healthcare for patients and care teams. The post Patient Experience warrior Brandon Jones on advice to inspire healthcare teams appeared first on NRC Health.

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Leveling the Playing Field: How HR Can Equitably Improve Health Outcomes Through Fertility Benefits

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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From Clinical Praxis and Back: A Research Journey on the Nurse-Patient Relations

Advances in Nursing Science

The current ANS featured article is in the “Visions” section of ANS, titled “Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Patient’s Perception of Nurse-Patient Relationship as HealingTransformations Scale (RELATE Scale)” by Katherine C. Rosa, PhD, FNP-BC.

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From Clinical Praxis and Back: A Research Journey on the Nurse-Patient Relations

Advances in Nursing Science

The current ANS featured article is in the “Visions” section of ANS, titled “Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Patient’s Perception of Nurse-Patient Relationship as HealingTransformations Scale (RELATE Scale)” by Katherine C. Rosa, PhD, FNP-BC.

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From Clinical Praxis and Back: A Research Journey on the Nurse-Patient Relations

Advances in Nursing Science

The current ANS featured article is in the “Visions” section of ANS, titled “Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Patient’s Perception of Nurse-Patient Relationship as HealingTransformations Scale (RELATE Scale)” by Katherine C. Rosa, PhD, FNP-BC.

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