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Mitigate risk and elevate your quality of care. Improving both clinical and business outcomes starts with a smarter, more integrated approach to regulatory training, continuing education and quality management.

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hStream Content Marketplace

Connecting you to the Best Content. Access to 75 Partners and 35,000+ Courses in our Industry-Leading Marketplace. Streamline content purchasing, updates, hosting and connectivity for your organizational needs.

NurseGrid Learn

Online store for Clinical Learners. Individual CE Credit and industry products for Clinical Learners are now available through NurseGrid Learn (Beta). Explore our robust collection of courses that provides an unparalleled level of flexibility and choice.

Practitioner Courses

Meet the DEA's new requirement under the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act in an online, high-quality and self-paced 8-hour DEA MATE Act course specifically designed for practitioners, including Physicians, PAs, NPs, Pharmacists, Dentists and others.

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Six Key Trends Emerging in Non-Acute Care

Skilled nursing, post-acute care, non-acute care, home health, rehab, care continuum, continuum of care, hospice, healthcare human resources

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HealthStream-NQF Partnership Makes Opioid Stewardship Tools More Widely Available

The new Opioids Stewardship course from NQF and HealthStream allows clinicians who do not have much experience with opioids to grow in knowledge, while those with strong practical skills can add to their own awareness.

April 14, 2021

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Six Reasons to Prioritize Employee Recognition Over Rewards in Healthcare

Effective recognition occurs when an employee receives authentic feedback from a peer, manager and/or leader as to how his/her actions impacted team objectives or the organization’s purpose. Here are six reasons to prioritize employee recognition over rewards in healthcare.

April 14, 2021

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Five Steps for Teaching Each Clinical Judgment Competency for Nursing

Teaching a clinical judgment competency for nursing students and new nurses is far more effective if you use an overall process that is systematic and formalized. Caputi offers five useful steps to teach individual clinical judgment competencies

April 13, 2021

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Hiring the Right People in Healthcare

Turnover and retention are a growing problem for organizations across the continuum of care. Increased volume demands on our healthcare system mean that organizations cannot afford to waste time hiring the wrong people. Two of our partners, Assess Systems and NurseCompetency, help care organizations improve their hiring processes and identify and assess better potential candidates.

April 13, 2021

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Healthcare Leader Rounding with a Purpose: Collecting and Sharing Information

Leader rounds should not be done merely as a way to follow protocol; they should be done with a purpose. Leaders should perform rounds to collect actionable information from patients and staff and to promote a “people-centered” culture across the organization.

April 13, 2021

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Defining and Experiencing Good Nursing Leadership

A good nursing leader has the ability to positively influence others because they lead by example. The standards and expectations set for their staff are the same they have set for themselves.

April 12, 2021

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Patient Safety Best Practices From Two Healthcare Experts

We interviewed two leaders in patient safety—they shared strategies as well as the challenges faced by senior healthcare leaders trying to address patient safety and quality issues. Here are some of their best practices.

April 09, 2021

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How to Approach Being a Preceptor to New Graduate Nurses

Working with that first new hire taught me a lot about how to be an effective preceptor, ignited my passion for precepting, and inspired me to continuously work on improving my skills as a preceptor.

April 09, 2021

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10 Reasons Global Patient Safety is Important: eBook Excerpt

Patient safety is vitally important. Here are 10 safety facts and descriptions that highlight this importance from the World Health Organization.

April 09, 2021

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Falls Are a Rising Problem for Older Adults, Especially in Healthcare

Fatal falls among the elderly are on the rise in the United States, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They are especially problematic in a healthcare setting.

April 09, 2021

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What is the COVID-19 Pandemic Changing about the Future of Long-Term Care

Current events, especially the COVID-19 pandemic, have focused our attention like never before on the long-term care industry and on the mostly older adult population who make it their home. The article excerpted here examines the future of long-term care and trends impacting its rate of change.

April 09, 2021

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The difference between transactional and transformative learning in healthcare

At a time when healthcare is overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing healthcare learning to be transformative rather than transactional is more important than ever. The potential benefits are better outcomes, higher retention, and increased engagement.

April 08, 2021

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Improving resuscitation through training demands innovation in science and education

Believing that competition and choice in the resuscitation training market can drive innovation while simultaneously lowering cost, HealthStream offers the Resuscitation Training Suite from the American Red Cross—a more flexible training option with significant promise to improve outcomes.

April 08, 2021

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Keeping Bias Out of the Performance Review Process

Every performance review or termination should always be based on accurate assessments to avoid any suspicion of bias. Once there is an organizational awareness of bias, it helps to institute a structure of using clear assessments and consistent criteria as a decision-making foundation.

April 08, 2021

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Confronting the Problem of Inadequate Access to Mental Health Resources

One of the biggest overarching problems in mental health is insufficient access to treatment. Psych Hub demonstrates the value of eLearning as a solution, offers two different options for the entire continuum of care, both of which combat the problem of access.

April 08, 2021

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Five ways individual clinicians can mitigate or prevent their potential burnout

The demands of COVID-19 are contributing to an even greater threat of widespread burnout among healthcare professionals. Dr. Anya Koutras, a self-care expert, has a prescription for addressing burnout or its potential that she calls the “Five Ls.”

April 08, 2021

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Treating the Opioid Epidemic as a Mental Health Issue

Many people who are addicted to drugs are also diagnosed with other mental disorders, including anxiety and depression. The past year of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated many health issues that contribute further to the opioid addiction crisis.

April 08, 2021

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Nursing Homes Are Feeling a Huge Impact from COVID-19

Nursing facilities are feeling an outsized effect from COVID-19, between residents, patients, family caregivers, and staff. A sweeping program of testing and vaccination are the only viable solutions.

April 08, 2021

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New Rules Change Reimbursement for Physical Therapy in Skilled Nursing

The Skilled Nursing Facility Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) launched by CMS in 2019 applies to reimbursement for rehabilitation physical therapy in the skilled nursing environment. It is having an unintended impact on rehab services in this care setting.

April 08, 2021