Mon.Sep 30, 2024

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Nursing Without the Burnout: Flexible Career Paths for Lower Stress

Daily Nurse

As a profession, nursing is prone to high rates of burnout among overburdened staff, often in traditional hospital or clinic settings. Between shifting and demanding hours, the emotional toll, and the notorious physical strain, nurse well-being, and patient care suffer. In recent years, several new fields have arisen to give nurses lower-stress career options: home healthcare, telehealth, and continuing education for future nurses.

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Whistleblowing: rise in concerns raised with the NMC

Nursing Times

Read about a rise in the number of whistleblowing disclosures made to the NMC by people concerned about wrongdoing in healthcare.

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Your Story, Your Voice, Your Power

Equality 4 Black Nurses

Equality for Black Nurses: Empowering Voices, Transforming Healthcare POEM CALLED RESTORED WRITTEN BY A MEMBER OF Equality 4 Black Nurses They pointed fingers, cast their blame, Tried to break me, stain my name. A nurse who cared, who did no wrong, But in their eyes, I didn't belong. Disciplined for crimes, not mine, Stripped of pride, left behind.

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From replicant's dream to reality: Imaging AI at Penn Medicine

Penn Medicine News

A new Penn Medicine-developed AI tool is providing a new level of diagnostic precision to physicians reviewing patient scans.

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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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Govt backs preventative healthcare program for First Nations community

Nursing Review

The federal government is investing $3.5 million for the expansion of preventative Indigenous health program Deadly Choices. The program is an initiative of the Queensland Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) aimed at "empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to make healthy choices for themselves and their families." This recent investment will facilitate the addition of nine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Services (ATSICCHS) across New

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Open Enrollment Period – A Time to Review Your Current Medicare Policy and Plan for the What Ifs

Nurses Advocates

Whether you are on Medicare or a Medicare Advantage program, open enrollment allows you the opportunity to review your plan and make necessary changes so you are prepared for “What Ifs’ To confuse things more, Medicare open enrollment is also known as the annual election period (AEP) or yearly coordinated election period. It also gives you time to review your current savings and work toward meeting goals you set financially and professionally, as well as insurance coverage that will

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Call To Action

Empowered Nurses

Maybe I am dating myself but when you used to look at those ads in the Yellow Pages you likely saw that they all looked alike and said the same thing. This was especially true with ads for attorneys. “If you’ve been injured in a car accident, call ME!” At that time, investing in a Yellow Pages ad was very expensive. How was anyone supposed to know whether the ad was working to justify the investment?

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ANA-MI Conference Recap

American Nurse

We are thrilled to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who joined us at the 2024 Conference held at the Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest. Your participation and support made this event truly exceptional. The conference was filled with enlightening sessions, engaging panels, fun wellness challenges, and meaningful networking opportunities.

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A reminder to prioritize your mental health this fall

Providence

As caregivers, we often help others before ourselves. But it’s critical to prioritize our own mental health to cope with stress, achieve work-life balance and prevent compassion fatigue and burnout.

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Don’t Miss the Last ANA-MI Town Hall Meeting of 2024

American Nurse

ANA-MI is eager to continue engaging with Michigan nurses to share information and gather insights on the critical issues affecting our profession. Please plan to attend the final Town Hall of 2024. The informal, open forums allows attendees to contribute to the conversation and offer suggestions for improving nursing in Michigan. Our objective is to provide support to Michigan’s nurses as well as develop goals and initiatives that support the needs of nurses that align with ANA-MI’s missi

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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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Can You Hear Me Now?

Diane Sieg

When my husband told me I needed my hearing tested because he was tired of repeating himself, I really thought the problem was his mumbling. But just in case, I decided to do it anyway. As the audiologist reviewed my results, she shared one critical piece of information with me. My significant hearing loss was forcing my brain to work very hard to concentrate to hear conversations, to the point of exhaustion, and hearing aides could help.

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Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation: 2024 Highlights Report

American Nurse

Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation: FAQs Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation (HNHN), ANA Enterprise’s free nurse wellness program, is excited to share some of its stories and features in this American Nurse Journal supplement. But first, let’s answer some questions you might have about the program. Who can join HNHN? Although HNHN focuses on nurse and student nurse health, safety, and wellness, just about anyone working in healthcare will benefit from this program.

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Making Sense of the Maze of Online Patient Portals

Minority Nurse

These days, with the widespread use of electronic medical records, nurses are accustomed to Epic, Cerner, and other major EMR/EHR players. For a patient, the portals to access one’s medical records make up a bewildering maze. Since nurses are natural patient advocates , they may find their friends, families, and patients complaining about these new ways to access care and communicate with providers.

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A call to action: How we can reduce school shootings

American Nurse

What’s the closest school to you that’s experienced a shooting? Is it the school that your children have attended? Statistically speaking, a school shooting has occurred within only a few hours of your hometown, if not directly in it. This violence is unpardonable, but there’s something you can do to reduce it. According to the Gun Violence Archive, 384 mass shootings have occurred this year.

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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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HL Shorts: How to Reduce Travel Nursing Through Recruiting and Retention Programs

Health Leaders | Nursing

The NICE nurse program helps bring new grads into critical care, says this nurse leader. On this episode of HL Shorts, we hear from Dr. Natalie Nicholson , associate chief nursing officer at Denver Health , about how new staffing models are impacting recruitment and retention. Tune in to hear her insights.

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How to Identify a 5-Star Healthcare Recruiter

The Gypsy Nurse

Medical Edge Recruitment provided this article. Written by: Ricky Meyers, Recruitment Consultant, Medical Edge Recruitment In the world of healthcare recruitment, where the right hire can significantly impact patient outcomes and operations, the qualities that define a top-tier healthcare recruiter are crucial to success. Achieving a “5-star” status in this field means not only meeting but exceeding expectations and setting a standard of excellence in recruitment practices.

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Living donor liver transplant coordinator

American Nurse

Nurses in this role serve as the face of the transplant team. Test available beginning 10/1/24 Takeaways: Living donor liver transplant (LDLT) is an emerging modality of transplant in the United States that requires a specialized, experienced team to care for both the recipient in end-stage liver disease and the healthy living donor stepping forward to save someone’s life.

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Uni’s say capping international students will reduce nursing grads

Nursing Review

In August, the government introduced a radical new bill to tackle the nation's rental crisis, crack down on shonky immigration pathways, and direct more international students to our universities rather than private vocational providers. The Minister for Education Jason Clare said that under the new reforms international enrollments into 2025 will be capped at 270,000 (this applies to higher education courses and vocational education and training courses) and universities will be able to determi

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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.