Emerging RN Leader

AUGUST 18, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN We are living in interesting times. Ethicists have commented that there has been a change in the willingness of individuals to accept responsibility. for their behavior. The culture has instead become one of blame. Recently, nurse leaders have talked with me about professional nurses who don’t document […] The post Accountability for Documentation appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Nurse Practitioners in Business

AUGUST 8, 2024

In response to last week’s article, “ ADA … What It Means For Your Practice ,” we are following up to answer your questions about web accessibility. The sad reality is that most websites today are not fully accessible. Based on WHO figures from 2023 , 1.3 billion people, or 16%, that’s 1 in 6 people worldwide, live with a significant disability, including motor, visual, auditory, speech, and cognitive.

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Josephine Ensign

AUGUST 27, 2024

In April, I interviewed Seattle-based housing advocate and consultant Ginger Segel. I know a lot about health policy, especially as it relates to care for people experiencing homelessness. I do not know as much about housing policy as I would like to, so I was eager to hear her stories and perspectives. Segel first spoke of how, as a student at Columbia University in NYC, she witnessed the role of the university in displacing low-income people in the expanding area around the university.

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Becker's Hospital Review

AUGUST 8, 2024

Sharon (Pa.) Regional Medical Center, part of Dallas-based Steward Health Care, will close a 125-year-old nursing school after the current class of students graduates next May, according to a news release sent to local news outlets.

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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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Health Leaders | Nursing

AUGUST 26, 2024

The 5 Rights of AI in Healthcare© framework can help guide nurse leaders with program implementation, says this CNIO. AI is now one of the biggest disruptors in healthcare as it works its way into all corners of the industry. Many nurses have ethical concerns about generative AI, along with worries about job displacement and the potential loss of human touch and connection with patients.

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NRC Health

AUGUST 22, 2024

NRC Health announces the acquisition of leading healthcare rounding technology company Nobl and a new strategic partnership with customer and employee experience management leader Medallia. The post NRC Health announces Nobl acquisition & Medallia partnership to advance healthcare experience innovation appeared first on NRC Health.

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Nurse Practitioners in Business

AUGUST 29, 2024

If you were presented with the idea of having a scribe do all your documentation, would you do it? If you are like the vast majority of healthcare providers, you would jump up and down for the opportunity. Documentation is the least favorite activity for nearly all providers. Enter the healthcare AI (Artificial Intelligence) scribe. It’s a tool that can save you hours and allow you to focus on the patient in front of you.

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Josephine Ensign

AUGUST 19, 2024

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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Becker's Hospital Review

AUGUST 19, 2024

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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American Nurse

AUGUST 5, 2024

Is it time for your next chapter? If you’re like me, you’re looking for good news that includes fulfillment and flexibility in our later years. Enter preferment, a proactive approach to career transition that emphasizes doing what we want, with whom we want, and when we want. Preferment offers a fulfilling and personalized alternative to conventional retirement, catering to our unique needs by shifting the focus from winding down to pursuing passions and meaningful activities.

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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

NurseBuff

AUGUST 1, 2024

In California, the nursing shortage is severe. As a result, the state needs more nurses to step in and fill this need. The high demand for nurses isn’t the only thing that should make you consider pursuing your nursing career in this state. California is also one of the highest paying states in the country […] The post Best Nursing Schools And Programs In California appeared first on NurseBuff.

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Emerging RN Leader

AUGUST 11, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC The Good News There is some very good news as we look at the future of the healthcare workforce. Generation Z high schoolers now indicate that they want a career in medicine or health-related fields (46%) compared to science and engineering now coming in at a distant second […] The post Generation Z Want Careers in Healthcare appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

AUGUST 5, 2024

A Wall Street Journal investigation of insurer home visits found the companies pushed nurses to run screening tests and add unusual diagnoses, turning the roughly hourlong stops in patients’ homes into an extra $1,818 per visit, on average, from 2019 to 2021. Pillar: CNO Link: Full story Article Source: MSN.

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Nursing Times

AUGUST 30, 2024

The NMC is looking to strengthen its position on the remote prescribing of injectable cosmetic products and is calling for input. Read more.

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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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Becker's Hospital Review

AUGUST 8, 2024

The Women's Hospital of Texas, part of HCA Houston Healthcare, is ready to hire nurses affected by the layoffs at Texas Children's Hospital, the HCA hospital's chief nursing officer said in an Aug. 7 post on LinkedIn.

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Empowered Nurses

AUGUST 8, 2024

Little Rock, Arkansas nurse Amber Nelson had been caring for a patient she had previously known when, for some reason, she chose to reveal the patient’s MyChart on the social medium, Snapchat. There are all kinds of misinformation out there about this case, including the patient whose confidential information was disclosed. I’m not sure exactly when this happened and there is a little information about the event.

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 27, 2024

As the new school year kicks in, nursing students everywhere are bracing themselves for another round of intense lectures, clinical rotations, hours of reading, skills lab, and study marathons. Balancing coursework, long clinical hours, and possibly even a job or family responsibilities can make it feel like you barely have time to breathe, let alone think about what you’re eating.

