Post University

APRIL 7, 2025

Jimmy Amaros grandmother, Maria, was his inspiration. So, when she suggested that he pursue a career in helping people, young Jimmy knew he would follow that path. My goal was to go to medical school, but I decided partway through to switch to nursing, says Jimmy, who is originally from Puerto Rico. At age 16, he became a License Practical Nurse, then joined a hospice care center and an emergency department at a hospital per diem.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

APRIL 7, 2025

CNOs should consider looking to unexpected sources for strategies to improve nurse wellbeing including dogs. CNOs everywhere have come up with innovative solutions for nurse wellbeing and retention. But none quite like the one Beth Steinberg has implemented. In her 43 years as a nurse, Steinberg, who serves as the associate director of research at the OSU Center for Integrative Health , noticed that stress and burnout were reaching all-time highs, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Nursology

APRIL 7, 2025

Contributor: Jane M. Georges, PhD, RNAuthor: Theory of Emancipatory Compassion Amid massive cuts to research funding at NIH, the administration has fired the Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) with a proposal to “consolidate” NINR into a larger entity (see report here ). This action will have a profound impact on nursing … Continue reading Impending Destruction of NINR?

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Minority Nurse

APRIL 7, 2025

Many nurses work night shifts and love it. These shifts often offer better pay, flexibility, and a slower pace. Still, working night shifts comes with a unique set of challenges. It can take your body and mind some time to get used to working when you should be sleeping, which can compromise your alertness and decision-making. There are also safety concerns.

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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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Nursing Review

APRIL 7, 2025

Doctors are walking off the job for three days in NSW public hospitals. Thedoctors say they can be paid 20 to 30 per cent more in Queensland or Victoria and are hoping to be awarded pay rises like the states police, public servants, paramedics and teachers in the past 18 months. Were striking because we want to keep the best doctors in the public hospitals we possibly can.

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Nursing Inquiry

APRIL 7, 2025

ABSTRACT Recent discourse emphasizes the need to integrate social and structural determinants of healthsuch as poverty, violence, houselessness, and discriminationinto mental health care service design and delivery. This study investigates how psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNPs) navigate the conflicting demands of an efficiently organized clinic and the realities of patients experiencing chronic mental illness along with structural adversity.

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Nursing Inquiry

APRIL 7, 2025

ABSTRACT The need for nurses to be political is as great as ever, however, nursing has a complicated relationship with politics and political action. This paper examines the impact of a sequential simulation learning activity that sought to transform students' values and attitudes towards political action in addressing Planetary Health issues. Adult and adult mental health nursing students from two British universities participated in the Political Action Sequential Simulation which had three sc

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Registered Nursing

APRIL 7, 2025

Florida is home to over 350 prelicensure nursing programs, offering aspiring nurses a wide array of educational pathways. However, with first-time NCLEX-RN pass rates in the state falling below the national average76.75% in 2023 compared to 88.56% nationally ( Florida Center for Nursing )it’s crucial to carefully evaluate programs to ensure they provide the education and support needed for success.

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Celayix

APRIL 7, 2025

As summer 2025 approa ches, businesses across industriesfrom retail and hospitality to manufacturing and agricultureare preparing for an influx of seasonal workers. While temporary staff help meet increased demand, managing their scheduling and payroll can quickly become a logistical challenge. So where does a scheduling and payroll software fit in?

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 7, 2025

Many Americans believe that AI can improve healthcare during the next decade but not without some worries. So say the results from a recent survey from Gwynedd Mercy University , based in suburban Philadelphia. The online study, conducted by The Harris Poll, surveyed 2,099 adults in November 2024. “The survey highlights some positive perceptions of AI in healthcare , but it also shows some concerns,” said Dr.

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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

Nursing Review

APRIL 7, 2025

Australians have been urged to get a flu vaccination as cases surge across the country, almost doubling in one state. The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reported there has been more than 46,300 cases of influenza across Australia this year to the end of March, representing an increase of about 50 per cent from this time last year. The report showed 67 people in Queensland had been hospitalised with influenza and another 900 were diagnosed in just one week.

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Nurses Advocates

APRIL 7, 2025

I have started watching a new show, The Pitt, which is streaming on MAX. The show’s premise is to raise awareness by highlighting issues that the Emergency Department team face as part of their job. The setting is a level one inner-city Trauma Center in Pittsburgh, PA. Noel Wyle from “ER” is the lead actor. A scene from a recent episode really hit me.

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Nursing Review

APRIL 7, 2025

As one of the great minds behind The Castle , Frontline and Utopia , Tom Gleisner is someone you'd consider to be part of the country's comedy elite, so his latest project may come as a surprise a musical about aged care. After spending countless hours supporting his and his wife's parents through their final days, observing the day to day goings-on of a typical Australian aged care home, an idea for a show was born.

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