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Getting the Most Out of Patient Rounds

Patient rounds can have unexpected benefits when a few simple techniques are followed. Over time, as I began to refine my approach, I got better results: I noticed that patients became reassured and felt safer, I got meaningful staff compliments, and I learned useful ideas to make care even better because patients felt more comfortable sharing.

April 01, 2021

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7 Tips for Packing Your Bags for Your Magnet Journey

Summer is here, and many of us have a vacation planned in the near future. If you are anything like me (a planner!), you are making lists, buying new outfits, and coordinating activities to ensure a wonderful vacation.

April 01, 2021

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New Medical Devices: Training Should Never Be an Afterthought

If you’re not familiar with the ECRI Institute, you should be. For more than 45 years, ECRI has been using applied scientific research to determine which procedures, medical devices and technology, pharmaceuticals, and processes to help you improve patient care and outcomes.

April 01, 2021

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ICD-10 in the News

We all know ICD-10 is coming. However, studies are showing many groups are lagging behind in readiness for the transition. Below are some of the week’s trending articles illustrating this lack of readiness as well as how to get on track.

April 01, 2021

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Caregivers: The Importance of Taking Care of Our Four Selves

Janet Hagberg once said “If the three elements of body, mind and spirit are in balance, they reinforce one another; if they are out of balance they multiply problems.”

April 01, 2021

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Top 7 Ways to Sustain Cultural Transformation in Healthcare

As I partner with organizations that have been on their Relationship-Based Care (RBC) journey for several years, invariably at some point the big question becomes, “How does my team maintain the exuberance and creativity to continue to deepen and also sustain our cultural transformation?”

April 01, 2021

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Sepsis Touches Many of Us, Professionally or Personally

As professionals we are acutely aware of the increased profile of sepsis of late. But do we know why it has risen to such a level of importance in discussion or why it has become a critical quality initiative? Do we fully understand the implications of sepsis, even in its early stages? Do we know the stages of the sepsis and its progression?

April 01, 2021

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3 Priorities for Successful Healthcare Mentor/Mentee Relationships

In Mentoring Matters: Part I, I defined the mentor/mentee relationship as a reciprocal and collaborative relationship that sets out to assist the mentee with his or her professional development by defining goals, actions, and behaviors that will ultimately help the mentee be successful.

April 01, 2021

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From the Int'l Pediatric Simulation Symposia & Workshop 2013: Pt. 2

Last month HealthStream sponsored HealthySimulation.com’s attendance to the 5th annual IPSSW (International Pediatric Simulation Symposia and Workshop) in New York.

April 01, 2021

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More ICD-10 Myths

Here is a continuation of some common ICD-10 myths, from my previous blog quoted in Dispelling Some Myths About ICD-10. These are common ICD-10 myths that continue to plague all of our efforts to obtain buy-in and motivate our impacted populations to want to learn more about and prepare for the transition.

April 01, 2021

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For Healthcare Staff, Mentoring Matters: Part I

With the increasing complexity of the healthcare environment, increased amount of technical knowledge required to practice, shorter lengths of stay, and increased acuity of patient populations, nurses are faced with a phenomenon that has been dubbed by research from the University of Minnesota as “complexity compression.”

April 01, 2021

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Hospital Community Perceptions: Branding Begins At Home

I had a powerful experience at a community hospital recently. I was reviewing results from a physician survey, and the ranking of the “would recommend this hospital to family and friends” question was very low – 17th percentile. The audience was a group of managers and department heads, but not physicians.

April 01, 2021

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From the Int'l Pediatric Simulation Symposia & Workshop 2013: Pt. 1

Last month HealthStream sponsored my attendance to the 5th Annual International Pediatric Simulation Symposia and Workshops Conference or IPSSW. This specialized simulation meeting took place in the heart of New York City on 103rd st across from Central Park at the historic New York Academy of Medicine. Watch the video and read below for Part 1 of my event coverage below.

April 01, 2021

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What to Look for When Buying Healthcare Talent Management Products

Talent management products are a wide range of tools and systems that support tracking of educational offerings, competency assessment, and performance appraisal information. They can also be used to:

April 01, 2021

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ICD-10: An Important and Positive Change

If you work in any healthcare environment, you know how inundated we have become with information around ICD-10--most of it leaning towards the negative end of the spectrum.

April 01, 2021

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What Sacred Work Looks Like To A Patient: Telling Your Story

Our industry is overrun with jargon. We have medical jargon, jargon for the business of healthcare and jargon for every aspect of its services.

April 01, 2021

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Apply Therapeutic Relationship Practices to Leadership in Healthcare

In the inspirational new book, See Me As A Person, authors Mary Koloroutis and Michael Trout define the practices that make up a truly authentic connection to patients and families. These practices are the essence of a therapeutic relationship. Koloroutis and Trout define a therapeutic relationship as one in which “the clinician offers care, touch, compassion, presence, and any other act or attitude that would foster healing, and expects nothing in return.” (Koloroutis & Trout, 2012.)

April 01, 2021

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Role Clarity as the Foundation of Professional Nursing Practice

Across the country there is a deep desire to elevate professional practice in nursing. It makes me wonder: Do we see the word “professional” as merely a label or does it help to define who we are?

April 01, 2021

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The Importance of Touch Communication in Healthcare

Effective communication comes in many forms, but the importance of touch communication in healthcare can have a profound impact. Learn more from HealthStream.

April 01, 2021

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Leadership Development and Healthcare

Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead. —Ross Perot

April 01, 2021