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How to Prevent and Resolve Difficult Patient Encounters

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

bee32/123RF.com If you work on the front lines of patient care, at some point, you will have a patient situation that is challenging, to say the least. One study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that about 15 percent of patient encounters were classified as difficult by the doctor involved. Nurses and allied health professionals may have even higher percentages of difficult situations.

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Poor maths causing trainee nursing associates to drop out, report finds

Nursing Times

One in six trainee nursing associates are quitting their courses before they qualify, according to an independent evaluation of the role, which found that its introduction had been welcomed as a positive move overall. Of those who dropped out, almost a quarter did so because… The post Poor maths causing trainee nursing associates to drop out, report finds appeared first on Nursing Times.

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The Best Gifts for Nurses

Nurse Abnormalities

Coffee Coffee, coffee, coffee. Coffee in healthcare equates to culture. There is something about sharing a fresh pot of coffee from the Bunn coffee maker in the breakroom with your favorite colleagues, or walking down to your hospital’s Starbucks and picking up some beverages for the crew. Nurses love Yeti tumblers because they keep drinks hot or cold for long periods of time, and let’s face it, breaks can be rare for some of us.