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How Nurse Accountability Fosters High Reliability and Empowerment

Nurse.com

Today’s healthcare system faces many challenges — an increasingly complex patient population, a nursing shortage, and lingering problems from the COVID-19 pandemic, such as supply issues. With these challenges, nurse accountability has become a growing topic. The nurse speaks up to ensure the patient is reassessed as necessary.

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8 Primary Attributes of a Healthy Team

Healthy Workforce Institute

Download a simple self-assessment you can use to heighten awareness with your team. He didn’t care if you were the cardiothoracic surgeon bringing that organization a lot of revenue, or the housekeeper cleaning toilets. Her experienced nurse complained about substandard care he witnessed by one of his peers.

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The Ultimate Guide to Caregiver Training in 2022

Home Care Pulse

Housekeeping: While these skills may seem like common sense, caregivers are often unsure of how much housekeeping they should be doing. While “light housekeeping” is a common requirement of the job, caregivers are unsure if that includes scrubbing the shower, rearranging furniture, cleaning the bathroom floors, or doing laundry.

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Ep.4: The Top 5 Challenges the Care Industry is Facing—And How Agencies Can Respond

Home Care Pulse

Linda Leekley ( 04:23 ): I, I, I hear you <laugh> as a nurse educator. And then two, that will focus on nurses and the shortage there to come up with some really actionable steps to move forward and, and try and solve some of this. But if you look at, say, so let’s take nursing wages first. Yeah, Sure.

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Ep.4: The Top 5 Challenges the Care Industry is Facing—And How Agencies Can Respond

Home Care Pulse

Linda Leekley ( 04:23 ): I, I, I hear you <laugh> as a nurse educator. And then two, that will focus on nurses and the shortage there to come up with some really actionable steps to move forward and, and try and solve some of this. But if you look at, say, so let’s take nursing wages first. Yeah, Sure.