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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Barbara Bosah

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Barbara Bosah, MS, RN, PCCN, is a highly skilled nurse manager in the thoracic and surgical intermediate care unit and vascular progressive care unit at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), downtown campus in Baltimore, MD. Our unit specializes in providing care for some of the sickest patients within the Maryland region.

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What Is Lateral Violence in Nursing?

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While individual acts of lateral violence can appear relatively harmless, they create a toxic environment that takes a toll on employees’ morale, hindering the success of the healthcare institutions for which they work. Workplace bullying and lateral violence among nurses heighten tension within an already high-stress environment.

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Celebrating Black Nursing Leaders: Mary Howard

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She’s a member of the Community Relations Commission with the city of Columbus, the Board of Directors of CRIS (Community Refugee and Immigration Services), and the United Way Key Club. In February, we’ll highlight healthcare leaders who are prominent figures in their organizations and are making transformational impacts in nursing.

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The Diversity Essay: How to Write an Excellent Diversity Essay

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For example, maybe one of your siblings has a rare disability, or you grew up in a town with fewer than 500 inhabitants. Plus, learning and growing in this kind of multicultural environment will prepare students for working in our increasingly multicultural and global world. Here are seven examples an applicant could write about: 1.

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Essential Qualities and Characteristics of a Good Nurse

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As new nurses enter the workforce, identifying and encouraging specific nursing qualities helps healthcare organizations recognize strong candidates for hire and understand which of their current nurses would make great leaders. With well over five million RNs in the U.S.,

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Best Practices for B2B Customer Experience

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Customer experience, or CX, has become an important management strategy in today’s business environment. Also, with multiple business units and a matrixed approach to doing business, B2B companies struggle to work cross-functionally across silos to improve customer centricity. Create a CX charter. Secure executive support.

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What You Need to Know to Apply to Medical School [Episode 561]

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In addition, he has also served in numerous volunteer roles for professional organizations. Let’s start with some really easy questions: your background, where you grew up, and how on earth you got interested in admissions from biomedical engineering. [2:39] I basically wound up going to grand rounds.