Emerging RN Leader
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Everybody wants to be happy. But this can sometimes seem like an elusive goal. Healthcare environments are still social distancing, and the staff wears masks. Casual meals in the staff lounge and coffee breaks with colleagues are less common. We don’t have the same opportunities for […] The post Random Acts of Kindness Day This Week appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Nurse Practitioners in Business
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Looking for the perfect CPA for your nurse practitioner practice? Learn how to find the best CPA for your practice. As a nurse practitioner, it’s important to not only focus on the health of your patients but also on the financial health of your practice. One of the most important decisions you’ll make for your practice is finding the right certified public accountant (CPA) to help navigate the complex landscape of finances, taxes, and growth.
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Daily Nurse
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Nurses are the backbone of the nation’s healthcare system and play a vital role in providing clinical care to patients and supporting other healthcare workers. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, nursing is the largest healthcare profession in the United States, with 4.2 million registered nurses.
Health Leaders | Nursing
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Surveyed nurses rate employers low in perceived support and concern about their well-being. Nurses need much more support than they are getting from their leadership and employers, a new American Nurses Foundation survey reveals. Nurses continue to be stressed, exhausted, and feel lack of support from their employer, according to the comprehensive survey of more than 12,500 nurses nationwide last November as part of the Pulse on the Nation’s Nurses Survey Series.
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.
Emerging RN Leader
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN In a new book examining research on psychological safety, teamwork, and well-being, authors Maben, Ball, and Edmondson point out that how the staff works together, how safe they feel about raising concerns, and their well-being has a significant impact on patient care outcomes and effective care delivery. […] The post Psychological Safety on Teams appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
The Relentless School Nurse
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
“For decades, we’ve treated gun violence as a battle to be won rather than a problem to be solved.” – Nicholas Kristof And so here we are, five years beyond Parkland, the afternoon that brought the impact of school shootings from a professional concern to one that impacted my family on a deeply personal level. There are too many families that have received the phone calls and text messages alerting them to an active shooter in their loved ones school.
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Consult QD
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
As of January 2020, there were 580,466 people across the U.S. experiencing homelessness , with more than 50 percent of individuals lacking any shelter at all. People facing these circumstances are more likely to pass away from cancer compared to those with stable housing. Radiation oncologists are one group of physicians who can help reduce barriers to care for these patients, according a recent editorial by a team of Cleveland Clinic researchers.
Becker's Hospital Review
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Florida's Commission for Independent Education has ordered seven nursing schools allegedly tied to the fraudulent degree scandal to pause graduation and enrollment activities through March, the state confirmed to Becker's Feb. 15.
Health Leaders | Nursing
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Keep on top of evolving tech developments in patient care. Technology offers numerous opportunities for nurse leaders and their staff to provide better healthcare to their patients. Advancement in technology allows nurse leaders to schedule staffing more efficiently, improve clinical outcomes, reduce human error, track data, and enhance nurses’ well-being, to name just a few.
Daily Nurse
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Mount Sinai South Nassau has received the largest single gift in the hospital’s history – a $5 million pledge from The Louis Feil Charitable Lead Annuity Trust to name the hospital’s new patient care pavilion. The new four-story, 100,000-square-foot building, scheduled to open in spring 2024, will be named the Feil Family Pavilion.
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
Scrubs
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Authorities are still discovering what happened during the horrific earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria last week, leaving some 41,000 people dead. Authorities are still uncovering survivors and bodies from the wreckage more than a week later. The incident was particularly harrowing for healthcare workers who work in the area. Dramatic security camera footage shows a group of NICU nurses clinging to the incubators to prevent them from falling over while the ground shook violently all around
Becker's Hospital Review
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Tennessee has the most active nurse practitioners of any state per capita, while Hawaii has the fewest, according to a ranking from Kaiser Family Foundation.
Health Leaders | Nursing
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
'It truly has proven to be an additional layer of support to enhance patient care and outcomes,' nurse executive says. What began as an innovative way to monitor and care for COVID-19 patients at the height of the pandemic is evolving into a growing virtual nursing program at Atrium Health. The North Carolina-based health system, now part of Advocate Health, launched its virtual nursing program in March 2021 when, like other health systems, nurses struggled to meet staffing demands.
Daily Nurse
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Nurse burnout has been an Important topic of discussion for years, and the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated what already seemed like a disaster set in motion long before SARS-CoV-2 stormed our shores. Meanwhile, physicians have been no strangers to burnout.
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.
Scrubs
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Amy Hodkin knows how to bust a move. A 15-second clip of her dancing at a soul club recently went viral on TikTok, racking up over 7.5 million views. The positive reactions she received online prompted her to start the Younghearts Soul Club to get the next generation interested in the art of dance. It will be free for children ages 12 to 17 and will take place at a local community center every other Thursday in the evening.
Consult QD
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Neuro Pathways: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast · Sleep Disorders: Differential Diagnosis in Adults Approximately 40% of American adults get six hours or less of sleep a night, which is significant sleep deprivation. That can lead to medical and psychiatric illnesses, as well as social issues. “We need sleep to restore every cell in every organ of our body, and the lack of sleep is having long-term consequences,” says Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, DO, MS , Director of the Sleep Disorders Center and a staf
Nurse.com
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Today’s healthcare system faces complex challenges, many brought to greater focus during the pandemic. Healthcare organizations continue to experience numerous challenges ranging from supply and demand issues, quality outcomes, and addressing the nursing workforce shortage. Transforming our current healthcare delivery model to address these challenges will require greater autonomy in nursing and flexibility built into nurse roles.
