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Being a nurse goes beyond the realm of a profession; it's a noble, selfless calling. Patient care is not just a priority, it's a way of life for us. Patient care goes beyond just tending to physical wounds or administering medications 💊. It encompasses the ability to see beyond the pain, recognizing the unspoken fears and the silent cries for reassurance. It's about creating therapeutic relationships built on trust, empathy, and respect, allowing us to be the confidantes, the advocates, and the voices of those who cannot speak for themselves. My fellow nurses 👨⚕️👩⚕️🩺 , let us remember the oath that binds us together, irrespective of our diverse backgrounds, specialties, or years of experience. Let us unite in our shared purpose, embracing the tremendous power we wield to impact lives, one patient at a time. Let us never forget that our actions, big or small, have the potential to leave an indelible mark on those who entrust us with their care. May we continue to uphold patient care as our unwavering priority. We understand that being a nurse means being selfless, willingly and wholeheartedly giving a piece of ourselves to alleviate the burdens carried by our patients. It means sacrificing countless sleepless nights, missing cherished moments with loved ones, and putting the needs of others above our own. Yet, we embrace this sacrifice with open arms, knowing that it is a privilege to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. In times of crisis, when the world leans on us for guidance and support, we remain steadfast pillars of strength. We are the unseen warriors, tirelessly battling against diseases, societal injustices, and the ever-evolving challenges faced by healthcare systems. We rise to the occasion, adapting, innovating, and advocating for change, always with patient care as our guiding light 💡 At the core of our existence lies one unwavering principle: patient care as our highest priority. I am a Nurse 👨⚕️ ❤️🩹 NursesMentalHealthMatters 💚 #PatientCare #NursingHeroes #healthcareadvocacy #nurselife #nursepractitioner #nursesonlinkedin #registerednurses

Attention #Nurses @ ViVE: There are investors in this world who seek to fund your ideas and innovations because of your empathy. Jason Whitney witnessed this firsthand among IU Ventures' Angel Network, who contributed the final amount to help the Primary Record team close their pre-seed round. "When founders truly feel the pain of their customers' problems, they build better products. It was clear that the team had a deep empathy for their customers. Having a nurse as their CEO signals a culture that reflects the highest level of empathy and drives the Primary Record team to never settle for 'good enough.'" What are you waiting for #nursesonlinkedin to impact needed change in healthcare? Begin to follow the stories of the NurseApproved businesses at Booth #636 at #ViVE24 and connect with the nurse founders on LinkedIn: Mick Hopkins Jenny Finnell Savannah Arroyo, MSN, RN Susan B. Davis DNP, RN, EMT-P Ky Arnold, RN Alex Whitefield, MSN, RN Jean Ross, RN Rebecca Love RN, MSN, FIEL

It's time to meet our final team! Nightingale Caring Solutions was founded by Colin Plover PhD, MSN, MPH, MSEd, RN and provides nurses in hospitals with a software interface and algorithms that help them staff and match nurses with patients for better outcomes. Currently staffing and nurse-patient assignment decisions are time consuming, stressful, and not evidence-based despite their impact in outcomes. Nightingale's software helps approach these tasks more efficiently by providing a customized interface, automation, and algorithms that inform how to organize nurses in hospitals to achieve better patient outcomes. This team is supported by our partnership with VCU Health (thank you!). During his time with Lighthouse, Colin is looking to dig into planning for the next year, grow his network, and get prepared to fundraise. Learn more at https://buff.ly/3OvAAJJ What else should you know about Colin? He's a musician who plays guitar and piano, sings, and writes songs. He's also a digital nomad who lives in his van - maybe he'll love RVA so much he'll make it his home base?!? We're excited to work with him! Want to meet Colin and the rest of our founders? Come to our Meet the Cohort Social on 3/6: https://buff.ly/3TZhq2u - don't delay, though - tickets are going fast! #lighthouselabsrva #lighthouselabsbatch16 #lighthouselabscohort16 #nightingalecaringsolutions #nightingale #nurses #nursing

