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How Workplace Violence Impacts Home Health Nurses

Nurse.com

The nursing profession is challenging on its own, but workplace violence incidents can bring added stress and difficulties to the role. One study involving home care nurses found that exposure to workplace violence was associated with greater stress, depression, sleep problems, and burnout. For Nurses New to Home Care.

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On National AIDS and Aging Day, A Veteran Nurse Looks Back: How Nurses Can Transform the Lives of HIV/AIDS Patients Through Empathy

Daily Nurse

Those experiences helped shape the work we do today, as we strove to keep up with a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, provide empathetic care for all underserved communities, and develop new models of care that would provide safe, in-home care.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Esther Conteh

Minority Nurse

After working as an aide, I went on to train and become a nurse and graduated as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN) from NYU. I was eager to build my skills in home health nursing. For example, when I was just about to enter the field as a nurse, I was also in the middle of my first pregnancy.

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