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Today is #GettoKnowYourCustomersDay and we're celebrating the unsung heroes of healthcare – nurses! At Avanos, we recognize the dedication and hard work of nurses and in appreciation of them, we’re sharing this article from CNBC that provides a glimpse into a day in the life of a busy registered nurse. Nurses are our valued customers, providing key feedback and insights that help drive our innovation. Their role is pivotal in our shared vision of helping patients get back to the things that matter. As we celebrate their dedication and passion, share your own stories of gratitude or experiences with nurses in the comments. #NurseAppreciation #PatientCare #CustomerAppreciation #TheAvanosDifference #MakingADifferenceTogether The opinions and claims made in this article are those of the author and not Avanos Medical.

In 2016 #medical #errors were the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States with roughly 250,000 people dying each year. In 2023 this number remains the same - 250,000 lives lost. 1 in 4 Medicare patients experience an adverse event and we have on average 1.2 million injuries per year due to medical error. Data that has remained the same over the last EIGHT YEARS. So I ask - What outcome are we focused on if not this? Someone told me this week that you have to be in love with the problem before you find a solution - that resonated with me. Why aren't we in love with this problem? I know it's not something we want to love - but we have to! I see the systemic issues contributing to this. I see the educational challenges contributing to this. I see the Us vs. Them challenges contributing to this. I see our siloed work contributing to this. What will it take for us to fall in love with this problem? I don't want myself, my family, nor my friends and collogues to be a statistic. Do you? #nurse #nursing #nurseleader #healthcare #justculture #nursesonlinkedin #doctor #hospital #physician

The editorial team at Journal Of Emergency Nursing would love to hear about what you are reading in the May issue of JEN. Thank you Casey Green BSN, RN, RRNA, CCRN-CMC, CTRN, CFRN, CEN, TCRN, CPEN, CNRN, NRP and Sarah Wells, MSN, RN, CEN, CNL for giving our readers a tour of the May issue and starting this trend. What is your favorite article in the May issue? What would you like to see published in JEN?

New Blog Alert!!! Hey CNAs! This one's for you. 🧡 If you're looking to grow professionally in the nursing field give this new blog a quick read on how to get started! https://lnkd.in/gQff8Xbs #marvelmedicalstaffing #rehumanizinghealthcare #blog #blogpost #professionaldevelopment #professionalgrowth #healthcare #cna #lpn

New Insights on Nurse Practitioners in Illinois! We're excited to share our latest article, "Ask a Professor: The Fight for Full Practice Authority in Illinois". We had the opportunity to interview Dr. Julia Koklys, DNP, APRN-FPA, FNP-BC, DNP, from Lewis University’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences, who provided expert insights on this critical topic. The article explores the ongoing efforts and challenges in granting full practice authority to Nurse Practitioners in Illinois, a key move for healthcare accessibility. A must-read for healthcare professionals and students! American Association of Nurse Practitioners #NursePractitioners #HealthcarePolicy #IllinoisNursing #MedicalProfessionals

People often know what they want but not always what they need. I was only about 5 weeks into my training at my first nursing job, and I noticed nurses avoiding a conversation with the wife of a patient about the visitor policy. The policy on the unit was no overnight visitors unless a patient was in the final hours of their life. This policy was set for a number of reasons but one reason in particular is that in a busy ICU room with lots of large, life-sustaining equipment and continuous patient monitoring, space was a commodity…not to mention that many patients spent days or weeks on the unit, and family members rooming in can easily wear out and get sick themselves from lack of rest. The wife of this patient, however, was certain there would be an exception made for her and had been loudly talking about staying overnight in front of nurses all day, with no one paying much mind. It grew closer to shift change and the end of visiting hours and the wife seemed to be ready to settle in for the night. Though I was just a baby nurse at the time, I had worked with people long enough in my previous career to know we were coming to a point of conflict if we didn’t address this immediately. So I pulled the wife aside in a cozy corner of a small waiting area and sat with her. I asked her the question, “What are you most worried about if you don’t stay the night?” I wasn’t surprised that her answer wasn’t terribly clear. I already knew she was worried…not about *one* thing but about *every* thing. It gave me the opportunity to alleviate some of her worry, explain that she needed real rest just like her husband did and help her arrange a ride home at the end of visiting hours that night. I also made sure she had “lifelines” if her worry became too great. She could of course call the unit any time for updates and she would also receive a full update from the night shift nurse the following morning. She wanted to stay…that’s an easy short term win if you just give in, bend the policy a bit. Need-based wins when someone doesn’t yet understand their own needs is trickier. But if you’re willing to take the time to dig a little deeper, it’s a better long term victory. #relationshipbuilding #communication #wantvsneed

