Scrubs

AUGUST 18, 2023

image: © istockphoto.com/Peter Zurek Those who succeed in nursing and gain the most fulfillment from it will start their careers with certain qualities. Do you have what it takes to be a great nurse? 1. Communication Skills A great nurse has excellent communication skills that include speaking and listening. They are able to follow directions without problem and can easily communicate with patients and families to understand their needs and explain treatments. 2.

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Emerging RN Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A new nurse manager recently asked me how she can turn down the heat of what has become a drama triangle on her unit related to professional accountability. Stephen Karpman first described the drama triangle in the 1960s. It is a model of dysfunctional social interactions and […] The post Getting Out of the Drama Triangle as a Leader appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 17, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. To maintain smooth operations, high-quality patient care, and regulatory compliance in the healthcare business, effective staff management is crucial. Time and attendance tracking is essential for any healthcare management team. This article delves into how […] The article Revolutionizing Healthcare Workforce Management with CloudApper AI TimeClock for UKG Time and Attendance appeared first

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 17, 2023

You may not naturally think of becoming a nurse executive, which may seem far removed from the bedside and benefiting patients. Yet, you can significantly impact patient care as a nurse executive , such as a chief nursing officer. “When you ’ re caring for patients, as a nurse, you ’ re caring for a set cadre of individuals,” says Elizabeth Speakman, EdD, RN, FNAP, ANEF, FAAN, senior associate dean, professor, and chief academic officer, School of Nursing, University of Delaware. “ When you ’

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Scrubs

AUGUST 18, 2023

Shutterstock | Pathdoc Everybody makes mistakes. Of course, when a nurse makes a mistake, it can sometimes be a matter of life or death. Luckily, most blunders are minor, and after a few days of nightmarish flashbacks, you’re able to brush them off and carry on. Maybe just not quite as calmly as before. Since we it might be awkward and depressing to ask you about your most memorable-but-not-so-comical mistakes, we put out a request via our Scrubs Facebook page for the slip-ups that made yo

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Emerging RN Leader

AUGUST 13, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A new nurse manager recently sought guidance on how much time she spent in direct care. Her unit is very short-staffed. She feels guilty about her nurse-patient ratios. Her solution has been to do direct care herself. The staff loves that she is so supportive of her. […] The post Taking Clinical Assignments as a Manager appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Science Based Medicine

AUGUST 14, 2023

Last week, the Ohio State Medical Board suspended the medical license of Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, a longtime antivax quack. The only question is: What took them so long, and why did it take the pandemic for them to act? Also, is there less to this action than meets the eye? The post The Ohio State Medical Board has finally suspended the medical license of antivax quack Sherri Tenpenny first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 18, 2023

Breastfeeding is a natural part of giving birth. As a parent, you may be all too familiar with the importance of breastfeeding. It can lead to numerous health benefits for both mother and child. Many women rejoin the workforce soon after giving birth, which means they’ll likely need to breastfeed at the office. The healthcare industry never sleeps. As a healthcare provider, you may only get so much time off work as a new parent.

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 14, 2023

Endocrine nurses work in a professional nursing specialization that is seeing an increased patient population with endocrine-related conditions such as diabetes, Cushing’s disease, thyroid disease, or hormonal conditions. Minority Nurse recently caught up with Laura Cheng BSN-RN, a board member of the Endocrine Nurses Society , whose goal is to advance the standards of endocrine nursing practice, education, and research.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 15, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Marvin Luz, senior director of revenue services, Greenway Health. Nearly all medical practices face the complex challenge of ensuring patient satisfaction while maintaining the engagement and well-being of their staff. The reputation and success […] The article Front Office Strategies to Increase Patient Satisfaction appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Science Based Medicine

AUGUST 18, 2023

RSV is a terrible infection that puts thousands of kids in the hospital every year and can be deadly. We will soon have a safe and effective way to prevent many of these severe cases, but it won't be easy to get shots into arms this season. The post Nirsevimab is Great News for Infants, Caregivers, and Exhausted Pediatricians first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 18, 2023

Caring for critically ill patients in the ICU is one of the hardest jobs a nurse can do. These patients often need immediate, complex care, and some of them wind up in the hospital because they did something they shouldn’t have. A healthcare worker in Australia is going viral on TikTok for listing the things she will never do now that she has some experience under her belt.

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 15, 2023

The nursing industry has dozens of professional associations devoted to the art and science of nursing care and nursing specialties. And while many nurses know they exist, they may need to realize the depth of what associations do and how the skills and connections developed through membership can advance a career in ways they never expected. American Nurses Association (ANA) president Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN , says joining an association is an excellent professiona

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 14, 2023

Regular readers know the deal about medical studies. In the simplest sense, you randomize patients to two treatments. Random assignment (mostly) balances the known and unknown factors. You declare an endpoint before the experiment and then report that endpoint. There may be secondary endpoints, but the focus is always on the primary endpoint. I will first present the trial in question without any specifics.

