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National Burn Awareness Week and Specialized Work of Burn Nurses

Daily Nurse

February 4th to 10th is National Burn Awareness Week , and Daily Nurse is recognizing the specialized work of burn nurses. Burn nurses are known for their exceptional skills, commitment, and unwavering dedication to patient care. They work tirelessly to treat individuals who have been affected by burn injuries and to advocate for burn injury prevention within their communities.

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Highest-paying cities for nurses in every state

Becker's Hospital Review

Discover the top-paying metro area for nurses in every state, with Santa Cruz, CA taking the lead according to Vivian Health's latest ranking.

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The Pitfalls of Being the ‘Nice’ Patient: A Nurse’s Perspective

Amercan Journal of Nursing

Image Brent Keane/via Pexels I have often heard health care professionals in various environments say, “If you’re nice to the nurses and doctors who take care of you, you’ll get better care.” As a bedside nurse myself, I understand the sentiment. No busy health care worker loves being met with antagonism or pressing demands that don’t strike us as critically urgent.

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Exploring the Vital Role of Nurses in Heart Health

Diversity Nursing

February is American Heart Month. It's important to promote cardiovascular health and explore the many ways Nurses are engaged in these efforts. According to the CDC , h eart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Nurses are advocates of heart health in various healthcare settings, spanning from hospitals and clinics to community and public health initiatives.

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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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Lucinda’s House – An Emancipatory Nursing Exemplar

Nursology

“If you are a Black woman, you could start prenatal care early, you could receive adequate prenatal care, you can have insurance, you could have numerous degrees, be financially well-off, you could be Serena Williams, and you can still die or come close to dying from a pregnancy-related cause.

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Recognizing the Impact of Impostor Phenomenon and Microaggressions in Gastroenterology

Consult QD

The percentage of women in medical school has essentially doubled over the past 50 years, and women represent 50% of medical students today. 1 The percentage of medical school students who identify as racial/ethnic underrepresented minorities (URMs) has also increased. As of 2022, non-white URMs represented 50.6% of enrolled medical students. 2 However, despite these advancements, just 25% of practicing gastroenterologists are female, and 9% of gastroenterologists identify as URMs.

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Scholarship opens for nurses looking to make a difference

Nursing Review

“To make a difference, all it takes is one idea and one person who is willing to do something about it,” says Bonnie Boezeman AO, the benefactor of CEW’s Leadership in Nursing Scholarship. The scholarship, which has just opened for applications, will be awarded to an Australian woman registered nurse to study a Master of Healthcare Leadership at Southern Cross University in 2024.

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Ohio State College of Nursing launches accelerated bachelor's degree

Health Leaders | Nursing

The Ohio State University College of Nursing is enrolling students in a new program to help graduates who already have their bachelor's degree but now feel drawn to a career in healthcare.

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15 Behavioral Interview Questions for Nurses

Relias

Hiring new employees is always challenging, even when there are many seemingly qualified candidates. Hiring for roles with high turnover when the pool of candidates is shrinking — a continuing reality in nursing — is an even bigger challenge. In this article, we’ll look at how the behavioral interview technique can provide deeper insights to better inform your hiring decisions.

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Tammy Jones, Ph.D., named CNO for UAMS Health

Health Leaders | Nursing

Tammy Jones, Ph.D., RN, has been named chief nursing officer and associate vice chancellor for patient care services for UAMS Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

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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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Building better health outcomes by design

NRC Health

Join us as we kick off a new season of NRC Health’s Patient No Longer podcast designed exclusively for healthcare visionaries ready to envision a new era in the healthcare customer journey. The post Building better health outcomes by design appeared first on NRC Health.

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HL Shorts: How to Plan for a Strike

Health Leaders | Nursing

CNOs must have a strike contingency plan, according to this CNE. On this week’s episode of HL Shorts, we hear from Chaudron Carter, Executive Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive at Temple Health, about how CNOs can develop a plan for continuing operations in the event of a nursing strike. Tune in to hear her insights. Would you recommend having a plan in place for dealing with potential strike activity?

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Is the MTHFR Gene Mutation Associated With Thrombosis?

Consult QD

By Andrew Dhawan , MD, DPhil and Charis Eng , MD, PhD Polymorphisms of the methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase ( MTHFR ) gene are common among the general population, and data from large meta-analyses do not support the association of these variants with elevated prothrombotic risk. Clinicians should educate patients with MTHFR polymorphisms about the lack of evidence for association with thrombotic risk and focus on addressing modifiable thrombotic risk factors.

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Summer Contracts Will Be Here Soon–What You Need to Know

The Gypsy Nurse

Here is your official reminder that summer contracts will be coming up soon! Winter rates will be winding down before we know it, and it’s always good to have a plan to get through summertime as a travel nurse. Less flu and respiratory patients mean the census will drop, and job postings will inevitably decrease, but that does not mean you will be unemployed this summer.

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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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Maximizing ROI in Healthcare: How Workforce Management Technology Transforms Patient Care | symplr

Symplr

What happens when health system CEOs face a challenge that —for the first time in nearly 20 years— suddenly outranks financial concerns as the biggest threat ? That top concern for healthcare executives is a shortage of clinical and non-clinical personnel.

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Organizations and Events: A Supportive Community Where Black Nurses Can Find Resources

Minority Nurse

Nurses need a supportive community to thrive in their field, especially nurses of color, mainly because of a lack of Black representation in the field. Caucasian nurses make up around 80% of the total nursing workforce , but Black nurses only comprise 6% of total registered nurses. However, nurses are influential in advocating for minority communities and reducing healthcare disparities around the world.