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Healthcare Workforce Safety: Nurse Safety and Patient Safety Go Hand in Hand

Relias

­Healthcare workforce safety depends on both nurse safety and patient safety. Patients depend on competent, compassionate care, physical security, and the satisfaction of knowing they’re well cared for. Conversely, inadequate staffing negatively impacts nurse safety and patient safety.

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Healthcare Workforce Safety: Nurse Safety and Patient Safety Go Hand in Hand

Relias

­Healthcare workforce safety depends on both nurse safety and patient safety. Patients depend on competent, compassionate care, physical security, and the satisfaction of knowing they’re well cared for. Conversely, inadequate staffing negatively impacts nurse safety and patient safety.

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New Peripartum Depression Study Shows Gap Between Screening and Outcomes

Relias

Elise Valdes, PhD, is the primary author; I am maternal patient safety lead; and my colleague, Rola Aamar, PhD, is one of the leads in behavioral health at Relias. Our study examined results of a survey of both acute care and behavioral health team members who worked with pregnant and post-pregnant patients.

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7 Steps To Prevent Pressure Sores

Relias

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s patient safety tool, Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals , also provides helpful guidance. For your clients living with metabolic disorders, such as diabetes, a healthy diet can go much further than simply preventing or encouraging the healing of pressure sores.

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How to Create a Ketamine Compliance Program

Relias

However, as its use expands, so do the challenges of ensuring patient safety, regulatory compliance, and ethical administration. Quick overview of ketamine therapy Ketamine therapy is emerging as a transformative option for treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and, in some cases, addiction.

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Older people unlawfully detained in mental health hospitals because of poor DoLS practice, warns CQC

Community Care

For example, there was a “misconception” that if people were happy to be on a ward, they could be classed as informal patients without staff considering whether they had capacity to consent. A DoLS authorisation is required in cases where a person with a mental disorder is not objecting to admission but lacks capacity to consent.

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The draft Mental Health Bill: parliamentary proposals for change

Community Care

The government should re-examine the inclusion of other specific disorders, such as dementia, under the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) in this context in future, after its implementation to replace DoLS.