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Science Based Medicine

AUGUST 16, 2023

Heat related deaths are on the rise. What can we expect? The post Heat A Growing Public Health Problem first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 17, 2023

Thinkstock | Polka Dot They may be the reason you have a job, but sometimes patients can be a giant pain in the you-know-what! We wanted to know what you wish they would stop doing (over…and over…and over again!), so we asked our Facebook fans for their top patient pet peeves. We know some of these will sound very familiar to you! Get ready to nod in agreement…and laugh while you’re at it!

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 16, 2023

The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, held in Chicago, was known for many things: the World’s Fair that inspired the blockbuster book The Devil in the White City, where the first Ferris wheel premiered, and where the National League for Nursing (NLN) began. The superintendent at Johns Hopkins Training School in Baltimore, Isabel Hampton, headed the group of superintendents at the fair.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 15, 2023

Dr. Ostacher and I last wrote together on Sensible Medicine asking why we treat Zoloft and Ritalin so differently ? It is a pleasure to collaborate with him again. We here at Sensible Medicine are a bit obsessed with the seven deadly sins. We first reworked them in our discussion of churnalism. Here we suggest that, thanks to pharma, maybe the sins are not that deadly anymore.

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Science Based Medicine

AUGUST 15, 2023

Denying reality and substituting his own worked for Adam Savage. Not so much as an approach to COVID. The post I Reject Your Medical Reality and I Substitute Death first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 17, 2023

Healthcare workers are suffering from unprecedented rates of burnout, fatigue, and depression since the COVID-19 pandemic started, but they may be getting some help from an unlikely source: psilocybin, the key ingredient that puts the magic in magic mushrooms. Tony Back, an oncologist at the University of Washington, is putting together a study that will examine the effects of psilocybin on nurses struggling with their mental health.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 14, 2023

This weekend’s Wall Street Journal Saturday/Sunday edition featured a big story on the economic force of women in the summer of 2023, termed “the women’s multiplier effect” — that women’s spending is a powerful force in the U.S. economy (and as it turns out, in Sweden’s economy as well). The article was titled, “Women Own This Summer.

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Healthcare Leadership Council

AUGUST 16, 2023

Throughout the year, this site has been exploring how leaders within various sectors of the healthcare industry – members of the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) – have been taking bold steps to advance equity and eliminate health and healthcare disparities in this country. The pursuit of equity is an important priority for HLC and its member companies.

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Science Based Medicine

AUGUST 17, 2023

A new paper documents COVID-19 medical misinformation shared by US physicians on social media The post Examining COVID-19 misinformation propagated by US physicians first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 17, 2023

There’s been a lot of talk recently about turnover in the nursing field. Statistics show 32% of registered nurses (RNs) in the United States are considering leaving their current direct-patient-care role, which would have a devastating effect on the industry amid the existing staff shortage. Many nurses complain of unsafe working conditions, physical and mental burnout, and poor work-life balance, but millions continue to do their jobs every day out of love or obligation.

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Relias

AUGUST 15, 2023

There are certainly some less-than-ideal stories that both patients and providers could share around childhood obesity. From the nine-year-old whose primary care provider told him (in his recollection) that he was going to get diabetes and die to the 17-year-old who walked away thinking that being in the 99 th percentile for BMI was fine, it is clear that obesity is a tough topic for all involved.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

Large managed care plans have been squarely in DOJ’s crosshairs for years, but a late July 2023 Justice Department settlement agreement with one regional healthcare provider’s Medicare Advantage Plan offers a glimpse into an issue health systems and providers with their own managed care plans need to track. This post examines the recent DOJ settlement, analyzes the trend towards enforcement of provider-owned managed care plans, and offers a prediction on what might be coming on the enforcement s

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 14, 2023

Nursing school is challenging, and nursing students know the work they put into their academic path will reap big rewards over a career. But at some point in nursing school both new and advanced nursing students need assistance to navigate the tough areas of their academic path. What happens if you know you need help and support, but you aren’t sure where to get it?

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Scrubs

AUGUST 17, 2023

As 2019 comes to a close, you may be thinking of hitting the reset button on your nursing career. Whether it’s a change in location, furthering your education, or working for an institution that better aligns with your values and beliefs, you can start off the new year by exploring new career opportunities. As you explore the job market and consider taking on a new role in the healthcare industry, one of the biggest decisions you’ll have to make is whether you want to work for a for-profit or no

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Relias

AUGUST 12, 2023

FTCA coverage and protection is important for health centers as it allows them to focus time and money on the patient population they serve. In this post, we explore how to make sure your organization is eligible for coverage and how fit it into your risk management strategy. How the Federal Tort Claims Act affects risk management for FQHCs Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) have been serving low-income and medically underserved individuals for more than 50 years, reaching over 24 milli

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ACMA Blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) play an important role in impacting drug pricing. For example, many aren’t aware that PBMs charge an administrative fee as a percent of the drug price they negotiate for. Therefore, often times they are incentivized to provide drug rebates on drugs with a higher cost. Does this seem counterintuitive? Well, that’s because it is.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

AUGUST 14, 2023

Consistent with the Biden Administration’s whole-of-government approach to address perceived consolidation in a variety of industries, including in the healthcare industry, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division (collectively, the Agencies) are continuing to make good on their promise to increase scrutiny of mergers and acquisitions through newly proposed HSR rules and revised merger guidelines.

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