Serena Bumpus DNP RN NEA-BC - I find it remarkable that an air crash that loses a couple of hundred lives will be front page news. Yet we lose every year four times more than we did in the whole Viet Nam war fiasco and no one even notices. We've normalized death and injury on a massive scale as just the way it is. You went back eight years, but the lack of safety in HC has been with us seemingly forever. No efforts to improve have moved the needle at all. Why we can't improve safety or healthcare in general? The problems are in the systems not the people delivering care. We only get what the systems will deliver and currently its 250,000 deaths and millions of injuries each year. Unless a caregiver wakes up in the morning and decides to kill a patient that day (rare), it's systems that do that dirty work. Yet, do we look to systems transformation to address safety. Not really. Nor would we know what to do if we wanted to take a systems-based approach to improving safety. Just a little push back. Love or hate the problem, it isn't going to be improved until the people delivering care learn how to make visible and fix the care delivery systems that guarantee 250,000 deaths this year and every year. This is doable today. 💙 #3DHealthcare #ALovingOrganization #LovingSystems #SafetyInHealthcare

“Loss of Potential” Due to Chronic Abuse Patterns in US Healthcare The same chronic abuse patterns have been holding back full potential for students & clinical professionals on an individual & group level in US Healthcare for decades. For the Nursing Profession, abuse patterns have been holding us back from reaching our full potential, such as advancing as a STEM field to further develop Nursing academia & innovations specific to Nursing Science. The Nursing Profession needs to be strong and cohesive to get ourselves out of this frontline staffing crisis & to continue advancing our profession to our fullest potential. Nursing & US Healthcare needs widespread culture change across the country. Nursing & US Healthcare needs to normalize specialized virtual training from Workplace Culture/Abuse Experts who are well-versed in Dark Tetrad Abuse patterns. The Nursing Profession can hire these experts to train nurses of professional nursing organizations, nursing unions, & places of employment. The Workplace Culture/Abuse Experts can come from anywhere in the world, since the training is virtual. #us #healthcare #medicine #nursing #nursesonlinkedin #patientsafety #mentalhealth #ptsd #suicideprevention #innovation #staffing #retention #recruitment #teamwork #collaboration Kasia Musur Caroline Mrozla-Toscano, PhD Cynthia Mathieu Ph.D. Nathalie Martinek, Ph.D. Workplace Bullying Project Dr. Ramani Durvasula Commission for Nurse Reimbursement American Nurses Association American Academy of Nursing American Organization for Nursing Leadership American Medical Association Nurse.org National Nurses United SONSIEL - Society of Nurse Scientists, Innovators, Entrepreneurs & Leaders California Nurses Association

Robinson Cole’s Yelena Greenberg co-authored an article with 2023 R C legal intern Ivy M. entitled “Implications of Biden’s Proposed LTC Nurse Staffing Rule,” published in the Massachusetts Bar Association’s (MBA) March/April 2024 “Section Review.” The article covers proposed staffing standards for long-term care (LTC) facilities, potential added staff compensation reporting and compliance implications, and the impact the proposed rule would have on Massachusetts and Connecticut LTC facilities, if enacted. “The Proposed Rule would establish national, quantitative minimum nurse staffing standards for all LTC facilities,” they write. “CMS cites the link between consistent nurse staffing and quality and safety metrics as the driver for establishing these standards, with the ultimate goal of decreasing nationwide variability in nurse staffing and increasing quality and safety overall.” Yelena serves on the MBA Health Law Section Council. https://lnkd.in/eXp9UsU4 #healthlaw #longtermcare #nursing