🌟 Thank You for an Outstanding Event! 🌟 A heartfelt thank you to Sharon Pearce for delivering such an inspiring and insightful Legislative Taskforce Training last week. Your expertise and engaging delivery made a significant impact on everyone in attendance! One of the key takeaways from the meeting: How to Approach Legislators 👥 Know Who You're Talking To Understand your legislator’s background, including their professional history and key concerns. This will help you craft a personalized and impactful message. 🗳️ Know What Moves Them Research what issues and causes your legislator is passionate about. Tailor your message to align with their interests. For example, if they have a track record of supporting healthcare reform, emphasize how nurse reimbursement models can enhance patient care and reduce healthcare costs. 📜 What Is Their Legislative Record? Review their past voting history and sponsored bills. If they've supported similar initiatives in the past, highlight this connection. This demonstrates that your request aligns with their previous actions and values. 🏛️ What Committee(s) Do They Serve On? Identify which legislative committees they are part of. If they serve on health-related committees, this is your chance to emphasize the direct impact of nurse reimbursement on healthcare quality. 🎉 Know Their Party Affiliation While bipartisan support is ideal, understanding their party affiliation can help you frame your argument in a way that resonates with their party's platform. Show how your proposal aligns with their party's values and goals. 📈 Where Are They on the Seniority Scale? Senior legislators often have more influence. Tailor your approach based on their level of experience and authority. By understanding your legislator’s background and aligning your message with their priorities, nursers can advocate more effectively for the changes our profession needs. Say tuned for more educational offerings through the Commission for Nurse Reimbursement 💪🩺 #NursingAdvocacy #HealthcarePolicy #NursingReimbursement #nurses #LegislativeAction #NurseLeadership Rebecca Love RN, MSN, FIEL Melissa Mills, RN, BSN, MHA Sharon Pearce Renee Ellmers, BSN, RN

#nurses @ #vive2024 was absolutely fantastic. The key message I took away from so many thought leaders on stage: we need more nurses involved in ideation, design, development, and deployment of ALL #healthtech solutions. We also need more nurses on these companies boards and in their C-Suite. Point solutions are not sustainable. Regulation needs to change, and nurses (and other clinicians) should no longer be collectors of {insert your specific data request} be it a stupid regulatory mandate (that was probably written without nursing input), someone else’s desire for data (process monitoring anyone 🤔), or really any of it. Data collection for the sake of data collection does not support the therapeutic provison of care. It is not sustainable, and it doesn’t drive quality. Healthcare requires radical change. We require new payment models. The number of speakers that spoke to the immense challenges to innovate and change broken processes. I heard “blow it up” and start over from scratch. The US Healthcare system is in a bad place, that is unsustainable and requires #radicalinnovation. The solution? #nursingcan #nursingwill #powerofnursing #nursinginnovation

We'd like to express our thanks to the many #nurse #entrepreneurs and #nurse #inventors we've met with since our announcement in June. Quite a few #nurses sent pitch decks or scheduled time for a brief conversation. WOW....so many great ideas, passion, energy and a genuine desire to improve patient care or nurses' work life. Keep the decks coming, but be mindful that #NurseCapital is NOT an angel fund. Your company must have customers using your solution, be generating revenue, have a large pipeline of future customers and be ready to grow. Likewise, your company's solution must be #different than anything else on the market. Final piece of advice. Keep those #pitch #decks short and sweet--10 slides is ideal! A compelling pitch deck will move you to the next step in the process--a meeting. Which is the time to tell the whole story.

