Articles Tagged With: training
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Survey Shows How Leaders Can Improve Obstetric Emergency Training, Education
Opportunities exist to enhance knowledge on health conditions that affect pregnant and postpartum patients.
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Survey: OB/GYN Residents Feel Unprepared to Care for LGBTQ+ Patients
Lack of experienced faculty and curricular crowding were the two most commonly identified barriers.
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Ransomware Attacks Pose Unique Danger to ED Patients
Integrate ransomware response training with emergency preparedness training. To stay ahead of this risk, leaders can create packets with all documents needed to convert to non-digital care on short notice. Staff can switch to manual processes for ordering labs and imaging, following care protocols, and calculating drug dosages.
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Bioethics Field Lacks Standardized Competencies for Trainees
The hope is that training programs will find a way to evaluate not only trainees’ progress, but also the adequacy of their programs in training people to work in the field of bioethics.
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Nurses Appreciate Training on End-of-Life Care
It is difficult for nurses to remain hopeful and honest when caring for someone at the end of life. Still, families need physical, psychological, and spiritual care that nurses must be adept in providing.
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Minority Residents’ Palliative Care Training Quality Trails Other Medical Education
The 91 residents surveyed reported receiving less training on palliative care than they did on sepsis management. Half the residents reported receiving negative messages about palliative care. Two-thirds said they considered care for dying patients to be depressing.
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Equipping Clinicians with Appropriate Training on Firearms-Related Injuries
Several healthcare organizations believe it is time for healthcare professionals to do what they can on the prevention front to identify patients at risk, leverage those encounters to promote safety, and address access to firearms when that is a concern. Admitting there are knowledge gaps when it comes to firearms-related counseling, there are new efforts to shore up medical education in this area.
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Simulation-Based Intervention Trains Home Caregivers
The results of a new study suggest the use of a psychoeducational interventional training model can improve education for family caregivers of patients with cancer. The training program uses simulation to enhance skills training. -
TJC Updates Workplace Violence Prevention Standards
As of Jan. 1, 2022, accredited facilities must educate, train, monitor, and assess more often. -
ED Violence Means Possible Liability Exposure for Hospital
During litigation, two important questions will arise: How did the hospital keep the patient safe? Was the hospital not doing reasonable things that other hospitals were doing?