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Developing an Executive Presence

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A nurse manager recently spoke with me about a conversation with her CNO. Her long-term goal is to become a nurse executive. Her CNO seemed less than enthusiastic about her potential. When she asked why, the CNO told her she needed to work on her executive presence […] The post Developing an Executive Presence appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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A Conversation with Dr. Simha Reddy

Josephine Ensign

Dr. Simha Reddy is director of the Puget Sound VA Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team, where, for over the past ten years, he has done healthcare outreach and primary care with veterans experiencing or having experienced the trauma of homelessness in the Seattle area. In addition, he serves on the Implementation Board of King County’s Regional Homelessness Authority and has served on the governing board of the long-running advocacy group, the Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness.

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OSHA Compliance in Dentistry: Creating a Safe Work Environment 

American Medical Compliance

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations are vital for maintaining a safe and healthy work environment in all industries. This includes dentistry. According to NSC Injury Facts, workplace injuries cost businesses $167 billion in 2021. As dental professionals, it’s crucial to understand and adhere to OSHA dental compliance standards to ensure the well-being of both staff and patients.

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The Secret Garden: A staff-only wellness and respite space

American Nurse

This dedicated area offers rest and aids stress reduction. Takeaways: The Secret Garden is a first-of-its-kind dedicated 24/7 staff-only wellness and respite space, which has been shown to promote stress-reduction. It’s innovative and cost-effective, demonstrating staff interest with an increase of 350% utilization in 1 year. This pioneering model of staff caring for staff has been presented locally, nationally, and internationally, receiving positive feedback from other institutions as well as

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Fertility Benefits for Every Age: A HR Roadmap from Gen Z to Baby Boomers

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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Start Conversations About Change With Why

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN In his best-selling leadership book on communication, Simon Sinek notes, “All great leaders communicate in the same way. They always start with the Why.” He notes that people won’t buy into what you ask them to do without knowing the rationale behind a change. He describes this as upending […] The post Start Conversations About Change With Why appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Travel Nursing as a Family: All About Consistency, Homeschooling, and Exploring

The Gypsy Nurse

Travel Nursing as a Family: How do we make it work? This is one of the most frequent questions that we get. The thing is, we didn’t know the answer to this question until we started doing it. And honestly, we’re still figuring it out. We knew what we wanted to do, but it was hard to imagine that it would actually happen. Literally picturing it in our heads seemed to be nearly impossible.

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Firearm safety: Nurses’ knowledge and comfort

American Nurse

Assess firearm access and educate patients on safe gun storage. Takeaways: Gun violence remains a devastating public health epidemic in the United States. This study evaluated nurse knowledge and comfort with assessing firearm access and providing education on safe gun storage. Results can help inform hospital policy and nursing educational initiatives aimed at improving safe gun storage for patients and the public at large *The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn’t recommend using

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Helene Aftermath: Nurses Helping Nurses

Diversity Nursing

October 2, 2024 RALEIGH, N.C. – With recovery efforts just beginning in western North Carolina, the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA) and the North Carolina Foundation for Nursing (NCFN) have launched a campaign to financially assist nurses impacted by Helene. The NCFN – Nurse Recovery Fund is designed to quickly distribute money directly to nurses suffering from loss or damages due to catastrophic flooding, wind, or landslides in the western parts of North Carolina.

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The Irony of Nurse Layoffs During a Nursing Shortage: A Broken System in Crisis

Empowered Nurses

The healthcare industry is facing a perplexing and unfortunate contradiction: hospitals are laying off nurses even as a nationwide nursing shortage continues to worsen. For those of us who live and breathe nursing, this seems illogical—how can hospitals justify layoffs when they struggle to staff their units adequately? Let’s dive into why this is happening and what it means for the future of nursing care.

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The Relentless School Nurse: What Will School Nursing Look Like in 2050? Here is a Chance to Share Your Vision!

