Articles Tagged With: nurses
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A burnout barometer to assess your work culture
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses’ has created tools to address issues associated with a healthy work environment, including burnout and “compassion fatigue,” available at http://www.aacn.org/.
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Defuse hostile nursing work culture by speaking up immediately, directly
Listening to human resources expert Laura MacLeod, LMSW, describe the dysfunctional work cultures she has observed in healthcare and other industries, one is immediately reminded of the truism: “Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.”
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Nursing Profession: On The Right Path, or Falling Behind?
Significant progress has been made since 2010 in the nursing profession, but work is required for that progress to continue, according to a new report. -
Do EMRs take so much time that they threaten patient safety?
Electronic medical records can be polarizing: Some people love them, some people hate them.
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EHR failures create havoc for hospitals
The wide adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) and other electronic systems inevitably means that healthcare facilities will have to cope with outages. Several facilities recently have experienced how much the failure of one of those systems can cripple a hospital.
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Injuries are a constant worry for nurses
Sixty percent of nurses worry that their job is negatively impacting their overall health, and one in 10 nurses were injured on the job in the past year.
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Refrigerator alarms can wear on staff
Medical device alarms aren’t the only technology contributing to fatigue among nurses. Refrigerator alarms contribute to physical fatigue and alarm fatigue.
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Staff fatigue can be a compliance risk, too
Many healthcare leaders don’t realize that, in addition to threatening patient safety, nurse fatigue is also a compliance risk, notes CEO Nick Merkin of Compliagent, a compliance consulting firm in Los Angeles.
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Nurse Fatigue a ‘Huge’ Threat to Patient Safety
Risk managers should adopt strategies to reduce fatigue caused by scheduling, overtime, and excessive workloads.
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Nurses report bullying, disrespectful behavior by other nurses similiar to ‘hazing’
A common perception is that a lot of the bullying and disrespect that can create a toxic work culture in healthcare settings is directed by physicians toward nurses.