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Engage with patients eye to eye

American Nurse

The cost of staff training amounted to $1,050; the cost of handouts, $200. Hospitals with the highest patient satisfaction scores typically receive the best reimbursement rates. The unit that participated in this QI project has 30 employees. Each employee spent an hour in education at an average salary of $35/hour. Int Emerg Nurs.

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Businesses Drag Their Feet on Narcan, But Overdoses Won’t Wait

Daily Nurse

Between August 2023 and August 2024, overdose deaths in the U.S. Businesses should have it readily available, provide staff training, and make sure all employees know where to find it. After years of devastating increases in overdoses across the U.S., some good news finally emerged late last year. history, with a 22% drop.

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Intellectual and developmental disabilities: Nurse advocacy

American Nurse

replacingrisk.com/idd-staff-training/the-fatal-five-fundamentals/ Izumi M, Sonoki K, Ohta Y, Fukuhara M, Nagata M, Akifusa S. March 7, 2023. SBAR tool: Situation-background-assessment-recommendation. ihi.org/resources/Pages/Tools/SBARToolkit.aspx IntellectAbility. The Fatal Five fundamentals. Teach Psychol. 2021;49(1):78-84.

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Bending the Arc on Gender Affirming Care

Penn Nursing

Each health care facility that voluntarily participates in the annual HEI is scored on criteria like non-discrimination policies and staff training for LGBTQ+ care. 90 percent of transgender care is just regular old health care done with sensitivity, dignity, and respect.”

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Revenue Cycle Staffing Challenges: Tackling Staff Shortages and Burnout

Relias

Revenue cycle staffing challenges: Too few people, too much work Hospitals and healthcare organizations nationwide are facing a shortage of qualified revenue cycle staff. A separate 2023 hospital poll indicated that 100% of executives agreed that staffing shortages have negatively impacted RCM rates.

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What Can You Do with a Master’s in Nursing? 2025 Ultimate Guide

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) predicts 29 percent growth in available jobs for medical and health services managers between 2023 and 2033. 1 Leadership training, like the non-clinical program at the University of St. Each specialty prepares budding nurse leaders with the skills to facilitate positive organizational change.

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Meet Nancy Colobong Smith, American Nephrology Nurses Association’s President-Elect 2023-24

Minority Nurse

She is the national president-elect 2023-24 of the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA). We have an in-house team that consists of over 100 unit-based RNs trained in HD, SLED, PD & CRRT who perform approximately 6,000 procedures a year on one campus with support from the dialysis technician team.