Stacey Garnett, MSN, RN, PMH-BC, NEA-BC, FACHE, is the vice president and chief nursing officer at Sheppard Pratt, the nation’s largest private, nonprofit provider of mental health services. In the fast-paced and ever-evolving behavioral healthcare field, nursing leaders are crucial in […]
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Naps are known to be restorative for anyone who takes them, but this proves to be true for nurses. A 2021 study reports that nurses who took short naps during their 12-hour shifts produced better quality care, had less fatigue, and felt
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November shares two important urology-focused awareness campaigns Bladder Health Awareness Month and Urology Nurses and Associates Week which is held annually from November 1-7. By spotlighting both the nurses who care for patients with bladder and urology conditions and awareness
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Black women are almost twice as likely to experience infertility as their white counterparts, but only 8% of Black women seek fertility treatment, compared to 15% of white women. Statistics like these, compounded by the fact that Black women are three
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At 22 years old, I became a charge nurse on a 27-bed step down unit at a large metropolitan hospital. The job demands were intense, and I regularly saw critically ill patients, distressed family members, and other difficult situations that
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Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has received a four-year, $2.8 million Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Workforce grant for a primary care nurse practitioner residency program that will recruit, train, and retain primary care providers with
Your nursing career has a unique narrative that propels it, and your resume is one place where it’s essential to get the story right if you want prospective employers to notice you or other opportunities to come to fruition. In
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The North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA) has spent the past year embarking on a multipronged initiative of self-reflection, intentional listening, and planning a more inclusive version of Nursing Forward. The methodical process culminated in a Racial Reckoning Statement approved by NCNA’s Board of Directors in
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As the war in Israel continues, Heather Berken, a 22-year nursing veteran currently working in the emergency department at the Milwaukee VA, packed her bags for a two-week trip, arriving in Israel to help in any way she could. Berken
When nurses think about all the career options available to them, medical-surgical nursing (known most often as med-surg) is one they hear about frequently–and there’s a good reason behind it. For nurses who want to spend a career constantly learning
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