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Today's Top Beats
⭐ Unionizing in PA
🔄 Highest Turnover Specialties
🛑 WFH Domestic Violence
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Photo by Marilyn Angel Wynn / Nativestock.com
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Tribal Nurses |
For many American Indian students, the typical nursing program doesn’t hold much interest — they may be older, non-traditional students, are parents, need to work outside of schooling, and/or don’t want to be far from their families and communities. Thankfully, indigenous-specific programs, many supported by Indian Health Services grants, at colleges across the
country (such as the University of Arizona and Minnesota State) are helping not just with financials but also culturally relevant mentoring, professional development, test preparation, and job placement.
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Highest Nurse Turnover Specialties |
In 2022, the national nurse turnover rate was 22.5%, according to the NSI National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Survey. If you’re looking to switch RN specialties to one with more job openings, you might want to check out the three specialties with the highest turnover rates — telemetry (27.1%), step down (23.7%), and medical-surgical (23.1%). At the other end of the spectrum are women’s health (17.2%), pediatrics (17.1%), and surgical services (16%). For advanced practice, patient care technicians and certified nursing assistants outpace all other nursing jobs with turnover rates exceeding 30%.
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THAT REMOTE LIFE WITH NURSE FERN
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The Risk of Domestic Violence When Working From Home |
A recent study of over 13,000 cis-gender women across 30 countries showed that over 15.5% of those women experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) during the Covid-19 pandemic. With nursing being a female-dominated profession, being a work-from-home nurse could put you in a dangerous situation by being in even closer quarters with your abuser.
Dr. Kelsey Latimer, a nurse and clinical psychologist at KML Psychological Services, says that all types of domestic violence have one thing in common: It’s about control. Whether the abuse is physical, emotional, or another kind of abuse, if one partner is exercising control, that is cause for concern.
If you or someone you know is struggling with domestic violence or abuse and needs to make a safety plan, call or chat with the free National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233.
Read the full article here for more information.
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Ready for remote nursing? Check our daily remote nurse job postings for nurses leaving the bedside on Nurse Fern.
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Share Your Feast |
It's that time of year again when we come together to give thanks and feast like there's no tomorrow in the breakroom. We're cooking up a series of recipes and want to include yours! Share your favorite dishes and enter to win one of 10 $5 Starbucks cards!
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Gratitude Giveaway |
connectRN is giving away five pairs of Encouraging Scrubs. You pick your message and Care+Wear embroiders them just for you. Spread some words of encouragement this holiday season by entering here.
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5 Tips to Ace Your Nursing School Exams |
We’ve got the best tips to help you conquer nursing school this semester!
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SUPPLY ROOM
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Free CEUs! |
Perioperative nurses, get yourself some free CEU’s from Pfiedler Education, a division of AORN. You can choose from eBooks or live webinars that cover a variety of perioperative topics, from safe patient positioning to the latest technologies.
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BREAK ROOM
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Have you wondered what it would be like to travel the world for a living? Read here to learn more about the luxurious life of a cruise doctor’s wife. Should we all just quit our jobs and become cruise nurses?
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DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS
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We’ve got more healthcare tech updates coming to you tomorrow from Nurse Manny! |
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