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The Rapidly Evolving Role of Nurse Executives

Embracing innovation and becoming pivotal players on the leadership team are just two ways nurse executives are helping to guide hospitals into the future.

from Hospitals & Health Networks

Health care’s rapid changes and growing complexity necessitate that all care providers collaborate and maximize their efficiency as never before, and few health care professionals understand that better than nurses. As their leaders on the front lines of patient care, system chief nurse executives and hospital chief nursing officers bring a unique—and increasingly valuable—perspective from which to champion these efforts, from the bedside to the top of the leadership ladder.

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The Fundamentals: What Is Holistic Nursing?

Patients are more than just their illnesses or debilities. Holistic nursing focuses on the patient as a whole person.

from Nurse Buff

Because of the nature of the work, nurses are often linked to illnesses and debilities. Although it’s true that nurses care for the sick, they actually aren’t just concerned about their patients’ physical weaknesses. They care about their patients as a whole, too. To give you a clearer idea, here’s a quick rundown of what holistic nursing is.

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The Opioid Epidemic and Untreated Pain: Ethical Tensions

Research shows that since 1999, consumption of hydrocodone has more than doubled and consumption of oxycodone increased by nearly 500%.

from Johns Hopkins Nursing

I recently attended a funeral for one of my former classmates from high school who died of a heroin overdose. Tragically, there was more than one funeral that day. There had been two overdoses within my community in one week. With recent headlines such as, “21 heroin overdoses reported in Ohio in a day,” and “Maryland reports 383 overdose deaths in the first three months of 2016,” I am less surprised by such events, but increasingly alarmed.

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10+ Unwritten Rules for New Nurses

A few helpful and hilarious tips for rookies from a seasoned nurse.

from NurseLabs

That first day at work as a new nurse is terrifying. Not only do you feel as if you aren’t prepared to care for your patients, but you’re also the “new kid on the block.” I’m sure you gathered some standard advice in nursing school about keeping your nose clean after graduation. But here are a few unwritten rules for new nurses to help make the transition a little easier for you.

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Nearly Half of Nurses Consider Changing Careers as Nationwide Shortage Looms

Heavy workload, on-the-job harassment by peers, managers are major drivers behind potential exodus, study shows.

from Healthcare Finance

A new national study by RNnetwork, a travel nursing company, shows nearly half of responding nurses are thinking about leaving their profession, and major drivers behind the potential mass exodus include feelings of being overworked and disrespected by their coworkers.

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The Simple Reason Nurses Should Put Themselves Before Their Patients

There is nothing to give if you start out on empty.

from The Huffington Post

I’m a critical care nurse who works the night shift, so sleep and I have had a precarious relationship in the past. There’d be yelling; there’d be tossing and turning; there’d be wistful glances at the alarm clock to count down how many hours I wouldn’t get restful shut eye that night. There’d be even more tossing and turning, followed by a pleading apology to the sleep gods for whatever misdeed I’d done to deserve such a sleepless existence. Thankfully, during my five years on the job, I’ve learned a thing or two about trying to snag a good night’s sleep in a high-stress, chronically sleep-deprived profession.

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An Oncology Nurse’s Perspective on the Health Insurance Situation

One oncology infusion nurse offers her thoughts on the ACA.

from American Journal of Nursing

I was an oncology infusion nurse in a hospital-based ambulatory center for a number of years, many of them before the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law in 2010. Besides administering chemotherapy and blood products, I infused medications to patients with sickle cell anemia as well as chronic autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and Crohn’s disease. The common denominator among these diseases is the high cost of the medications used to treat them, at the time ranging from $3,000 to $10,000 per treatment. I know, because patients told me, their nurse.

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Choosing Your Political Battles

One of the most challenging lessons new leaders learn is that not every battle is worth fighting.

from American Nursing Today

Mary*, a new manager in the operating room, prides herself on being a strong advocate for her staff, quickly acting on every issue with which she’s presented. So she’s a little surprised when her leader-mentor Susan tells her that she’s developing a reputation for being overly aggressive. Susan, who explains to Mary that she’s perceived in conflict situations as trying to win at all costs, suggests that this reputation could ultimately derail her career. She recommends that Mary learn to pick and choose her political battles more carefully.

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New Feature: Love Letters to Nursing

Tell us why you love being a nurse and you could be featured in our new series, Love Letters to Nursing.

We here at HealthJobsNationwide do our best to deliver interesting news and great career opportunities to you on a regular basis. But how personal is that? How relevant to your life? We know, you’re not always looking for a new job. And maybe not every article we send is of interest to you.

So, we want to get to know you. We want to connect with you. We want to know why you pull on those scrubs day after day, even when your feet are killing you and your patients are crabby.

And so we’re asking you: What do you love about your job?

Go ahead and brag a little. We’d love to hear it and maybe feature you in our upcoming series, Love Letters to Nursing, so you can be the envy of nurses the world over—or, even better, their inspiration.

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Fuel Career Satisfaction with Evidence-Based Practice

Thoughts on how to rectify chronic burnout and fatigue for nurses.

from Nurse.com

Recently, I visited my postop wife at the hospital, looking like every other family member. When I told a nurse, Linda, that I was a nurse as well, she said to me, “I’m sorry.” What I believe she meant was that she was sorry I was trapped in a lackluster, sad profession, like she was, and Linda was commiserating. This wasn’t the first time I heard this reply from a nurse.

As a nurse who is enthused about nursing, I angrily said, “Why would you say that to me?”

She told me she had been a nurse for 30 years, doing the same job in the same old way, and she was just tired and probably burnt out.

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