American Nurse

MAY 18, 2023

As a new substitute school nurse, I’m constantly caught off-guard by the number of students who come into the nurse’s office with emotional and mental health issues. These students all say the same words, “I have a tummy ache”—but 75% of them don’t. In the elementary school playground and hallway, there are rainbow colored Buddy Benches. If someone is sitting on one of these benches that means that they are feeling lonely and need a friend, and students are encouraged to invite and include.

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Emerging RN Leader

MAY 31, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN When did travel nursing become a specialty? It is a question that leaders now ask themselves. Consider the story a CNO colleague shared with me: I was casually chatting with the dad of one of my son’s friends while I was picking him up last weekend. He […] The post No – Travel Nursing Is Not a Specialty appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Nurse Practitioners in Business

MAY 10, 2023

Recently an NPBO Member shared with me a report on Medicare Advantage plans and the increasing amount of prior authorizations that are being required with Advantage plans. But that is just one disadvantage of these plans… If you, a family member, or a friend receive Medicare, you’re well aware of the uptick in marketing (aggressive marketing) before each annual renewal period.

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Donna Cardillo

MAY 5, 2023

I attended a non-healthcare professional association meeting recently with people who are speakers, consultants, trainers, and authors from various backgrounds. When speaking to one individual who asked me who I speak to, after I identified myself as a nurse, I explained that I often presented at nursing professional association conventions and conferences.

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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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Josephine Ensign

MAY 21, 2023

Encampment in U District Park, 2021, photo credit: Josephine Ensign The lived experience, the direct and unintentional (as in not stunt journalism) experience of homelessness, is increasingly used and prioritized in policy and program realms. While much of this is good, I think it needs to be examined more closely. As someone with the lived experience of homelessness when I was a young adult in my then hometown of Richmond, Virginia, it is a concept that I wrestle with.

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The Nursing Site

MAY 22, 2023

Nurses Month continues. The celebration has not ended. The traditional Nurses Week celebrations take place from May 6 to 12, but the COVID-19 Pandemic brought nursing the the forefront. Nurses became the heros of the healthcare industry for showing up and caring for patients in all stages of this disastrous disease, and still show up today to care for the lingering long COVID patients as well as those newly diagnosed.

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Emerging RN Leader

MAY 21, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Just before the start of nurse’s week, the Surgeon General issued an advisory on the epidemic of loneliness and isolation in the United States today. Now some of you may think that this advisory does not extend to happen within work settings, but you would be wrong. […] The post Give Every New Graduate a Battle Buddy appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Nurse Practitioners in Business

MAY 18, 2023

Life presents us with one decision after another, every hour, every day. Some decisions are simple, others are tough. Often, we don’t have all the information to make a well-informed decision, but we need to move forward. Yet information is only one aspect of making a decision. Other factors impacting the decision-making process are our emotions and the cognitive biases we bring to the table.

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Donna Cardillo

MAY 17, 2023

Sea Girt, NJ (May 2023) – This classic primer takes nurses inside the hospital, the exam room, and the locker room to help you survive and thrive on the job—now updated for the post-pandemic world. In this thorough, readable guide, Donna Cardillo, known as “The Inspiration Nurse,” pulls back the curtain on what it’s really … Donna Cardillo Announces Newly Revised & Updated Version of Her Book, YOUR FIRST YEAR AS A NURSE Read More » The post Donna Cardillo Announces Newly Revised

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Nurse.com

MAY 16, 2023

Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN, a school nurse in Camden, New Jersey, and an adjunct faculty member at Rutgers University School of Nursing in Newark, knows firsthand the impact that gun violence can have on families. In 1949, her father, who was 12 at the time, survived a mass shooting in New Jersey that took the lives of thirteen people including his mother, father, and grandmother.

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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

The Nursing Site

MAY 2, 2023

20% Off Selected Scrubs Nurses month has begun! In celebration of Nurses Month, Scrubs and Beyond is offering a 20% off sale from today through May 14. Please use the affiliate links below to get your discount and The Nursing Site earns a small commission when you purchase. Thank you! 20% off DICKIES at Scrubs & Beyond ! 20% off CHEROKEE at Scrubs & Beyond !

