Daily Nurse
MAY 9, 2022
Leaders and members of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and American College of Emergency Physicians called on Congress last Wednesday to pass legislation aimed at reducing violence against health care workers. Emergency nurses and physicians from the two organizations – which partnered in 2019 on the No Silence on ED Violence campaign – spoke during a Capitol […].
Nurse.com
MAY 9, 2022
Content courtesy of UPMC. Nurses have integral roles in emerging healthcare models aimed at meeting the needs of a growing population of medically complex children. In a 2011 paper published in Pediatrics , authors pointed to increased survival rates of infants born prematurely, those with various congenital anomalies or chronic conditions, as well as children who today are more likely to survive cancer and other illnesses.
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Minority Nurse
MAY 11, 2022
After showering, applying deodorant twice, and cranking up her car’s air conditioning against the summer heat (“I will not be the sweaty, smelly fat girl,” she thinks), Eva arrives at the doctor’s office ready to get to the bottom of what ails her: a newly swollen, tender abdomen, growing breathlessness, and debilitating fatigue. Given her previous interactions with healthcare providers, Eva practices what she’ll say when she reaches the clinic: “I know I am fat.
Healthy Workforce Institute
MAY 11, 2022
Chances are you’ve heard the saying: People don’t leave jobs; they leave toxic work cultures or People leave managers, not companies. It’s the truth! No one wants to work in a culture that’s negative or worse – toxic. Especially when employees watch their leader doing nothing to address the disruptive behaviors, and where they do not feel valued. Yet, a positive organizational culture has a strong correlation directly impacting turnover, productivity, work satisfaction, and patient outcomes.
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.
Daily Nurse
MAY 9, 2022
The two years since COVID-19 was first detected in America have introduced a profound change in all public-facing industries. Education, commerce, and even restaurants have changed business models and delivery systems to support social distancing and hands-free processes. Healthcare, too, has embraced changes, like increasing the use of telehealth when possible.
Diversity Nursing
MAY 10, 2022
For many years, the healthcare field has struggled with staffing issues, including the Nursing shortage. The COVID-19 pandemic brought these issues front and center. Everyone including Patients, Nurses, and Health Systems benefit from higher staffing rates. Improved staffing levels reduce : Mortality rates. Length of stay. Readmission rates. Preventable health care associated injuries and illnesses such as falls, infections, and pressure injuries.
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Nurse.com
MAY 13, 2022
Nurses traveled from across the country this week to gather in Washington, D.C., and raise their voices for change on International Nurses Day. The Nurses’ March drew nurses from California to Connecticut as they rallied together to mourn nurses who lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nurses’ March Executive Director Marla Barthen said she organized the event “because I felt the losses, and I knew that all my nurses were feeling the losses.”.
Daily Nurse
MAY 10, 2022
Nursing in 2022 looks much different than nursing 20 or 30 years ago. Social media is a part of our lives now, for better or worse. To young nurses who grew up in the digital age, it’s an integral part of their lives. Social media is a natural extension of their social circles—a means of […].
Hospital Recruiting | Nursing
MAY 12, 2022
ReDonda Vaught dedicated her life to the service of others in one of the most admirable vocations: nursing, but she has been convicted of two felonies and faces eight years of prison. How did we get here? Like the shot heard round the world, this changes everything. (For a summary of her case, scroll to the bottom ) Nearly every medical association, including the American Nurses Assoc. and the Tennessee Nurses Assoc., have issued daunting statements : “ Health care delivery is highly complex.
Minority Nurse
MAY 9, 2022
When Cade Conville took the podium at the Fall 2021 Accelerated Masters in Nursing Pathway Senior Recognition Ceremony , what could have been a typical award speech turned into an emotional account of his path to nursing and his story of resilience. Six years ago, Conville was a gunshot wound victim. The bullet injured the left side of his face, and he was rushed into life-saving surgery. “I woke up in a lot of pain, in a dark room.
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
Nurse.com
MAY 11, 2022
Content courtesy of Baylor University. The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree is gaining more prominence within the nursing profession. Steps are being taken to transition to the DNP as the standard for advanced practice registered nurses. While the profession is not quite there yet, the DNP is a terminal degree that prepares the nurses for leadership, given the constantly changing demands of a complex U.S. healthcare system.
Daily Nurse
MAY 13, 2022
Flight nurse Morgan Hand, BS, RN is never in the same place for too long. Her employer is Sanford AirMed, and she calls Fargo, North Dakota home, but when Hand clocks in each day, she never knows where her shift will take her. “One of my very first flights, we actually had to fly all […].
Symplr
MAY 11, 2022
Few would argue that patient access to healthcare providers is as simple as purchasing goods online. Despite the apples-to-oranges comparison, patients have become healthcare consumers and expect a digital experience on par with e-commerce shopping. As a result, the rush to capture patients and keep them in-network by employing simple but sophisticated electronic intimacy is underway—and few are doing it well.
Minority Nurse
MAY 8, 2022
Current student nurses have had an academic path that has been influenced in all ways by a global pandemic. This year, Minority Nurse celebrates National Student Nurse Day (honored every year on May 8) by learning more about Azariah Torain, a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh. Torain also is involved in the National Student Nurses’ Association where she is the 2022-2023 Imprint Editor and chair of the Image of Nursing Committee.
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.
