Board Vitals - Nursing

AUGUST 19, 2021

Determining the number of continuing education (CE) hours required to renew a nurse practitioner license (NP) and understanding practice authority can be confusing. Very often, the NP is required to meet several requirements to renew, including CEs for their registered nurse (RN) license, NP license and national certification(s). Additionally, every state and/or territory maintains different requirements.

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Equality 4 Black Nurses

AUGUST 19, 2021

I am a Registered Nurse and I was working a night shift at a hospital with a team of White colleagues. I was the only Black member of staff on the shift. I was looking after patients with my own allocated HCA and the other registered nurse was working on the other side of the ward with a different HCA. The Registered nurse and I checked medications together and the shift was going relatively well.

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Diversity Nursing

AUGUST 17, 2021

To receive Magnet Recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) is something most hospitals and healthcare systems strive to achieve. The Magnet Recognition Program states “ To nurses, Magnet Recognition means education and development through every career stage, which leads to greater autonomy at the bedside. To patients, it means the very best care, delivered by nurses who are supported to be the very best that they can be.”.

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Promotion Mental Health Leadership Professional Development 52

Gebauer Company

AUGUST 17, 2021

As a clinician, you’re accustomed to fielding patients’ questions and managing skepticism over various treatments. In some cases, a patient’s hunger for information is a positive sign that they’re invested in their health and will be dedicated to their prescribed care plan. But, when patients have the wrong information, it can lead to noncompliance or full-on refusal of care.

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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.

Communication

Board Vitals - Nursing

AUGUST 20, 2021

We received hundreds of submissions for the 2021 BoardVitals Nursing School Scholarship. Applicants were asked to answer the question “Can you describe a nursing industry trend that’s caught your eye? Why does it interest you?” Our 2nd place winner, Medjine Pierre, is a registered nurse who is currently pursuing her Master’s as a Nurse Practitioner.

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Nursing Uncensored

AUGUST 20, 2021

Trigger warning: This blog post has content that may be inappropriate for sensitive readers. David discusses pediatric cancer in a hospital setting. Please be advised. As a pediatric oncology nurse, I am accustomed to often being the most positive person in the room. In the face of so much pain and sadness experienced by the children I care for and the anxiety and anger often experienced by their parents, it is personally helpful for me to try and discover another, more positive view.

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