Consult QD

JANUARY 12, 2024

Patients with vestibular disorders often describe feelings of dizziness, vertigo, imbalance or lightheadedness. A vestibular audiology evaluation can help discern the underlying cause. “We are kind of the detectives for vestibular disorders to help decipher what could be a potential cause,” says Julie Honaker, PhD , Director of the Vestibular and Balance Disorders Program within Cleveland Clinic’s Head and Neck Institute.

Patient Experience 101

Patient Experience Best Practices 101

Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 12, 2024

Allina Health's new chief nursing executive has a background that includes leadership positions at Jefferson Health, Baylor Scott & White, VCU, and UnityPoint Health. D'Andre Carpenter, DNP, RN , knew he wanted to be a nurse at age 13. For a while, he was convinced not to go into nursing, and worked in computer science and software engineering instead.

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Nursology

JANUARY 12, 2024

Contributor – Patty Bartzak, DNP, RN, TCRN, CMSRN, CNRN Please join us on Monday, February 5, 2024 from 4:30 to 6:00 PM Eastern for the Society of Rogerian Scholars’ Dialogues on Unitary Science. The purpose of our Dialogues is to learn and deepen our understanding of the Science of Unitary Human Beings.

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Becker's Hospital Review

JANUARY 12, 2024

Discover how Greensboro-based Cone Health achieved a $100 million financial turnaround in 2023 through focused efforts on revenue growth and expense reduction.

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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.

Communication

Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 12, 2024

Like nurses in other roles, nurse managers are increasingly leaving their jobs — and it’s critically important for organizations to find ways to keep them.

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Nurse Manager Leadership 59

American Medical Compliance

JANUARY 12, 2024

The following training course educates healthcare providers on the importance of quality end-of-life care. The phrase “end-of-life care” refers to the assistance and medical attention provided in the latter stages of life. This kind of care is not limited to the final minutes before the heart stops pumping and the breathing stops. Before they pass away, older adults frequently have one or more chronic illnesses and require extensive care for days, weeks, or even months.

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Registered Nursing

JANUARY 12, 2024

The journey to becoming a registered nurse (RN) is an exciting and rewarding one, and for those who are eager to jumpstart their nursing careers without spending years in school, accelerated Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) programs are the answer. These programs, offered in online or hybrid formats for maximum convenience, offer a faster route to earning an ADN, which is the minimum educational requirement to become an RN.

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American Medical Compliance

JANUARY 12, 2024

The responsibility of ensuring patient safety has now moved from hospital staff to individual users with access to laser technology, which was previously only available in operating rooms of hospitals. This transition has occurred frequently without the benefit of suitable or sufficient resources. The continual objective of creating and upholding a laser-safe environment for the patient, the staff, and the user at all times continues, irrespective of the practice location, application, or system

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 12, 2024

A congressional advisory panel is recommending that lawmakers reduce Medicare payments to nursing homes, home health agencies, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities in 2025.

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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

The Gypsy Nurse

JANUARY 12, 2024

For first-time travel nurses, it may be a bit of a shock to discover that the hardest part of the new gig isn’t adjusting to the actual work–it is adjusting to all of the time you have to fill on your days off. Without social or familial obligations, your free time on assignment can start to feel abundant, and not always in a good way. Especially if you are a social person, it may take some time to adjust to your new lifestyle.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 12, 2024

Governor Dan McKee announced a groundbreaking move Thursday – Rhode Island’s inclusion in the national Nurse Licensure Compact. This development opens the doors for nurses with Multi-State Licenses from 41 participating states to seamlessly work in Rhode Island, and reciprocally, allows Rhode Island nurses to practice in any of those states.

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Licensing Education 52

Becker's Hospital Review

JANUARY 12, 2024

Hospital leaders are acutely aware of the fragility of the nation's nursing workforce, with findings from a survey analysis published last spring showing 800,000 nurses intend to exit the field by 2027.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 12, 2024

Allina Health‘s new chief nursing executive has a background that includes leadership positions at Jefferson Health, Baylor Scott & White, VCU, and UnityPoint Health. D’Andre Carpenter, DNP, RN , knew he wanted to be a nurse at age 13. For a while, he was convinced not to go into nursing, and worked in computer science and software engineering instead.

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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.

Education

Consult QD

JANUARY 12, 2024

Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery has long been one of the largest in the nation, but it recently surpassed a growth marker never before achieved in its distinguished history: the hiring of four new staff surgeons within a 12-month period. The new surgeons — who are individually profiled below — have given the department an unprecedented degree of diversity while also enhancing its bench strength.

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