Emerging RN Leader

APRIL 19, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN During the last two weeks, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing and NSI Nursing Solutions released new nursing workforce research. While the short-term picture of the nursing workforce has slightly improved from 2021 to 2022, the long-term picture remains quite challenging. The following are five […] The post 5 Takeaways from the Latest Workforce Research appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 17, 2023

Most people are hardworking and often pretty good folks, and then there are the others like those caught up in a scheme uncovered in January where several people allegedly faked diplomas and transcripts and sold them to nurses—many of whom had allegedly used them to sit for their licensing and work as nurses. The thought that this could happen is absolutely horrific.

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Emerging RN Leader

APRIL 16, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN It is no secret that health systems are struggling with finances. To preserve clinical roles at the point of care, increasingly administrative roles are eliminated while those remaining take on more responsibilities. That works until it doesn’t. Consider the following email I recently received from a blog […] The post Negotiating Your Workload When the Role Expands appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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The Nursing Site

APRIL 19, 2023

I would like to thank Berxi Insurance once again for bestowing honors for The Nursing Site as one of the Best Nursing Bloggers Around. We are always honored and humbled to be in such distinguished company. Berxi is one of the leading malpractice insurance companies servicing nurses. Please check out their website and the other bloggers, blogs and vlogs they have honored for 2023.

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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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The Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 21, 2023

I had a conversation with my husband, Ed, that I had not had before, the one where I admitted I was fearful of being shot at school. I have thought about it, those deep, dark thoughts that pass through my mind almost every single day, but I had not shared it out loud. By saying those words, it made my fear feel very real. Columbine happened 24 years ago this week, almost every day feels like a commemoration of another mass shooting.

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Scrubs

APRIL 18, 2023

A nurse has finally been laid to rest after her remains were found in the trash in Huber Heights, Ohio. Shianne Richardson and her wife were dumpster diving in the neighborhood when they happened upon an urn filled with the nurse’s cremated remains. Both women knew they had to give this woman the final sendoff she deserved. “We sometimes stop at dumpsters because a lot of places throw away food,” Richardson explained.

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Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine

APRIL 17, 2023

Do kids stay safe when parents separate because of abuse? According to Johns Hopkins School of Nursing PhD Candidate Katie Spearman, there is no risk assessment tool that assesses a child’s risk of lethality or danger after separation. Through her research, Spearman is seeking to improve risk assessment and intervention for children exposed to domestic… The post Episode 25: Preventing Child Abuse after Parental Separation appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine.

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The Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 15, 2023

Click to view slideshow. What an honor to be invited to participate in this celebration of Shannon Watts. I was one of the speakers sharing the impact of gun violence in schools and spoke about the power of collaborating with school nurses to bring #BeSMART and ERPO training to our school communities. I recommended that school nurses may be the best way for these life saving programs to be introduced to school communities.

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Becker's Hospital Review

APRIL 19, 2023

More than 70 percent of nurses, on average, are directly affected by workplace violence incidents at least once per month, according to research. They're more susceptible to experiencing violent incidents while at work than nearly every other profession, which has prompted Congress to push forward a bill to address it.

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Consult QD

APRIL 21, 2023

A new Cleveland Clinic podcast series created by and for nurses aims to help listeners navigate the ever-changing healthcare landscape through interviews and discussions on the most important topics that affect their lives and careers. Launched in April, “ Nurse Essentials ” will focus on everything from career growth to clinical practice challenges to self-care.

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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

Daily Nurse

APRIL 21, 2023

In collaboration with Valley Health and the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association (VHHA), Shenandoah University is working to tackle the region’s nursing shortage through a program that will enhance the training of aspiring nurses and create a sustainable pipeline of new healthcare professionals. NextGen Nurses program draws upon the expertise of semi-retired and retiring nurses to help train the next generation of nurses before they leave the profession.

