Thought provoking OpEd by Diana Mason
'Sabbaticals aren’t a quick fix for the workforce challenges we face, and we need research on their use in health care' Sabbaticals for nurses could help fight worker shortages and burnout statnews.com/2024/03/20/nur… via STAT

'Sabbaticals for nurses could help fight worker shortages and burnout'

Great idea from Diana Mason Nurses and doctors could both benefit from extended paid time off to recharge and refresh, saving hospitals the cost of replacing them.
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Sabbaticals for nurses could help fight worker shortages and burnout statnews.com/2024/03/20/nur… Diana Mason STAT

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Diana Mason STAT A fantastic proposal Diana Mason!
Not only would it #rejuvinate #nurses , it holds potential for #practiceimprovement - therefore #patientsafety - and have #costsavings attributed to #staffturnover . A win-win!!

#Nurses and other #HealthCareWorkers need sabbaticals. See my argument in this STAT piece. Agree? statnews.com/2024/03/20/nur…

Flew from Galapagos to Quito on avianca. Premium seats. Charged for water! Front bathroom out. Staff hide behind curtains after take off. Flight from Q to G: dirty bathroom. I wouldn't use bathroom from G to Q. No plans to use @Avianca again.

This is woke. This is the America that I know. Proud to have served in the United States Air Force.

“If you’re not interviewing a nurse, you may be missing the best part of the story,” says Diana Mason, a professor at GW School of Nursing & past president of American Academy of Nursing. journalistsresource.org/home/nursing-s…

Important skills for Nurses to master. A special thanks to @BGlickstein and Diana Mason for your expertise. #Media #Advocacy #Policy

Spread the word. Deadline is January 29 for the 2024 cohort.

Applications for ICN #GNLI 2024 now open. This policy leadership program for 30 nurse leaders includes an intensive week in Geneva, meetings with WHO headquarters and Regional Offices, & more. Info at: icn.ch/events/global-…

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Perdemos todos😡
Las leyes injustas deben ser cambiadas
🔄 📖 de🙋‍♀️maestra Diana Mason para inspirarnos

ICN CEO Howard Catton: “ #PrimaryHealthCare is key to achieving #UniversalHealthCoverage but no one is joining the dots that the very essence of #PHC is #nurses . And the critical ingredient to achieving both #SDGs and UHC2030 is #nursing and that is why we must invest in nurses!”

Here’s to those staff that make the unit work. You know the ones…who are fully aware their travel counterparts & recent hires are getting paid double-Yet stay & make it work.

You deserve better. I support you if you strike. In the interim-I see you, & wow do I appreciate you🙏

Tomorrow is the virtual NT Workforce Summit. How apt that I'm speaking about Nurse Bullying and Toxic work environments during #AntiBullyingWeek
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What a wonderful surprise when #GNLI2023 Scholar, musician and poet. cyrusunik1 shared on the last day in Geneva a poem and song he created for us! Now shared with the world. 'We are arising...'

This should be available everywhere in the UK, along with more Health Visitors, more mandated HV contacts, free prescriptions, free university education. Don't ask who's going to fund it. If Scotland can, why can't the rest of UK? 🤔
Invest in human beings for a healthier society

“Infectious #diseases and #pandemics ” captivating discussion with World Health Organization (WHO) #Health Care Readiness team experts Jamie Rylance and Flavio Salio on ICN Global #Nursing Leadership Institute 2023 agenda at WHO. Diana Mason #GNLI #nursingleadership

#Nursing is the very essence of #PrimaryHealthCare and you can’t deliver #UHC without both. Join us for this special webinar.

Thx to Dr Ruth Oshikanlu MBE RN RM RHV QN FRCN FAAN FRSPH for a brilliant discussion w #GNLI 2023 scholars on safety v comfort.