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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Barbara Bosah

Minority Nurse

Barbara Bosah, MS, RN, PCCN, is a highly skilled nurse manager in the thoracic and surgical intermediate care unit and vascular progressive care unit at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), downtown campus in Baltimore, MD. Talk about your role in nursing. How long have you worked in the nursing field?

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Nurses Help Nurses Succeed, Stay Safe, and De-Stress

Nurse.com

Thirty nurses at three medical centers in Southern California were chosen to receive the honor, which includes a $10,000 gift from the foundation. Nurses were selected based on “a bias toward action; a capacity for self-direction; originality and creative instincts; courageous and bold thinking; and the potential to achieve even more.”

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Broken trust

American Nurse

When that foundation of trust becomes vulnerable, people gradually lose confidence in the quality of care provided, doubt decisions, and ask, “How long can I continue?” Consistently practicing the behaviors that foster trust of character provides stability, alignment, and care for the human experience during times of change and uncertainty.

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Patient prejudice toward minoritized nurses

American Nurse

Organization-wide interventions present the best option for addressing patient behavior and maintaining nurse retention. Takeaways: Many patients expect that the nurse who cares for them will be White and female, despite the growing diversity of the nursing workforce. Of 4 million nurses surveyed, 8.1%

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Strengthening the Role of Nurses in High-Reliability Cultures  

Consult QD

By Meredith Foxx, MSN, MBA, APRN, NEA-BC , Executive Chief Nursing Officer High reliability is a commonly repeated term in healthcare today. Rooted in quality and safety excellence, high-reliability cultures lead to better health outcomes and patient experiences, improved efficiency, increased job satisfaction and more.

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Oncology Nursing – a day in the life of supporting patients

The Nurse Break

Spain and the United States, designing innovative treatments and care for people with cancer and heart disease. My name is Anna Crawford and I am a Registered Nurse managing adult patients who have been diagnosed with cancer. I am currently employed as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Medical Oncology. Introduction.