Children’s Home Society of Washington

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Growing up my mother partnered with a local hospital to develop a therapy program for women and children, and my father received his master’s degree in education, serving as president of his teacher’s union. I eventually received my bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, after stops in Iowa, Thailand, and India.

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Social Services Social Services Counseling Clinic 52

Relias

MARCH 9, 2025

Why we need better infection and prevention control practices Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), continue to be a challenge in hospitals, impacting patient safety, increasing healthcare costs, and straining resources. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 1 in 31 hospital patients contracts an HAI every day.

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Relias

OCTOBER 17, 2022

DiStefano enrolled in an 18-month accelerated nursing program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the same school where she had earned her undergraduate degree in journalism, mass communication, and advertising. When she had nearly completed the program, she and her husband found out they were expecting their first child.

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Healthcare Hospitals Therapist Clinic 52

University of Connecticut

JULY 17, 2023

Name : Sevasti Galanis, '19 MSW Profession/Field : Forensic Social Work Bio and Key Accomplishments : Seva works full-time for the CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services at Whiting Forensic Hospital as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She also works at Turning Leaves Counseling as a psychotherapist part-time.

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Psychiatric Addiction Counseling Hospitals 52

Social Work Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

Scherlong, LCSW-R, CHHC, SEP, PTR/CJT-CM is a licensed clinical social worker and the current president of the IFBPT. licensed clinical social worker and Professor and Dean Emeritus at the Florida State University College of Social Work, has been involved in the practice, research, and teaching of poetry therapy for over 50 years.

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Social Worker Domestic Violence LCSW Nursing Home 59

University of Connecticut

JULY 24, 2023

Name : Dawn Trott '09 MSW Profession/Field : Director of Recovery Services Bio and Key Accomplishments : I serve as the director of Recovery Services for Whiting Forensic Hospital, overseeing rehab therapists, occupational therapists, vocational counselors, hairdressing, substance use counselors, and chaplaincy.

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Therapist Recovery Private Practice Administration 52

Relias

APRIL 28, 2023

Trustworthiness and transparency : Clinical and non-clinical staff must be consistent and communicate with clarity, while maintaining professionalism transparency. Common signs of birth trauma include: Feelings of depression, anxiety, and/or guilt Flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, or nightmares regarding the event that caused trauma.

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PTSD Psychology Adoption Clinic 52

KVC

MARCH 3, 2021

These professionals work with individuals, families, schools, universities, nonprofit agencies, corporations, hospitals and government agencies. There are more clinically trained social workers than psychiatrists, psychologists and psychiatric nurses combined. Social workers contribute at all levels of society.

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Social Worker Child Welfare Mental Health Diversity 52

Relias

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

While value-based contracts are widely used in other healthcare fields, their application in behavioral health is far from universal. One of the other major challenges facing the adoption of value-based contracts in behavioral health is more clinical. How do you stack up to peer organizations?

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Adoption Healthcare Diversity Psychology 52

Social Work With Adults

APRIL 3, 2025

Sarah McClinton, The Chief Social Worker for Adults: I am delighted to present this blog from Mark Nicholas , Clinical Director, Social Care Lead and National Head of Profession for Social Care Informatics at NHS England. Mark provides invaluable insights into the importance of the role of social workers in the NHS.

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Healthcare Social Worker Hospice Clinic 10

University of Connecticut

MAY 8, 2023

With aspirations of receiving my LCSW following my degree, the opportunities I was able to have in this placement allow for me to have a better overall understanding of the importance of clinical work. My goal for my final year is to do a clinical internship working with children.

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LMSW Justice and Corrections Schools Mental Health 52

Social Care

MAY 10, 2024

I understand the tendency to think of nursing purely in the context of hospital wards and clinics, but nursing is so much more than that. In more good news, Salford University has now appointed the UK’s first Professor of Social Care Nursing, Dr Claire Pryor, in a position funded by the Royal College of Nursing Foundation.

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Diversity Hospitals Clinic Mental Health 21

Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

In social work, various articles cover topics such as social work articles on mental health, social work articles on domestic violence, social work articles on learning disabilities, medical social work articles, school social work articles and clinical social work articles. Some of these articles are free to access.

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Code of Ethics Substance Abuse Justice and Corrections Social Worker 52

Social Care

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

I started to speak up when I was in the second year of my nursing degree at Sheffield Hallam University. The group was founded by Ifrah Salih, a senior lecturer and PhD student at Sheffield Hallam University. I’d like to do more work around hospitals and schools to raise awareness of direct and indirect racism.

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Healthcare Diversity Hospitals University 18

Social Care

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

I started as a health care assistant at the Royal Gwent Hospital, in Newport, South Wales, in 1991 and loved it. I then spent 10 years in various clinical roles before moving into mental health commissioning and leadership. The pandemic elevated the status of nursing and the clinical expertise our workforce brings.

