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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Measuring the 6 Nursing Core Competencies

Developing and measuring nursing competency in 2020 requires a systematic and inclusive approach that embraces technology and requires accountability from learners and educators.

CMS Continues to Make Updates to COVID-19-Focus Survey Tool for Long-Term Care Facilities

When CMS overhauled its long-term care facility survey earlier this year, few thought the new document would remain unchanged. They were right, and new elements have been added in alongside an updated on- and offsite survey set of protocols.

The Impact of Unconscious Bias on Healthcare

Unconscious bias often leads to false assumptions and negative outcomes for minority groups in the healthcare setting. We must focus on reducing the impact of unconscious biases on physician-patient interactions, which contributes to health disparities.

Emergency Preparedness Is Also a Burden for Long-Term Care

The burden for emergency preparedness compliance continues to fall more heavily on long-term care. While the rest of the continuum can review programs on a biannual basis, long-term care providers continue to be required to review the emergency program on an annual basis.

Stressful Environments During COVID-19 Risk Increased Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence

The conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to dangerous environments for at-risk victims, driving increases in substance abuse and domestic violence.

How to Become a Nurse Leader

Just like in other professions, nursing must have people who are in charge, ideally, these clinicians have natural leadership skills and finds themselves gravitating naturally towards leadership positions. This post looks at what a nurse leader does and the education required to become one.