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Controlar a fadiga em momentos de crise: Orientação para enfermeiros, gerentes e outros funcionários de serviços de saúde

NIOSH Science Blog

Em momentos de crise, funcionários de saúde (por exemplo, enfermeiros, enfermeiros licenciados em clínica geral, médicos, assistentes de enfermagem etc.) continuam a oferecer atendimento, mesmo com demandas desafiadoras de trabalho, incluindo maior internação de pacientes gravemente doentes, aumento do estresse no trabalho e uma necessidade frequente de horas extras.

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What is telemedicine?

The Chicago School

The health industry is reacting to our increasingly digitized global landscape by providing more telecommute able services. Learn about the different types of telehealth and how it may benefit you. The post What is telemedicine? appeared first on Insight Digital Magazine.

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The Healthcare Worker’s Furlough Survival Toolkit

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

Donato Fiorentino/123RF.com The US Healthcare sector has been upended by the nationwide spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Existing provider shortages are amplified as hospitals reach capacity to treat the sickest patients. On the opposite end of the spectrum, more than 43,000 US healthcare professionals and support staff have been furloughed as hospitals scale down or discontinue some service lines to focus on care, staffing, and resources for COVID-19 patients.

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Uso adecuado del respirador N95 para estar preparado para la protección respiratoria

NIOSH Science Blog

Cuando ocurren brotes de enfermedades infecciosas, dependemos de los profesionales de atención médica para que cuiden a los afectados, lo cual los pone en mayor riesgo de exposición al patógeno causante de la enfermedad. Mientras que los controles técnicos y administrativos deberían ser lo primero que se considere para proteger a estos trabajadores de la exposición, los centros también deberían asegurarse de que los empleados en riesgo estén preparados para usar protección respiratoria, entre ot

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Fertility Benefits for Every Age: A HR Roadmap from Gen Z to Baby Boomers

Speaker: Lauri Armstrong, SHRM-SCP - Sr. Director, People Operations at Carrot Fertility

Today’s workforce includes multiple generations of employees all looking for something different from their benefits package. While meeting these disparate needs can be challenging, a comprehensive fertility benefit can support everyone from junior staffers learning about their fertility health to senior leadership managing menopause and low testosterone symptoms.

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NIOSH Science Blog

危機発生時、重症患者の搬入の増加、業務上のストレスの増加、超過勤務の必要性の増加を含め、かつてない困難な業務負荷の中にあっても、医療従事者(例:看護師、専門看護師、医師、准看護師)は医療行為を継続します。こういった業務負荷は既に厳しい勤務環境(すなわち、12時間シフト、夜勤)と合わさり、しっかりと回復するためのシフト中の通常の休憩時間やシフト間の休日など、十分な休憩・休日の確保を難しくしています。これらの業務上の因子のすべて(すなわち、身体的、心理的、および/または精神的負荷)が睡眠不足と重なることで疲労に繋がります1-3。 疲労した医療従事者は自分自身の健康および安全を脅かす可能性があり、それには感染症に対する感受性の増加4、針刺し5、業務に関連した筋肉損傷6、燃え尽き症候群7、さらに患者に対する医療過誤が含まれます8,9。

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