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The Goal is to let me help you want to stay on your nursing career path. Here is the first tip of the week:
When you are thinking of leaving this profession remember all the lives that you have made a difference in. Your talent and expertise had the direct impact that promoted positive outcomes for the patients you took care of. Remember all of these beautiful outcomes that happened because you and your compassion and expertise as a…
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Are you one of the nurses who left the profession? Do you want to return to the profession you used to love. Let me help you re-enter the field with a new sense of purpose.
https://www.ncsbn.org/news/ncsbn-research-projects-significant-nursing-workforce-shortages-and-crisis According to the ncsbn research, “The data reveals that 100,000 nurses left the workforce during the pandemic and by 2027, almost 900,000, or almost one-fifth of 4.5 million total registered nurses, intend to leave the workforce, threatening the national health care system at large if solutions are not enacted.” The full report relates the…
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The Hero Code: Happy upcoming Nurses week May 6th – May 12th.
If you are currently working in the Healthcare field this may ring true for you. Today, I am reading the book by Admiral William H. McRaven who is Retired from the U.S. Navy. He wrote this book in tribute to everyday Heros. I believe if you are working in the Healthcare field helping heal others…
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Do you want to be a MDS Nurse but you are not sure how to pivot to the role?
I once had to figure out how to become a MDS Nurse Coordinator too. I wasn’t sure what it meant when I met nurses that did this job. I did however notice back then that they seemed to really like their jobs. I wanted to figure out how to get that position so I could…
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Are you struggling to decide what Nursing career path to pivot to?
Are you struggling with deciding which nursing career path to settle on. Nurses have so many choices that it can be overwhelming. I know how this can feel because I have been in your shoes. I started my nursing career as a Nurse who was working in a cardiac stepdown unit. I then went to…
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Words “ A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words…the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt.”
– MARK TWAIN I began to think about how much our words can affect our relationships as I was auditing charts at work and sending out communication re: findings to my colleagues. I sat there completing my audit and trying to make sure that I was being clear in my intentions. I tried to picture…
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Are you worried that you aren’t aware of what you should be monitoring as a nursing home family member? The Consumer voice group provides education as they have first hand knowledge of resident’s concerns.
Staffing Patterns in nursing homes have been scrutinized more since many are facing challenges in retaining staff or recruiting staff to join their team. I am very pleased that some organizations are putting the resident’s needs first and closing to admissions on days that the staffing pattern warrents it. There is so much consumer education…
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Do you need help ensuring your loved one has a one on one socialization visit when you are not able to provide it yourself?
There may be many reasons why you are unable to visit your loved one: What will be provided during the visit:
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Nursing Home Leaders Informative 3 year statistical review provided by Marcum LLC
https://info.marcumllp.com/hubfs/pdf/marcum-three-year-nursing-home-statistical-analysis-2019-2021.pdf?hsLang=en There have been so many changes since 2019 and skilled nursing facilities are continuing to Pivot to meet the needs of the aging population. I continue to read in the news how nursing homes are either closing or changing owners and wonder what the affect will be for the aging population. I am curious…