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Why Good communication Matters in Healthcare

Practice Builders

Why Great Communication in Healthcare is Necessary Effective communication in healthcare really saves lives, improves health, and changes patients’ attitudes towards the disease. So, quality medical practice involves the coordinated work of interdisciplinary teams and institutions. Lets analyze.

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Practical Strategies for Implementing Evidence-Based Practice

Minority Nurse

Basing your nursing practice on the latest evidence and research remains critical to providing optimal patient care. Practicing nursing based on tradition, “ how we ’ ve always done it,” or outdated research can lead to poor patient outcomes, inappropriate care, or serious errors. Tap your resources, Padilla says.

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Teamwork Makes Every Nursing Team Better

Minority Nurse

Even the best nurses can’t operate in a silo–patient care takes a comprehensive and cohesive approach where nurses know what to do, know what everyone else does, and each nurse supports the rest of the team. The dangers of an ineffective team are many; the worst outcome is when it causes patient or nurse harm.

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Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies

Relias

In broad terms, it’s care management through teamwork. But care coordination also includes communication outside regular meetings. Surveyors will look for structured and unstructured types of care coordination to assess how well the care team members communicate and collaborate to provide better patient care.

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Improving Patient Safety With VR for Infection Prevention and Control

Relias

Why we need better infection and prevention control practices Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), continue to be a challenge in hospitals, impacting patient safety, increasing healthcare costs, and straining resources. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 1 in 31 hospital patients contracts an HAI every day.

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Guide to the Types of Oncology Nurses

Guideway Care

It aims to provide insight into the different responsibilities and specialized knowledge that oncology nurses possess, ranging from dealing with pediatric cases to administering chemotherapy, highlighting their critical roles in patient care. Pediatric oncology nursing reaches past patient interaction within hospital settings.