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Like Riding a Bicycle: Burnout Prevention

Josephine Ensign

Everyone, it seems, is burned out these days. Frontline nurses, doctors, public health workers, and other healthcare providers who are weathering yet another vicious turn in the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontline service providers, short-staffed and short supplied. Parents struggling to parent well amidst the crazy-making politicized strife over a safe return of their children to in-person teaching at schools.

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3 Strategies to Help Nurse Leaders Tackle the Rise in Workplace Bullying and Burnout

Healthy Workforce Institute

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in profound changes within our healthcare system. Now more than ever, nurses are being challenged with a barrage of never-ending stressors: continued patient surges, new disease variants, high patient acuity, increased job demands, and continued staffing and PPE shortages. High levels of stress and burnout coupled with the unpredictable nature of the pandemic, have created an environment that is ripe for burnout, workplace bullying, and incivility.

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8 Signs You Should Avoid That Potential Employer

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

When applying for and interviewing at a potential employer, the last thing you want is to score a new position, only to find out that your new employer is a nightmare. While financial motivators are always a driving factor for seeking employment, money is not everything. Taking on a new job that disrupts your life outside of work or makes you miserable is often not worth it.

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Five Free NCLEX-PN® Practice Questions

Board Vitals - Nursing

Gearing up for the NCLEX-PN®? See where you stand and try your hand at these 5 free NCLEX-PN® practice questions from the BoardVitals NCLEX-PN® question bank. NCLEX-PN® Quiz Which of the following food selections indicates to the nurse the client understands the teaching? A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a prescription for a mechanical soft diet.

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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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Best Cities to Live in for Nursing: The Mid-Atlantic

NexNurse

Nurses are needed in every city across the country. But what are some of the cities that stand out the most for work or what they have to offer residents? This post continues our Best Cities to Live in for Nursing series by focusing on the Mid-Atlantic. Here are five cities to consider working in as a nurse. Washington D.C. Washington D.C, is an interesting place to work for nurses because it has so many sights to see and is historically rich.

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My life in uniforms

EDNurseasauras

Now that I am no longer required to don any type of conformist herd clothing, I have been reflecting on the uniforms I have worn over the years. What is it about uniforms that I loved as a kid, and hated as an adult? I suspect it is because the hype never lived up to the reality, so uniforms were vastly disappointing. I attended public school, so no uniform.

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Home Healthcare Workers: A Growing and Diverse Workforce at High Risk for Workplace Violence

NIOSH Science Blog

Home healthcare workers provide healthcare services to millions of Americans who need assistance at home. Home healthcare workers work closely with patients and often are in close contact with the public while they provide healthcare services to patients. Both situations can pose increased risks for exposure to workplace violence [1],[2]. The issue of violence in home healthcare will likely increase as the industry is projected to grow dramatically in the coming years.

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The tiered skills acquisition model: Orientees' perceptions of confidence

Nursing Management

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The emerging principles and practices of appreciative leadership

Nursing Management

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