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3 Ways to Build Resilience
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed your life and has most likely challenged your resilience. Build back your resilient zone with these tips.
Photos May Prevent Wrong-Patient Order Errors
Something to consider when facemasks aren’t a thing: Including pictures with electronic health records (EHR) could decrease the rate of wrong-patient order entries.
The More Proactive You Are, the More Successful a HCP You Might Be
Proactive people tend to create positive outcomes. And compared to reactive people, they tend to perform at higher levels. Now, a study out of the University of...
How Covid-19 Changed Nurse Life
Nurse life changed because of the pandemic: the hours, the job, the career. A new survey sheds light on what it’s like to be a nurse in...
Don’t Let Covid-19 Get in the Way of Compassionate Nursing
Compassion and nursing are bedfellows, but the Covid-19 pandemic has strained this symbiotic relationship. What once was conveyed by touch and nonverbal communication, no longer can be...
Why Headaches in Healthcare Professionals Are Common
Sometimes they’re pounding. Sometimes
they’re stabbing. Sometimes they’re a dull ache, and sometimes they’re debilitating.
They are headaches, and according to research, half of healthcare professionals
experience them.
What We Should Know About Male Nurse Burnout
Burnout syndrome affects a wide range of nurses...even when there isn’t a pandemic in process. It is a concern of administrators and healthcare leaders alike. Numerous researchers...
Mindful Self-Care + Meaning Made = Higher Professional Quality of Life
Recent research evaluating the
factors that contribute to professional quality of life of palliative care workers (PCW) found
that engaging in mindful self-care activities had a direct and positive
effect.
Are My Symptoms a Sign of Distress or Covid-19?
Distress can manifest as physical symptoms. And when you're a healthcare worker during Covid-19, sometimes it's hard to tell whether you're experiencing psychological symptoms or those of...
See the Silver Lining in Any Situation, Sleep
Sleep could be the great equalizer. It helps your body rest and your mind process and organize. And it might just help you process situations better when...
How Shift Work Changes Your Body Clock
When you’re on the night shift, do you notice that you feel different? If you’re always on nights, do feel like you’re always battling your weight? Research...
How Pandemics Affect Healthcare Workers’ Mental Health
While SARS and MERS, hasn’t helped us fight SARS-CoV-2, these pandemics may help us understand the mental health problems we face.
To do...
Is PPE Causing Your Headaches?
Wearing full PPE for four hours or more could result in a headache, suggests research published in Headache.
Researchers in Wuhan, China, surveyed...
14 Medical Procedures That Pose a High Covid-19 Risk to You
Some medical procedures carry
more risk of coronavirus transmission than others. Those that create aerosols
top the list.
An aerosol is a suspension of fine solid...
Today’s Sleep Affects Tomorrow’s Mindfulness
Mindfulness is when you purposefully bring your awareness and attention to what is occurring in the moment, without forming an opinion. What’s more: it can have daily...