Becker's Hospital Review
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Forty-four nurses on the psychiatry and behavioral medicine unit at Seattle Children's Hospital signed a letter requesting management's support in curbing violent incidents they say have increased over the past few weeks.
American Nurse
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Better health care for patients begins with humility – a term not often associated with medicine. I witnessed displays of humility firsthand eight years ago, the night my son was born, in the way the doctor and doula worked together to deliver our baby. Neither tried to assert dominance over the other. Instead, they openly communicated with each other, respected each other’s roles, trusted each other and worked as a team.
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Consult QD
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
By Soumya Chatterjee, MD, MS , Tarik M. Elsheikh, MD , and Donald F. Kirby, MD, FACP A 68-year-old woman with a 20-year history of systemic sclerosis suffered from chronic iron-deficiency anemia and required multiple iron infusions and packed red blood cell transfusions. Repeated upper endoscopies had shown active gastric antral vascular ectasias, a known complication of systemic sclerosis that causes chronic gastric blood loss.
Health Leaders | Nursing
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is pushing the boundaries of hands-on learning with a new lab, helping nursing students prepare for situations they'll encounter on the job. The college's new Extended Reality Lab has been in use since August and is currently being used primarily by students working to become a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Registered Nurse (RN).
Speaker: Lauri Armstrong, SHRM-SCP - Sr. Director, People Operations at Carrot Fertility
Today’s workforce includes multiple generations of employees all looking for something different from their benefits package. While meeting these disparate needs can be challenging, a comprehensive fertility benefit can support everyone from junior staffers learning about their fertility health to senior leadership managing menopause and low testosterone symptoms.
Consult QD
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Twenty years ago, few patients presented for cataract surgery after corneal refractive surgery. “Now, we typically have two or three of these patients per week on our surgery schedule,” says J. Bradley Randleman, MD , a cornea and refractive surgery specialist at Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute. Refractive outcomes of cataract surgery in this patient population are worse than in patients without prior corneal refractive surgery.
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Consult QD
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Tacrolimus (TAC) and methotrexate (MTX) have long been used to reduce the risk of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) after allogenic bone marrow transplants, yet these medications often lead to adverse events ranging from liver and kidney toxicity to severe mucositis. In a randomized, phase 3 study , Cleveland Clinic researchers matched standard doses of TAC and MTX against TAC with reduced doses of MTX and mycophenolate (MMF).
Symplr
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
I recently had the privilege of moderating an insightful roundtable of panelists representing over 75 years of collective experience in improving supply chain operations to answer the question, “How can supply chains strategically transform to move from an emergent state to a sustainable model without letting the ball drop on short-term priorities?
Providence
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Before Providence Senior Executive Assistant James S. Bradley joined Providence, he worked in an environment he calls, “toxic to the LGBTQIA+ community,” and swore he’d never work for another faith-based organization. He thought, “How could I work at and support a company’s misaligned values? Luckily, I opted to move on instead of giving in.
The Leadership Development Group
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
When considering our work over the past 15 years, one major theme comes to mind as the key to leadership success: aligning passion with purpose. Leaders in our industry are, more often than not, drawn to serve in healthcare because of a pivotal personal experience or a desire to improve health and wellbeing for others. We know that in order for work to be meaningful, passion (something that excites you) must be aligned with purpose (deep-seated motivation behind doing something).
Speaker: Julie B. Chavez - VP, Strategy & Alliances at Carrot
An estimated 1.1 billion women worldwide will have experienced menopause by 2025. Symptoms like hot flashes, fatigue, and anxiety can be incredibly disruptive — and last for years. But despite its massive impact, little is being done to support those going through menopause in the workplace. In a recent survey, 70% of respondents said they have considered changing their employment to better manage symptoms — perhaps because only 8% received significant support from their employer related to meno
Elder Care Matters
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
With the approaching winter season, it’s perfect timing to visit the current senior COVID-19 vaccine options. Here’s your “Need-to-Know” Covid-19 Vaccine information for 2023-2024: Similar to the flu vaccine, the new COVID XBB.1.5 monovalent vaccine is universally recommended for everyone 6 months and older. Although not expected to prevent all cases of COVID, the aim… The post THE NEW COVID-19 VACCINES – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW appeared first on Elder Care Directory - ElderCareMatters.com.
Daily Nurse
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
A new study reveals the importance of integrating patient-nurse verbal communication data into patient risk identification models for home health care. Results from the research published in the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) have the potential to revolutionize how healthcare providers assess and manage high-risk patients.
Becker's Hospital Review
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Discover new tools to help you land your next nursing role on LinkedIn!
Nurse.com
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
I was a young stay-at-home mom in my early 30s when a series of mysterious ailments began to rattle my world. After several months of testing, I finally had a diagnosis — multiple sclerosis. I was devastated when I was bluntly told that I would die from MS. Soon, I sank into a yearlong funk. Laura Langham-Sotoodeh, RN On a quiet morning while sitting with my family doctor, he gently said, “You need to choose where you will be in three to five years.
Speaker: Lizzie Wright - Director of Customer Success at Carrot Fertility
Employee expectations around benefits and workplace support have evolved in step with the growing need for fertility and family-forming care. As HR professionals, it is our job to ensure employees have a comprehensive understanding of the benefits our organizations offer and how they can utilize them. Before educating employees, we first need to understand the rising healthcare costs and the financial burden of fertility care.
Nursology
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Contributor – Violet Malinski, RN, PhDGuardian of the Discipline Dr. John R. Phillips, the foremost Rogerian scholar today, is evolving the science of unitary human beings, envisioned by Dr. Martha Rogers, with writings that convey his creative insights into this science. Fortunately for us, these writings have been compiled in the book, Evolving Rogerian … Continue reading John R.
Health Leaders | Nursing
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Striking nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick are awaiting a response on their latest contract proposal submitted last week, according to a union spokesperson.
NRC Health
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
When a healthcare team respects a patient’s uniqueness, the patient, in turn, receives the safest care with the best outcomes. During October’s Becker’s Healthcare podcast, two prominent pediatric leaders discussed the critical nature of intentional practices and the importance of family-centered care. The post Children’s Colorado: Empowering pediatric families with intentional care appeared first on NRC Health.
Health Leaders | Nursing
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
A new study reveals the importance of integrating patient-nurse verbal communication data into patient risk identification models for home health care. Results from the research published in the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) have the potential to revolutionize how healthcare providers assess and manage high-risk patients.
Speaker: Julie B. Chavez - VP, Strategy & Alliances at Carrot
As HR and total rewards professionals, we are often seeking opportunities to foster a better sense of community and belonging amongst employees - ensuring that all employees have an equitable opportunity to receive fertility treatments is one of the many ways this can be achieved. Fertility benefits make it possible for employees to access treatments like IVF.
American Medical Compliance
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
The following course is designed to teach healthcare providers the necessary tools in order to show empathy to patients suffering from dementia. Understanding the causes and symptoms of various forms of dementia will be helpful in providing support on an individual basis. There are four types of dementia. These include Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, Lewy body dementia, and vascular dementia.
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