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What is Your Nursing Archetype?

Empowered Nurses

Here are five distinct nurse archetypes, each highlighting unique qualities and approaches that nurses bring to healthcare. You have access to all these archetypes but usually one is primary: 1. The Guardian The Guardian nurse is fiercely protective of their patients and advocates relentlessly for their well-being. Known for their unwavering sense of duty, they often stand up against challenging situations to ensure patients receive the care and attention they deserve.

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Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Through Pediatric Immunization Training 

American Medical Compliance

Defined by the World Health Organization as the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines, vaccine hesitancy is influenced by complex factors including misinformation, cultural beliefs, and fear of adverse effects. To help address this growing concern, pediatric immunization training equips healthcare providers with the skills, knowledge, and empathy necessary to effectively address vaccine hesitancy.

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Essential Tools for Enhancing Patient Communication and Safety in Nursing

Daily Nurse

In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, nurses require effective tools to enhance connections between patients and providers. Ensuring accurate medication administration and that every voice is heard can improve patient outcomes. With this in mind, we highlight five essential tools: Patient Communication Boards, Red Medical Warning Dog Tags, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Medication Reconciliation Forms, and Interpreter Services.

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Advanced practice: international nurses back regulation

Nursing Times

Read about the barriers faced by international nurses and midwives in becoming advanced practitioners in the UK and why they back regulation.

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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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5 Business Ideas for an Enterprising NP

Minority Nurse

When new nurse practitioners graduate from school, they’re ready to hit the ground running and find jobs in their respective areas of specialization. It’s an exciting time when an NP can finally strut their stuff and work as the medical providers they’ve trained to become. We find NPs in acute care, family practice, cardiology , neurology, and all clinical settings.

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Designing the future of healthcare: Elevating patient and staff experience

NRC Health

In today's episode, Lukas Voss chats with Jennifer Baron, Chief Experience Officer at NRC Health, and Dr. Reg Blaber, EVP and Chief Clinical Officer at Virtua Health. They delve into the concept of "experiences by design" and its crucial role in healthcare. The post Designing the future of healthcare: Elevating patient and staff experience appeared first on NRC Health.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Science Under Siege – The Dangers of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS Secretary

The Relentless School Nurse

It is horrifying to learn that President-elect Trump is recommending Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This potential appointment feels like a slap in the face to nurses and medical professionals who rely on science and evidence-based practices to care for patients. I worry deeply that Kennedy’s leadership would jeopardize the health of the very students, families, and communities we serve—and I know I’m not alone; even his own family members have p

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The Relentless School Nurse: Timeless Wisdom From a Cartoonist and a Poet

The Relentless School Nurse

Click to view slideshow. Over this past week, I have been challenged to come to grips with the election results. Instead of stewing and ruminating, I needed to find something to be hopeful about. It first came as a letter written 54 years ago by cartoonist Charles Schulz in response to a 10-year-old boy. In 1970, a young student named Joel Lipton wrote to Charles Schulz, the beloved creator of Peanuts, asking a profound question: “What makes a good citizen?

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