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Creating Effective Training Programs in Post-Acute Care

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Training post-acute care professionals is essential to providing high-quality care and to the success of your organization. Six strategies to improve your training programs Here are six strategies that can make your training programs more effective and help improve care outcomes: 1.

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Severe Wound Care Is Shifting to Post-Acute Care

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Take advantage of the trend As more patients with severe wounds seek care in post-acute care settings, new opportunities present themselves for your organization. Building a wound care specialty can bring new clients to your business. When staff is trained on wound best practices, the patients have better outcomes.

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Adding a Sustainability Lens to Health Innovation Pilots

The Healthcare Blog

As proposed, acute care organizations selected to participate will have the option to opt into emissions reporting, opening the door to receive feedback and technical assistance.

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Strategies for Onboarding Employees New to Healthcare

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As the workforce shortage continues to challenge post-acute care organizations, fresh-faced new hires may be entering the field for the first time. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the workforce shortage in many sectors, and post-acute care organizations are struggling to stay fully staffed. What do young people want?

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Nursing Maneuvers for Shoulder Dystocia

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Education and teamwork simulation training can help ensure the best outcomes. Nurses must have a robust knowledge of nursing maneuvers for shoulder dystocia and best practices for supporting the provider during the shoulder dystocia delivery process. What causes shoulder dystocia?

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Aneesah Coates

Minority Nurse

Aneesah Coates, BSN, RN, is an experienced psychiatric mental health nurse with nearly ten years of experience in acute care, long-term care, and home health care. Nursing leaders should strive to be lifelong learners and stay current on best practices and evidence-based research to improve care.

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How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can Influence Healthcare

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Equity: Ensuring healthcare workers have what they need to do their jobs and patients have what they need in and out of treatment settings to effectively benefit from best practices in treatment (not to be confused with equality). Also, hiring and retaining a workforce that is representative of the patient population served.