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Build Safety Culture During Patient Safety Awareness Week

Relias

It’s an understatement to say that leaders in healthcare are juggling many competing priorities, but the goal of providing safe, high quality care to patients should always be the focus that puts everything else — finances, staff retention, regulatory compliance, etc. into perspective. Listen to Your People.

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Congress Introduces Safe Staffing Bill for Hospitals to Protect Nurses

Scrubs

National Nurses United has been gathering support for the bill as it makes the rounds in Congress. The union believes limiting how many patients each nurse can be assigned will bring more workers back into the fold. “The Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) in the House. It is set to be introduced today during a press conference.

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The Benefits Of Taking A Break

Scrubs

or fewer hours were able to escape patient-care duties during a break, compared with 46.7 And the percentage of breaks free of patient-care duties decreased to 30 percent when nurses worked 20 or more consecutive hours.” In fact, the numbers went down. Forty-nine percent of nurses working shifts of 8.5 hours or more.

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Best Practices for Patient Rounding: Improving Patient Experience

Performance Health

Patient rounding is a pivotal practice in healthcare, significantly influencing the quality of patient care , patient experience , and patient safety.

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Enhancing Patient Satisfaction with the 5 Ps of Nursing Rounding

Guideway Care

The healthcare industry attempts to enhance patient satisfaction in hospitals through the implementation of the 5 Ps of nursing rounding. This is proactive and forms a core part of quality patient care as patients’ needs are addressed satisfactorily and efficiently.

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Informal CEO rounds increase patient safety

Patient Approved

In healthcare industries this positive impact quickly trickles down to patients, suggesting the importance of leadership connecting effectively with staff. Informal rounds are a good way of making that connection. Begin by interacting with staff and patients via the hospital's social media pages, for example.

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Have a Passion for Patient Care? Northwest Suburban College Medical Assistant program is for you!

Northwest Suburban College

Enhancing patient care is at the core of the Medical Assistant Program at Northwest Suburban College (NWSC). We focus on fostering professionalism and excellent communication skills to improve interactions with patients and colleagues. Ready to make a difference in patient care? Visit our website or call us today!