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This week’s issue of Joint Commission Online included a summary of eight guidelines to assist organizations in preserving the presence of family members in health care settings despite the presence of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a letter to health care providers warning of quality issues with surgical gowns manufactured or sold by Laws of Motion PPE. The FDA recommends facilities discontinue use of the gowns while the agency pursues its investigation.
In this month’s Nursing Outlook, three nurse ethicists argue for substantive reform of institutional processes and systems to avert the physical, emotional and moral stresses nurses experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Acknowledging stress and finding ways to work through it is one method to address unwanted behaviors among people working in health care settings who may be experiencing vicarious trauma.
This article presents two examples of academic-practice partnerships that continued during the COVID-19 pandemic. These partnerships enabled nursing students to obtain clinical hours despite the decreased census in hospitals created by the pandemic. This experience also yielded recommendations for…
“The pandemic is challenging us to design and deliver creative solutions to decreased availability of clinical settings yet still deliver effective education that meets professional standards and desirable learning outcomes,”
A two-minute self-assessment may help clinicians gauge their wellbeing and focus on their core needs to avoid burnout.
Rush University Medical Center in Chicago is using robocalls to automate its post-discharge calls, freeing up staff and reducing readmissions by 6.2%. Four in five patients answer the calls and 57% of those engage with automated questions.
Saint Peter’s Healthcare System in New Brunswick, N.J., created a specialized COVID-19 Recovery Program to treat patients who continue to experience long-term symptoms post recovery.