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Podcast: The state of medical education and physicians’ relationships…
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareOn this episode of The Nurse Keith Show, Keith Carlson discusses the state of medical education and physicians’ interface with nurses with guest Dr. Ted O’Connell, a family physician, educator, author, innovator, speaker, and founding director of the Family Medicine Residency Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano. He founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first fellowship in the United States to formally combine both community medicine and global health.
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Anticipatory grief: Break on through to the other side
Lisa Cole Medical & Allied HealthcareI received news about a friend recently — his seizures have now collided into a diagnosis of glioblastoma. A strong and steady man, trustworthy through and through, reliable, and ever-so-devoted is suddenly facing a life-limiting illness. His life has forever changed; and, so has ours. While grief will have its way with us, through feeling, caring and with gratitude, we can "break on through to the other side." Most often we focus on all that our people must deal with when tragedy strikes. Yet, those of us who care about this person find that, with such news, the very nature of our relationship is impacted as well.
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Study: Beauty products send a child to the ED every 2 hours
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareFrom 2006 through 2016, emergency departments treated 64,686 children younger than 5 years old for injuries related to personal care products, according to the results of a new study. That works out to about one child every two hours. Many consumers are already aware of the dangers posed by cleaning products, batteries and household poisons, but are often unaware of the hazards posed by personal care products. The results of this study shed light on the special threat common cosmetics may pose to small children.
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Infographic: Opioids and the American workplace
Brian Wallace PharmaceuticalThe opioid crisis has started to affect workplaces, where 31% have already seen an overdose, injury, or arrest related to opioids. Getting people the help they need is about more than just being compassionate — it can also make a workplace safer. Employees who are suffering from addiction can often feel their job would be threatened if they were to come forward and seek help. Providing employees with a path to rehab and then back into the workplace can address the opioid crisis head-on.
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Device could extend organ viability to 24 hours or more
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareKeeping donated organs viable poses a significant challenge for physicians. While a pancreas or liver may last 12 hours, a heart or lungs must be transplanted within six hours. Otherwise, the organ dies. Researchers have studied this problem for years but have not created a more effective way to preserve and transport organs than a basic insulated cooler. However, a team of researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio have created a device that could potentially extend organs' shelf life between 24 hours and a full week.
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Knowing when our timing is off in healthcare
Lisa Cole Medical & Allied HealthcareAs healthcare providers, we know all too well that when the timing is off, people can suffer. Asynchronous heart rhythms, unchecked cellular growth and medication mistakes all can lead to death. Less tragically, blood sugar spikes and dips, sleep anomalies, and bowel disturbances can make folks miserable. "Sequencing affects outcome," my dear deceased friend would often quote me from the yoga sutras. So it is with each of us emotionally. Consider all the "could ofs, should ofs, might ofs, if onlys" of our lives.
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Are you feeling stressed all the time? You may have Complex PTSD
Victoria Fann Mental HealthcareMost of us have heard of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is associated with a traumatic event that often gets triggered by some experience that brings up the intense emotions associated with that trauma. Symptoms include agitation, anxiety, shortness of breath, dizziness, nausea, and obsessive thinking. But what if there is ongoing or chronic stress? It may be what is called Complex PTSD. Complex PTSD typically arises when the trauma has happened over a significant period of time.
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When clinicians become politicians
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareIt’s often been said that if you don’t have a seat at the table, you'll end up on the menu, and this could not be more accurate when speaking of nurses, doctors, and other clinicians vis-á-vis local, state, or federal government. So, what happens when healthcare workers run for public office, and who benefits in the end?
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New ways to communicate better with your critical care team
Lisa Mulcahy Healthcare AdministrationAs a healthcare administrator, you value the incredible skill and work ethic of your critical care physicians and nurses — but do they know that? A study from the American College of Chest Physicians found that up to 71% of critical care doctors and 86% of critical care nurses experience some form of work-related burnout. When a healthcare organization communicates appreciation for the physical and emotional health of their best and brightest through concrete and helpful strategies, it can make a huge difference in terms of bringing those numbers down.
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Health data breaches continue despite firms’ confidence in their…
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationHealthcare data is collected continuously, and new uses are found for this data nearly every day. In fact, almost all U.S. healthcare organizations collect, store or share data and sensitive information within technologies and cloud platforms, but less than 40% of these organizations actually encrypt data in such environments. This is according to a new report by French security company Thales and research and analysis firm IDC.
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