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ENA Ramps Up Efforts to End Violence in Healthcare Settings

Nurse.com

A recent National Nurses United survey released in April found that 48% of hospital nurses reported seeing an increase in acts of violence. In contrast, airline employees who have also recently seen an increase in violence, have federal laws in place protecting them from assaults and intimidation.

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Out of Control: Pilgrimage to India 1

Elaine Mansfield

Our luggage disappeared into GUASD (the Great United Airlines Suitcase Devourer), but we had toothbrushes in carry-ons and money. On a foggy night in March 1990, we boarded a commuter plane in Ithaca heading for New York. The plane landed in Binghamton, sixty miles from home. JFK was fogged in. No planes in or out.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

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For example, airline pilots and astronauts. The interest in race largely arose out of this conundrum or this curiosity that we see, which is that you may be aware that in the United States, Black patients, they get less of everything. And so that’s sort of it’s based what simulation is. And so that was my main interest.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

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Because if you’re the United States Preventive Task Force, they’re going to tell me, well, don’t screen any asymptomatic person. Eric 26:32 They’re an airline pilot. Who do you think we should be screening and how should we be screening them for these symptoms? Nate 05:29 Ooh. Nate 26:31 Right, right.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

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Bob: Like in a chatbot like the Bank of America or United Airlines? Eric: Alex, before you finish that, have you ever talked to anybody on a chatbot and thought they were empathetic? Eric: Yeah. Think about all your interactions with a chat bot. Eric: Yeah, any of those. Bob: Of course not.

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Smart Hospitals and the AI Tech Powering Them are Bringing Job Satisfaction Back to Nursing

Daily Nurse

Turnover has dramatically come down, and people are applying to go into these units where we are deployed across the organization from one hospital to another, saying, ‘Hey, you know, we do have some additional support. In the airline industry, 80%-90% of the flying is done by algorithms and computers. AI will help us get there.

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