Sat.Jun 12, 2021 - Fri.Jun 18, 2021

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Discrimination Towards Black Nurses in the Healthcare Sector: Speaking Up and Changing the System

Equality 4 Black Nurses

Equality 4 Black Nurses is interviewing black nurses about the impact racism has had on them, in the hopes that more people feel empowered to speak up and demand justice. Our first interview is with our founder, Neomi Bennett BEM, multi-award winning Neo-Slip Inventor and Registered Nurse. Why did you want to become a nurse? I first decided I wanted to be a nurse when I was a very young girl, and I’ve always loved caring for people.

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How Hospitals Are Celebrating Pride Month

Diversity Nursing

LGBTQ+ Pride month is celebrated every June in honor of the 1969 Stonewall riots, and works to achieve equal justice and equal opportunity for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Americans. Pride month celebrations include parades, parties, concerts, educational events and speeches. Memorials are also held to honor members of the community who have been lost to hate crimes or HIV/AIDS.

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Nurses Make Care Happen

ER Nurses

As the slow incremental reforms in the American healthcare system amble forward, within the change lies great opportunity. In seeking to avert the collision course of an aging chronically ill population with a financial burden to maintain the current system, policy makers have had to reflect and discover a hitherto unrealized fact: nurses are the backbone of the health care system.

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10 Pieces of Advice For New Nurses

Diversity Nursing

1. Set your phone or digital watch to military time. In healthcare , the 24-hour clock is generally used in documentation of care as it prevents any ambiguity as to when events occurred in a patient's medical history. 2. Get to know your team. Don't hesitate breaking the ice, introduce yourself, others are probably wondering who this new person is! Once you get to know everyone, try keeping a close group of people you can rely on and talk to when need be.

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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.