Emerging RN Leader
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Healthcare systems are spending millions of dollars to recruit and retain staff. But what if some of those efforts are undermined by your staff? Consider the following story that a nurse leader shared with me: I was at the gym and overheard two nurses talking about their […] The post Are Your Staff Net Promoters?
New Thing Nurse
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
By: Sarah K. Wells MSN RN CEN CNL Oh nursing! You are so amazing! A 3-day work week! Getting to work in your PJs! Endless job security!! However, finding the job of your dreams starts with a job search. The ticket to any new position is that resume, and I know everyone loves pulling their resume out to update it. My name is Sarah, and I own New Thing Nurse , an academic and professional services company for the nursing community, and I have seen a lot of ugly nursing resumes.
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Nurse Practitioners in Business
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Owning a nurse practitioner practice can be both rewarding and challenging. While providing high-quality care to patients is always the top priority, increasing revenue is also essential to keep the practice running smoothly. For nurse practitioner practice owners who are looking to boost their income, there are several strategies they can implement to achieve their goals.
Josephine Ensign
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Pioneer Square, Seattle. Photo credit: Josephine Ensign Although I love words and writing, there are many times when visual information is more effective at conveying complex ideas, facts, and emotions. That is why, for many years now, I have created digital storytelling videos about health and homelessness in Seattle. I use these videos in teaching and in my public scholarship.
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 19, 2023
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study last week which looked at teen mental health since the fall of 2021. The study has received widespread public attention because the findings are shocking although maybe not to the parents of teenagers. It shows a disturbing […] The post Accommodation for Mental Health Issues appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Daily Nurse
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
The role of school nurses often has the reputation of being a treater of injuries for rambunctious kids. But they have a more profound impact. Nurses in educational settings contribute to kids’ physical, personal, and social growth.
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Scrubs
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Nurses and law enforcement professionals often have trouble identifying bruises on individuals with black or brown skin. This can prevent them from dealing with situations of domestic abuse or detecting underlying health issues, such as internal bleeding. So, Dr. Katherine Scafide decided to do something about it. She’s a forensic nurse and associate professor at George Mason University who has worked with trauma patients for years.
Health Leaders | Nursing
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Recently developed vrClinicals for Nursing training platform ramps up the 'day-to-day unpredictability of nursing.' New immersive virtual reality (VR) technology is transporting Herzing University nursing students to a busy hospital floor where they must handle multiple patients and frequent interruptions—just like the real world. vrClinicals for Nursing , an immersive, VR nursing education experience, recently was developed by Wolters Kluwer, Health and Laerdal Medical.
Daily Nurse
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Justina Miles, a nursing student and deaf American Sign Language performer shined brightly at Super Bowl LVII during her energetic signing of lyrics for hard-of-hearing TV viewers as Rihanna performed a 13-minute set during the game’s halftime show.
The Gypsy Nurse
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
StaffDNA provided this article. The COVID-19 pandemic changed almost every aspect of how we live — from working remotely to shopping for groceries online and much more. Nurses and other healthcare workers experienced heightened levels of change and the stress that came with it. As the pandemic continued, travel nurses supported healthcare systems in unprecedented ways, benefitting patients, healthcare facilities, and their fellow nurses alike.
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 22, 2023
Her name was Vivian Monore Denmark, “Queen V,” for short. She was the boss of our household as the youngest of our three children. Vivan was a free-spirited five-year-old girl who loved strawberry picking, wrestling with her siblings, wearing tutus while building lego houses, and most of all, she loved her family. There wasn’t a day that went by when my daughter Vivian didn’t say she loved us.
Health Leaders | Nursing
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Legislation to bolster rural hospitals includes provision to give CRNAs autonomy. The recent bipartisan Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act includes a provision to permanently remove physician supervision of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), under Medicare Part A conditions of participation. That provision, along with another to include non-medically directed CRNA services as a mandatory benefit under the Medicaid program, is being cheered by the American Association of Nurse Anest
Daily Nurse
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Critical thinking, confidence and a sense of pride and accomplishment top the list of benefits of the Certified Transport Registered Nurse (CTRN) credential, according to a recent peer-reviewed research article in Air Medical Journal.
The Gypsy Nurse
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Medely provided this article. One of your strengths as a travel nurse or allied professional is the ability to show up for a new assignment and adapt to fit the situation at hand. That versatility also makes you a valuable per diem nurse—someone who can step in to deliver critical patient care when a healthcare facility comes up short on staff. Many healthcare workers take per diem nursing shifts or travel assignments, but there are also great reasons to consider doing both!
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 20, 2023
Authorities in Iowa say Miriam Simon violated state regulations when she adopted the baby of one of her former patients. The Iowa Board of Nursing forbids nurses from initiating an emotional, social, or business relationship with a patient for personal gain even if the patient consents. The board also said that Simon violated patient confidentiality in the process of adopting the child.
Health Leaders | Nursing
FEBRUARY 19, 2023
Teamwork, along with communication and awareness, can build an effective infection prevention program. Infection prevention and control is fundamental to providing safe and high-quality patient care. A poor infection control program can result in increased rates of infections, significant illness, and death, and raise the likelihood of multidrug-resistant bacteria.
American Nurse
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Around 55 million people worldwide suffer from dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease. Recently, the actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, or FTD , a rare type of dementia that typically affects people ages 45 to 64. In contrast to Alzheimer’s, in which the major initial symptom is memory loss, FTD typically involves changes in behavior.