The Relentless School Nurse

Croakey Health Media School nurses are invited to participate in a foresight project led by Dr. Terri Hinkley, CEO of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN). This survey is part of a research project Terri is conducting for a course exploring the future of school nursing in 2050. Foresight projects use a systematic approach to anticipating and preparing for future developments and challenges.

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Why Menopause Should Matter to Today’s Employers

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

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Living donor liver transplant coordinator

American Nurse

Nurses in this role serve as the face of the transplant team. Test available beginning 10/1/24 Takeaways: Living donor liver transplant (LDLT) is an emerging modality of transplant in the United States that requires a specialized, experienced team to care for both the recipient in end-stage liver disease and the healthy living donor stepping forward to save someone’s life.

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Whistleblowing: rise in concerns raised with the NMC

Nursing Times

Read about a rise in the number of whistleblowing disclosures made to the NMC by people concerned about wrongdoing in healthcare.

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Looming Strike Averted at Major Hospital

Scrubs

The months-long nurses’ strike at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) in New Brunswick, New Jersey, has come to a potential resolution after a tentative agreement was reached between the hospital and the United Steelworkers Local 4-200, which represents approximately 1,700 nurses. The strike, which began in early August, centered around key issues such as nurse-to-patient ratios, wage increases, and benefits, with both parties struggling to reach a compromise.

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10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Nurse

Diversity Nursing

Becoming a Nurse is a rewarding yet challenging career path. It’s a calling filled with moments of joy, frustration, and constant learning. While Nursing school does its best to prepare you, there are many things you can only learn through experience. If you’re considering a career in Nursing or are just starting out, here are some things I wish I had known before stepping into this field.

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Maximizing Your Benefits Strategy: Reframing the Way We View Fertility

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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Your Story, Your Voice, Your Power

Equality 4 Black Nurses

Equality for Black Nurses: Empowering Voices, Transforming Healthcare POEM CALLED RESTORED WRITTEN BY A MEMBER OF Equality 4 Black Nurses They pointed fingers, cast their blame, Tried to break me, stain my name. A nurse who cared, who did no wrong, But in their eyes, I didn't belong. Disciplined for crimes, not mine, Stripped of pride, left behind.

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NMC appoints equality, diversity and inclusion advisor

Nursing Times

Read about why the NMC has appointed equality, diversity and inclusion advisor Mac Alonge to help improve its culture.

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Discover the joy of a career in Hood River

Providence

Nestled on the Columbia River Gorge, north of Mt. Hood, lies Hood River, recognized by Sunset Magazine as a top destination for “Best Adventures and Explorations” and nicknamed the windsurfing capital of the U.S.

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9 Strategies to Eradicate Bullying in Healthcare

Healthy Workforce Institute

With October being National Bullying Prevention Month now is the perfect time to tackle the widespread issue of bullying in healthcare. As healthcare professionals, we know that bullying and incivility thrive because they are often ignored. However, it’s time we break that cycle. Our goal at the Healthy Workforce Institute is to equip healthcare leaders with the tools they need to eradicate bullying and create a respectful, nurturing environment for all.

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Leveling the Playing Field: How HR Can Equitably Improve Health Outcomes Through Fertility Benefits

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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A year after the Nobel Prize, Penn’s mRNA research is revving up

Penn Medicine News

One year after Nobel Prize recognition of mRNA vaccines, new research at Penn shows how medicine is changing rapidly as a result of the discovery.

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Nursing Needs a Reality Check: Mentorship, Onboarding, and Beyond

Health Leaders | Nursing

The key to recruiting and retaining new generations of nurses is strong mentorship, onboarding, and support programs, according to these nurse leaders. While healthcare changes, so do the expectations of the workforce. Newer generations of nurses are expecting more technology, flexibility, and reassurance from management, and without that setting, many new graduate nurses are choosing to leave their health systems or leave nursing entirely.