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Becker's Hospital Review

MAY 30, 2023

When Danielle McCamey, DNP, CRNP, founded DNPs of Color in 2020, she wanted to create an organization that could move the needle in terms of diversity, equity and inclusion in healthcare — not just offer more lip service to reiterate the challenges affecting patients in marginalized communities.

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Emerging RN Leader

MAY 3, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Being a nurse leader in today’s environment is very challenging. Many nurse managers today are at the beginning of their leadership journey. A young leader recently asked me – everybody talks about what I should do, but do you have ideas about things I should be sure […] The post Ten Mistakes That Can Derail Your Leadership appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Nurse Practitioners in Business

MAY 25, 2023

Why indeed am I talking about job hunting instead of how to start a practice? The short answer…because it matters. In this episode, my guest, Renee Dahring, APRN, FNP, FAANP, and I address a growing concern within the nurse practitioner (NP) community: the challenge of finding employment for both new and seasoned NPs. While I usually focus on topics related to NP practice ownership, it’s extremely important that the NP gains experience and has support in a clinical setting, especiall

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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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Consult QD

MAY 1, 2023

An artificial intelligence (AI)-generated R.E.N.A.L.+ score — developed by a team of researchers at the Cleveland Clinic — proves superior to the traditional scoring system for the prediction of renal oncologic outcomes. These findings were recently presented during the American Urological Association Annual Meeting, held April 28 to May 1 in Chicago.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 18, 2023

Every day, healthcare workers across the country are violently attacked. The situation is alarming in emergency departments, which are open around the clock and required by federal law to stabilize and treat anyone who walks in. Studies have shown that ED staff experience a violent event about once every two months. Rep. Joe Courtney, D.-Conn. and Sen.

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New Thing Nurse

MAY 17, 2023

How to negotiate higher pay for nurse jobs By: Sarah K. Wells MSN RN CEN CNL Consider these strategies when negotiating higher nursing wages: Is this a union position or is there a clinical ladder ? If yes, then there will be a structured pay scale. To ensure receiving the highest pay possible, confirm that the organization is giving you full credit for years of experience, education level, any special certifications/trainings you may have, etc.

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The Nursing Site

MAY 9, 2023

My name is Amanda Brandt, and I’m a registered nurse with prior experience as an LPN. Throughout my nursing career, I’ve met many aspiring nurses who were eager to pursue their dreams of becoming a nurse, but didn’t know where to start. That was my inspiration to design the website, LPN Programs Near Me. Attending an LPN program is a great first step for someone interested in becoming a nurse, and is a path I always recommend aspiring nurses to explore.

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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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Emerging RN Leader

MAY 10, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN The nation celebrates nurses this week. Yet sadly, all is not well with the profession. Last week, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing released some concerning nursing school enrollment data. The number of students in entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs decreased by 1.4% in 2022, ending 20 […] The post Nursing School Enrollments Now Down appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Nurse Practitioners in Business

MAY 2, 2023

Every May, we celebrate National Nurses Month. And this year, the American Nurses Association has set the tone to celebrate nurses with the slogan “You Make a Difference.” Indeed nurses do make a huge difference to all the individuals they care for. Healthcare could not move forward one iota without nurses. And yet today, nurses are in crisis. They are dangerously short-staffed and overworked.

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Consult QD

MAY 9, 2023

This article is reprinted without references from the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (February 2023, 90 (2) 91-92; DOI: [link] The open-access and fully referenced original article is available at [link]. By Bruce Long, MD, FACR, BS Pharm In the February 2023 issue of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, Antonelli and colleagues present an important reminder that vitamin D levels are lowered during inflammation, behaving as a negative acute-phase reactant.

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Advances in Nursing Science

MAY 25, 2023

The current issue of ANS features two articles focused on the future of nursing: “Philanthropic Foundations’ Discourse and Nursing’s Future Part I: History and Agency” authored by Shawn M. Kneipp, PhD, ANP, APHN-BC; Denise J. Drevdahl, PhD, RN; and Mary K.