IntelyCare
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Grace Mwenya is a registered nurse (RN) who immigrated to the United States from Zambia 30 years ago. Nursing enabled Grace to create a life for her family in the U.S. while at the same time giving her extra money to send back home. But Grace wanted to do more for her homeland, eventually purchasing a large home in Zambia that was big enough to house the whole neighborhood.
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 24, 2023
Like most parents with a child in the neo-intensive care unit, Consuelo Saravia was worried about the health of her newborn son Nikko. But the release of a video has made her question the care her child received at Good Samaritan Hospital in Long Island, NY. Nikko was only two days old when he went into the NICU for observation while the doctors administered antibiotics. “It was heartbreaking,” said Saravia. “I couldn’t stop crying, I couldn’t even sleep.” Fidel Sinclair,
Consult QD
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
While it has been established that hearing loss is a key risk factor of dementia, the potential impact of hearing loss interventions for this patient population has not been well-understood. Recently published findings demonstrated that managing hearing loss may reduce or delay cognitive decline. “Hearing loss has always been considered a consequence of aging that we just have to live with,” says Sarah Sydlowski, AuD, PhD, MBA , Associate Chief Improvement Officer and Audiology Director of the H
Celayix
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Do you manage a mobile workforce ? Do you have employees working in the field across multiple locations? That can be hard to manage, right? How do you know who is where, and when? Here at Celayix, we use geofencing in our employe scheduling software to help you overcome these common challenges. What Is Geofencing? Geofencing is a virtual perimeter for a geographic area in the real world.
FreshRN
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
This is everything you need to know when you are a new cardiac nurse. This cardiac nursing for beginners will answer all your questions. The post Cardiac Nursing For Beginners appeared first on FRESHRN.
Amercan Journal of Nursing
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Staying connected to something greater. Photo courtesy of Pexels/Pixabay. In a world that is constantly asking more of us, how can we stay connected to ourselves, to something greater, to a sense of meaning and purpose in our lives? This question guides most of my work, and my personal practices. Across years of conducting mixed-methods research to explore the role of spirituality among people with cancer, I am constantly presented with ways where our connection to spirit is challenged, and ways
Scrubs
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Ruth Moss, a 51-year-old nurse in the U.K., believes her daughter Sophie Parkinson would still be alive if she hadn’t been exposed to self-harm content online. Parkinson took her own life at the age of 13 at her home in 2014 after viewing suicidal posts on social media. Moss said she did everything she could to protect her daughter from inappropriate content, and now she wants to hold social media companies responsible for negligence.
Celayix
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Employee burnout is a type of stress that is related directly to a person’s job which can cause physical and emotional exhaustion. Burnout isn’t just detrimental to the overall health of an employee; it also has major negative impacts on the organisation. This blog post will share some helpful things you can do to help avoid burnout and keep your teams healthy.
Minority Nurse
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
It is generally agreed that a vast majority of nurses choose the profession because they find fulfillment in being of service to others in their time of need. Compassion, empathy, and kindness are hallmarks of what “nursesness” is all about, and even members of the general public are likely to associate those characteristics with nurses. And by now, we’re all aware that nurses have been at the top of the Gallup poll as the most trusted professionals in the U.S. every year for two decades.
The Relentless School Nurse
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
I don’t think I would have ever predicted adding writer to my list of descriptors when I began my nursing career more than thirty-eight years ago. The Relentless School Nurse grew out of a desire to describe the scope of school nursing practice. Blogging has opened many interesting doors and enticing opportunities to collaborate on exciting projects that I could never have imagined.
Penn Nursing
FEBRUARY 19, 2023
During a nine-day winter break trip, students in Jianghong Liu's Penn Global seminar experienced and learned about practices like tea therapy, cupping, Qi Gong, and more.
Scrubs
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
There’s been a lot of talk about the potential of virtual nursing as of late. Using the latest technology, nurses would be able to remotely consult with patients at the bedside. Some healthcare leaders believe virtual nursing will help relieve the staffing shortage by reducing the physical challenges that come with providing care, which could help older nurses stay in the field longer than they would if they were still seeing patients in person.
Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
JHSON researchers find silver linings in Pew study Raising children is, has been, and almost certainly will remain one of life’s great challenges. (Ask your parents.) Yet new data from the Pew Research Institute show that 62 percent of parents across the board and the nation are finding it even more difficult than they ever… The post What Nurses Need to Know: ‘Parenting in America Today’ appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine.
Consult QD
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
There is little data on mortality after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) past the one-year postoperative period. To increase the field’s understanding of TKA mortality, Cleveland Clinic researchers investigated mortality rates at 30 days, 90 days, one year, five years and 10 years following primary TKA. Their systematic review and meta-analysis of 44 studies published between 2011 and 2021 is the largest TKA mortality study to date.
Nursology
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Contributors: Erin Dolen, MSN-Ed, RN, CNECatherine Quay, MSN, RN-BC, CNE Last year, we conducted a study with Dr. Jane K. Dickinson as part of our doctoral program in Nursing Education at Teachers College Columbia University, that explored the use of nursing theory to guide nursing doctoral research. Our findings revealed that doctoral nursing students rarely … Continue reading How Does Nursing Theory Fit into Nursing Education?
Scrubs
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Nursing students need to practice techniques and routine skills before taking the National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX). Some ask their friends and loved ones to play patient, so they can get comfortable performing the technique on a real human being, but Kalia Hess used her dog instead. She recently posted a clip of her performing a medical assessment on her pet on TikTok, where it quickly took the internet by storm. “When all you have is your dog to practice your practical assessment o
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