We’ve all heard the statistics about the growing need for trained healthcare professionals, especially nurses, within our society. Federal estimates indicate that not nearly enough people are entering the field to meet the projected healthcare needs of the coming decades. […]
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Every organization or workplace in healthcare or any other industry has a workplace culture, whether those working there are conscious of it or not. The best workplace cultures are consciously and proactively created by everyone involved, and the worst cultures
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When Jean Andres, DNP, RN, arrived at the parking garage at Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Maryland, she instantly heard the “very distinct scream” delivery room teams recognize. As the hospital’s labor and delivery director, she leaped into
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Speaking from personal experience, many terms (antecedent, parallelism, noun absolutes, etc.) used in perfecting the writings of the proper English language are foreign to nurses. Granted, as advanced practice nurses, we have practically written a novel of information by the
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Have you ever seen a problem in the nursing field at work or in nursing school and thought, “I know just what to do to fix that?” Latoya Smith did. She’s an RN who works with critically ill patients in
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SWAT RNs serve as expert consultants and mentors to nurses working as bedside leaders in various clinical settings. With clinical practice experience of five or more years in the areas of critical care, emergency nursing, and flight nursing, these nurses
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It’s back to school time again, which means school nurses are preparing for the year ahead and the challenges and opportunities a new school year will bring. In recent years, the roles and responsibilities of school nurses have evolved. Traditionally,
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When you’re a nurse in the process of finding a new position, there’s much to think about during the complex job search journey, from your resume and cover letter to interview prep and negotiating salaries, but one thing many nurses
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Nursing homes with the highest proportion of Black residents have the greatest number of hospitalizations and emergency department visits, according to a new study led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Staffing levels likely drive the differences
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Charmaine Branchaud sees the stories of Red Lake Nation students in the data. Branchaud has been an RN for four and a half decades and began overseeing school clinics across all Red Lake Nation schools in Minnesota in 2021. Her
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