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American Nurse

MAY 18, 2023

The mean salary for the country’s 3 million RNs was just over $89,000 last year. California paid the highest mean salary at $133,340 followed by Hawaii, which had a $20,000 lower mean than California. Oregon, Massachusetts and Alaska, were next highest, ranging from roughly $106,000 to $103,000, according the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics . Of the top 10 metropolitan areas for salary, all were in California, led by San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward at $164,760.

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The Nursing Site

MAY 7, 2023

Nurses make a difference… Happy Nurses Day and Nurses Month! I know I’m a day late, but I had minor surgery and slept the day away. Had wonderful nursing care!!! THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO! The post Nurses Make a Difference… first appeared on The Nursing Site.

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Emerging RN Leader

MAY 24, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Today’s nursing shortage is unlike any other that we have confronted in my more than four decades of nursing. The gap between the number of nurses needed and those available continues to grow. The Surgeon General warns it could be as high as one million nurses in […] The post Solving Wicked Problems appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Becker's Hospital Review

MAY 16, 2023

When Marc Lalande, PhD, vice president of research for Tampa, Fla.-based Shriners Children's, came to the organization five years ago, he said he was "struck by how many research projects were going on in some 20 different locations" in silos.

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Consult QD

MAY 4, 2023

Cleveland Clinic researchers have identified distinct differences in both bacterial and fungal species among women with and without overactive bladder (OAB), suggesting the potential for new approaches to treatment. OAB is a common urologic diagnosis, predominantly characterized by the symptoms of urinary urgency and frequency. The novel microbiome and “mycobiome” findings came from two separate studies conducted by a multidisciplinary Cleveland Clinic team led by urology resident Glenn T.

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Amercan Journal of Nursing

MAY 8, 2023

Nursing is a challenging profession that requires expertise, dedication, and compassion. Black nurses have made significant contributions to the field, yet their stories often go untold. In this second post in a four-part series for this Nurses Month (here’s the first post ), I continue to highlight the achievements of Black nurses who have worked to provide quality care despite discrimination and prejudice.

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American Nurse

MAY 3, 2023

There are just over 4 million nurses in the United States, and as Gallup’s most trustworthy profession for two decades running, one would think that nurses’ voices would be heard loud and clear on topics of import about individual health, medicine, public health, and the delivery of patient care. As the largest segment of the healthcare workforce, nurses’ voices should be suitably amplified so that citizens and legislators with functioning ears can hear them loud and clear, but many of us know t

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Advances in Nursing Science

MAY 1, 2023

Featured currently in ANS is the article titled “The State of the Science of Nurses’ Implicit Bias: A Call to Go Beyond the Face of the Other and Revisit the Ethics of Belonging and Power” by Holly Wei, PhD, RN, CPN, NEA-BC, FAAN; Zula Price, PhD, FNP-BC, RN, CNE®cl, CD(DONA); Kara Evans, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC; […]

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Emerging RN Leader

MAY 18, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN During the next three months, health systems nationwide will begin to transition new graduates into their practice settings. This year’s new graduates have had more direct clinical time than nurses who graduated last year. Still, their current skills may not be enough for the high-acuity environments in […] The post What New Graduates Need from Nurse Leaders appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 1, 2023

Nurses with ADHD are everywhere in the healthcare system. You can see them in the ICU unit laser-focused on their critically-ill patient or at a medical clinic accessing patients one at a time. However, although these nurses have strategies to manage their ADHD in the workplace, their managers or employers often aren’t aware that they’re struggling in the first place.

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Consult QD

MAY 15, 2023

Endocrine therapy is a standard treatment for ER-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer. Long-term, however, this treatment can lead to resistance that makes the cancer very hard to treat. Now a new combination therapy shows promise as a safe and effective treatment option for these patients. In a phase 2 clinical trial , researchers gave a combination of lasofoxifene and abemaciclib to patients with metastatic breast cancer whose disease had progressed after prior treatment.

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