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What is Your Role?

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A nurse manager recently told me that a new nurse had questioned her about what she does in her role. She noted, “Initially, I found myself a little defensive – it appeared she was questioning my value on the unit. I then realized that she really doesn’t […] The post What is Your Role?

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Dr. Selena Gilles

Minority Nurse

Selena Gilles, DNP, ANP-BC, CNEcl, FNYAM, is a Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Programs at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing. She’s also an Affiliate Faculty member of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (HIGN), where she serves as Co-Director of the HIGN Scholars Program, an Affiliate Associate Professor at Howard University College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, and a Volunteer Associate Professor for the State University o

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Vaping Increases Vulnerability to Viral Infections

Consult QD

Electronic cigarettes entered the U.S. market in 2007, with manufacturers touting their safety. Recent research led by Cleveland Clinic pediatric pulmonologist Fariba Rezaee, MD , raises doubts about those claims. E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that incorporate aerosolized liquid mixtures of propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, flavorings and/or nicotine.

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The nursing school with highest NCLEX pass rate in every state

Becker's Hospital Review

Iowa, Kentucky, New Mexico and Wisconsin were the only states with nursing programs that had a perfect score, according to a registerednursing.org ranking.

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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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The Lawrence Sisters Purse Dream of Becoming Nurses Together

Daily Nurse

The Lawrence sisters defied the odds, pursuing their goal of becoming nurses together after a decade of homelessness. All six Lawrence siblings, Alecsandria, Danielle, Dominique, Gabriella, Lauren, and Nathalia, believe that what they experienced inspired their passion for helping others. Their family’s ordeal began eleven years ago, in 2013 when their parents lost their Rosedale, New York home.

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Nurse Burnout & How to Avoid it

Celayix

Whether you’re a nurse or not, you are probably familiar with workplace stress. We all deal with it from time to time, and we all suffer in different ways. But the phenomenon of nurse burnout has taken over the healthcare community in the last decade, and it’s taking its toll on the nursing workforce at large. According to a recent study, a staggering 95% reported feeling burnt-out in their nursing position within the last three years.

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Investing In New Nurses Improves Retention Rates

Diversity Nursing

Healthcare organizations must recognize the importance of investing in resources and training for graduate Nurses during their first 2 to 3 years of employment in order to retain them in direct patient care roles. While some top Nursing schools are striving to produce practice-ready Nurses, not all graduates possess the expertise needed upon entering the workforce and may require time to build confidence in various situations.

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70-year-old bench press competitor tackles rare cancer

Penn Medicine News

When diagnosed with a rare cancer, Howard Aaron had to pause his rigorous training for a bench press competition. Instead, he embarked on a new battle: “I took on this cancer as if it was another competition.

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3 Key Ingredients to Hardwire and Sustain a Healthy Workforce Culture

Healthy Workforce Institute

In the complex world of healthcare leadership today, there’s no shortage of challenges. From spearheading cultural shifts and securing committed leadership to grappling with ongoing workforce shortages and managing disruptive behaviors, it’s a demanding landscape. The stress associated with their roles further complicates matters. It’s clear that addressing these challenges goes beyond a mere workshop or a strategic plan checkbox that’s forgotten once created.

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Pulsed-Field Ablation: A New, Highly Selective Catheter Ablation Method for Heart Arrhythmias

Consult QD

A new era in catheter ablation therapy for cardiac arrhythmias appears to be underway with the emergence of irreversible electroporation, also known as pulsed-field ablation (PFA). In December 2023, the FDA approved the first PFA system (PulseSelect, Medtronic) for the treatment of paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). Previously approved in Europe, the system is expected to be commercially available in the U.S. shortly.

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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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How effective 17 strategies are for staff retention, per nurse leaders

Becker's Hospital Review

Nurse leaders said allowing days off when necessary and listening and responding to feedback from nurses were the two most effective strategies for improving staffing at their organization, according to an American Organization for Nursing Leadership Foundation's study.

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How Does Continuous Learning Impact Nursing Practice?

Scrubs

There was a time when we knew nothing about our bodies. Our physicality was as much a mystery to us once as space is now. Since the first days of medical science, mankind has endeavored to keep learning about our bodies and the systems that power them. We have come a long way since the days of trepanning and thinking that the uterus wandered around like an errant critter.

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AARP Florida ties rise in nursing home hospitalizations to reduced nurse staffing

Health News Florida | Nurses

The Florida Health Care Association counters by saying those trends are a function of the post-COVID workforce environment and not the result of efforts to "modernize staffing standards.

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The Relentless School Nurse: A Better Online World is Possible!

The Relentless School Nurse

Elizabeth Elliott, MSN, BSN, RN, NCSN, is the President of the Maryland Association of School Health Nurses (MASHN). In the fall of 2023, MASHN leadership was approached by Maryland Kids Code to support Age Appropriate Design Code (AADC), legislation being introduced to protect students from big tech predatory practices. Elizabeth wrote an Op-Ed for Maryland Matters about her experience advocating for this important legislation to keep our students safe in an ever-evolving digital society.

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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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Nurses’ union rally on MLK Day draws hundreds as contract negotiations with UCMed continue

Health Leaders | Nursing

More than 200 UChicago Medicine (UCM) nurses and their allies took part in a rally organized by National Nurses United (NNU) Monday morning amid a months-long contract negotiation between the labor union and UCM.

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Hobbies to Do in Your Free Time While Traveling

The Gypsy Nurse

Providence Health Care Staffing provided this article. As a travel healthcare worker, having the ability to travel the world is one of, if not the biggest perk of traveling for a profession. However, depending on your work and rest schedule, you may find yourself a bit bored at times. Sometimes, being in a new place, away from friends and family, can urge you to fill your time with something a bit distracting or exciting – a new hobby, perhaps.

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Infographic: Strike Preparation for CNOs

Health Leaders | Nursing

Two leaders share their insights and strategies to help CNOs work together with staff and problem solve. Right now, it seems like every day there are new cases of nurses striking or unionizing at health systems all across the country. Nurses are frustrated, and the recent union activity is indicative of large, widespread problems in the nursing industry with staffing, work environment, and nurse wellbeing.

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Asian Family Caregiver Resilience

Advances in Nursing Science

The current ANS featued article is titled “Resilience in Family Caregivers of Asian Older Persons with Dementia: A Concept Analysis,” authored by Thitinan Duangjina, MSN, RN; Anne M. Fink, PhD, RN, FAHA; and Valerie Gruss, PhD, APRN, CNP-BC, FAAN. You can download this article at no cost while it is featured.

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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.

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Taking care: community nurses help fill Vermont’s health care gaps

Health Leaders | Nursing

Community nurses offer a local, low-cost service in towns with growing senior populations, filling a gap in the state's fragmented and expensive health care system.

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UVA Community Health names chief nursing officer

Becker's Hospital Review

Michelle Strider, BSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Community Health.

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Mandatory staff ratios not nursing answer

Health Leaders | Nursing

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest public health crisis of our lifetimes, continue to be felt nationwide.