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The American Hospital Association (AHA) will host an executive forum on Dec. 9 from 1 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. ET to explore opportunities and challenges as health care professionals strive to advance health equity, diversity and inclusion.
With COVID-19 increasing patients鈥 pain and morbidity and exacerbating high levels of clinician burnout and moral distress, integrating palliative and critical care 鈥渉as never been more crucial,鈥 according to the authors of an article in December鈥檚 Critical Care Nurse.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) will host a webinar on Dec. 9 at 1 p.m. ET to help established team leaders across the care continuum use evidence-based teamwork tools to engage patients and family member as champions of safety.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) posted two requests for information last week.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched its Acute Hospital Care at Home program in November to increase the capacity of the health care system during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Asking asymptomatic COVID-exposed staff to work and using 36-hour shifts are among the strategies hospitals have employed to cope with severe nurse staffing shortages during the current wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC) is urging nurses who serve on boards to take 5 minutes and register their service on the NOBC website.
Leveraging peer support and employee assistance programs to assist distressed colleagues and celebrating victories to spotlight the positive impact of nurses鈥 work are among the best practices nurse leaders are using to address the mental and emotional trauma experienced by hospital staff during鈥
Adequate staffing, sufficient protective equipment, more emotional support and a request administrators spend time shadowing nurses are among the local solutions proposed by nurses on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A July survey of 1,824 nurse leaders from 兔子先生and Joslin Marketing identified the lack of a playbook, shortage of personal protective equipment and supplies, ever-changing information, changes in culture dynamics and financial impact as the top challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.