AdventHealth Orlando nurses now have a safe space to share their fears, ideas, and concerns. The New Nurse Coffee Chat is the brainchild of Britney Benitez, chief nursing officer, because she wanted to create a place where first-year nurses could be heard and receive support at the crucial beginning of their careers.
The new Nurse-Family Partnership program, which draws from decades of similar partnerships across the U.S., is meant to help new expectant mothers for up to 1,000 days, through the pregnancy and the child's first two years.
Nevada needs thousands of nurses for its booming population and many are calling for change to get more workers into the state. Assembly Bill 108 would enter Nevada into the Nurse Licensure Compact: close to 40 states have entered, allowing states to freely move and work in those states without applying for a new license.
Members of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Tuesday rejected a proposed rule by the state's nursing board to allow advanced practice registered nurses to prescribe controlled substances to treat obesity and chronic pain.