Nurse.com
MAY 10, 2022
The 2022 National Nurses Week video from Nurse.com is our way of showing our immense gratitude to nurses for being there for their patients — our loved ones — when we couldn’t be due to COVID-19 restrictions, and also acknowledge all the courage and energy it takes to do their jobs well. Thank you, nurses! Happy National Nurses Week and Nurses Month!
Daily Nurse
MAY 12, 2022
As a nurse, you play a critical role at the bedside, but you also can serve a vital function in the far different and potentially unfamiliar setting of the boardroom. In those spaces, you have the chance to influence healthcare standards, practices and policies. “It is the responsibility of nurses to seek out and serve […].
Symplr
MAY 11, 2022
Complying with the federal False Claims Act is serious business. Abiding by this law, which imposes liability on persons and companies who defraud government programs, helps avoid patient harm, reputational damage, and monetary penalties. It’s the reason why you ensure employees can instantly report issues, for example. It’s why your coders and billers are trained on revenue integrity, and why your clinicians commit to providing and billing for only medically necessary services.
Relias
MAY 11, 2022
May is Law Enforcement Appreciation Month, and we would like to dedicate this post to celebrating women in policing. Women have played an important role in law enforcement since the very beginning of the U.S. policing system. But when we think of police officers, we don’t always think of these women. This trend, however, is changing. Strong women are leading the charge to play a greater role in how our communities are policed.
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.
Minority Nurse
MAY 11, 2022
In the middle of National Nurses Week, a day is designated to honor the school nurses who work in schools nationwide and address issues that range from splinters to seizures. This year’s School Nurse Day on May 11 helps recognize and celebrate this career. School nurses take care of children who attend school and with that familiarity they build close relationships with the children they see and often their families.
Daily Nurse
MAY 12, 2022
When Ingrid Johnson, DNP, MPP, RN, FAAN was an undergraduate, she wasn’t really sure if she was on the right path. At the time, she was pursuing a Bachelor of Science in nursing. “I was ambivalent as a BSN student and early on questioned my decision to be a nurse as I wasn’t sure I […].
The Nurse Break
MAY 10, 2022
Meet Professor John Hurley. John Hurley is a Professor of Mental Health at Southern Cross University and works clinically at headspace Coffs Harbour as a Credentialed Mental Health Nurse. He has accumulated over 40 years of experience as a mental health practitioner through developing and leading psychiatric crisis and home treatment services in both Australia and the United Kingdom.
Yoga Nurse
MAY 7, 2022
Love is all you need…for Beatles lovers everywhere Greetings to you today, Yep. I love the Beatles. I actually saw them in person when I was the tender age of 14. Did your jaw drop. Full disclosure I’m 70 years young as of this writing. Born in the era of peace and love. This letter lands in your hands as Mother’s Day + Nurses Week coincide.
Minority Nurse
MAY 12, 2022
The physical, psychological and sexual development of Black adolescent girls has been “heavily impacted” by the COVID-19 pandemic, says Natasha Crooks , PhD, RN, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Nursing. Crooks has published a paper, titled “ The Impact of COVID-19 Among Black Girls: A Social-Ecological Perspective ,” in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology, reporting on the findings of a qualitative study that featured interviews with 25 Black girls—a
Daily Nurse
MAY 11, 2022
Nurse of the Week Margaret Kluin, RN is not the sort to take time off lightly; in fact, until very recently she hadn’t missed a day of work in 15 years. Despite suffering from diabetes and later, kidney disease as well, Margaret, a nurse manager in the orthopedic surgery department at Ocean University Medical Center […].
Daily Nurse
MAY 12, 2022
A common reason people return to college is to advance their education and their careers. It was the main reason for Jason Herman, BSN, RN, too. But he didn’t just advance in his career. He reached new heights — literally. His degree from Arizona State University’s Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation served as a stepping stone […].
Daily Nurse
MAY 13, 2022
It is not unusual for nursing and other healthcare professions to run in the family, but sometimes the connections that lead a new generation into nursing can be almost eerie. Tara Wood, DNP, CRNP, NNP-BC was a NICU nurse when she gave birth to twins Jade and Taylor England. Her newborns weighed less than two […].
Daily Nurse
MAY 11, 2022
How often – and how well – do nursing programs teach lessons about the impact that climate exerts on health? And as more of us are exposed to and sickened by toxins, polluted air, unsafe drinking water, and a lack of access to basic health care – not to mention the economic, geographic and social […].
Daily Nurse
MAY 12, 2022
Nurse practitioners are in demand. This is one fact that many healthcare workers agree on. The Bureau of Labor Statistics backs this up, stating that the demand for nurse practitioners is expected to grow by 28% between 2018 and 2028, and the growth is much faster than average for other job categories it tracks. Nurse practitioners […].
Daily Nurse
MAY 10, 2022
The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship of Alabama (ASF) has named University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing graduate Collin Dorner, BSN, RN, to its 2022-23 class. Dorner is one of 20 fellows, marking the largest ASF class to date. During the 13-month fellowship, students work to improve the health and well-being of under-resourced populations throughout […].
Daily Nurse
MAY 9, 2022
Higher education is evolving. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, distance education in master’s nursing programs has been steadily rising since 2015, offering improved access, flexibility, and student advancement. In fact, a recent survey reports that a primary target demographic for online programs is adults returning to school.
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