Health Leaders | Nursing
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
According to the latest report by the West Virginia Hospital Association, nursing had the highest overall rates of vacancies and turnovers, at more than 19% and 26% respectively.
Nurse Practitioners in Business
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
How do you find new patients for your practice? And how do you stay in touch with established patients? With email, social media, or a combination of the two? Whatever your choice, the objective of marketing your practice comes down to: letting people know about your practice and what you can do for them, how you can help them. Through your marketing, you’re attracting people interested in your services , “converting” them to become your patients, and finally establishing trust and building rela
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Emerging RN Leader
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Many health systems are seeking ways to redesign nursing care delivery in 2024. Our current models are no longer serving us well, and most are proving challenging to sustain with the current shortage of RNs. New models will inevitably include more of a team-based approach, whether using […] The post Challenging Your Own Paradigms appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Becker's Hospital Review
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
While automation holds the lucrative promise for many fields of removing mundane tasks from workloads, some nurse leaders are hopeful — but questioning — if emerging technology will do the same in their field.
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.
The Nursing Site
OCTOBER 31, 2023
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Consult QD
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Abbreviated from an article published in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine , July 01, 2023; Volume 90, Issue 7. By Michael J. Manos, PhD and Elizabeth J. Short, PhD Medical professionals face a significant challenge when treating adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Although adult ADHD bears similarities to its childhood expression, the distinct features are associated with ADHD across the life span, with particular attention focused on the ADHD symptom-generated t
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American Nurse
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Indigenous nursing programs are making room for new perspectives When Angela Acuna, BSN, RN, heard about the Indians in Nursing: Career Advancement and Transition Scholars (INCATS) program, she thought it was too good to be true. She was in her first semester at the University of Arizona College of Nursing in Tucson and was one… This content is for Digital Access and Print Plus subscribers only.
Daily Nurse
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
As the war in Israel continues, Heather Berken, a 22-year nursing veteran currently working in the emergency department at the Milwaukee VA , packed her bags for a two-week trip, arriving in Israel to help in any way she could. Berken has traveled to Israel many times; however, this trip is different. Berken is in Israel during a war , hoping to help those who need it.
Consult QD
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
A new nurse-led program at Cleveland Clinic Akron General is fighting substance abuse through early interventions and peer-to-peer counseling. Created to provide ongoing support to patients who present to the emergency department (ED) for drug or alcohol issues, Recovery’s in Reach enables a rapid, seamless transition to addiction treatment that reinforces the possibility of sobriety.
Minority Nurse
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
When nurses think about all the career options available to them, medical-surgical nursing (known most often as med-surg) is one they hear about frequently–and there’s a good reason behind it. For nurses who want to spend a career constantly learning about different health conditions and issues and who enjoy the variations that come with working with patient populations that differ throughout the week, or even the day, medical-surgical nursing is an ideal career path that helps nurse
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
American Nurse
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Most people with chronic back pain naturally think their pain is caused by injuries or other problems in the body such as arthritis or bulging disks. But our research team has found that thinking about the root cause of pain as a process that’s occurring in the brain can help promote recovery. That is a key finding of a study my colleagues and I recently published in JAMA Network Open , a monthly open-access medical journal.
Daily Nurse
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Being one of 240,000 are great odds if you’re playing the billion-dollar Powerball, but not when those odds are for being diagnosed with breast cancer. According to the CDC, close to 240,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women and about 2,100 in men each year, and Courtney Shihabuddin DNP, APRN-CNP, was one of those women in 2020. Shihabuddin was diagnosed with breast cancer on February 13, 2020.
SelfCare for HealthCare
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Exercise may be tied to a reduction in suicide attempts, according to research published in the Journal of Affective Disorders. Investigators examined data from 17 trials and found the likelihood of attempts was significantly reduced in individuals who took part in exercise interventions compared to those who were not active. To learn more about the body-mind connection and about how to create wellness programs for happier, less stressed, more engaged employees, visit SelfCare for HealthCare.
Consult QD
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Cleveland Clinic Akron General began piloting a new model of care in October 2022 on its labor and delivery unit. TeamBirth, a key component of the broader Maternal HealthCARE initiative sponsored by the March of Dimes and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, places patients giving birth at the center of shared communication and decision-making with their caregivers.
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.
American Nurse
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
The term “placebo” entered the English medical lexicon from the Latin word “placeo,” which means “I please” or “I shall please.” Its current usage, which primarily refers to treatments, frequently pharmaceutical, that provide symptom relief through the mind-body connection rather than through the treatment’s direct effect on the disease, has been in use since the early 1800s.
Daily Nurse
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
At 22 years old, I became a charge nurse on a 27-bed step down unit at a large metropolitan hospital. The job demands were intense, and I regularly saw critically ill patients, distressed family members, and other difficult situations that I had little time, emotional bandwidth, or support to process. This experience drove me to join Trusted Health , where I work with a team to identify workforce solutions that make nursing a more sustainable career.
NurseBuff
OCTOBER 31, 2023
We’ve all done it. You jump straight from nursing school clinicals to the world of bedside nursing. Patients bombard you with question after question after question. You exhaust our knowledge and follow up with, “I don’t know; let me go ask your nurse.” But then it hits you – you ARE THE nurse!! Congratulations!?! Feeling […] The post “Let Me Go Ask Your Nurse…” Tackling the Transition from Student RN to THE Nurse appeared first on NurseBuff.
