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By Christi Nguyen
As nurses and healthcare providers endure high levels of stress, compassion fatigue and resiliency, it is critical for leaders to identify stress injury and provide resources. Psychological stress over time can cause stress injury. Stress injury is defined as “any severe and persistent distress or loss of ability to function caused by damage to the brain, mind, or spirit after exposure to the overwhelming stressors of fatigue, burnout, trauma, loss, or moral injury” (Shanafelt, Stolz, Springer, Murphy, Bohman, & Trockel, 2020). Left untreated, stress injury can cause severe distress and lead to more serious stress injuries which can be a precursor to medical errors, exit from practice, depression or even suicide. Identifying stress injury and providing resources as needed will make a difference. This article will discuss the Stress First Aid (SFA) Stress Continuum Model to identify and address early signs of stress reactions and the SFA Model.

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UTHealth
Nursing Leadership
DailyNurse
Applications are now being accepted for Vanderbilt’s new leadership development program to be held in Nashville from November 14-18. The Academy for Diverse Emerging Nurse Leaders was designed for nurses who are new in leadership positions and who are from historically underrepresented groups.

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Emerging RN Leader
One of the most important skills that preceptors and managers can help new graduates to develop is critical thinking. Learning how to coach this skill is essential for handling a fast-paced environment.

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Emerging RN Leader
Withdraw emotionally when in a preceptor relationship can have devastating effects on the transition of new nurses. Here is how nurse managers can address the issue.

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Using Automated Outreach to Improve Staff Workflows
CipherHealth®
As the US faces one of the greatest nursing shortages in history, nurse leaders must tackle the challenging task of managing nurses' well-being and mitigating burnout all while maintaining the same level of quality patient care. In this on-demand webinar, Donna Pritchard, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, Chief Nursing Executive at North Mississippi Medical Center (Tupelo), shares her insights on introducing automation into clinical workflows to preserve staff resources while improving patient outcomes.
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For the latest news from the Nurses on Boards Coalition, visit https://www.nursesonboardscoalition.org/news/.

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Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses
Wolters Kluwer
Healthcare Industry
Fierce Healthcare
With the lingering effects of COVID-19 on the supply management and the workforce, hospitals and health systems on the front lines today are facing unprecedented challenges and pressures. 

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Use the PMP to Improve Patient Care
University of Texas at Austin - UT Center for Health Communications®
The Texas Prescription Monitoring Program is a patient care tool used to ensure patients are safely and effectively prescribed medication to manage their pain. You can help by checking the PMP before prescribing controlled substances; the PMP helps by improving decision-making, avoiding potentially life-threatening drug interactions and addressing patterns of prescription drug misuse, diversion or overdose. Sign on before you sign off.
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Practice and Patient Care
Nurse.com
With the widespread outbreak of Monkeypox, nurses need to be informed of risk factors and symptoms to protect and educate vulnerable patients.

Visit https://www.nurse.com/blog/stigma-free-care-monkeypox-what-nurses-need-to-know/ to view the full article online.

Daily Nurse
Caring for patients recovering from addiction can be challenging. Knowing how to ask the right questions is a good place to start.

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AHSA
Members in the News
TONL welcomes the following 14 new members:



Walterine Nelson
UTSouthwestern Medical Center
Nurse Professional Development


Emily Flahaven
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Director of Nursing Informatics


Jane Geluz
The University of Texas at Arlington
MSN Nursing Admin Student

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