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We KNOW there is someone in your healthcare world that you enjoy seeing! National Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Week is dedicated to acknowledging the valuable contributions of Physician Assistants/Associates, Nurse Practitioners, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Certified Nurse Midwives, and Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants. These highly skilled professionals, who are certified and licensed, play a pivotal role in assessing, diagnosing, treating, managing illnesses, prescribing medications, performing clinical procedures, and conducting clinical research to ensure comprehensive care for individuals. Share this post and tag an Advanced Practice Provider that you'd like to recognize! #nappweek

#UHNTuesdayTrivia - We've got a new question to test your UHN knowledge! Write your guess below & visit us tomorrow for the answer! Here's your question: What is UHN's Internationally Educated Nurse (IEN) Program?

📰 'A Tribute to the Indispensable RN on the Palliative Care Team' by Jeanna Ford, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, ACHPN, FPCN 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dhg4ssNg The palliative care nurse is a true leader on the interprofessional team and is in an ideal position to establish practice standards, enhance education, and promote quality care. In this blog, a nurse leader shares important sentiments from palliative care RNs, and then offers four ways RNs can advocate for themselves in their careers.

ShiftMed is leading the way as a partner solution for health systems to have independence from legacy staffing agencies by providing exclusive partners in each market, a branded, mobile shift on-demand marketplace platform that allows for their own on-demand workforce infrastructure (OWI) lowering overall cost + increasing engagement. This allows for a bigger, engaged super internal resource pool, direct to professional local resource engagement, enhanced automation/gap shift fill central staffing office capabilities, and streamlined/transparent onboarding/credentialing processes. $Millions are saved, thousands of patient care shifts are filled without agencies monthly, and professionals are happier. Furthermore, people want to come to work for you because you are respecting the desire for flexibility and you are allowing them a "try before they buy" entry point that is easy. Join the healthcare workforce marketplace evolution (as many others have)....and be the first in your market to own your own w2, staffing marketplace network. #healthcareinnovation #healthsystems #healthcareindustry #healthworkforce #healthcarecosts

Ever wondered what it's like to study with us? Watch this testimonial video to hear what one of our students had to say about their experience with My Nurse's Life. #testimonial #clientreview #OSCEreview

Whether they’re activating a code or rapid response, performing life-saving CPR, or documenting the event, nurses play an essential role on any Code Blue team. In the most recent installment of our Resuscitation Perspectives interview series (link in comments ⬇️⬇️), we caught up with an experienced registered nurse and code blue responder to better understand the critical skills nurses bring to the table when it comes to emergency response. #criticalcare #patientsafety #cpr #codeblue #ACLS

FREE WEBINAR - Transforming EBP in Nurse Residency: Upgrades for Learners and Educators. Join us for an insightful episode in our Leading EBP Webinar Series as we delve into the challenges encountered by our organization in imparting evidence-based practice content to our nurse residents. We are excited to share the innovative solutions we've identified to enhance the learning experience and foster a culture of EBP. https://buff.ly/3NTr7eO

FREE WEBINAR - Transforming EBP in Nurse Residency: Upgrades for Learners and Educators. Join us for an insightful episode in our Leading EBP Webinar Series as we delve into the challenges encountered by our organization in imparting evidence-based practice content to our nurse residents. We are excited to share the innovative solutions we've identified to enhance the learning experience and foster a culture of EBP. https://buff.ly/3NTr7eO

NP Week is almost here! American Association of Nurse Practitioners has some great content to celebrate NP Week November 12-18, 2023. Check out the NP Factsheet below and share with your teams! #NPweek #npslead #ohsuofficeofadvanncedpractice

It's a big step to become an independent Nurse Practitioner - and there are lots of questions along the way. Check out our FAQs for all the information you need to get started on your journey! #NPJourney #IndependentNPPractitioner https://hubs.ly/Q01Y1NwR0