I was recently asked by a colleague why I'm involved with the Commission for Nurse Reimbursement. At first, it was a curiosity. But, last October, my 22-year-old daughter was hospitalized for viral meningitis, and the hard realities of the current nursing environment came to life in front of me as the family of a patient. As nurses, we've all faced the heart-wrenching decision of whether or not to let our loved ones stay in the #hospital alone. It's not that we don't trust our colleagues, but we understand the harsh realities of a cost-minimization #healthcare system. The pressure to discharge #patients quickly, understaffing, and the focus on efficiency can sometimes compromise the quality of care. We've seen firsthand how easily things can be overlooked, how vital information can get lost in the shuffle, and how patient needs can fall through the cracks. That's why we feel the need to be there, to observe and advocate for our loved ones, to ensure they receive the attention and care they deserve. It's not about protecting them from the nurses but from the potential pitfalls of a system that isn't always patient-centered. We're not just nurses; we're #caregivers, #advocates, and protectors. We're the ones who understand the importance of being present, of asking the right questions, and of making sure our loved ones aren't just another number in the system. This is my "why" for the advocacy work I've leaned into over the past year. It's near and dear to my heart. #Nurses #PatientAdvocacy #HealthcareSystem #QualityOfCare #NurseLife #nursesonlinkedin #healthcareonlinkedin Rebecca Love RN, MSN, FIEL Sharon Pearce

Today at 10:45 a.m., MEDITECH Chief Marketing and Nursing Executive Cathy Turner, BSN, MBA, RN-BC joins a Tech Talk panel to discuss Transformative Uses of Nursing Data by EHR Partners. If you're attending the #BigData Science Conference at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, you'll want to catch this session before heading home! 🌟➡️Learn more by visiting: https://hubs.ly/Q02zYB_k0 #Nursing #Expanse #Usability

I jump on calls with different people all the time, and honestly, I have to say, they’re always great. Usually, it's a chat with #nursing leaders, managers, people building amazing things in healthcare, investors—those kinds of people. There’s always something valuable to take away from these meetings, and sometimes (like today), there are insights you know you'll remember forever. Today, I was chatting with Emily Will MHA, RN, ONC, and I couldn’t wait to share this. We were discussing the usual concerns that nurses care about: retention, staffing, hiring, burnout, and everything that comes with it. At some point, our conversation shifted to what could actually improve the situation. For example, the fact that nursing tasks are not charged for during hospitalization is a long-standing issue. Then, Emily dropped this gem: "Why are people being hospitalized? Because they need nursing attention and treatment, and for absolutely no other reason." What? Wait... OMG, this is spot on! Yeah, we all know it, but, somehow, it is never refined to a simple idea such as that! I mean, okay, you need a complex procedure? Fine, let’s get it done, and you can go home straight from post-op recovery. Need treatment for something else? Here are your meds; go home. No, no, no... people are in the hospital because they need #nurses to look after them. Not doctors—nurses. There’s more: Emily told me that this piece of wisdom was passed down from an elderly nursing professor back when she was in nursing school, and now I get to carry it with me and pass it on. Lucky me! Seriously though, this argument should open any debate about staffing. People are hospitalized for nursing supervision and treatment, and they all deserve safe staffing. Thank you Emily for that great conversation.

Today, I am not here to brag about an #achievement but to share an #experience. I am here to share a different #perspective and a lifetime lesson that I learnt as a #nurse, as a family member, and as a human. One month ago, a very close person to my heart passed away. I lost someone who kept me going, who had my back, and who pushed me to improve in my academics and in my overall life. He passed away after intracrancial bleeding, seizures, kidney damage, heart issues, and a lot more. Is it that easy to say? Definitely no. Was it easy for him? Definitely no. Was it easy for us as his family? Again, no. But where is the different perspective behind this personal story? As a nurse, I could not save a very close person. As a ‘hero’, I could not. I advocated for his needs, but I couldn’t keep him longer by my side. It hurt a lot. However, this same person used to tell me to move forward no matter what. Today, as I reflect on this tough time I passed through, I ask other healthcare workers in the field: Do you provide your patients with the care that you would like your close family member to recieve? Do you empathise with the patient and his/her family? Do you go beyond your specific nursing or medical practices? Do you treat the patient as a person and not as a medical case? My dear colleagues, take your time thinking about the above questions and the next time you go into your patient’s room, think again: What can you do differently to help your patient? It took me a heartbreak and a loss to think as a family member, not just a nurse. Do not wait up until that happens and take this as your sign. Be there. Be present with your patient. #nursing #lifelesson #healthcare #nursingcare #patientsfirst #empathy