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The Benefits of a Clinical Ladder Nursing Program

Read how the benefits of a clinical ladder nursing program focuses on advancing careers past novice to retain nurses while gaining higher salaries, from HealthStream.

April 15, 2021

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Three Webinars Focused on Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management

Here are links to three recorded HealthStream webinars about solutions to common challenges in healthcare revenue cycle management.

April 15, 2021

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The New Rules of Healthcare Recruiting: Best Practices

Industry disruption empowers healthcare HR and talent management leaders to create sophisticated processes to attract and engage the right candidates. Hiring the right people has never been more important in this age of radical reform, innovation, and consumerism.

April 15, 2021

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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

April 14, 2021

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New OSHA Compliance: Training Healthcare Staff on Hazardous Chemicals

To better protect workers from hazardous chemicals, the U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA has revised its Hazard Communication Standard to align with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). While the original Hazard Communication Standard, HCS 1983, was commonly referred to as the “Employee Right to Know,” the revised standard now provides for the “Employee Right to Understand.”

April 14, 2021

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Identifying a Conflict of Interest in Healthcare and How to Prevent Them

A conflict of interest in healthcare can range from the most simple and obvious to extraordinarily complex, as a few examples can demonstrate. Well defined policies and procedures can provide a template for improved understanding and compliance.

April 14, 2021

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Organizational Goal Setting in Healthcare: Best Practices

Goal setting is one of the most important activities for any healthcare organization and one of the examples of smart goals in healthcare, from HealthStream.

April 14, 2021

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Six Ways Healthcare Analytics Can Improve Patient Care

Healthcare analytics has the potential to improve healthcare in ways we are only beginning to realize. Here are some of them that are already becoming reality.

April 14, 2021

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Overcoming the Challenges of Fragmented Care

The United States healthcare system has grown increasingly fragmented. Those afflicted by chronic conditions may attend unnecessary appointments, receive confusing and contradictory advice from their doctors, struggle to get to the doctor’s office, and despair at exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses.

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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New Healthcare Roles Are Emerging to Meet Changing Care Needs

As medicine evolves, new types of doctors and nurses are emerging to meet our system’s changing needs. In some cases, these clinicians are in new specialties that didn’t exist until recently, and demand for some of these physicians is already high.

April 14, 2021

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Issues and Trends in Nursing for 2019

Emerging technologies and the demographic impact of an aging population are driving many of the nursing profession changes that we are seeing in 2019.

April 14, 2021

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Personality Traits of a Great Nurse

Between the physical demands, the emotional moments, and the stress of thinking under high pressure situations, some personality traits are strong contributors to success in the nursing profession.

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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Exploring the Pros and Cons of Nurse Residency Programs

Nurse residency programs present both opportunities and challenges for new nurses, and so should be studied thoroughly to see if the program, and the provider, is the right fit. This blog post focuses on nurse residency program pros and cons.

April 13, 2021

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Four Social Media Security Risks for Healthcare

Social media involves constantly changing security risks that hospitals need to be aware of, according to Tom Pendergast, Ph.D., Chief Strategist at MediaPRO, an e-learning development company.

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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Sample Questions for Nurse Peer-Interviews

A good peer interview nursing team will deploy a series of questions designed to learn about a candidate’s mental, emotional and physical state, helping them find the best fit for their unique situation.

April 12, 2021

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