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Scrubs

APRIL 20, 2023

Binta Diallo was at the urgent care clinic at the local H Mart in North Carolina because her son needed a physical for football and they couldn’t get an appointment at the doctor’s office. She was in line waiting for her coffee at the in-store café when a woman started screaming, “Call 911!” Diallo explained to the woman that she didn’t have her phone because her son was using it.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

APRIL 20, 2023

Seasoned nurses strengthen Jefferson Health's workforce while sharing their deep expertise. Jefferson Health is re-engaging retired nurses to support its nurses and care teams as they struggle with staffing shortages. The Nurse Emeritus Program provides the opportunity for experienced, retired nurses to engage with, support, and mentor nurses, nursing teams and new leaders across Jefferson Health’s 18 hospitals in southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey.

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Consult QD

APRIL 19, 2023

The world’s first quantum computer devoted to healthcare research is now operational at Cleveland Clinic, part of a landmark partnership with IBM called the Discovery Accelerator that will use advanced computing technologies to hasten biomedical innovations. The IBM Quantum System One is installed in the Lerner Research Institute on Cleveland Clinic’s main campus.

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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.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 18, 2023

A Florida hospital surgical intensive care unit (SICU) improved clinical alarm management practices and reduced nurses’ self-reported alarm fatigue, according to a study published in Critical Care Nurse ( CCN ). “ Implementing a Unit-Based Alarm Management Bundle for Critical Care Nurses ” details how the 27-bed SICU at Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, implemented a standardized approach to alarm management and improved nurses’ knowledge for configuring the settings

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Scrubs

APRIL 19, 2023

As the building nurse at Wilson Vance Intermediate School, Nancy Rook spends a lot of time with Gunner Hartley, a fourth grader with spina bifida. The two can often be seen roaming the halls together as Rook helps Hartley manage his condition at school. Hartley uses a wheelchair, and the other children often have questions about his condition, so Rook decided to write a children’s book to show them that his disability doesn’t make him different.

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Minority Nurse

APRIL 18, 2023

Trust between a nurse and their patient is one of the strongest assets a healthcare provider can carry in their repertoire. Unfortunately, social and health discrimination against minority groups around the world makes offering trust more difficult. Lansing, Mich.-based nurse practitioner Kristal Richardson-Aubrey and her team aim to approach this reality with empathy and understanding.

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Nurse.com

APRIL 21, 2023

Content courtesy of Seattle University. Often referred to as the mother of nursing, Florence Nightingale will be celebrated during Nurses Week and Nurses Month in May. And this year, the contributions of a lesser known, yet extremely important, pioneer in nursing will be celebrated along with Nightingale. Well-known national and international organizations intend to recognize these nurses and also bring attention to current issues in nursing to foster change and progress in the profession.

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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.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 20, 2023

El Camino Health is the first health system in the world to use FloPatch , a new blood flow monitoring technology that will help improve sepsis patient outcomes. Courtesy El Camino Health. “Timing is crucial when caring for patients with sepsis,” says Cheryl Reinking, Chief Nursing Officer at El Camino Health. “Our nurses have seen firsthand how effective FloPatch is in monitoring the effectiveness of treatment in deteriorating patients, especially those with sepsis and low

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Health Leaders | Nursing

APRIL 17, 2023

Nurses who question the status quo or seek better solutions should be celebrated, Yale New Haven Hospital's CNO says. Yale New Haven Hospital ’s strong culture of nurse innovation isn’t by accident—it’s been cultivated carefully and intentionally. Indeed, Michele Santoro, RN, BSN, a Yale New Haven clinical nurse , was named a 2022 Magnet® Nurse of the Year because of her innovations at the New Haven, Connecticut hospital.

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Becker's Hospital Review

APRIL 20, 2023

UW Health has developed one of the nation's first registered nurse apprenticeship programs to expand Wisconsin's pipeline of future nurses, the health system said April 20.

