Articles Tagged With: Education
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Sweeping Senate Healthcare Legislation Heads to Markup
The HELP Committee has reached a bipartisan agreement on a crucial bill to expand primary care services and the healthcare workforce.
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CMS Urges Training Staff on Preventing Violence
CMS’ recent memorandum to state survey agency directors regarding workplace safety in hospitals includes statements on training and education staff on violence prevention and mitigation.
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Using ‘Psychological Safety’ to Improve Education
Creating psychological safety in medical education opens up learners to the experience, making it more likely they will ask questions and actively participate. A psychologically safe educational environment means learners know they will not be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes.
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Avoid Disaster by Properly Preparing New Nurses
Ideally, new graduates should not practice in an ED without first undergoing an intense preceptorship overseen by experienced nurses, followed by undergoing proper precept with a seasoned professional. Even if the hospital is not held specifically at fault for a failure to prepare new graduates, the lack of training can be the cause of a negligent act that leads to a lawsuit.
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Labor Department Invests Millions of Dollars in Nurses
Grants will help address staff shortages by providing more funding for training, expansion, and diversification.
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Engaging Seamlessly with Patients and Families
Case managers and other medical professionals are daily tasked with communicating with patients and their families. The reality is exceptional communication skills are often hard wrought. However, it is important to the patient and their families that the care can seamlessly engage with them in ways they can understand and appreciate.
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Ethicists Strive to Make Training for Consults More Consistent
Hospital administrators vary in their awareness of the need for training for ethics consultants. They want to believe the committee is doing good work. But as ethics committees often do not capture metrics to measure their work product quality, it is hard for leaders to question the training quality.
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Electronic Orders, Education Boost Requests for Ethics Consults
The electronic order is an important way to streamline ethics consultation requests, but additional, broader efforts will be needed.
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Clinicians Must Remain Cautious When Using Social Media
Many clinicians see their social media presence as distinct from their clinical role. While this is somewhat true, it is important to remember once something is put online, one cannot control who sees it or how it is interpreted.
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Many Charge Nurses Receive Little, if Any, Training
Charge nurses are responsible for patient flow, moving them from the waiting room to appropriate disposition. To be effective, these nurses must understand the clinical conditions of the patients in the waiting room. This informs good decision-making on which patients to bring in, in collaboration with the triage nurse, and which nurses to assign those patients.