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Emerging RN Leader

AUGUST 28, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN One of the most challenging leadership situations is conflict with your boss. We all experience this at some point in our careers. It has become even more prevalent during turbulent times with high executive turnover. Managing conflict well is challenging for most nurse leaders under the best […] The post When You Are in Conflict with Your Boss appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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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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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 29, 2024

Years ago, when you saw your doctor, they reviewed your chart, checked that you were up to date on your routine immunizations, performed a physical assessment, and had their team follow up on health maintenance items that needed to be scheduled. This is what we expected from our healthcare providers, and it was part and parcel of the basic customer service in the relationship between doctor and patient.

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American Nurse

AUGUST 22, 2024

I love my job. But if I were asked what the most challenging aspect of my role as a nursing faculty member is, I would point to the periodic salvo of stressful and annoying interactions with students and colleagues that dampens my productivity and makes me feel disrespected. Consider these scenarios: A student throws a tantrum over a randomly assigned exam seat; another disrupts a remote class by inciting peers in the chat box for bonus points mid-lecture; a faculty member walks out disrespectfu

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Becker's Hospital Review

AUGUST 30, 2024

Recently Bloomberg released their first in a series of articles on Advanced Practice Nursing. Practitioners. This first installment focused on nurse practitioner education, offering harmful and unsubstantiated opinions regarding the educational preparation and subsequent care provided by U.S. based Nurse Practitioners to patients across the United States.

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Nursing Times

AUGUST 13, 2024

Read about the final decision on an employment tribunal between the RCN and its former chair of council, Dave Dawes.

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Post University

AUGUST 15, 2024

Amid the nursing shortage crisis, many leaders in the healthcare profession are encouraging nurses to continue their education and develop the advanced practice skills needed to specialize in the nursing profession. One in-demand advanced practice nursing roles is the nurse practitioner (NP). Nurse practitioners can work closely with their patients and develop ongoing relationships that allow them to deliver the most personalized care.

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Emerging RN Leader

AUGUST 25, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN It was interesting that when I conducted nurse manager focus groups in preparation for my 2024 AONL keynote, many focus group participants identified self-management as a significant challenge in today’s environment. Consider the story one manager told: I manage a very large unit and have close to […] The post Managing Yourself as a Leader appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 21, 2024

Grace Carr, a resident of Allentown, Pennsylvania, embarked on her nursing journey at the age of 17 with a dream she had cherished since childhood. Wrapping her dolls in bandages and tending to them as a young girl, Carr knew from an early age that her path was in nursing. Fast forward 80 years, and at 97 years old, she remains dedicated to her calling, still serving at the St.

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American Nurse

AUGUST 8, 2024

Engage nurses and place patients at the center of our care. If we define nursing as the science and art of promoting positive human responses to health and illness, at the core of our profession sits the ability to develop a relationship with those for whom we care. Building on that relationship, nurses integrate the physical and psychosocial aspects of care via a series of relational activities influenced by the patient’s level of dependence–independence in performing self-care.

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Becker's Hospital Review

AUGUST 5, 2024

Editor's note: This letter to the editor is in response to the article, " The Miseducation of America's Nurse Practitioners, " published by Bloomberg. It has been lightly edited.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 7, 2024

More than a million hospitalized patients each year acquire healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) while being treated for other health conditions. Despite rigorous training and established protocols, mistakes in infection control can still occur, leading to severe consequences, including the spread of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). In this blog, we will explore common infection control mistakes and provide practical tips on how to avoid them, helping to create a safer healthcare envi

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Health Leaders | Nursing

AUGUST 5, 2024

For generations, learning to be a nurse meant studying textbooks, practicing on mannequins and then facing real people. Now, modern nursing schools have added a new step: virtual reality.

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Emerging RN Leader

AUGUST 21, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I was recently interviewed for an article about improving strategic thinking in nursing leadership. A key element to becoming more strategic is a willingness to challenge one’s paradigms. Changing one’s paradigm takes work. Paradigms are deeply ingrained mental frameworks that shape our thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 1, 2024

What does it mean to be a nurse in the 21st century who builds bridges and serves as a liaison between technology and patient care? How can nurses gain a seat at the table by leveraging their skills, knowledge, and natural ability as expert problem-solvers? There is much to learn about the intersection of healthcare and technology, and nurses willing to take a deep dive may find great rewards.

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American Nurse

AUGUST 1, 2024

Embed mentoring into your organizational culture. Takeaways: Organizations can increase retention in newly hired nurses through structured mentoring programs. Successful mentorship programs require adherence to several key factors, including program type and length, accountability, and mentor training. Mentoring programs can strengthen the nursing workforce sustainably from within the profession.

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 7, 2024

Mental health nursing is a specialty within our profession that may be frequently overlooked and underappreciated. Nurses working in the realm of mental health perform an excellent service for many individuals and families living with the effects of a wide variety of conditions, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, and substance use disorders. While the first half of the 20th century may have been the Dark Ages for mental health in the United States in many respects — including the longstanding

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