Guest Post by New York Times #1 Bestselling Author and Registered Nurse, Carol Gino
Okay, so after about 10 hours stiffening into stone sitting in front of a computer screen, I finally decided to get up and move inside, away from reading anything about healthcare. I want light, mindless entertainment. So I flop down on the couch and pick up the remote to begin scanning tonight’s programs. I click through the stations like a man. But the remote always returns to the same station.
Oh God! Grey’s Anatomy. I love Grey’s Anatomy. Why do I love it? There’s nothing like it in the real world. But that’s why I love it. It’s so romantic. It paints such heroes. Heroes I believed in when I was a teenager. Doctors who fall apart when a patient dies, doctors who smooth a patient’s brow for long minutes, doctors who forego dinner at the local pub with their friends in order to play checkers with a patient…..What?
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Guest Post by LeaRae Keyes, Founder of the www.Nurse-Entrepreneur-Network.com
There are more and more nurses leaving bedside nursing and starting their own businesses. Have you wondered if this is something you should be considering? This isn’t necessarily the answer for every nurse. Before you make this decision, think about the questions that follow:
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Hey guys,
Hope you’re all enjoying the holidays as much as I am!
Boy, I’ve been hitting the cake and eggnog a little hard these days – I won’t lie, the pants are definitely fitting a little tighter than usual – so it’s back to the gym with a vengeance for me in January!
Anyway, I wanted to give you guys links to 2 guest blog posts I wrote in the last week, so you didn’t miss out on these nuggets!
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They are the practitioners of the difficult and heroic art of transition, whose ultimate goal is to promote quality of life. Hospice Heroes accept and embrace this gift of providing compassionate end of life care for their patients as a profound mission based on self- sacrifice and a willingness to live for something greater than themselves. They know that care is more than tending to the physical end of life, so they are able to be and act in the present moment to help ease the gnawing fears that the patient, his or her family, and support group feel. Above all, Hospice Heroes understand that death does not have to be painful, joyless, or lacking in dignity.
We have entrusted them with such a profound responsibility, yet we often neglect to provide them with the necessary tools to carry out their mission. In 2006, The National Quality Forum published A National Framework and Preferred Practices for Palliative and Hospice Care Quality: A Consensus Report. This report details the problems hindering healthcare outcomes, the preferred practices to improve healthcare outcomes, and the rationale for developing these practices.
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Don’t miss this beautiful interview with my friend and fellow Nurse Entrepreneur, Annette Tersigni, RN, also known as the Yoga Nurse.
In it, she talks about bringing together her love of nursing and her passion for yoga and developing a thriving nursing business from it!
She’s a great example of how to become an entrepreneur as a nurse.
What hobby/sport/interest/past time ignites your passion?
What nurse entrepreneur ideas do you have?
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Wow! This article seems to have struck a nerve and generated a ton of controversy over at the PBS website.
I’m super interested in what you guys think!
Wearing the 2 hats of “nurse” and “nurse entrepreneur,” my thoughts on this article are varied…and almost conflicting at times.
Also, what do you guys think when the media uses the term “nursing shortage?”
I’m curious to hear your feelings…
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PBS Reports: “Surge of Young Nurses Could Help Reverse Shortage”
BY: JASON KANE
Breathe a little easier, baby boomers. The nursing shortage that looked like it might deepen just in time for your retirement may not be so certain after all.
According to a report published Monday in the journal Health Affairs, young registered nurses are now entering the workforce at a rate not seen since the 1970s.
After peaking at 190,000 in 1979, the number of RNs between the ages of 23 and 26 plummeted below 110,000 in the early ’90s. That’s a drop of about 50 percent, bottoming out at 102,000 in 2002.
Graphic courtesy Health Affairs.
Then, unexpectedly, everything changed. Between 2002 and 2009, the number of mid-20-something RNs jumped by 62 percent. According to the report, “If these young nurses follow the same life-cycle employment patterns as those who preceded them — as they appear to be thus far — then they will be the largest cohort of registered nurses ever observed.”
But if your local hospital already has a shortage of nurses, it might be a little early to celebrate the trend. A second Health Affairs study published Monday found that nurses rarely move very far for a job. In fact, 52.5 percent of nurses work within 40 miles of where they attended high school.
Next to teaching, the report shows, nursing is one of the least-mobile professions for women. Without intervention, areas currently struggling to produce RNs probably won’t be seeing an upswing in their numbers any time soon.
The increased numbers also won’t automatically translate to enough nurses who specialize in geriatrics. That, too, will take work.
So what does all that mean for an aging U.S. population? Susan Dentzer, editor-in-chief of Health Affairs and former NewsHour health correspondent, answers our questions below.
These numbers seem relatively optimistic. How will they relate to the nursing shortage?
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Although the regular housing market has continued it’s long, slow decline, the senior housing market is on fire.
Check out this story from the The Sun News of Myrtle Beach.
If any of you have experience working in SNFs, Nursing Homes or ALFs, this is a great bricks-and-mortar type business to get into with the aging boomer population promising a rise in clientele.
Enjoy the article!
Tell me what you think.
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PHILADELPHIA — Though the overall housing market has not escaped the doldrums, the senior housing sector, driven by investment companies, has gone gangbusters since 2010.
In the third quarter of 2011 alone, 39 senior housing deals worth $5.5 billion were completed, primarily by real estate investment trusts that specialize in housing for the elderly. That figure includes independent-living and assisted-living communities, but not nursing homes.
The total value of senior housing deals in the quarter ended Sept. 30 was greater than the combined total in the previous two full years, according to the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry in Annapolis, Md.
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Nurse Entrepreneurs upholding the highest standards for their employees as one of BC Business Magazine’s 2011 Best Companies to Work for in British Columbia.
Good job, guys!
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Nurse Next Door, one of North America’s fastest growing home care franchise systems, is proud to announce that they have been named to BC Business Magazine’s 2011 Best Companies to Work for in BC list in the number 3 spot. For the fourth time in five years, Nurse Next Door was acknowledged by the annual program that recognizes thought leading employers in BC.
“We’re honored to be named a top employer again,” said John DeHart, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Nurse Next Door. “Caring for the people who care for our clients is the most important thing we can do. Being named to this list again shows our efforts to admire people and attract the best people are paying off.”
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Great profile, in The Gulf Coast Business Review of Nevco, a business pioneered by a nurse and her son, an attorney.
They started out as a humble Dial-A-Nurse service and have expanded into a large international nursing educational material provider.
Excellent profile and great take-aways!
Let me know your thoughts in the comments box?
Any of you thinking of providing educational materials for other nurses? Let me know, I can put you in touch with some highly professional educational material packagers and distributors.
Cheers,
Anna
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Student Nurse Makes Video About Becoming a Nurse Entrepreneur!
The kids are dreaming big, Alice!
All I have to say to this video is, “You, Go Girl!”
Watching this student nurse presentation on becoming a nurse entrepreneur makes me so proud and gives me hope that younger nurses are starting to recognize their worth and realize that there is so much inherent value to what they bring to the marketplace!
If she’s planning to make it happen for herself….what are you still waiting for?
Tell me what you think of the video in the comments box.
Cheers,
Anna
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