Wed.Apr 23, 2025

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Stop Apologizing For Things You Don’t Control

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN There are times in leadership when apologizing for things outside your control can be the right thing to do, but not always. So many nurse leaders today tell me that they are saying “I am sorry” multiple times each day, and it is burning them out. Consider […] The post Stop Apologizing For Things You Don’t Control appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Canadian Nurses and our ethical mandate: The impact of American politics

Nursology

Contributors: Cameron R. Albright, Lisa Bland, Lisa Goldberg In our recently published commentary in the Halifax Examiner, an independent, investigative, and adversarial news site in Atlantic Canada, we three Canadian nurses address the disruptive and ethically reprehensible policies emerging from the United States (US).

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It’s Not You: How to Cope with Microaggressions in the Workplace

Minority Nurse

Microaggressions about someone’s race, ethnicity, or skills can seem like a small problem, but they’re harmful to nurses’ mental health. These types of behaviors are slight, verbal, or nonverbal acts of racism that impact marginalized people. While they don’t seem obvious to non-minority nurses, BIPOC nurses feel the ramifications through burnout and decreased work performance.

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“International Section” in ANS!

Advances in Nursing Science

Under the leadership of ANS Editor Eun-Ok Im, each issue of ANS now includes an International section – articles authored by nurse scholars from around the world.

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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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What Florida Schools Offer Accelerated BSN Programs: Second Degree BSN

Registered Nursing

Considering an Accelerated BSN (ABSN) in Florida is more than a fast track to licensureit's a direct response to the state's pressing nursing shortage. Florida's rapidly growing and aging population, record hospital expansions, and high retirement rates among RNs have left healthcare employers scrambling to fill critical bedside and community health roles.

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Safety Concerns Every Travel Nurse Should Know

The Gypsy Nurse

Understanding the Unique Risks of Travel Nursing Travel nursing offers a fast-paced, rewarding career path with opportunities to explore new cities, gain diverse clinical experience, and enjoy flexible assignments. But it also comes with a unique set of safety challenges that permanent staff nurses may not face. From working late-night shifts in unfamiliar areas to securing temporary housing and commuting in new cities, travel nurses must be proactive when it comes to personal safety.

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Kayla McCarthy Didn’t Wait for a Match—She Became One

Daily Nurse

At Children’s Hospital Colorado, nurse Kayla McCarthy is known for her dedication to pediatric transplant patients. But recently, she went beyond the call of dutydonating a piece of her liver to save the life of a toddler patient at the very hospital where she works. McCarthy has been named Nurse of the Week for her extraordinary compassion. Every day, McCarthy cares for children who are either waiting for or recovering from organ transplants.

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Infographic: CNO Checklist for Nursing Advocacy

Health Leaders | Nursing

CNOs must be equipped with the skills to advocate for policies that will improve the lives of their nurses and help them deliver the best quality care to patients. Nurses across the country are faced with many challenges, such as workplace violence and staffing ratios, that have potential legislative components. On a panel about advocacy and policy at the 2025 HealthLeaders CNO Exchange , the participating CNOs had three areas of focus for nurse leaders wanting to get involved in the legislative

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Faculty Highlight Series: Ted Witherell

The Leadership Development Group

Guiding Leaders Through Growth, Grit, and Gut Instinct What happens when brilliance outpaces connection? That was the core question Ted Witherell , TLD Group Faculty Member, set out to explore with one of his recent coaching clientsa high-performing scientist at a Boston-based pharmaceutical organization, whose strategic mind had carried him far but whose interpersonal approach was holding him back.

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Neurology chiefs put trainees to the test, quiz-show style

Penn Medicine News

Game-show-style sessions remind neurologists of the joy and wisdom of simply listening to patients, as they learn through their careers.

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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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The Relentless School Nurse: They Severed Our Public Health Lifeline

The Relentless School Nurse

This month, in a devastating blow to public health, sweeping federal layoffs gutted the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control a vital arm of the agency responsible for tracking and preventing some of the most common and deadly events in American life: car crashes, drownings, falls, child maltreatment, and traumatic brain injuries.

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Effort to end doctor supervision of nurse practitioners fails

Health Leaders | Nursing

The AMA and the Mississippi State Medical Association were successful in their efforts to prevent scope of practice expansions that would have harmed Mississippi patients. Mississippi House Bill 849 died in committee, while House Bill 1437, a committee substitute, was tabled and didnt progress to a vote before the states legislative session ended on April 6.