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A Conversation with Dr. Ben Danielson

Josephine Ensign

Dr. Ben Danielson, Odessa Brown Clinic, 2015, photo credit: Josephine Ensign I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Ben Danielson when he was the medical director of Seattle Children’s Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic in the Central District. I was a nurse practitioner at the co-located community health clinic, the Carolyn Downs Family Medical Center.

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Nurse Leader Coach Workshop on September 18, 2024

Emerging RN Leader

I am proud to once again partner with New England ONL to provide the Nurse Leader Coach Workshop. Gallup researchers and other experts now advise leaders that a coaching mindset is key to leadership success with the younger workforce. In this workshop, you will learn key coaching skills that will help you more effectively retain […] The post Nurse Leader Coach Workshop on September 18, 2024 appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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The only 5 hospitals to earn Magnet's top honor

Becker's Hospital Review

In 2022, the American Nurses Credentialing Center unveiled the Magnet with Distinction program to recognize the world's highest performing Magnet organizations. Since then, only five hospitals in the U.S. have achieved the designation.

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Essential Tips for Nursing School Success: What You Need to Know

Minority Nurse

Summer is almost over, and with the end of one season comes the start of another—nursing school. For first-year nursing students, the first semester can seem daunting and overwhelming. New classes mean new changes, workloads, and a new beginning for an exciting career. What should first-year nursing students expect? Since nursing students are starting their experience in the field, their first year is to introduce them to nursing prerequisites and clinicals.

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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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How Hospitals Are Using Technology to Support the Nursing Workforce

Diversity Nursing

Technology is rapidly evolving to support and enhance the role of Nurses. As the backbone of patient care, Nurses face a demanding and ever-changing environment. From managing complex patient needs to coordinating care across multidisciplinary teams, their responsibilities are vast and varied. Fortunately, advancements in technology are providing valuable tools to streamline their work, reduce stress, and ultimately improve patient outcomes.

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How to Get Started as a Nurse Advocate Around Key Issues Like Scope of Practice

Amercan Journal of Nursing

National Council of State Boards of Nursing map of Nurse Licensure Compact states. Click to expand. Have you ever been frustrated by a professional issue and wondered if new legislation could fix it? This happened to me as a nurse practitioner after moving to a new state. I was young and newly married, wanting to be closer to family. I didn’t realize how drastically different each states’ Nurse Practice Act could be in terms of advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) scope of practice.

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Keeping calm in case of catastrophe

Penn Medicine News

The small but dedicated Hospital Emergency Response Team works year-round to imagine and prepare for major crises that could disrupt patient care.

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Come Meet Ensearch at NANN & FANNP This Fall!

Ensearch

This fall, several conferences are taking place for neonatal professionals, offering unmissable opportunities for networking and learning alongside healthcare colleagues. For this season, Ensearch will be exhibiting at two of the sector’s leading conferences: The National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) 40th Annual Conference and the Florida Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (FANNP) Conference.

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Emergency response group to address shortage of IV fluids

Nursing Review

Australian hospitals are expected to face an ongoing shortage of critical IV fluids until at least the end of the year, with reports that healthcare providers are paying up to 10 times as much for imported substitutes. Health ministers, including federal minister Mark Butler, met in Sydney on Friday to discuss the shortage of intravenous fluid. “Ministers noted the global supply limitations of IV fluids due to unexpected increases in demand and manufacturing capacity constraints,” they said in a

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Physics, physiology and serendipity of temporal artery thermometry

American Nurse

With temporal artery thermometers now used in more than half of US hospitals nearly a billion times per year, and millions of consumers using them for care of their families, it is sensible to more closely examine what makes temporal artery thermometers work, and why they have become popular. Temporal artery (TA) thermometry was originally developed in response to pediatricians requesting a replacement for ear thermometry due to inaccuracy, and rectal thermometry due to parents’ and clinicians’

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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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Australia’s gender pay gap has hit a record low – but we still have work to do

Nursing Review

Leonora Risse , University of Canberra Australia’s gender pay gap – a key measure of economic inequality between men and women – has fallen to a record low of 11.5%. That’s down from 13% this time last year, the steepest annual fall since 2016. Ten years ago, it was almost 19%. The latest figures are great news for our economy and our society – evidence we’re getting better at recognising and fairly valuing women’s capabilities and contributions.

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Temporal Artery Thermometry

American Nurse

Hot Colors: Red, Orange, Yellow, White Cold Colors: Green, Blue, Black, Purple Temperature Assessment via the Temporal Artery What Exactly is Being Measured? It is helpful to see exactly what we are targeting when we are measuring temperature with the Temporal Artery Thermometer , and the following images will illustrate the areas of interest. It is not uncommon to see someone scanning down the side of the face, following the curve of the eyebrow.

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More Ramsay staff walk off the job

Nursing Review

Nurses and midwives have walked off the job during historic industrial action against Ramsay Health Care, as the healthcare giant makes a second request for staff to vote on pay and conditions. Industrial action commenced last month, with unions issuing warnings that action would escalate to work stoppages should their demands not be reasonably met.

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Infographic: 4 Steps for Choosing Staffing Models

Health Leaders | Nursing

Nurse leaders should follow these steps to determine what staffing model works best for both patients and nurses, says this CNO. When implementing new staffing models, there are several factors to consider. CNOs must prioritize what works best for patients while also meeting the needs of their nurses. According to Vicky Tilton , vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at Valley Children's Healthcare , there are four steps that CNOs should take to determine what staffing

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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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Nurse Jackie Revival: A Nurse’s Insightful Perspective – Part 3: The System

Daily Nurse

You can’t make a TV show about a nurse without tackling the healthcare system. The system is nurses, and nurses are the system. They are one. Like tragically conjoined twins fused at a most unfortunate spot, it is impossible to separate the two without catastrophic consequences. Talking about healthcare systems issues, though, can be…a bummer, man.