June is also an occasion to honor our male nurses, who set an example for menâs health awareness every time they come in for work. We have several male nurses on our staff here at Nursegrid, including our CEO!
If we do not address the heart, help to support the spirit and coping elements of the patient, we may âhealâ a short term medical problem but have ignored the patients emotional resolve to have long term success.
Today we are changing our logo on the Nursegrid Mobile App and across our social platforms in honor of Pride Month. Though small in terms of changes, we hope it speaks loudly to Nursegrid’s support of the LGBTQ+ community and equality for all.
Today we are announcing the expansion of our executive team with two new Vice President appointments, a Chief Technology Officer, two internal Vice President promotions, and a new board member.
As a nurse manager, you know how hard your staff works. With so many long hours, some nurses can suffer from burnout, stress, and even depression.
Nurses are the most trusted profession on the planet. But, one challenge that nurses sometimes face is the ability to acknowledge they need help or information before they can complete a task or provide care.
If you or one of your colleagues is dealing with some of these issues, learn about some of the ways you can better cope with the stress of nursing.
One growing concern in the healthcare industry is a desire to help nurses find ways to connect with their patients more. When nurses connect with their patients more, the level of care rises and patients feel as if they are truly valued.
If youâre looking for a way to pay off your student loan debt as fast as possible, you can try leveraging your healthcare experience in all sorts of ways.
Are you wanting to work in women’s health? Women’s health nurse practitioners or WHNPs perform many of the duties of a gynecologist and often provide pre and post-natal care for mothers. Here’s how to start a career as a women’s health nurse practitioner.
After reading through all of the submissions, we chose 5 that stood out. Check out the winners and what their nominators had to say about them.
Being a nurse manager isnât for everyone. Itâs a tough job that can feel like youâre being pulled in half a dozen different directions. As challenging as this role can be, some people thrive in this position. Here are five signs that your calling in life is to be a nurse manager.
If youâre looking to land your first nursing job or find a better paying position, use these tips to stand out in the job market.
For Nursesâ Week we are sharing a few stories from our team about times when we were helped and cared for by nurses.
National Nurses Week is an annual celebration of all the hard-working men and women that have devoted their lives to helping others.
Nurses care for so much more than the just the primary dx, they tend to anxiety, fears, and sometimes anger(!) of all those in the room. That is why we take a whole week to celebrate nurses. And that is why we have a few ways to enter to win some awesome prizes this week.
How can you improve the services your facility provides while working with fewer resources and a limited budget? The answer may lie in nurse engagement.
Medical technology has improved considerably over the last 100 years, and so has the relationship between a nurse and their patient. Take a look at some of the more surprising nurse rules from the early 1900s.
If youâre worried about some of your nurses, learn how to spot nurse burnout before itâs too late.
This year, we are honoring the ANAâs theme, of Inspire, Influence, and Innovate. We want to hear how you are inspiring your industry, influencing a colleague, or innovating in your field.
After holding five different positions as a nurse over the last decade, here are a few tips I typically share when asked for advice on getting a job in the nursing field.
The positive effects of increased staff satisfaction in nursing units are well researched. These 7 tips will help you to increase your staffâs satisfaction, making the rest of your goals much easier to achieve.
We looked at 100 Nursegrid accounts across the nation to see how much time and money we were saving them, and how our technology made an impact. Take a look at what we found.
Today, we are thrilled to announce our Series B funding round of $5.7 million, led by Hatteras Venture Partners. Itâs an exciting way to start off 2018 and we have big plans for the year ahead.
We recently spoke with one of our Nursegrid Ambassadors in an effort to hear and share her story with our community. Give it a read and let us know if youâd like for us to share your story!
When I worked in a hospital department, we would regularly receive emails from management pleading with us to pick up extra shifts. It always struck me as a clunky, inefficient way to solicit staff to take on open shifts. Outside of Nursegridâs innovative open-shift platform, there were no solutions for those who werenât Nursegrid Manager customers â until now.
Everyone has a different practice style and personality and even if a particular physician isnât your cup of tea, youâll need to work with them to provide the best care for your patients.
To better empower nurses to become the leaders that our increasingly complex healthcare system needs, hospital facilities must invest in nurse education, mentorship, and professional development, technology innovation, communication, and mutual respect.
Healthcare desperately needs leaders who can see the bigger picture, think on their feet, help facilities adapt, and drive change. Nurses are well positioned to take the reins and make an impact.
When we launched Nursegrid Jobs, the platform contained only a handful of available jobs for users to apply to. We ramped that up to about 200 in the first few months, and today we are excited to announce there are over 9,000 jobs on the platform!
Amelia Roberts, RN, is a care coordinator, founder and CEO of Solutions by Amelia, and Nursegrid Ambassador.
Burnout is one of worst things that can happen to you as a nurse. Blood, guts, and gore â these things donât phase us. But, burnout? Itâs that one thing that can make you take off your scrubs and never want to wear them again.
What is the ideal nurse-patient ratio? What are the errors that begin to occur when staffing breeches that magic number?
The complex process of creating and communicating schedules adds extra stress for nurse managers and schedulers.
Niche: a comfortable or suitable position in life, or in employment. I think that besides being my calling and passion, nursing has become my niche in life. And, lucky enough, I Iâve found my niche within nursing. Here’s how you can too.
For two nurses, Katie Duke and Zach Smith, the combination of chance and opportunity led them to careers in both nursing and entrepreneurship.
To show our appreciation for nurses, and in an effort to get nursesâ feedback to make our product even better, we are offering a fully catered party to one lucky hospital department!
When Nursegrid was just a concept 3 years ago, we spent a significant amount of time trying to convince others that there was a deep void in the nursing market. After all, we were nurses ourselves and had felt this void first hand.
As nurses and healthcare providers we are constantly busy caring for others, but it’s important to remember to practice self-care.
Creating and keeping track of a work schedule as a nurse is daunting and antiquated. A group of nurses in Portland, Oregon, were so fed up with outdated scheduling technology that they set out to make a change. Their creation: Nursegrid.
We hope that we can continue to give back in our community, even if itâs just a tiny fraction of what nurses do every day.
Happy National Nurses Week! This week and every week, we’re proud to support nurses and the entire nursing profession.
Check out our infographic below to read more about facility challenges, the impact of engagement among nursing staff, and how to encourage engagement in nurses to help reach departmental and facility-wide goals.
Weâve focused new team resources on redesigning our Android experience to be smoother, faster, and more user friendly. Today marks the initial release of our new experience and an ongoing investment into the Nursegrid app for Android.
Nurses, who face increasing rates of burnout, can benefit from hearing words of gratitude; theyâre motivating, inspiring, and can have lasting effects on your engagement and work performance.
More than ever, weâre proud to support nurses that do this work every day, and weâre glad to be following their lead and providing care to our community.
The NCLEX and I had some good times and some bad times, but mainly just spent a lot of time together. Here are my “8 Rules” if you want to pass the NCLEX- no matter how many questions it takes.
Anxiety can significantly impact many nursesâ work environments. Personally speaking, nothing has shaped my career as a nurse more than anxiety derived from negative nursing experiences.
We wanted to create something for our users that took the pain out of the job search and application process. So over the past couple months weâve been working on a feature weâre excited to announce: Nursegrid Jobs.
The trauma nurses experience extends beyond PTSD to a condition called vicarious trauma, the end result of the constant compassion fatigue they experience at work. The good news is that there are things nurses can do to outwit their negative brains, boost their happy hormones, relieve stress, and cope better.
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