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Avoiding Medical Jargon to Improve Communication, Reduce Ambiguity

Consult QD

The patient, whose face grew increasingly confused and concerned as the doctor spoke, eventually turned to Genovese and plaintively asked, “You’ll explain it to me later, right?” On the other hand, simple, clear language improves communication and empowers patients to make better decisions about their own healthcare.”

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Self-Care Guide for the Paraprofessional

American Medical Compliance

This course addresses the signs of suffering during a tragedy, how to use proper self-care techniques to combat stress and compassion fatigue, and other related topics. Long shifts, competing obligations, and seeing or hearing about challenging patient experiences can all cause stress while working as a healthcare professional.

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Patient Experience in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Relias

As the COVID-19 pandemic takes new twists and turns, healthcare providers trying to optimize the patient experience continue to face many challenges. But the relationship between provider and patient continues be a healing factor. Care for Your Care Teams.

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Broken trust

American Nurse

li> Trust is innately abstract, but the Reina Three Dimensions of Trust—Trust of Character, Communication, and Capability —can serve as a behavioral-based blueprint that makes trust tangible, practical, and actionable. The crisis of trust that existed in healthcare before the COVID-19 pandemic has become inescapable.

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Placebo, nocebo, and nursing care

American Nurse

Symptom management is a complex process in which pills and a great deal of nursing care play a vital role. This care may be provided by nurses, other healthcare professionals, nursing assistants, or family members. Empathy in patient care also could be seen as a way of willing the good of another. If so, how does it work?

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Selecting Staffing Models: How CNOs Can Nurture Patients and Nurses

Health Leaders | Nursing

CNOs must prioritize what works best for patients while also meeting the needs of their nurses. According to Vicky Tilton , vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at Valley Children's Healthcare , there are several innovative staffing models that CNOs could implement at their health systems.

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Top 3 Trends in Nursing in 2024, So Far

Health Leaders | Nursing

Here are three current top trends in nursing, according to Vicky Tilton , vice president, patient care services and chief nursing officer at Valley Children's Healthcare. CNOs should expand mental health training and resources for nurses as well as foster a culture of empathy and self-care. "In