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Nurse.com

APRIL 18, 2023

According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), clear and accurate documentation is essential for safe, quality, evidence-based nursing practice. This applies across settings, for registered and advanced practice nurses alike, according to ANA’s Principles for Nursing Documentation Guidance for Registered Nurses. “Charting is important because it can prevent errors, helps with accurate assessment and diagnosis, and improves outcomes for the patient,” said Cherlyn Shultz-Ruth, DNP, MSN, RN, D

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 19, 2023

Nurse Alli Bullard thought she had her career path planned out. She set aside her aspirations of becoming a nurse to pursue her other passion —education. After graduating from Auburn University Montgomery with a bachelor’s in education, she began working at her grandmother’s daycare and loved working with preschoolers. But in 2017, her grandfather had open-heart surgery.

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Scrubs

APRIL 19, 2023

Rachel Foster had a traumatic few months after falling off an electric scooter in November of last year. The fall left her with serious head injuries and several broken bones. She was taken to a hospital in Edmond, Oklahoma near where she lives and spent the next week n a coma. The doctors told her husband John that she would never wake up again or breathe on her own.

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American Nurse

APRIL 19, 2023

Many journals ask authors to submit keywords (single words or phrases) as part of manuscript submission. At this stage, you’ve been working with your article a long time and can see the end in sight (at least until you receive peer review comments), so it’s tempting to dash off a few words and hit submit. Don’t. Instead, take time to thoughtfully choose keywords.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

APRIL 18, 2023

'We are committed to making a PhD accessible and attainable for talented individuals from all backgrounds,' dean says. A new PhD program at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) is answering the call for a more diversified nursing workforce. The Pathway to PhD Nursing Scholars , designed to accelerate diversity within PhD-prepared nurses, will be an eight-week intensive program to recruit and prepare students from groups underrepresented in nursing with mentorship, resources, networking, and c

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Becker's Hospital Review

APRIL 18, 2023

A new commission of national nurse leaders, healthcare executives, policy experts and academics has launched to change the way healthcare systems reimburse for nurse services.

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Scrubs

APRIL 17, 2023

The Avengers actor is starting to feel like his old self after being involved in a tragic snow plow accident on New Year’s Day near his home in Nevada. Jeremy Renner lost control of a large snow groomer when the emergency brake slipped out of place. The machine then crashed into him, leaving him with over 30 broken bones. “The Pistenbully snow groomer began sliding causing Renner to exit the vehicle without setting the emergency brake,” the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office wrote in the official re

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Penn Nursing

APRIL 19, 2023

The crucible of the global pandemic, racial injustice, and a crippling nursing shortage has sparked increasing calls for nursing to address its own problems, ranging from inequity to structural racism. Answering this call is a new book from Sigma, Taking Action: Top 10 Priorities to Promote Health Equity and Well-Being in Nursing. Penn Nursing faculty, alumni, and students are among the seventy national and international nursing leaders to tackle the most pressing issues confronting the professi

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The Gypsy Nurse

APRIL 15, 2023

Medely provided this article. When it comes to travel nursing, many RNs think of traveling and exploring faraway places. However, that’s not always an option for everyone, as some nurses want to be closer to home. Nurses can actually choose to be local travel nurses and only “travel” close to home or within their own state. Local assignments provide an option, different from per diem shifts and traditional travel nursing assignments, that benefits both nurses and the facilities they serve.

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Consult QD

APRIL 19, 2023

After receiving myriad treatments since first being diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2006, a 79-year-old man presented in August 2021 with slowly increasing M-spike numbers. He had exhausted other treatment options, and was seen at Cleveland Clinic’s Taussig Cancer Institute for consideration to receive chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy.

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Scrubs

APRIL 15, 2023

Lisa Buchanan has seen more than her fair share of patients go through cancer treatment. While working as an oncology nurse at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, she treated lung, head, and neck cancers, but the job eventually led to an unexpected career change. She started talking to some of her patients about the potential medicinal benefits of cannabis. “Those are pretty rough cancers, and some of my patients were using cannabis to help their symptoms.

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Becker's Hospital Review

APRIL 21, 2023

Nursing associations are voicing their support for House legislation reintroduced this week that would remove practice barriers for advanced practice registered nurses.

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