Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 8, 2024

Burnout is everywhere, and it has become a matter of patient safety. It’s no secret that nurses and healthcare professionals across the industry are burnt out. Nurses are feeling overworked and undervalued, and since the COVID-19 pandemic and the massive nursing shortage, it has only gotten worse. Nurse and nurse practitioner burnout is known to have a direct impact on the patient’s experience, and now it’s leading to more emergency department visits.

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Consult QD

JANUARY 8, 2024

An increasing volume of classical hematology referrals, coupled with provider shortages, poses a number of challenges, especially as it relates to access to care. To address this gap, Cleveland Clinic Cancer Institute developed a centralized virtual anemia consult clinic (VACC), which facilitates care through a team of trained classical hematology advanced practice providers (APPs).

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Leadership 118

Daily Nurse

JANUARY 8, 2024

Continued professional development is crucial to help nurses grow their skills, improve job satisfaction, and prevent burnout. Nurses working in hospitals that implement burnout-reduction strategies — including professional mobility opportunities, wage increases, and educational opportunities for learning and leadership — typically experience a 20% decrease in burnout and stay in their roles for longer (3.5 years on average, compared to just 2.9 years for nurses without access to burnout-reducti

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Professional Development Self-Care Communication Nursing Burnout 105

Nurses Advocates

JANUARY 8, 2024

This year, I will cover topics and provide resources to help YOU be your best advocate as a patient in the complex, costly, and sometimes dangerous system. In this article, I talk about how to make the bet of your health insurance. Why is it important to be your advocate when entering the healthcare system? The healthcare system is complex and runs differently than any other system we use as consumers.

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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

Amercan Journal of Nursing

JANUARY 8, 2024

Photo courtesy of U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs The intersection of military service and environmental exposures has become an increasingly critical area of concern. Environmental factors affect the health and well-being of military personnel in complex and multifaceted ways, and ill and injured military veterans may find their high aspirations undermined by mental and physical ailments that significantly affect their quality of life.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 8, 2024

More than 34 million people will be admitted into a hospital this year throughout the United States. Although the average stay is five days, that’s just the beginning of the recovery process.

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Patient Experience 52

Relias

JANUARY 8, 2024

In the realm of applied behavior analysis (ABA), the Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) code of ethics serves as a guiding compass for professionals in their practice, ensuring the highest standards of conduct and care. The updated RBT Ethics Code 2.0 reinforces the commitment to ethical behavior, transparency, and client well-being. This updated ethics code applies to all Registered Behavior Technicians, emphasizing the importance of ethical conduct across diverse settings.

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Professional Development Self-Care Promotion Communication 52

Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 8, 2024

Continued professional development is crucial to help nurses grow their skills, improve job satisfaction, and prevent burnout.

Professional Development 52

Professional Development 52

Consult QD

JANUARY 8, 2024

Editor’s note: Article originally published in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine ( 2023; 90 [8]:475-481 ) Written by Ellen L. Ferraro, MD ; Rebecca Chota Nelson, MD ; and Paul C. Bryson, MD, MBA The terms hoarseness and dysphonia are frequently used interchangeably. However, it is important to clarify that hoarseness is a patient-reported symptom, whereas dysphonia is the perception of altered voice quality noted by the clinician. 1,2 Dysphonia results when there is a physiologic change t

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Self-Care 108

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

Relias

JANUARY 8, 2024

In a consumer-driven industry, healthcare organizations must compete to gain new patients and maintain their loyalty. One effective way is to earn high patient satisfaction scores that demonstrate value to customers seeking a trusted healthcare partner. But gaining patient trust isn’t the only benefit of high patient satisfaction scores. Medicare payment systems link patient satisfaction scores with reimbursement rates, making quality patient care a primary determinant of an organization’s viabi

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