Daily Nurse
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Sasha Shevchenko didn’t hesitate to say yes when her mother called her last year and asked her to fly to Europe to help her cousins evacuate from Ukraine. Shevchenko, a cardiovascular nurse at Houston Methodist Hospital, was born in Ukraine but has lived with her mother and sister in the U.S. for nearly two decades.
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.
Scrubs
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Kristina Jenei is on a mission to improve health literacy, which speaks to a patient’s ability to make informed health decisions for themselves and others. As a former nurse turned researcher with the World Health Organization, Jenei has been tasked with changing the way nurses approach health literacy. She said it’s about more than just telling patients what is good for them.
Consult QD
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
When a 35-year-old patient with end-stage kidney disease, diabetes and hypertension first presented to Cleveland Clinic, he was on dialysis and had been awaiting transplant on the national kidney transplant list for two years. The patient, who is HIV positive, knew that living with the infection would make the road to transplant more challenging. He would later discover that policies developed under the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act, which aim to make organ transplantation more accessible t
Minority Nurse
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Susanah Awe, RN, is an SCN1 (Senior Clinical Nurse 1) at the University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. She grew up in a small town in Nigeria, where career options were limited for women, and her desire to become a nurse was considered too ambitious. Nevertheless, awe defied naysayers and has been a nurse for 36 years.
Daily Nurse
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
The worst days of the COVID pandemic may be well behind us; still, nurses continue to experience high levels of psychological distress according to a survey fielded in November as part of the American Nurses Foundation (the Foundation) Pulse on the Nation’s Nurses Survey Series that found 84% of respondents say they were stressed or dealing with […]
The Nurse Break
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
More from In Pursuit of Excellence here Clocking up CPD – the conference It’s too expensive… It’s too far away… These would have to be the two most compelling reasons an individual can make not to take the time to go to a conference. It’s too expensive…. We’re already short-staffed… equally compelling arguments from employers. Yet, as I was sitting on a shuttle bus at the end of a great conference recently, making my way from the Gold Coast to Brisbane airport to fly home, dreary rain rhythmi
Nurse.com
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
When news broke in late January that more than 7,600 nurses in the United States bought fraudulent nursing degree diplomas, nursing regulatory organizations had already been working with the FBI to help uncover the scam. At the Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission in Washington State, the early warning signs began a year and a half ago. The organization started receiving applications for licensure with school transcripts containing uncharacteristic — yet subtle — differences from typical tr
Minority Nurse
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Patrice Little, DNP, FNP-BC, is a senior policy advisor for the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action , an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation working to improve America’s health through nursing. She is also a family nurse practitioner and the CEO of NP Student ®, a digital lifestyle and educational resource for nurse practitioner students.
Scrubs
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Tatiana Brandao, 30, and Raquel Moreira, 28, were on vacation in the U.S. visiting the Grand Canyon when they were involved in a fatal car accident. Both worked for the National Health Service in the U.K. and their friends and family say they will be sorely missed. The two became close friends while working together at University Hospital Southampton (UHS) Hampshire.
Nursing Review
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
A CQUniversity-led project has underpinned the significant role of navigator nurses in promoting better health outcomes for people living with chronic illnesses. A nurse navigator is an experienced registered nurse who helps patients in finding quality and timely care while answering questions about the treatment process. The four-year research report comes after the Queensland government released funding in 2016 for 400 nurse and midwife navigators to enrol in 16 hospitals and health settings.
The Gypsy Nurse
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
The phone interview with the facility isn’t just a time for the facility to get to know you; it is also a time for you to get information on the facility. This is important to know if the assignment and facility are right for you. Below you will find nine things members of our Facebook group said are important to ask the facility during the phone interview.
Minority Nurse
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Mary Howard, DNP, RN, NEA-BC is the executive director of The Ohio State University East Hospital and is responsible for operations, strategic planning, and program development. With training in the mediation of workplace and civil rights disputes and alternative dispute resolution, she believes in giving back to the community. She’s a member of the Community Relations Commission with the city of Columbus, the Board of Directors of CRIS (Community Refugee and Immigration Services), and the Unite
FreshRN
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Get to know these valuable and helpful tips for the new cardiac nurse from an experienced nurse who’s been there. The post Top Tips for a New Cardiac Nurse appeared first on FRESHRN.
Scrubs
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
The Nebraska health system has settled a lawsuit brought by several of its nurses over the pay they received for remotely answering patient calls and texts. The providers alleged that the company violated state and federal laws by paying them just $2 an hour for their work on weekdays with an extra 50 cents an hour on weekends. CHI Health has agreed to $800,000 as part of the settlement more than four years after the complaint was first filed.
Becker's Hospital Review
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
More hospitals and health systems are betting on workplace flexibility advancements as a key strategy to boost nurse recruitment and retention. In recent months, various leaders have talked to Becker's about their efforts to give nurses more flexibility in their schedules and roles.
Minority Nurse
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Tasha Johnson, MSN, RN, is a clinical nurse educator and aligned AHA training center coordinator for the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health. Johnson is also a per diem administrative nursing supervisor and per diem staff nurse in the ICU. Johnson is an important nursing leader, and we’re pleased to profile her as we celebrate Black History Month with the Black Nursing Leaders Series 2023.
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