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Building High-Reliability in Healthcare: Principles and Strategies

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In today’s complex healthcare environment, consistently delivering safe, high-quality care is both challenging and necessary. Highly-reliable organizations (HROs) work to create an environment in which potential problems are anticipated, detected early, and addressed before catastrophic consequences can occur.

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Nursing Leadership: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

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Every nurse has the potential to lead, whether on the front line, in their unit, or as a resource for others. Good nursing leadership improves patient outcomes, reduces medical errors, and improves staff retention — benefiting patients and healthcare organizations. What are the key competencies in nursing leadership?

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Barbara Bosah

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Barbara Bosah, MS, RN, PCCN, is a highly skilled nurse manager in the thoracic and surgical intermediate care unit and vascular progressive care unit at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), downtown campus in Baltimore, MD. Our unit specializes in providing care for some of the sickest patients within the Maryland region.

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Celebrating Black Nursing Leaders: Mary Howard

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Mary Howard, DNP, RN, NEA-BC is the executive director of The Ohio State University East Hospital and is responsible for operations, strategic planning, and program development. In February, we’ll highlight healthcare leaders who are prominent figures in their organizations and are making transformational impacts in nursing.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Blake Lynch, AKA Nurse Blake

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His lighthearted videos connect with nurses, nursing students, and healthcare workers worldwide, and he entertains almost 4M followers on social media while lifting healthcare workers across the globe. The series highlights healthcare leaders who are prominent figures in their organizations and are making transformational impacts in nursing.

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Language Barriers in Healthcare and 5 Strategies to Overcome Them

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Language barriers in healthcare prevent or hinder some healthcare stakeholders from reaching out for healthcare , and when they are in a healthcare setting, it may prevent the patient from understanding their healthcare situation and how to follow healthcare protocol. Can nurses perform their duties despite addressing language barriers?

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6 Steps to Centralized Scheduling for Smarter Management of Nursing Staff

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Centralized staffing can save organizations thousands of dollars monthly in nurse staffing wages, staff attendance, and patient outcomes. Centralized scheduling is a scheduling process where a central office manages all nurse staffing, either within an entire organization or across many organizations.