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Bristol Names Nurse Melissa Broadway as New Chief Clinical Officer

Hospice News

A registered nurse, Broadway was most recently the chief operating officer of hospice for Bayada Healthcare. Broadway entered the hospice field as a bedside nurse in 2011 at a Texas location of Gentiva-Kindred Hospice. Bristol Hospice has appointed Melissa Broadway as its new chief clinical officer.

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Violence and Danger in the Healthcare Workplace

Daily Nurse

It’s no secret that nurses and other healthcare professionals face the daily danger of infection, back injuries, falls, needlesticks, and other on-the-job hazards. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers put themselves at grave risk to care for critically ill patients, and some paid with their lives.

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Lessons from nurses, reflections from the past

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

I am still in awe of the posts, shares and stories I hear about how the skilled nursing facilities embraced the day and found ways to allow those residing in their communities to experience this event. Nurses are passionate and gladly speak their minds to achieve the best outcomes. How fascinating was the solar eclipse this week?

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Shawna Mudd Named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Daily Nurse

Esteemed Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) faculty member Shawna Mudd , DNP, CPNP-AC, PPCNP-BC, CNE, has been named associate dean for academic affairs. As a faculty member since 2011, Mudd has most recently served as the Interim Associate Dean for Educational Quality and Innovation.

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How 3 Hospice Companies Are Beating the Workforce Shortage

Hospice News

“About a year ago, we did a kind of a deep dive into some of our challenges, and we realized that we needed to do a new staffing model, one that would attract dedicated, experienced hospice nurses,” Kalvaitis said at the Hospice News ELEVATE conference in Chicago. “So We were able to hire nurses.

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“Don’t talk your business”: Big and small actions to promote Black Women’s engagement with healthcare.

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

This week’s blog has been written by Dr Clare McFeely RM, BSc, MSc, PhD, PgCAP (@ClareUoG) & Tobi Abedayo RN, BN(Hons) from Nursing & Healthcare School ( @UofGNurse), School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. appeared first on Evidence-Based Nursing blog.

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Developing the future workforce through a fast – track process of entry into year two of BSc Mental health and Learning Disability Nursing; The ASPIRE project

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

The level 4 Care Certificate 3 aided the “grow your own” concept by providing a mandatory qualification that standardised practice of healthcare support staff. The objectives: To identify areas of good practice and ways to support the students transition into year two of the LD and MH BSc nursing programmes.

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