Scrubs
AUGUST 18, 2023
The healthcare industry can be a brutal place to work. Long hours, stressful working conditions, and constant grief would be enough to make anyone consider quitting. A recent survey shows that around a third of U.S. nurses plan on quitting their jobs at the end of 2022, which would leave thousands of medical facilities and millions of patients without the care and support they need.
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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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 ’
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.
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.
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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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
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
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.
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
Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 17, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Portia Cole, emergent threat researcher, Avertium. Labeling ransomware attacks as a matter of life and death may seem exaggerated, but in the realm of healthcare, it has proven to be a harsh truth. In […] The article How Ransomware Has Caused Patient Deaths and Taken a Toll on Emergency Rooms appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Health Prime
AUGUST 17, 2023
On June 16, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the ICD-10-CM codes for the 2024 fiscal year (FY). This diagnosis coding update included 395 additions, 25 deletions, and 22 code revisions. Also, the CMS updated the 2024 addendum, code descriptions in tabular order, and code tables, tabular list, and index. These 2024 ICD-10-CM codes will be for discharges and patient encounters from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024.
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.
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
Scrubs
AUGUST 16, 2023
The decision to be a nurse is often a life-long calling. Many providers say they knew they wanted to be a nurse when they were just five or six years old. Some came to the profession later in life after years of working in other industries. This business isn’t for everyone, so we asked millions of nurses to share the moment when they realized their purpose in life.
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?
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
Health Prime
AUGUST 17, 2023
On June 16, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the ICD-10-CM codes for the 2024 fiscal year (FY). This diagnosis coding update included 395 additions, 25 deletions, and 22 code revisions. Also, the CMS updated the 2024 addendum, code descriptions in tabular order, and code tables, tabular list, and index. These 2024 ICD-10-CM codes will be for discharges and patient encounters from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024.
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