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California sets the bar for violence against healthcare workers
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationWhen most healthcare workers head into their jobs, the threat of violence is usually not a major concern. It was not really on my radar when I went to work one night in the emergency department (ED) of a busy New York City hospital. Sure, we saw some upset patients and family, but that is just par for the course when working in the ED. After all, our doors were locked, and we had multiple security officers stationed throughout our busy ED. However, this night was going to be different.
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Study: Bigger transplant centers have better outcomes
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareHow a patient will fare after an organ transplant can be difficult to predict. However, researchers using a computerized algorithm found that larger transplant centers have better patient outcomes than smaller centers. The results of their study were published recently in The American Journal of Transplantation.
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No benefit in therapeutic hypothermia for in‑hospital cardiac arrest
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareHealthcare professionals often administer therapeutic hypothermia to optimize survival of both out-of-hospital and in-hospital cardiac arrest. While there are several studies that support therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), there had been no studies investigating its use for in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) and a paucity of data of its comparative effectiveness — until now.
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A new pathway to treat depression
Dorothy L. Tengler Mental HealthcareDepression has many faces — from the common sad mood variety to major psychotic depression. Major depression, defined as a severely depressed mood that goes on for two weeks or more, is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States and includes symptoms such as sadness, sleep problems, suicidal feelings and a general inability to feel pleasure.
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Is your transplant patient leading a sedentary lifestyle?
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcarePatients with advanced cirrhosis are at a high risk for frailty, which increases the risks of liver-related death, transplant wait-list attrition and major transplant complications. Regular activity helps patients with cirrhosis avoid frailty and its complications, but a new study shows patients waiting for liver transplants are highly sedentary.
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5 winning strategies for thoughtful nurse leaders
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationNurse leaders face a challenging environment in today's world of healthcare and nursing. Rapidly changing technology, a volatile economic healthcare climate and other seismic shifts point to ways in which nurse leaders must be willing to pivot when necessary while offering strong support to the nurses whom they supervise and lead.
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Dealing with occupational stress in the ED
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareOccupational stress is ubiquitous in the workplace today, and it presents major challenges to health and safety on the jobsite. Emergency departments are notoriously high-pressure environments, but health scientists have never established the specific organizational stressors that affect workers in the ED.
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EHRs still need to improve, but physicians seem happier
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationAnother day in healthcare and another survey. The latest one by Deloitte aims to understand physicians' attitudes toward electronic health records and perceptions about the current market trends impacting medicine and future state of the practice of medicine.
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Just the facts? No, tell them your story
Ben Montgomery Medical & Allied HealthcarePrivate practice physical therapists would be wise to consider the advice of my creative writing professor in college. "Build a narrative," he often said. "Show. Don't tell." What he meant by this, of course, was that in order to make a memorable connection with an audience, it's important to communicate beyond simply stating facts. Be human. Construe value and purpose. Use imagination. Appeal to emotion.
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Why is the pharma profession so prone to scandal?
Jason Poquette PharmaceuticalZig Ziglar, the well-known motivational speaker and entrepreneur, once said, "The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty." I'm not sure if anyone else has been watching the news lately, but with respect to the profession of pharmacy, it seems like someone has stolen our stones.
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