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Setting the Perfect Nurse Rotation Schedule

Making scheduling easier and more efficient for nurses and their mangers can lead to higher levels of engagement and satisfaction and perhaps also improve metrics related to patient experience, quality, and financial performance.

April 16, 2021

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Despite Communication Challenges, Families Must Continue to Advocate for Loved Ones in Long-Term Care

The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant complications for family members of patients and residents in nursing homes. More often, family members are the strongest care advocates for their loved ones.

April 16, 2021

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Rethinking Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Education

Psych Hub is changing how we understand behavioral health and substance use education with online courses that take students from knowledge learned to behavior change. Their video library aims to improve mental health literacy while reducing the stigma surrounding seeking mental health care.

April 16, 2021

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Telehealth benefits & challenges

The use of telehealth services already had been growing pre-pandemic, with COVID-19 inspiring some providers to move swiftly ahead, as well as push the evolution further. Here are some of the advantages and disadvantages of interacting with a healthcare provider via telehealth.

April 16, 2021

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To Improve Healthcare Quality Outcomes, We Must Focus on Turnover

High turnover rates can have a significantly detrimental impact on hospitals, patients, and healthcare staff. Staff turnover in hospitals is estimated to cost at least two times the pay of a regular employed nurse.

April 16, 2021

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Understanding Medical Billing Cycles and Solutions

Medical billing is complicated for trained professionals, so why do providers expect patients to understand it without a little help and coaching?

April 16, 2021

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The New Rules of Healthcare Recruiting: Best Practices

Industry disruption empowers healthcare HR and talent management leaders to create sophisticated processes to attract and engage the right candidates. Hiring the right people has never been more important in this age of radical reform, innovation, and consumerism.

April 15, 2021

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Six Key Trends Emerging in Non-Acute Care

Skilled nursing, post-acute care, non-acute care, home health, rehab, care continuum, continuum of care, hospice, healthcare human resources

April 14, 2021

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HealthStream-NQF Partnership Makes Opioid Stewardship Tools More Widely Available

The new Opioids Stewardship course from NQF and HealthStream allows clinicians who do not have much experience with opioids to grow in knowledge, while those with strong practical skills can add to their own awareness.

April 14, 2021

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Six Reasons to Prioritize Employee Recognition Over Rewards in Healthcare

Effective recognition occurs when an employee receives authentic feedback from a peer, manager and/or leader as to how his/her actions impacted team objectives or the organization’s purpose. Here are six reasons to prioritize employee recognition over rewards in healthcare.

April 14, 2021

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Five Steps for Teaching Each Clinical Judgment Competency for Nursing

Teaching a clinical judgment competency for nursing students and new nurses is far more effective if you use an overall process that is systematic and formalized. Caputi offers five useful steps to teach individual clinical judgment competencies

April 13, 2021

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Hiring the Right People in Healthcare

Turnover and retention are a growing problem for organizations across the continuum of care. Increased volume demands on our healthcare system mean that organizations cannot afford to waste time hiring the wrong people. Two of our partners, Assess Systems and NurseCompetency, help care organizations improve their hiring processes and identify and assess better potential candidates.

April 13, 2021

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Healthcare Leader Rounding with a Purpose: Collecting and Sharing Information

Leader rounds should not be done merely as a way to follow protocol; they should be done with a purpose. Leaders should perform rounds to collect actionable information from patients and staff and to promote a “people-centered” culture across the organization.

April 13, 2021

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Defining and Experiencing Good Nursing Leadership

A good nursing leader has the ability to positively influence others because they lead by example. The standards and expectations set for their staff are the same they have set for themselves.

April 12, 2021

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Patient Safety Best Practices From Two Healthcare Experts

We interviewed two leaders in patient safety—they shared strategies as well as the challenges faced by senior healthcare leaders trying to address patient safety and quality issues. Here are some of their best practices.

April 09, 2021

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How to Approach Being a Preceptor to New Graduate Nurses

Working with that first new hire taught me a lot about how to be an effective preceptor, ignited my passion for precepting, and inspired me to continuously work on improving my skills as a preceptor.

April 09, 2021

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10 Reasons Global Patient Safety is Important: eBook Excerpt

Patient safety is vitally important. Here are 10 safety facts and descriptions that highlight this importance from the World Health Organization.

April 09, 2021

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Falls Are a Rising Problem for Older Adults, Especially in Healthcare

Fatal falls among the elderly are on the rise in the United States, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They are especially problematic in a healthcare setting.

April 09, 2021

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What is the COVID-19 Pandemic Changing about the Future of Long-Term Care

Current events, especially the COVID-19 pandemic, have focused our attention like never before on the long-term care industry and on the mostly older adult population who make it their home. The article excerpted here examines the future of long-term care and trends impacting its rate of change.

April 09, 2021

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The difference between transactional and transformative learning in healthcare

At a time when healthcare is overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing healthcare learning to be transformative rather than transactional is more important than ever. The potential benefits are better outcomes, higher retention, and increased engagement.

April 08, 2021