December, 2024

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Teaching Nurses to Be More Empathetic

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Some of the most troubling conversations I have with leaders today concern a growing number of nurses who seem to lack empathy. Caring for patients in a way that projects concern and empathy has always been a core value in nursing. Leaders see an increasing number of […] The post Teaching Nurses to Be More Empathetic appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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The First Year: What to Expect When Running a New Nurse Practitioner Practice

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Congratulations! Youve taken the bold step of starting your own nurse practitioner (NP) practice. This is an exciting milestone, but lets face ityour first year in business is going to be a whirlwind. From attracting patients to managing administrative tasks and finances, theres a lot to juggle. In this post, Ill walk you through what you can expect during your first year and share actionable tips to help you navigate this critical phase successfully.

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New Books Make Great Gifts For Nurses

The Nursing Site

I have been busy the last few months putting together these new books. I hope you’ll take a look and perhaps purchase one or two for yourself or a flow nurse or healthcare professional. New books make great gifts for nurses this holiday season. I realize having a chance to eat on the job as a nurse is too often a sore subject, but it can affect your quality of care as well as your quality of life.

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A Nursing Holiday Tale: The Window and the Work

Daily Nurse

For most folks, the holidays are a time of reunions and traditionloved ones coming home from out of town, kids back from college, and living rooms full of joy and laughter. However, my holidays have been far from traditional for the last six years as an ICU travel nurse. Most Thanksgivings and Christmases, I’ve traded home-cooked meals and family gatherings for hospital hallways and patient care across the country.

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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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Nurse Practitioner vs. Registered Nurse: What’s the Difference?

Post University

Aspiring nurses who are interested in building the core competencies required to achieve their desired career outcomes often find themselves wondering which nursing degree programs to pursue. Within the nursing profession, there is significant demand for both skilled registered nurses and intuitive nurse practitioners, inviting nursing students to explore what it means to be anurse practitionerversus an RN.

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Covenants Not to Compete: What Nurses Need to Know About the New FTC Rule

Empowered Nurses

What happens when a contract limits your ability to work elsewhere? Covenants not to compete (non-compete agreements) have long been a controversial aspect of healthcare employment. These clauses, often tucked into contracts, restrict nurses and/or nurse practitoners from working for competing employers or starting similar businesses within a certain geographic area and timeframe after leaving a job.

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Marketing 101

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Marketing feels daunting to many nurse practitioners. Afterall, you have your hands full with seeing patients and running your practice. And yet, it’s essential in order to have the patients that make this all worthwhile. In this episode of the NP Business Matters podcast, we discuss the first and most important things NPs want to do when marketing their practices.

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Uber renews free taxi offer for nurses over Christmas

Nursing Times

Read about a promotion giving nurses, midwives and other healthcare staff in the NHS and Northern Irish HSC free taxi rides this Christmas.

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2025 Predictions from Nursing Leaders: Tech Innovations, Education Enhancements, and Workforce Evolution in Healthcare

Daily Nurse

As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, nursing leaders are at the forefront of shaping the profession’s future. With the rapid pace of technological advancements, shifting educational paradigms, and an ever-changing workforce, insights from industry leaders provide a glimpse into what 2025 may hold for nursing. From leveraging technology in training to navigating the complexities of healthcare mergers, these predictions highlight nurses’ pivotal role in ensuring excellence

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Nursing Informatics: Where Nursing and Technology Coincide

Post University

Nursing and computer science may seem like two fields that are unlikely to intersect with one another very often. However, behind every nurse providing care in clinics and hospitals across the country is a wealth of technology and data and the professionals responsible for developing these technologies and analyzing this data are known as nursing informatics professionals.

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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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Balancing Holiday Cheer and Nursing Shifts

The Gypsy Nurse

Jackson Nurse Professionals provided this article. Kicking Off Holiday Challenges Holidays can seriously test your patience when youre pulling those long nursing shifts, right? It’s like everyone else is in full holiday mode, and you’re trying to keep up with patient care while squeezing in some festive fun. Plus, with the way schedules can flip on a dime, its super easy to feel like youre missing out.

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Nuts and Bolts January 2025 – Just a Few Slots Left

Emerging RN Leader

We proudly partner with the New England ONL to present the Nuts and Bolts of Nursing Leadership. The program on January 8th is a great introduction for Nurse Managers to key competencies they need in their roles. The program on January 15th is an excellent introduction to leadership for current, new, or prospective Assistant Nurse […] The post Nuts and Bolts January 2025 – Just a Few Slots Left appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Bridging the Gap: Applications Now Open for the 2025-2026 SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program

Minority Nurse

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP ) at the American Nurses Association is excited to announce that applications for its 2025-2026 Class of Fellows are now open! This esteemed program is dedicated to reducing health disparities and improving healthcare outcomes for racially and ethnically diverse populations.

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Nigerian nurses ‘suffering’ following NMC fraud allegations

Nursing Times

Read about the impact that an NMC probe into widespread computer-based testing fraud in Nigeria has had on nurses under investigation.

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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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How Automation Gives Nurses More Time for Patient Care 

Daily Nurse

I began my career as a bedside nurse in the 1990s. I remember one occasion when a doctor, frustrated by our inability to get medical registry data in a timely manner, said, “I could have made changes if I had that information sooner. I’ve had 200 people on my operating room table during this time.” Clinicians have long used data from medical registries to improve care delivery.

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The Relentless School Nurse: A New Era in School Nursing, the 2025 Version

The Relentless School Nurse

Embracing Support Over Resilience in School Nursing I dream of never being called resilient again. Im exhausted by strength. I want ease. I want support. I want softness. I dont want to be patted on the back for how well I take a hit. Or for how many. – Zandashe L’Orelia Brown This powerful quote captures the weariness of those who have spent too long shouldering burdens without reprieve, and it resonates deeply with the role of a school nurse.

