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Creating Calm with Simple Furniture So Nurses Can Make the Most of Their Well-Deserved Breaks

Daily Nurse

Being a nurse is one of the most challenging yet rewarding professions. While they deserve all the praise for their hard work, it’s essential to consider how the physical environment impacts their well-being, especially during those long shifts when every moment counts. Nurses are on their feet for hours , darting between patients and tasks. Can you imagine the difference it could make if healthcare institutions prioritized their comfort through thoughtful furniture choices?

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College of Nursing receives funding from Missouri State Board of Nursing to develop new nurse educator certificate program

Health Leaders | Nursing

There is a well-documented, urgent need for nurses both in Missouri and throughout the country according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 42 out of the 50 U.S. states will likely experience shortages in nursing staff by the year 2030. With those projected shortages on the horizon, the need for highly trained faculty to prepare those entering the nursing workforce is critical.

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Patient Centered Care Theory in the Modern World of Healthcare

Nursology

Guest Contributor: Erica AgudoPhD Student, Texas Women’s University Patient-centered care has been a “buzzword” in healthcare for at least a decade. Consumer-driven ideas such as convenience and patient experience have forced hospitals to develop new and creative ways to make the patient experience truly personalized to increase patient satisfaction scores.

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Navigating the Challenges of Workplace Stress

Minority Nurse

Many nurses pick nursing as a satisfying line of work that suits them, yet find that stress is a common factor in the field. With work pressures looming, such as long hours, fast-paced environments, and caring for sick patients, many nurses realize that stress management is a crucial skill to develop to prevent overworking in a dynamic field. Providing emotional labor to others doesn’t have to include burnout.

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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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These New Orleans nurses voted to unionize—but say they can’t get a contract without a strike

Health Leaders | Nursing

Unlike in high-profile strikes such as that of the United Auto Workers in 2023, however, the nurses sought more than improvements to their jobs. They wanted a first contract negotiated by their unionthe very document that establishes ground rules for improving their jobs. In the process, they joined a nationwide surge in short, precontract strikes following a spate of union organizing.

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The Current Issue of ANS! Check It Out!

Advances in Nursing Science

The current issue of ANS – Volume 47:4 – contains articles you will not want to miss! Here is a summary: Visit the ANS website today to explore more details about this latest issue of ANS!

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The Relentless School Nurse: The Shared Humanity Podcast – How Stories and Science Drive Solutions for Gun Violence

The Relentless School Nurse

* As I sat down to write about the powerful conversation between Nelba Mrquez-Greene and Dr. Megan Ranney, the Dean of the Yale School of Public Health, I heard the news of yet another school shooting. This time the community in Madison Wisconsin experienced another predictable and preventable tragedy. A stark reminder of why discussions like the one between Nelba Mrquez-Greene and Dean Megan Ranney are so crucial.

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HL Shorts: Building Pipelines for Residents to Attract New Physicians

Health Leaders | Nursing

Students know they want to be in service of people, but they don't necessarily know they want to be doctors, says this CMO. On this episode of HL Shorts, we hear from Dr. Lindsay Mazotti , chief medical officer of medical education and science at Sutter Health , about how CMOs can build pipelines for residents into the healthcare industry to attract new physicians.

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Grant to help train nurses who work with domestic violence victims

Health Leaders | Nursing

Demel and Cara Gibbons are registered nurses at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital who are certified as Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners. They talked about the importance of forensic medical exams for victims of domestic violence and intimate partner violence. They also said there's new funding available for more training in Washington. Along with providing trauma-informed and culturally responsive medical treatment and care, SANE nurses are trained to recognize and know the physical signs of abus

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‘Uber for nursing’: alarm over use of AI to aid US nurses and healthcare

Health Leaders | Nursing

A new report published on Tuesday is sounding the alarm on the rise of Uber for nursing a growing gig industry in which artificial intelligence is being used by hospitals and other healthcare facilities to aid nurses.

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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