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| Nurses on Johns Hopkins Cardiac SICU include (from left to right): Raycor Faderugao, Aaron Crowther, Ryan Crisostomo, Nick Long, Michael Dawson, Julian Olivares, Shawn Sullivan, Ian Morris, Matt Plourde, Steve Heslop and Patrick Balao. |
Targeted Recruitment Helps Ease Staffing Crunch
With such an extreme shortage of nurses across the United States, some in the health care community are looking at ways to help resolve the problem, including encouraging more men to enter the profession. At the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, recruitment efforts have been focused on attracting more men into the nursing profession. In fact, 25 percent of the nurses on the hospital's Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit (CSICU) are male - more than three times the national average.
"Being a male nurse shows that you are willing to do a job that has been female-dominated," acknowledged Ryan Peter Crisostomo, RN, BSN and member of the Hopkins CSICU nurse team. "Men in this field show great camaraderie for one another and have compassion for the work that they do. Patients tend to show a lot of respect for men in this field because of the rarity of the gender in the profession."
Nurses on Johns Hopkins' CSICU know what it takes to run a cohesive nursing unit. These nurses attribute their successful operation to unity and teamwork.
"All individuals on our unit play an important role and perform the various roles required in the nursing profession," explained Raycor Faderugao, BSN, RN, CCRN. "Everyone, male and female, pitches in to support the collective need, be it an acute, hectic situation, like when a patient crashes, or a more chronic moment when a unified effort is required to transfer a 300-pound patient from the bed to the cardiac chair."
The supportive relationships between Crisostomo, Faderugao and all of the nurses on the cardiac unit help alleviate many of the challenges that transpire daily. Crisostomo feels it is part of his job to lend a helping hand when he has free time. "The Cardiac Surgery ICU is a great work environment. The acuity is very high on the unit, so it is very important to know what is going on with patients that aren't even your own. You have to be ready to lend a hand and take necessary and immediate action," he said.
"At Johns Hopkins, we focus our recruitment efforts on bringing in not only women, but men who value autonomy, work well as a team, enjoy challenges, embrace change and seek opportunities for further professional growth," said Christina Cafeo, RN, MSN and nurse manager of the CSICU. "We are fortunate our recruitment efforts have been so successful."
To learn more about the Johns Hopkins CSICU team, visit http://www.hopkinsnursing.org/.
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| Nursing internships help aspiring, new and experienced nurses transition into the profession. |
Internships Offer Real Experience
Interested in a career in nursing? Want to make sure you are prepared for practice? Considering returning to the profession? Moving into another nursing specialty?
There is no one target audience for nursing internships. Aspiring nurses, new graduates, nurses re-entering the field and nurses exploring other nurse specialties can all benefit from these programs designed to help acquire or further clinical practice experience.
These opportunities can ease the anxiety that may accompany a transition into or within the nursing profession.
Internships are designed to introduce aspiring nurses to the profession and its various specialties. These opportunities also afford nursing graduates the chance to gain hands-on, pre-professional experience. Residency programs that many hospitals offer can assist graduates with the transition from student nurse to registered nurse, allowing them to expand their clinical experience, increase their overall comfort level with patients and procedures, and establish rapport with health care teams prior to practice.
Rosemary Pine, RN, MSN, CDE and Nurse Residency Program Coordinator at The Methodist Hospital of Houston, knows the success of such programs. "The Methodist Hospital's Nurse Internship and Residency Programs prepare nurses for a successful journey to become a leader at the bedside," said Pine. "In the residency program's first year, Methodist Hospital's turnover rate dropped from 50 percent to 13 percent, thanks to the work of a staff dedicated to making new nurses feel more comfortable in their working environment."
Re-entry nurses can also benefit from internships. Depending on the time spent away from the profession, these programs can help to refresh nursing skills and offer an introduction to new procedures and new technology.
With numerous opportunities in the profession, experienced nurses can customize their nursing career to their own special interests and skills through an internship.
Whether you are an aspiring, new or experienced nurse, you can benefit from the personal and professional rewards of a nursing internship.
To develop or enhance your educational experience and nursing skills, visit http://www.discovernursing.com/.
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Promise of Nursing for
Southern California
Hundreds of area nurses and health care professionals gathered at the Los Angeles Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel on June 17 for the Promise of Nursing for Southern California gala, sponsored by The Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future. The gala raised more than $450,000 for regional nursing school grants, faculty fellowships and student scholarships.
This year, the Campaign launched a Promise of Nursing for Southern California Video Challenge, encouraging local nurses and nursing students to capture their passion about nursing on camera. Nurses and nursing students who were members of the Promise of Nursing for Southern California steering committee submitted their videos, which were judged by the audience at the event. The team from the Motion Picture & Television Fund Hospital was the grand prize winner and took home a $5,000 education grant. |
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| Grand prize winners from the Motion Picture & Television Fund Hospital include (from left to right): Laurie Marx, Nancy Ramirez, Susan Poprock, Seth Ellis, Jennifer Cox, Hiva Paran and Liza Abcede. |
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EdD, RN Professor of Nursing
College of San Mateo
San Mateo, Calif.
Q: Why did you decide to become a nurse educator?
A: I enjoy "seeing the light go on" and helping students make the conceptual link from theory to practice.
Q: What resources do you incorporate into your teaching curriculum?
A: The diversity of nursing roles, practice settings, cultural influences and aspects of the multidisciplinary team make it a challenge to breathe life into a nursing course. When I received recruitment materials from Johnson & Johnson and previewed the nurse recruitment video, I realized how authentic and inspiring the message was. These resources succinctly express the heart, soul and spirit of nursing that I experience in my role as a professional nurse.
Q: How do you motivate and inspire your students to persist in their nursing studies?
A: I present a challenge to each student on the first day of my 'Careers in Nursing' course. I hand each of them their own Johnson & Johnson "We Dare to Care" nursing pin and say, "This will be your first nursing pin. I ask that you bring me back your first nursing pin when you secure your RN pin. Upon returning your first pin, you will then be able to say "I am a nurse."
Q: What do you enjoy most about the nursing profession?
A: It is the "realness," the science of humanity. It is using one's talents and making the world a better place with better outcomes, one person or one family at a time. It is to help the student see that at that moment it is "all about the patient." I am so joyful when students get to experience this too.
Q: How has nursing impacted your life?
A: Nursing is a healing art and a science. I am always so amazed at how courageous and strong people are. I have seen so many people care.
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