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Best Practices for Healthcare Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nursing was already a profession with engagement and satisfaction challenges—then came COVID-19. The pandemic has served to exacerbate problems that already existed among clinicians. Healthcare training needs to accommodate the difficulties of learning and nursing during COVID-19.

April 01, 2021

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The Escalating Need for Workplace Mental Health Support in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Even before COVID-19, the U.S. was on the brink of a mental health emergency. Workplace mental health and how to support employees is an especially difficult problem. We're already in a situation where 75% of employees are experiencing burnout. Here’s a solution for the healthcare workplace.

April 01, 2021

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Healthcare Trends in Review: Big Tech Brings Big Changes

Healthcare in the time of COVID has relied heavily on the past decade’s tech. HealthStream’s Top Ten Trends Webinars take a closer look at what lies ahead.

April 01, 2021

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Two-Tiered Healthcare Education about Opioid Abuse Can Improve Treatment Outcomes

The opioid abuse coursework developed by HealthStream has two modules: The first is a general audience course to raise awareness and encourage learners to do what they can to make a difference at work, at home, and in their community. A second course is designed for clinicians and includes CE credit.

April 01, 2021

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COVID-19 Impact on Visitation and Surveys for Long Term Care and Skilled Nursing

For skilled nursing and long-term care, visitation by family members or healthcare professionals for such purposes as audits and state compliance surveys will be limited as an impact of COVID-19 for the foreseeable future.

April 01, 2021

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Long Term Care Braces for QAPI Phases 2 and 3

Given the focus across healthcare and especially within long-term care for the COVID-19 pandemic, the QAPI guidelines and the need for organizations to comply with them may be delayed far longer, creating more confusion and anxiety among industry compliance and operation leaders.

April 01, 2021

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Growing Enforcement Connected to Opioid Addiction Means Awareness Also Deserves Attention

As high-profile lawsuits linked to the exploding U.S. opioid epidemic continue to play out in courtrooms nationwide, healthcare providers are working to implement ways to thread the needle between appropriate patient care and avoiding exposure to legal or regulatory action.

April 01, 2021

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Healthcare Trends in Review: Increasing Costs and the Rise of Retail

Increasing costs and the rise of the retailer in healthcare have been on HealthStream’s trend radar for the last decade.

April 01, 2021

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Healthcare Trends in Review: “An Epidemic of Epidemics”

A look back at the growth of epidemics in the U.S., one of the healthcare megatrends HealthStream has been following for the last decade.

April 01, 2021

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Training Is Essential for Healthcare Staff Encountering Opioid Abuse, Whether Clinicians or Not

Opioid Abuse-focused education is essential and must address more than just the epidemic, including safe opioid use for conditions such as chronic pain, the risks of opioid use, and how to identify and manage opioid use disorder (OUD).

April 01, 2021

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Measuring Nurse Competency: What Is Professionalism in Nursing?

Professionalism in nursing means providing top-quality care to patients, while also upholding the values of accountability, respect, and integrity. It is one of the most importance competencies for a successful nurse.

April 01, 2021

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Some Predict a Surge of Mental Health Challenges Alongside Pandemic Aftermath

COVID-19 has exposed gaps in our system that have left many vulnerable—particularly communities of color and those with preexisting mental health diagnoses.

April 01, 2021

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Pruitt Health Exec Shares Insights on Pandemic’s Challenges to a Large Workforce, Multi-State Presence

As a healthcare company with multiple types of operations in different states, Pruitt Health had many challenges when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Learn how the company has risen to them and is charting its path forward.

April 01, 2021

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Measuring Nurse Competency: Systems-Based Practice in Nursing

Systems-based Practice in Nursing involves approaching patient care from a wider perspective. In this practice practitioners demonstrate awareness of the larger context and system of healthcare and can access resources throughout the system to ensure optimal outcomes.

April 01, 2021

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Measuring Nurse Competency: Interpersonal & Communication Skills

Interpersonal communication plays an essential role in healthcare, with a sizeable impact on patient outcomes, as well as a contributor to the experience within the healthcare workplace. Learn more about the benefits and risks of effective interpersonal communication in healthcare.

April 01, 2021

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Measuring Nurse Competency: How Does Practice-Based Learning & Improvement Help New Nurses?

Practice-based learning for nurses is simple in theory yet can miss the mark if it’s designed as a “one size fits all” program instead of targeting the needs of each participant.

April 01, 2021

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Nursing Homes Challenged by Regulatory Requirements

Nursing homes are affected by the back and forth pull between the welfare and interests of long-term care recipients and the organizations themselves. Their adherence with regulatory requirements requires resources and a commitment of time that may hamper the ability to provide care.

April 01, 2021

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Measuring Nurse Competency: What Is Clinical Knowledge in Nursing?

Clinical knowledge in nursing is a key element of measuring nurse competency and requires a comprehensive training, clinical internship, and continuing education program.

April 01, 2021

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Measuring Nurse Competency – Patient Care

Measuring nurse competency in patient-centered care requires attention to both patient experience measures and performance on specific metrics. New tools and advancements in technology, particularly in artificial intelligence, make measurement in this domain more efficient.

April 01, 2021

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Pandemic-Related Stress Among Healthcare Workers May Lead to Burnout and Mental Health Issues

64% of households with a healthcare worker said worry and stress over the coronavirus caused them to experience at least one adverse effect, such as difficulty sleeping or eating, increases in alcohol consumption or substance use, etc.

April 01, 2021