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The BirchTree Center for Healthcare Transformation

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The BirchTree Center for Healthcare Transformation

The BirchTree Center for Healthcare Transformation presents professional development programs for nurses and consultative services for healthcare organizations

11/27/2025

Today we are grateful for our well-being, our families, and all of YOU for being in our lives. 🌼

Warm blessings for a nourishing Thanksgiving! 🍂🌾💛

11/26/2025

Food Labels That Rate on a Spectrum Led to the Healthiest Shopping Habits

MedPage Today - November 12, 2025
https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/obesityweek/118478

It's Wednesday Wellness - and here's an interesting article that is thought provoking!

Front-of-package food labels that provide an overall rating of product healthfulness were most effective in getting consumers to shop for healthy products in an online grocery, according to a randomized trial. 🥕🍅🌽🍓🍇

The grocery selections of consumers exposed to "spectrum" food labels -- that used ratings from least to most healthy -- scored highest on a 100-point scale that assessed the healthfulness of foods.

An unhealthy diet is responsible for one in five deaths in the U.S., Anna Grummon, PhD, MSPH, of Stanford University School of Medicine said, and while surveys repeatedly show that Americans want to eat healthy diets and are willing to pay more to do so, they also reveal people are confused about how to accomplish that. A 2022 survey found that half of Americans consider healthy eating a top priority, but half also find it hard to understand what foods are actually healthy.

Research has shown that current Nutrition Facts labels on food packages are not helpful to many consumers, so the FDA announced a proposed rule that would require a simpler "Nutrition Info" box on the front of food packages.

Grummon's study compared the FDA's proposed label to other food labeling types to see whether it increases consumers' understanding of a food's healthiness and whether it increases the healthiness of food people buy.

"We may need to rethink what the best labeling system is to promote population health and health equity, or -- as is the case with food policy generally -- we should consider this within a menu of policies that can move the needle forward and pair it with more targeted interventions to reach the most vulnerable."

11/24/2025

Nursing Is No Longer Counted as a ‘Professional Degree’ by Trump Administration

November 21, 2025
https://www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-professional-degree-trump-admin-11079650

The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it sets about implementing various measures regarding student loans laid out in President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."

The move has sparked significant uproar among nurses and nursing groups, with the American Nurses Association saying, as reported by Nursing World, that "limiting nurses’ access to funding for graduate education threatens the very foundation of patient care."

This move stems from an effort to rein in student loan debt and tuition costs as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act; however, it means that post-baccalaureate nursing students would only be eligible for half the amount of federal loans as graduate medical students.

WE MUST HAVE OUR VOICES HEARD AND STAND UP FOR THE PROFESSION WE LOVE!!!

Please consider signing these two petitions:

American Nurses Association
https://ana.quorum.us/campaign/professionaldegreepetition/.

RNAction.org

https://rnaction.org/SitePages/Homepage.aspx
Click on the ENGAGE/ Take Action button - scroll down to 'Add Your Name'

11/21/2025

A BIG round of applause for these new board certified holistic nurses! 👏🫶

Sharon Michels
Steven Schwartz
Cidalia Vital
Krystal Aguayo
Kari Meehan
Rebecca Hartman
Heidi DaRe
Bryn Callan

Woo Hoo! Proud of our peeps! 💞🎉💞

11/20/2025

Each year on November 20, the world recognizes Transgender Day of Remembrance – a day to commemorate the transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming persons who are targeted and killed for living authentically and courageously.

Events held on this day provide a forum for transgender communities and allies to raise awareness of the threat of violence faced by gender-variant people and the persistence of prejudice felt by the transgender community. ️‍🏳️‍⚧️

11/19/2025

We are continuously confronted with the injustices brought upon our immigrant brothers and sisters. Mass deportation. Detention camps. Family separation. Racial profiling. As caring human beings, the suffering we see can be overwhelming. As Buddhists, we contemplate what we can do to help ease the suffering and cruelty. How can we bring our practice to bear on this urgent issue? This special event will bring together Dharma teachers, Buddhist grassroots activists and a legal expert to explore the intersection of Buddhist teachings, human rights and immigrant justice.

Our panelists: Tara Brach, whose teachings include a full, compassionate engagement with our world; Lama Rod Owens, an international Buddhist teacher with a focus on the intersection of social change, identity and spiritual practice; Dr. Marisela Gomez, grassroots activist and advocate for spiritual practice with community organizing; and Lenni B. Benson, Professor of Immigration and Human Rights Law at New York Law School.

Together, we reflect on how our Buddhist principles can guide us in responding to immigration issues. There will be an audience Q&A as well as a Call to Action with practical next steps for advocacy and opportunities to stay connected.

This is more than an event. It is a gathering of community, practice and action. Together we can bring the Dharma to life by standing with immigrant communities in compassion and solidarity.

Here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGxfGvdvg1c 🕊

11/18/2025

This is a wonderful article to remind us of the importance of the artistry of our practice. Please consider taking the time to read it - it will bring a sense of ease to your heart. ♥

Here's are a few short excerpts: "What does it mean to be a healer in a time when the pace of medicine threatens to outrun its soul?" "To be a healer is not to merely deliver care, but to create comfort." "Healing requires time to wonder, to search for evidence, to connect, and to synthesize not only data but stories."

Enjoy - and appreciate! 💜

October 19, 2025
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1541461220300458

11/17/2025

Kindness matters 💜

11/14/2025

Joint Commission Finally Recognizes Nurse Staffing as a National Performance Goal 2026

nurse.org - October 13, 2025
https://nurse.org/news/joint-commission-nurse-staffing-goals/

Key Takeaways

- For the first time, hospitals seeking accreditation must meet specific staffing standards under Goal 12, which states: "The hospital is staffed to meet the needs of the patients it serves, and staff are competent to provide safe, quality care.

- The new standard places particular emphasis on nursing leadership through requirement 12.02.01, which specifically highlights "the role of the nurse executive in directing nurse staffing".

- Element of Performance 5 further mandates: "There must be an adequate number of licensed registered nurses, licensed practical (vocational) nurses, and other staff to provide nursing care to all patients, as needed."

Yay! 🎉

11/13/2025

Today is World Kindness Day! It is a global celebration day each year on November 13 that promotes the importance of being kind to each other, to yourself, and to the world.

And, how about intentionally spreading kindness today (and every day) - maybe a random act of kindness or two? 🍂

11/11/2025

Thank you for your service. 🇺🇸

11/10/2025

"Compassion doesn't mean we don't fight; it means we don't hate."
- Sharon Salzberg

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296 Nonotuck Street Suite #11
Florence, MA
01062

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

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+14135865551

Website

http://www.BirchTreeCenter.com/

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