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As Your Nursing Resume Gathers Dust

Daily Nurse

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. That stress is entirely avoidable if they only look over their resume once a year. Probably not.

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3 Behaviors for Thoughtful and Effective Nurse Leadership

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The present state of 21st century health care has begun to spur a greater need to reevaluate what should be expected of nurse leadership — especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the components are foundational, there is always room for nurse leaders to grow their leadership skills. Engage in mindfulness.

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Nurses Spread the Word About Gun Safety

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Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN, a school nurse in Camden, New Jersey, and an adjunct faculty member at Rutgers University School of Nursing in Newark, knows firsthand the impact that gun violence can have on families. While Cogan’s niece survived the horrific mass shooting, fourteen students and three teachers died that day.

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How the Public’s Perception of Nursing Impacts the Profession

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Nurses are intimately involved in the well-being and health of those in their community. Because this care often relies on patient compliance, the public’s perception of nursing has significant impacts on the profession. Nursing was considered a secondary role to the traditionally male doctor.

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5 Ways to Manage Holiday Nursing Stress

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In fact, as many nurses attest, holiday nursing stress can be extremely challenging. . By nature, nurses serve patients because of an internal desire to help the sick and vulnerable members of society. These five tips can help to manage holiday nursing stress. 5 Tips for Handling Holiday Nursing Stress.

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Safety Concern: Unsafe Nursing Ratios

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Solutions such as newly required nurse-led staffing committees aim to end unsafe nursing ratios that compromise patient safety. . At a recent conference, a group of nurse leaders came up with this catch phrase, “You cannot fix it with a pizza day.”. Nurses want a manageable workload with adequate staffing, among other things.

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Motivational Interviewing in Nursing

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What does motivational interviewing look like in nursing? MI techniques can help nurses identify patient motivations organically. A study conducted by the National Library of Medicine revealed that nurses in the Intensive Care Unit spend nearly double the amount of time with patients compared to physicians.

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