Josephine Ensign

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Encampment below Harborview Medical Center, photo credit: Josephine Ensign, 2021 Amidst the raging debates about what to do about homelessness in Seattle and King County, the voices of people who work—and live—at the intersection of health and homelessness are drowned out. That needs to change if we hope to make any real progress towards solving homelessness and suffering in our city and neighborhood.

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Relias

OCTOBER 25, 2021

There’s a new opportunity for occupational therapists practicing in home health settings. OTs working in home health can initiate the start of care in more situations beginning in 2022 under changes to the Medicare conditions of participation (CoPs). With this change, home health leaders need to ensure proper training, including procedural knowledge and coding, for their OT team members.

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Minding The Bedside

OCTOBER 27, 2021

There are a number of articles published on the effects of stress and burnout in nursing. If you haven’t read any of these articles, you’ve probably had your own experience with stress, if not in your workplace, then in your life. How do we deal with stress? The post Are You A Stressed-Out Nurse? Five Great Tips…And More appeared first on Minding The Bedside.

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Nurse Focus

OCTOBER 25, 2021

While there are many opportunities for nurses to meet the needs of vulnerable populations, incorporate the social determinants of health, and speed the pace of health care transformation, nurses face barriers accessing the knowledge, tools, and the environments needed to deliver exemplary care.

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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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Minding The Bedside

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Have you ever tried to meditate and found that while you weren't having much success in your meditation practice, you were getting plenty of practice in failing? Great, keep on failing! The post Meditation Tip of the Week: If You’re Not Failing, You’re Not Trying! appeared first on Minding The Bedside.

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Minding The Bedside

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Your Nose: Your Ally in Managing Stress How many of you can say that a certain smell can trigger a thought or memory good or bad? My sister had great deal of difficulty with catholic school and the smell of chalk triggers anxiety for her. On the flip side, I remember my youngest commenting how [.] The post Adding Aromatherapy to Meditation… appeared first on Minding The Bedside.

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