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10 Nurses Will Ring the Nasdaq Closing Bell to Celebrate Nurses’ Week

Scrubs

“We’re hopeful that our presence here will keep nurse appreciation top of mind year-round, alongside continuing efforts that push for nurse well-being.” ” The company has also become a champion of worker’s rights amid the ongoing nurse shortage.

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25 Technology Grants for Healthcare Startups

Arkenea

NCCIH (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health) Proposal The NCCIH in the United States is accepting proposals and recommendations from medical device developers for Small Business Technology Transfer Grants. Healthcare companiescan expect to raise a seed round of up to $50,000 from Healthbox.

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Primary care news round-up (10th October to 16th October 2024)

Practice Index

Patients have been given no choice as to what practice they would like to be allocated to, and there are many outstanding issues in terms of transferring medical records across different practices and IT systems in a very short timeframe.” Emergency departments experienced their busiest ever September, receiving 530,824 emergency admissions.

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Is It Time to Quit Your Nursing Job? 

Minority Nurse

Is there a significant risk of injury, whether it’s from transfers, lifting, or repetitive injuries like typing? Are there grand rounds and other ways to learn? Do you feel that you’re learning and growing in your job? Are any of your position’s manual or physical tasks hard on your body? Safety, staffing, etc.

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“The Front Line Is Shrinking:” Nurses Re-Imagine Nursing at the #NurseHack4Health Hackathon

Health Populi

I’m grateful to the nurse leadership teams at Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, and Sonsiel for inviting me to participate in another round of t he #NurseHack4Health hackathon pitches over the past weekend.

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Healthcare Workforce Safety: Nurse Safety and Patient Safety Go Hand in Hand

Relias

Standardize the practice of regular patient safety huddles among your teams. Assign adequate staffing for patient moves and transfers. Huddles promote patient safety, but they can also facilitate teamwork, provide a place to respectfully air grievances, and build rapport among nurses and leaders.

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Healthcare Workforce Safety: Nurse Safety and Patient Safety Go Hand in Hand

Relias

Standardize the practice of regular patient safety huddles among your teams. Assign adequate staffing for patient moves and transfers. Huddles promote patient safety, but they can also facilitate teamwork, provide a place to respectfully air grievances, and build rapport among nurses and leaders.