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A reminder to prioritize your mental health this fall

Providence

As caregivers, we often help others before ourselves. But it’s critical to prioritize our own mental health to cope with stress, achieve work-life balance and prevent compassion fatigue and burnout.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Embracing a Multigenerational Workforce: A School Nursing Perspective

The Relentless School Nurse

I’m excited to share a new article, “Embracing a Multigenerational Workforce: A School Nursing Perspective,” published in the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (OJIN). In this piece, co-authored with dear colleagues Ellen M. McCabe, PhD, PNP-BC, RN, NCSN, FNASN, and Beth Jameson, PhD, RN, CNL, FNASN, we dive into the unique mix of generations working in school nursing today and how this diversity can be both a challenge and an opportunity.

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Penn Medicine cheers staff who give back to communities in need

Penn Medicine News

At an emotional event, recipients of Penn Medicine CAREs grants from the past year gathered and learned of a new boost to the program.

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ChristianaCare recognized for emergency nurse excellence

Becker's Hospital Review

Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare is the only national winner of the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing's 2024 National Certification Champion Award for health systems.

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Infographic: Why Are New Nurses Leaving?

Health Leaders | Nursing

Changing expectations have led to a trend of new nurses leaving their jobs. Many things have changed in healthcare in the past few years, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of new technologies and workflows. Recruitment and retention have become increasingly more difficult for CNOs and other nurse leaders, as both new graduate nurses and tenured nurses are leaving the workforce at alarming rates.

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The Relentless School Nurse: There Are 7 School Nurses for 8300 Students at 17 Locations in Moses Lake, WA

The Relentless School Nurse

In this poignant blog post, Liz Pray, a dedicated school nurse in Washington State, reflects on a recent emergency involving a kindergarten student with epilepsy that underscores the critical importance of adequate nursing staff in schools. The “math is not mathing” in Moses Lake, Washington, where 7 school nurses care for 8300 students in 17 locations.

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From replicant's dream to reality: Imaging AI at Penn Medicine

Penn Medicine News

A new Penn Medicine-developed AI tool is providing a new level of diagnostic precision to physicians reviewing patient scans.

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Connecticut law aims to improve safety of home health staff

Becker's Hospital Review

New Connecticut law provides greater protections for home healthcare workers, including access to patient safety information and reporting of threats or abuse.

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Leadership in changing times – Reader Response

American Nurse

In response to: Leadership in changing times Dear Dr. Gelinas, Editor, I am writing in reference to the August 2024 issue and the article “Leadership in changing times: New scope and standards of practice reflect post-pandemic realities” (Rollins, 2024). I found this article to be very informative about the changing climate of the health care arena in the post-pandemic world.

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'Focus on Senior Staff Retention': How CNOs Can Mentor and Support Nurses

Health Leaders | Nursing

The expectations of nursing have changed drastically in recent years, and CNOs need to pivot their strategies to sustain their workforce. HealthLeaders spoke to Melanie Heuston , chief nurse executive at WVU Medicine and HealthLeaders Exchange member, about how CNOs can keep up with changing workforce expectations and support their nurses. Tune in to hear her insights.

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Free and confidential peer support for all health care professionals from Hand-n-Hand

Nursing Review

In our busy lives, prioritising our health and wellbeing can be a challenge, however, doing so helps us live happier, healthier lives. Normally we can manage the daily pressures at work but there are going to be times when the workplace can become overwhelming, placing additional stress on us all. Having someone to talk to who understands the professional challenges can help ease the burden.

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Connecticut nurses vote 'no confidence' in CNO

Becker's Hospital Review

In late September, 133 nurses at Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital voted "no confidence" in Chief Nursing Officer Michelle Diaz, BSN, RN, and demanded her dismissal.

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Answering the call

American Nurse

Nurses are uniquely qualified for public service. Nurses have a unique status in our healthcare system and our nation. Ranked in public opinion polls for 22 consecutive years as the most trusted profession we occupy rarified territory in a world teeming with distrust and discord. From this esteemed position we have the power, privilege, and indeed, responsibility, to advance the health and well-being of our patients and effect positive change in our workplaces, profession, and society.