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Ergonomics is more than a way to lift patients. As Butler (PA) Memorial Hospital found, it can lift morale and employee satisfaction as well.
The challenge is to overcome negative perceptions and convince staff that hospital administration is serious about reducing injuries, says Karen Bosley, RN, manager of the employee health service of the western Pennsylvania hospital.
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The RWJ University Hospital Foundation Inc. has improved the efficiency of its fundraising operations by switching to new software that allows more effective management of its donor database.
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You, and everyone else you know in rehab, surely are familiar with the interdisciplinary model for health care. Everybodys doing it. But have you heard of the transdisciplinary approach?
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Getting patients to start exercising and keep going is one of the biggest hurdles in rehab. Most patients probably know they would be better off taking walks and eating vegetables, but lying on the couch and eating chocolate may be much more enticing. Changing that mindset can certainly be a challenge. But what if your patients have a disability that not only affects their bodies but also their minds?
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A cornerstone of quality end-of-life care is its attention to matters of the spirit. In recognition of this, hospices have offered spiritual care as one of their core services. Still, clergy in the community who support members of their congregations in times of need are often armed only with good intentions when it comes to care for the dying.
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It took about 18 months of hard work, but staff at the Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Michigan in Oak Park found the solution to a recruitment and retention problem that made the agency look like a revolving door for registered nurses.
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They still graze in and around your agency, but an increasing number of home health managers are starting to look critically at sacred cows that need to be put out to pasture. Sacred cows are rituals, beliefs, or guidelines that are routinely followed without anyone really questioning the origin or even the appropriateness of the belief.
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As a leader of your organization, do you see your marketing director as an influential member of your management team, or is your marketing director someone who merely follows up with physicians and other referral sources? Is your marketing plan synchronized with your daily operations, or is it separate from the overall direction in which your hospice is going?
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While there are many positive aspects of home health nursing that help in recruitment, the increasing paperwork required by regulatory and reimbursement organizations is detrimental, says Coleen Conway-Svec, RN, MS, MBA, chief operating officer of the Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Michigan in Oak Park.
