New Thing Nurse

JULY 7, 2020

Masks can be such a simple thing. From a just a piece of cloth across your lower face (always covering your nose and mouth) to high-end pieces of technology with valves, filters, full eye protection, and many more bells and whistles, the mask has recently become a major part of everyone’s lives. As COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket across the United States , the wearing of a simple cloth mask (along with washing your hands, staying at least 6 feet from others, and staying home when possible)

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NIOSH Science Blog

JULY 9, 2020

Health care facilities need to foster and promote a strong culture of safety that includes a commitment to worker safety, provision of and adequate access to safety and personal protective equipment, and extensive training efforts that utilize protocols requiring specific safety actions. The American Nurses Association (2016) states that “A culture of safety describes the core values and behaviors that come about when there is collective and continuous commitment by organizational leadership, ma

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Nursing Uncensored

JULY 5, 2020

Note from Adrianne: I had the pleasure of interviewing Jenny on the podcast about her life as a Nurse Anesthetist and how she made the journey through school. You can listen to that episode here. Afterward, Jenny was generous enough to provide this blog post for all of you considering this next big step in your career. Check out her thoughts on how to make yourself a highly qualified candidate for CRNA school.

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Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

JULY 9, 2020

Stanislau Valynkin/123RF.com Side hustles offer the chance to earn extra money, whether someone wants some extra spending money without having to pick up extra shifts or is trying to build another source of income. Nurses have the education and experience to participate and succeed in many side hustles in which others may not be able to be involved.

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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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ER Nurses

JULY 8, 2020

[link] Have you found rhythm in your daily work routines amidst COVID craziness? You do what you have to do to cope. But note, this is trauma. Inundated ER rooms look like war zones, and with government officials doing little to curb the rapid acceleration of the virus, we can expect it to get worse.

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