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How is your organization providing CNAs with skill building, development, and formal career pathways? How can you improve care delivery models to provide additional CNA support for nurses? Healthcare Plus Solutions Group

Interesting stat uncovered in the Models of Care Insight Study conducted in collaboration with Quint Studer and Healthcare Plus Solutions Group. Our research highlights CNAs as a pivotal role, but many hospitals are understaffed in this area. Respondents also noted that CNAs don't receive equal respect compared to their nurse counterparts. #healthcare #nursing #hospitals #cna

This is a call for nurses to prioritize their health and safety. It is equally essential for nurses not to despise satisfactory remuneration as they render quality care in their respective quarters. #health #safety #workplacesafety #qualitycare

In the first Models of Care Insight Study, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) rose to the top as a high-impact role in reducing nurse workload burden and providing quality patient care. Yet, 69% of nurses say their organization’s CNA workforce is “understaffed” or “very understaffed”. How is your organization providing CNAs with skill building, development, and formal career pathways? How can you improve care delivery models to provide additional CNA support for nurses? Explore the full study here: https://lnkd.in/eGieMDcn #ModelsOfCare #CareDeliveryModels #HealthcareResearch #HealthcareStaffing #CNAs Quint Studer Hunter J. Joslin Joslin Insight Katie Boston- Leary, PHD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC American Nurses Association

NURSES SHOULD NOT BE CALLED HEROES! In recent times, the term "hero" has been liberally applied to nurses and other healthcare professionals. While this designation is meant to honor their dedication and sacrifice, especially in crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, it is crucial to examine why this label may be inappropriate and even harmful. Traditionally, a hero is someone who performs extraordinary actions, often at great personal risk or sacrifice, for the benefit of others. Historically, heroes are figures who may even die for their cause, embodying ideals of self-sacrifice and valor. However, applying this heroic label to nurses imposes an unrealistic expectation on them. Nursing, as a profession, should not require sacrificial risk or life-threatening conditions as a matter of course. Nurses are trained professionals who provide essential care, but they should operate in safe, supportive environments. They should not have to make sacrifices to the point of endangering their health or life, which unfortunately is a reality for many in the current healthcare system. Furthermore, calling nurses heroes can obscure systemic failures, including inadequate staffing, poor working conditions, and insufficient protective equipment. When we call nurses heroes, we risk complacency, accepting that they will somehow manage despite these adversities. This perspective detracts from the pressing need to improve the healthcare system to ensure it serves both patients and medical staff effectively. By moving away from viewing nurses as heroes, we can focus more on the necessary systemic changes that need to be made. Nurses need improved working conditions, better pay, and more robust support systems, not just applause and hero labels. Our goal should be to make nursing a sustainable profession where no one is required to be a martyr for their job. Only then can we truly honor the essential work that nurses do. #NursesAreHumans #NursesAreNotInvincible #SupportNurses

During Nurses Week, it’s important to acknowledge the state of the nursing profession. Survey findings from the Massachusetts Nursing Association reveal a potential exodus of skilled caregivers in the coming two years. Nurses cited burnout, exhaustion, and understaffing as reasons for their eventual departure.   Healthcare professionals deserve working environments that prioritize their well-being. This is where Hercules can help. By eliminating a high burden/low value task from their day, Hercules can not only save nurses time but also alleviate physical strain.   To further discuss Hercules’ impact on nursing retention, boosting injury prevention and more, please reach out to me! #nursesweek #nursesweek2024 #nurses #nursingleadership #healthcare #HerculesStrong

Nurses week is a complicated relationship for many... I've grappled with whether to share this. Yet, now feels like the right moment. It's vital to acknowledge the complexity surrounding this celebration of our profession. For numerous nurses, it's a reminder of unresolved trauma stemming from our work in healthcare. We navigate through triggering experiences, feeling a tug-of-war between honoring our dedication and confronting the realities we face daily.🎭 The festivities and events meant to honor us often fall flat. They can feel like empty gestures, highlighting the stark difference between recognition and genuine support. Pizza parties, yard signs, and posters miss the mark of what we truly need. Years of this cycle culminate during nurses week, leaving many of us feeling resentful and unheard. 😷 To my fellow nurses struggling through this week, I want you to know you're not alone. While I understand a #linkedin post won't solve the systemic issues plaguing healthcare, I hold onto hope. Hope that we can reshape #nursesweek into something more meaningful. A week dedicated to gratitude and amplifying our voices as stakeholders in healthcare. 🤝 Let's push for initiatives that bring about real change in our working conditions. Let's demand more than token gestures. Imagine a week where our voices lead to tangible actions, where our concerns are met with genuine solutions. Together, we can redefine nurses week as a time of empowerment and progress. 💪 #nursesonlinkedin #healthcare #nursinglife #traumainnursing #emotionaljourney #nursingstruggles #nurseappreciation #systemicchange #nurseadvocacy #gratitude #healthcarechallenges #empowerournurses #nursevoice #realchange #workingconditions #nurseempowerment #nursingprogress #healthcareforall #nursingcommunity #nursingleadership American Nurses Association American Organization for Nursing Leadership Nursing ANA-OHIO Ohio Nurses Association National League for Nursing The National Institutes of Health Ohio Board of Nursing National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) Don't Clock Out Commission for Nurse Reimbursement Nursing Is STEM AACN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses) Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)

No, we are not heroes or angels or miracle workers. Our training and ongoing professional development help us to maintain the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to meet the needs of our patients. The barriers related to broken systems and processes, outdated policies, insurance denials, and drug/supply shortages (to name a few) are not a reflection on the nurse, but on a healthcare industrial complex that is inefficient and ineffective. The fact that nurses and other healthcare professionals succeed in spite of these conditions doesn't mean we are heroic, it means that we often work within flawed systems, focused on profit, squeezing staff, and patching with quick fixes, rather than quality patient care. It's a world where nurses are a line item on a balance sheet, that fails to account for the value and savings netted from an abundance of episodes of exceptional care. By definition, we are force multipliers! #forcemultiplier #RN #fixit

Becker’s Hospital Review last week asked me what is missing from the nursing shortage discussion.   My answer: focusing only on hiring more nurses won’t get us to where we need to be.   For real change to happen, we need to invest in the technology, tools and support nurses need to enable them to work at the top of their license.   We have much more work to do, but I am proud of the fact that we are building a shared leadership culture at MultiCare, where nurses feel empowered to make decisions on behalf of their patients and their careers.    Last year, we held 52 in-depth listening sessions with nurses throughout our system of health. As a result, we are investing in new technologies, streamlining documentation, hiring more Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) and international nurses, with the goal of ensuring our nurses can spend more time with their patients.    If we can all continue to make these investments, nurses will feel supported and respected by their hospitals and clinics. We can find long-term solutions to our nursing shortage; we just need the courage to implement them.   #MultiCare #MultiCarenurses #nursingshortage 

Happy Nurses Week!! In celebration of great nurses all around healthcare let’s start calling AI for what it is going to be in healthcare “Augmented Intelligence”. Nurses need to know that the tools that are going to be best implemented are the ones that keep the clinicians in the loop, not replacing them. Adminstrators need to employ AI strategies that empower nurses throughout the process from selecting tools, implementing them into the organization, and ensuring that they continue to provide the best outcomes for the patient and organization. If you believe that nurses should be in the loop, feel empowered to learn and implement AI, and have a seat at the table then comment “Augmented Intelligence”. American Nurses Association - California American Nurses Association AACN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses) Texas Nurses Association American Nursing Informatics Association American Organization for Nursing Leadership #nursesoflinkedin #nurses #futureproofnurse #nursesintheloop