Relias

MAY 24, 2023

Patients depend on competent, compassionate care, physical security, and the satisfaction of knowing they’re well cared for. How can healthcare organizations and leaders achieve these goals by protecting nurse and patient safety congruently? Emphasize nurses’ professional responsibility to promote patient safety.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Unit Organization and Environment Huddles/Rounds De-Escalation 52

Northwest Suburban College

APRIL 18, 2024

Due to their flexibility and valuable contribution to patient care, Medical Assistants are sought after by medical practices, healthcare facilities, and clinics. They actively collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals, ensuring a smooth workflow and delivering top-quality patient care.

Medical Assistant 52

Medical Assistant Medication Problem Solving Skills Vital Signs 52

Minority Nurse

MAY 15, 2024

Strong communication and collaboration skills to foster teamwork and interdisciplinary approaches. Emotional intelligence and empathy to support both patients and staff members. Before obtaining my nursing degree, I began my journey in healthcare as a certified nursing assistant and patient care technician.

Unit Organization and Environment 105

Unit Organization and Environment Certified Nursing Assistant Performance Improvement Initiatives Collaboration 105

Minority Nurse

MARCH 13, 2024

It is gratifying to ensure that their journey through the hospital is as seamless as possible, and I strive to treat each patient and their family with utmost respect and care. Our team demonstrates remarkable resilience and delivers outstanding patient care while supporting one another.

Unit Organization and Environment 105

Unit Organization and Environment Collaboration Teamwork Patient Care 105

Relias

MARCH 4, 2024

Patient safety is a fundamental goal of all health care. It is the goal of every healthcare organization, provider, and clinician and the indicator to patients that they can place their trust in your health system, hospital, or practice. In some states, four patients per nurse is the maximum for emergency care.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Unit Organization and Environment Critical Thinking Patient Satisfaction 52

Relias

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

During a five-year period, a study of 1,700+ nurses at 13 hospitals were onboarded using a pre-hire behavioral assessment. By improving the culture early on, however, nurses coming in the door feel more confident, supported, and empowered to deliver high-quality patient care, as quickly as possible.

Unit Organization and Environment 52

Unit Organization and Environment Transfers Teamwork Patient Care 52

Relias

AUGUST 4, 2023

Overcoming staff shortages while still providing quality patient care has challenged many healthcare organizations. Vacancies are not only a threat to the quality of care you provide — they are also costly to fill. Every additional 1% in turnover can cost an average hospital over $380,000 in a year.

Teamwork 52

Teamwork Communication Huddles/Rounds Continuing Education 52

CareerStep

JANUARY 24, 2024

Daisy emphasizes the joy of being in a role where you can contribute significantly to patient care without the extensive responsibilities of a medical assistant. This career is ideal for those drawn to patient care but who prefer avoiding tasks like injections or blood drawing. Why become an EKG technician?

Monitor Technician 52

Monitor Technician Certification Medical Assistant Tests 52

Relias

DECEMBER 15, 2023

With the significant need for RNs nationally and globally, understanding the qualities of a good nurse is critical for hospitals and health systems aiming to attract and retain the best nursing talent. Add to this caring for multiple patients simultaneously, and the possibility of making an error can seem almost inevitable.

Problem Solving Skills 52

Problem Solving Skills Unit Organization and Environment Critical Thinking Patient Advocacy 52

Relias

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Care coordination occurs when patient information is shared among all participants involved in the care process to ensure safer and more effective care. In broad terms, it’s care management through teamwork. Agencies should be prepared for a surveyor’s constructive scrutiny.

Hospice 52

Hospice Interdisciplinary Team Follow-Up Documentation 52

Accepted Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

So in recognizing such things as medication errors, looking at things such as readmission rates and that type of thing, so they can be a leader in terms of being that physician, but also recognizing that they’re doing that in a culture of safety, coordinating care and having the best outcomes for their patient. I will say this.

Medication 52

Medication Admissions Communication Patient Safety 52

Accepted Blog

AUGUST 12, 2024

positions in retail, restaurant, sales, hospitality, and technical support) Health care administration (e.g., hospital administrators, clinical managers, financial managers, and patient advocates) Improving access to health care (e.g.,

Admissions 52

Admissions Follow-Up Medication Communication 52

Accepted Blog

AUGUST 16, 2024

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine maintains a strong emphasis on integrating scientific innovation with patient care. You could write about a hardship that brought your family closer, or perhaps a teamwork situation that you would handle differently in the future. In 2023, U.S.

Admissions 94

Admissions Medication Teamwork Communication 94

Relias

MARCH 16, 2022

The first national patient safety week was launched by the National Patient Safety Foundation in 2002, in the wake of the watershed To Err Is Human report, which galvanized national concern about programs to improve patient safety with its claim that as many as 98,000 people die in U.S.

Patient Safety 98

Patient Safety Huddles/Rounds Teamwork Communication 98

Accepted Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

Of course, they’re going to learn the exact same thing, patient care and so forth. We have a simulation operating room, a delivery room, emergency medicine room, and different patient triage areas where they can learn. And it looks just like a hospital. It looks just like a hospital. That’s right.

Medication 123

Medication Admissions Follow-Up Collaboration 123

Minority Nurse

MAY 11, 2023

Good teamwork is as essential to a high-functioning nursing unit as the nurses themselves. 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. It’s all about communication.

Teamwork 104

Teamwork Interdisciplinary Team Communication Discharges 104

Relias

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Transformational leadership is especially effective in health care because it emphasizes teamwork and everyone’s ability to step up as a leader when needed. In healthcare settings, individual clinicians must have the power to think, decide, and act on their own — sometimes within a span of minutes — to keep patients safe.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Teamwork Patient Satisfaction Follow-Up 52