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The First Year: What to Expect When Running a New Nurse Practitioner Practice

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Offer promotions for new patients (e.g., Patient Retention Strategies: Provide exceptional care and follow-up with patients after their visits. Personalize communication: Use SMS or email appointment reminders. Time Management Tips: Time-blocking: Dedicate set hours for patient care, paperwork, and admin tasks.

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How to Keep Patients Satisfied — and Raise Your Patient Satisfaction Scores

Relias

Patient experience is directly tied to patient retention, reimbursement, and in many cases, better patient outcomes. As a result, many organizations continuously look for new ways to improve their patient satisfaction as efficiently and effectively as possible. How can you raise your patient satisfaction scores?

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Nurse-led case management of bariatric-surgery patients shows promise

American Nurse

Nurse-led case management for bariatric surgery patients offered better outcomes compared to usual care, a literature review indicates. “The PCC models promote a notably increased adherence to the treatment and patient satisfaction supported by patient-centered communication.”

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Physical Therapist Skills: 12 Qualities to Career Success

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Working on a team with others is a great way to learn and grow the skills to be a physical therapist, and interprofessional collaboration improves patient satisfaction ratings and health outcomes. When patients feel like giving up, one of the most valuable traits of a physical therapist is to remain focused on the process.

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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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5 Ways to Reduce Horizontal Violence in Healthcare

Relias

Horizontal violence is particularly problematic in nursing because of the high-stress, fast-paced work environments where teamwork and clear communication are crucial for patient care. Horizontal violence undermines these factors, leading to burnout, turnover, and a decline in care quality. What is horizontal violence?

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A researcher’s prescription for better health care: A dose of humility for doctors, nurses and clinicians

American Nurse

Better health care for patients begins with humility – a term not often associated with medicine. Instead, they openly communicated with each other, respected each other’s roles, trusted each other and worked as a team. What we have here is a failure to communicate. Neither tried to assert dominance over the other.

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