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A Time to Look Out for YOUR Own Safety

Nurses Advocates

By now, I am sure you have heard about the killing of Brian Thompson, the CEO of United, that occurred in Mid-town Manhattan on 12/4/24. The killer has been caught, and the police investigation is ongoing. Hopefully, we will gain more insight into this heinous crime as time passes. What has been alarming is the reaction from the public that the killing was based on how healthcare insurance companies are using cost-cutting methods to deny care to people to increase profits for the C-Suite and sha

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Upskill Your Leaders in 2025 with the Nuts and Bolts Program

Emerging RN Leader

We proudly partner with the New England ONL to present the Nuts and Bolts of Nursing Leadership. The program on January 8th is a great introduction for Nurse Managers to key competencies they need in their roles. The program on January 15th is an excellent introduction to leadership for current, new, or prospective Assistant Nurse […] The post Upskill Your Leaders in 2025 with the Nuts and Bolts Program appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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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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Nursing Interventions: Implementing Patient Care Plans

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

To provide quality patient care over a period of time, nurses need a roadmap that guides their actions and quantifies desired outcomes. As a registered nurse, you will be responsible for creating a plan of care based on each patients needs and health goals. What is a nursing care plan ? Its a formal process that includes six components: assessment, diagnosis, expected outcomes, interventions, rationale and evaluation. 1 Documenting these steps ensures effective communication between doctors , nu

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Nurse-led gender clinic achieves top CQC rating

Nursing Times

Read about the success of a nurse-led gender clinic offering hormone therapy services to young people and adults.

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Thelma Schorr, In Memoriam

Nursology

In MemoriamGuardian of the Discipline It is with great sadness that we note the death of Thelma Schorr on December 20, 2024. She had just celebrated her 100th birthday the previous Sunday, December 15th.Thelma was among the greatest of nursing journal editors, serving as Editor of theAmerican Journal of Nursing(AJN) for forty years from 1950-1990.

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Kaiser walks back CRNA reimbursement policy

Becker's Hospital Review

"American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology fights back against discriminatory anesthesia reimbursement changes by Kaiser Foundation Health Plan in Washington

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How to Handle Loneliness as a Travel Nurse on Assignment

The Gypsy Nurse

Travel nurse loneliness is a real thing. As a travel nurse, you pack up your belongings after every assignment ends. Often, these assignments are thousands of miles away from your family and friends. So, how do you handle being that far away from those you love in a town you aren’t familiar with? Loneliness can be a real fear for travel nurses, but it doesn’t have to be.

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Leader New Years Resolutions for 2025

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA, FAAN We will soon be in 2025, a brand new year. The most effective leaders establish a few personal and professional goals each year. This is a good practice because it forces us to stretch outside our comfort zone. But most New Year’s goals are not achieved because […] The post Leader New Years Resolutions for 2025 appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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The Relentless School Nurse: 143 is a Simple Number with a Powerful Message

The Relentless School Nurse

The Power of Numbers: Why 143 Matters The number 143 represents a simple yet profound message of love, first popularized by Fred Rogers, the beloved host of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. For Fred Rogers, 143 symbolized “I love you”—one letter in “I,” four in “love,” and three in “you.” Mr. Rogers even maintained a consistent weight of 143 pounds for decades, viewing it as a symbol of love, stability, and care, values that resonate deeply with our work in schools.

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Exclusive: NMC threatened with court over handling of CBT fraud

Nursing Times

Find out why the NMC is being threatened with legal action over its handling of fraud that took place at a test centre in Nigeria.

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Welcome to 2025!

Nursology

Wishing everyone good health for the New Year! We invite you to relax into the New Year with a brief breathing meditation! We will return next week with our regular blog messages focused on the development of nursing knowledge! From the Nursology.net Team!

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The shortcomings of NP clinical placements: 5 takeaways

Becker's Hospital Review

Advanced nursing students face an uphill battle securing clinical placements, often navigating a fractured educational system that can leave them unprepared to enter the workforce, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Dec. 16.

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Why Are Nurses Quitting?

Post University

In the wake of a global pandemic, the nursing shortage has reached crisis levels. High levels of burnout and excessive stress on the job have resulted in nurses quitting across many specialty areas, leaving a void in the healthcare field that is hard to fill without qualified candidates. While the quitting nurses phenomenon is alarming, it is important to recognize that the leaders in the healthcare industry and the medical profession are actively working to reduce burnout and improve turnover r

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What’s Trending Now for Nurse Leaders

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN As we approach the end of 2024, the trending topics that nurse leaders are talking about right now include the following: The work of nurses, especially in acute care environments, is increasingly complex due to higher patient acuity, sustained patient volumes, and documentation requirements to achieve full […] The post What’s Trending Now for Nurse Leaders appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Holiday Greetings

Ensearch

As the year draws to a close, all of us at Ensearch extend our heartfelt gratitude for your support, as well as wishes for a successful 2025. The unwavering dedication and resilience of the healthcare community continues to inspire us all, and we are thankful to be your recruiting partner. Healthcare leaders like yourself play [.] The post Holiday Greetings appeared first on ENSEARCH.

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Government backs reduction of student nurse placement hours

Nursing Times

Read about the Department of Health and Social Care's submission to the NHS Pay Review Body and proposals to reform nurse education.

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Patient Centered Care Theory in the Modern World of Healthcare

Nursology

Guest Contributor: Erica AgudoPhD Student, Texas Women’s University Patient-centered care has been a “buzzword” in healthcare for at least a decade. Consumer-driven ideas such as convenience and patient experience have forced hospitals to develop new and creative ways to make the patient experience truly personalized to increase patient satisfaction scores.