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		<title>Nurse Recruitment News: Firefighters Help Ease the Nursing Shortage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A growing number of firefighters throughout the country are juggling their schedules to become registered nurses. Some are looking for added training to improve their performances as paramedics. Others are preparing to or changing careers. Nursing is a good option for firefighters who are less able to run calls. It&#8217;s a better second job than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing News: Study Reveals Patient Safety Concerns for C-Suite Execs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeAnn Thieman, CSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patient safety is the top priority for hospital C-Suite executives and risk managers in the U.S. but &#8220;lack of teamwork, negative culture and poor communication&#8221; will present barriers to patient safety in the future, according to a new survey commissioned by American International Group (AIG). While nearly all respondents (96% of C-Suite and Risk Managers) say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing News: Do Male Nurses Earn More Money?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 18:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeAnn Thieman, CSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a report in Men in Nursing Occupations, using data from the 2011 American Community Survey, 9.6% of the nation&#8217;s registered nurses were men, up from 2.7% in 1970. Men also comprised 8.1% of the licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses, up from 3.9% in 1970. Their numbers are steadily increasing and in some cases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nurse Retention News: Employee Wellness Programs Help Retain Nurses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeAnn Thieman, CSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[62% of workers believe workplace wellness activities improve health and reduce health risks, up from 55% in 2011, according to the Principal Financial &#8220;Well-Being Index: American Workers.&#8221; By taking advantage of workplace wellness offerings, employees are approaching their work with more energy and motivation. 51% of program participants feel wellness benefits encourage them to work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing News: Hail to the Nurse Hero and POW</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 15:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeAnn Thieman, CSP</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[motivation for nurses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nurse stories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mildred Dalton Manning, an Army nurse who was held captive for almost three years in the Philippines and who was the last known female military prisoner of war from World War II, died March 8, 2013 at the age of 98. Mrs. Manning, then known as Millie Dalton of Georgia, joined the Army Nurse Corps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing News: Social Media Evaluates Patient Satisfaction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeAnn Thieman, CSP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospital reviews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two studies suggest users of two social media giants, Facebook and Yelp, may do a solid job of reflecting quality of patient care. More people are turning to the Internet to evaluate health care providers. 14% of Americans went online last year to consult rankings or reviews of hospitals or medical facilities, according to a survey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nurse Retention News: Moral Distress Increases Nurse Turnover</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeAnn Thieman, CSP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Balance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moral distress is a serious problem among nurses and must be addressed for their sake…and their patients. According to the AACN, moral distress occurs when &#8220;You know the ethically appropriate action to take, but are unable to act upon it or you act in a manner contrary to your personal and professional values, which undermines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing News: Nursing Shortage Looms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeAnn Thieman, CSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some think that the economic downturn eliminated the nation’s nursing shortage, but we can’t be fooled. Older nurses have delayed retirement, part-time nurses became full-time, and nurses who had left the workforce returned. As a result, some new RNs are having trouble finding jobs. Most admit, however, that they are not getting the first-choice jobs. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing News: Nurses Want Work Life Balance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeAnn Thieman, CSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nurses have always started training in hospitals. Even though the health care system is changing rapidly to out-of-hospital care, the skills and expertise developed there are still valuable in most settings. 60% of nurses work in hospitals, though 85% are employed there within 18 months of their first jobs. 26% have left their first jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dedicated Training Increases Nurse Recruitment and Eases the Nursing Shortage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeAnn Thieman, CSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For clinical training, most nursing students visit a medical facility with an instructor who assigns them patients to follow. This traditional approach can create disconnects between the students and the working nurses. Some colleges and hospitals are using a new model called Dedicated Education Unit and it works like this: As part of their requirements [...]]]></description>
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