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Mental Health Clinic Schools Diversity 18

Social Work Blog

MAY 11, 2022

Data were collected at 10 Canadian gender clinics. Parents of TGD youth in clinical care continue to experience many stressors, but evidence shows that they are seeking support and expressing positive feelings toward their youth. Julia Temple Newhook, PhD , adjunct professor, Department of Gender Studies, Memorial University, St.

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Diversity Clinic University Schools 97

Child Welfare Monitor

JULY 22, 2024

In a video made by the University of Baltimore’s Merrick School of Business, Ripley explained that “you can make money in this business if you control staffing.” The Committee’s own invited witness, Elizabeth Manley of the University of Connecticut School of Social Work, testified about the need for these programs.

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Foster Care Interventional Child Welfare Medicaid 158

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2022

As one such commenter put it: As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I wish news organizations such as Wapo would be more clear with using terms such as “social worker.” I suspect the person who visited the mother in the child’s hospital room was not truly a Social Worker, but a case manager of some sort with probably only a bachelor’s degree.

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Child Welfare Welfare University Foster Care 98

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As Dean of the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, Alan Detlaff devoted his career to fighting the racism that permeates family policing. From the story: A girl from Bethel had first gone to North Star [hospital] at 12, when she was “feeling sad and irritable, and exhibiting some aggression toward her younger siblings.”

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Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Clinic 98

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

For the past seventy-two hours I had been a guest of Mercy Hospital’s emergency room and both the hospital and I had settled in for the wait. I had my own room, a real hospital bed instead of an ER examination cot, and a menu card for the next day’s meals. I think I need to go to a hospital.” I think…” I started. “I

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Hospitals Mental Health Depression Anxiety 52

Social Work Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

I do not identify as transgender, although I am a woman who transitioned, with gender-affirming surgery in 1996, ending years of a chronic eating disorder and suicidality after a gay psychiatrist had the wisdom to help me begin transitioning during a hospitalization following an attempted suicide.

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Social Worker Code of Ethics Healthcare Diversity 97

Relias

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

While most healthcare organizations have eight-hour shifts, many hospitals have relied on 12-hour shifts since the 1970s. According to recent research, longer shifts for hospital nurses lead to increased errors, burnout, patient dissatisfaction , and can potentially affect nurse well-being.

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Patient Safety Hospitals Healthcare Administration 52

Relias

MAY 24, 2023

Research has shown that adequate nurse staffing also has the following patient safety and organizational success impacts : Decrease in hospital-acquired infections Decrease in falls and patient injuries Decrease in readmissions Steps to improve your staffing status How do healthcare organizations achieve safe staffing?

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Patient Safety Healthcare Hospitals Administration 52

Relias

MAY 24, 2023

Research has shown that adequate nurse staffing also has the following patient safety and organizational success impacts : Decrease in hospital-acquired infections Decrease in falls and patient injuries Decrease in readmissions Steps to improve your staffing status How do healthcare organizations achieve safe staffing?

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Patient Safety Healthcare Hospitals Administration 52

University of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2022

I am completing my field placement at Yale New Haven Hospital’s Intensive Outpatient Program, interning in the Transitional-Aged Youth general mental health track with individuals ranging from 18-25 years old. Many of the clients were recently hospitalized and are adjusting to being back in the community.

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Criminal Justice Schools Mental Health Social Worker 98

Relias

OCTOBER 10, 2023

According to research from Johns Hopkins University , nearly 800,000 Americans become permanently disabled or die due to a misdiagnosis every year. For many hospitals, achieving better outcomes begins with the implementation of improved patient safety protocols. Medical errors are a healthcare professional’s worst nightmare.

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Patient Safety Self-harm Healthcare Administration 52

Social Work Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Since July of 2021, NASW and the NASW Foundation have partnered in this initiative with the Health Behavior Research and Training Institute at The University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work. Clinical Social Work Journal, 49, 495-504. As part of a national response to the pandemic, Connect to End COVID-19 is a $3.3

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Interventional Communication Social Worker Telehealth 40

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

LCSW, discussed her journey to become the founding director of Veterinary Social Work at the University of Tennessees College of Veterinary Medicine. At Virginia Tech University, the Veterinary Social Work Service pays special tribute to dearly departed pets.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 20, 2021

Editor’s note: This post was written by Melanie Sage from the University at Buffalo’s School of Social Work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a university professor , I do not work with clients directly. times more likely to die of COVID , and up to 4x more likely to be hospitalized with COVID. She feels guilt.

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Social Worker Child Welfare Justice and Corrections Confidentiality 130

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

This has resulted in a fixation on clinical services and proprietary models rather than proactive family support. Two big new studies, one in JAMA Open and one in Academic Pediatrics examine who gets drug tested in hospitals and who doesn’t. Their main interest is to remain in business. It’s who you think. ●

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Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Adoption 107

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

New York University School of Law profiles the role of NYUs pioneering Family Defense Clinic in a big recent victory: an appellate court decision barring the citys family police agency from harassing domestic violence survivors and their children. So the state created the Federal Indian Boarding School Research Program.

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