New Thing Nurse

DECEMBER 11, 2020

I have failed so many times this year. I have failed to get out of bed on days where my body wouldn’t listen to me. I have failed to be open with my family, friends, colleagues, and clients when the despair was too great to function. I have failed to be as present as I could have been during this most unprecedented time – historical mostly due to failures in leadership, process, and procedure that have cost our country 289,000 deaths and counting as of the writing of this post.

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NIOSH Science Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Shift work has been linked to poor sleep, chronic metabolic disorders (e.g., cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity), several forms of cancer [1-3], depression, and elevated risk for the occurrence of accidents. These risks are especially acute for those who work rotating shifts that involve working through the night [4-8], as sometimes occur in hospitals.

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Nursing Uncensored

DECEMBER 30, 2020

It’s no secret - I am not a fan of the New Year’s resolution. I think there’s a lot of pressure and hype to make broad, sweeping changes to our lives starting January 1. To make matters worse, it’s become a cultural joke that we won’t maintain these changes. Any regular gym-goer knows that the gym is packed the first couple months of a new year, and then tapers off sharply when we get distracted or demotivated en masse.

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Nurse Abnormalities

DECEMBER 30, 2020

When I was a bedside CVICU nurse, I prided myself on my personalized report sheet. I did tailor it to fit the unit where I worked as a nurse, but I cannot express how much it helped me get through my day and give sign out to the oncoming nurse. The following was my morning routine as a bedside nurse and included is a free download to my report sheet.

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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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Board Vitals - Nursing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

What could be considered arguably as important (if not more so) than your classes as a nurse practitioner (NP) student? Your NP clinical rotations! After learning about pharmacology and pathophysiology in the (virtual or in-person) classroom, your clinical rotations are an opportunity to apply your learning to your future career as an advanced practice provider.

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Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

DECEMBER 8, 2020

pexels.com/cottonbro As COVID-19 continues to spread in the US and around the world, frontline healthcare workers face the constant risk of being exposed to the virus. Even worse for many is the idea that they may take COVID-19 home to their families or to their friends. As lockdown measures begin to be lifted, the risk of spreading COIVD-19 from work to more people has become an even greater risk.

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NIOSH Science Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Could there be a more fitting year to honor nurses? As 2020 comes to a close, so does our blog series celebrating the Year of the Nurse. The COVID-19 pandemic has tested our healthcare system and, in some cases, pushed it to the brink. Nurses and other healthcare professionals are working tirelessly and sacrificing much while caring for patients during this pandemic.

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The Chicago School

DECEMBER 2, 2020

End-of-life care is an extremely sensitive role for nurses and often requires prior planning and emotional preparation. The post Preparing nurses for end-of-life care appeared first on Insight Digital Magazine.

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Nursing Uncensored

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Hello my friends! My name is Jeannie Gainsburg. I’m the author of the new book The Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate and founder of Savvy Ally Action. I had the great pleasure of joining Adrianne’s on her Nursing Uncensored podcast recently , and she invited me to submit a blog on the topic of how nurses can create more LGBTQ+ inclusive spaces.

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Board Vitals - Nursing

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Failing to pass your board exam is stressful, scary, and discouraging. While you may feel disheartened at your test results, you are not alone. Many individuals do not pass on the first try, and taking the time to review what went wrong can help you achieve success during your next test. There are things you can do to continue on your goal. BoardVitals has special features that make it a top tool to help you prepare for your upcoming attempt.

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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

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Phongthorn Hiranlikhit/123RF.com Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization designated the year 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife to honor the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth and to emphasize the vital role that nurses play in global healthcare. Little did the world know how important a role nurses would play in the largest pandemic of our lifetimes.

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NIOSH Science Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2020

November marked the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (PL 106-430) into law. The act required that OSHA amend its Bloodborne Pathogens Standard to include additional protections for workers to prevent occupational exposures to blood and body fluids.

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Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

DECEMBER 10, 2020

andreypopov/123rf.com The current COVID-19 pandemic has pressured the medical community in ways that are tangible and quantifiable. New protocols add burden to already-stressed institutions working diligently to save lives and serve their communities. Even without these added pressures, medical professionals are often stretched to their limit. Lost, often, in the shuffle is the intangible fallout: the need to manage work/life balance for those who provide care, including those who support them.

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Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Straight 8 Photography/shutterstock.com Military life is one that must be lived to be understood. No movie, book or story can possibly give an accurate representation of the experience because so much of it is felt in the soul. But, once you’ve been there, it becomes part of you. Your core becomes military. The way you think becomes military. And the way you interact with others becomes military.

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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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