Consult QD
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Preoperative, ultra-hypofractionated radiotherapy (RT) for soft tissue sarcoma (STS) offers patients excellent two-year local control and complication rates similar to the current standard of care, according to a new meta-analysis from Cleveland Clinic researchers. They presented their findings at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 65 th annual meeting.
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.
American Nurse
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
A VA project uncovers barriers to success. Takeaways: Remote blood pressure monitoring combined with patient education improves blood pressure control. Telehealth offers a flexible and effective approach for improving the management of uncontrolled hypertension. Innovative strategies are required to help improve Veterans Health Administration primary care workload and panel.
Daily Nurse
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Your nursing career has a unique narrative that propels it, and your resume is one place where it’s essential to get the story right if you want prospective employers to notice you or other opportunities to come to fruition. In a complex, evolving, and often competitive job market, having an up-to-date resume ready to go at all times is simply smart.
Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine
OCTOBER 30, 2023
My name is Diego San Antonio, and I am an MSN Entry into Nursing student in my third semester. I moved to the United States from the Philippines when I was a child, and I’ve been in Maryland ever since. I attended Towson University and earned my bachelor’s in Health Education and promotion with a… The post Why Should I Pursue Nursing at Hopkins?
Consult QD
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
By Joseph Styron, MD, PhD , and William H. Seitz Jr., MD There are a multiplicity of congenital conditions resulting in hypoplasia or absence of a child’s thumb. These include: Symbrachydactyly, hypoplasia with webbed interconnection of the digits Cleft hand, with a variety of presentations including a split in the hand, fused metacarpals, transverse phalanges, underdeveloped digits or central polydactyly Duplicate (polydactylous) thumb Radial hypogenesis or agenesis, with underdevelopment of th
Empowered Nurses
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
On August 7 , 2023, in Dayton, Ohio, Tristin Kate Smith committed suicide! The worst part of this story is that Tristin, a 28-year-old ER nurse, accused her abuser, healthcare, as the reason for taking her own life. She confided in detail in a note found on her computer by her father after her death about how she gave her heart, body, and mind to nursing because she wanted to help others and be a nurse forever.
Daily Nurse
OCTOBER 31, 2023
It’s Halloween at the Children’s Hospital New Orleans (CHNOLA), and the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nursing team is celebrating with adorable handmade animal costumes for their babies. The NICU nursing team will dress as zookeepers to match the babies. Emily Cade, RN in the CHNOLA NICU, says making costumes and dressing the babies up for Halloween is a special tradition in the Children’s Hospital NICU. “We love seeing our babies celebrate their first Halloween, an
American Nurse
OCTOBER 30, 2023
This novel approach bridges the gap between athletics and academics. Takeaways: Nursing students who participate in collegiate athletics are a niche group with unique advising needs related to clinical learning. A dedicated academic advisor for nursing student athletes can provide invaluable support to nursing students and faculty. In 2021, over 500,000 U.S. college students participated in teams sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA); however, little research exists o
The Relentless School Nurse
OCTOBER 28, 2023
Community gun violence, like the mass shooting that happened this week in Lewiston, Maine impacts those closest to the tragedy, surrounding areas, and even people far beyond the physical proximity to the events. Gun violence has wide-reaching implications and affects anyone who identifies as a survivor. I know this first-hand from my father, who survived the murders of his entire family and ten neighbors when he was twelve years old.
Consult QD
OCTOBER 30, 2023
A patient arrives at your clinic with red scaling on the nipple or what looks like bleeding of the nipple. What do you do? While it’s more common for these symptoms to be a sign of eczema or psoriasis of the nipple and areola, in rare instances, this could be a form of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) that affects the cells of the milk ducts. Paget’s disease involves skin of the nipple, and is considered early-stage disease.
Core Medical Group
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
In the world of healthcare recruitment, Chelsea's journey has been very influential. For the past six months, she's worked as a Recruiter within CoreMedical Group's Allied Healthcare Division, finding inspiration in her work and her team's collaborative spirit. Beyond her professional role, Chelsea is a culinary enthusiast, crafting new recipes in the kitchen.
American Nurse
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Leverage existing and emerging tools to help address this persistent nursing challenge. Lillee Gelinas Artificial intelligence (AI) can help identify signs of staff burnout by using a range of methods and tools, each with its own merits. The demands of patient care coupled with the hurried healthcare environment create a dangerous mix for nurses trying to stay mentally and physically healthy.
Elder Care Matters
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Caring for an older adult with dementia can be an emotionally challenging journey for families. There may come a point when the needs of your loved one surpass what can be provided at home, even with the best of intentions and efforts. Transitioning to a memory care facility can be the best option for both… The post NAVIGATING THE TRANSITION TO MEMORY CARE appeared first on Elder Care Directory - ElderCareMatters.com.
Consult QD
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Extended follow-up data from the landmark PARTNER 3 trial comparing transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement (TAVR and SAVR, respectively) in patients at low surgical risk showed statistically comparable rates of a composite of death, stroke or rehospitalization — and of the individual component events — at five years. The results, presented in a late-breaking clinical trials session at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting and simultaneously published online in
Diversity Nursing
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Understanding Hospice Care Hospice care is a specialized type of care that focuses on providing comfort and support to individuals who are nearing the end of their lives. It is designed to help patients maintain their dignity and quality of life during this challenging time. Hospice care can be provided in various settings, including the patient's home, a hospice facility, or a hospital.
Becker's Hospital Review
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
The American Nurses Association announced its support of the Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act, which would establish minimum nurse-to-patient ratios nationwide.
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