Relias

JUNE 2, 2022

Workplace violence is an all-too-common problem in healthcare, and the recent shooting in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, hospital complex serves as the latest tragic example. Abuse within the home also takes a psychological toll on the victim, often inhibiting their ability to perform their job to the fullest extent possible.

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Healthcare Domestic Violence Administration Communication 98

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 31, 2022

When I first considered meditation, my mind was still troubled by an episode of mania that resulted in a hospitalization. Even expert, world-famous teachers have students who have come apart, some requiring hospitalization. You’ll just sit there agitated and ruminate and your condition will likely get worse. Seek help elsewhere.

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Anxiety Depression Disorder Hospitals 98

Social Work Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

Scherlong discovered a passion for doing healing work with words when she was an MFA student with a background in creative writing and psychology. “I Scherlong, LCSW-R, CHHC, SEP, PTR/CJT-CM is a licensed clinical social worker and the current president of the IFBPT. The writing and sharing of poetry offer hope during troubled times.”

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Social Worker Domestic Violence LCSW Nursing Home 115

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

At the conclusion of this webinar, you will be able to: describe and classify human benefits-including physical, emotional, psychological, and social benefits that can be communicated through HAI (human-animal interaction) and HAB (human-animal bond).

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LMSW Nursing Home Therapist Psychology 75

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 3, 2022

A nervous breakdown, also called mental breakdown, refers to the inability to perform functions of daily life due to intense psychological distress. Symptoms of a Nervous Breakdown Various physical, psychological, and behavioral symptoms are present when someone is dealing with a breakdown.

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Disorder Mental Health Self-harm Anxiety 96

Bipolar Bandit

JANUARY 23, 2024

Her son, Ben, has been hospitalized over ten times for schizophrenia. I had also begun to study positive psychology and found advice to be accurate and insightful but also often overly complex and devoid of humor. She’s also an actor, voice talent, radio broadcaster, audiobook narrator, teacher and speaker.

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Schizophrenia Interviewing Recovery Mental Health 119

Relias

AUGUST 30, 2023

This has been especially true for psychology, where mental health has traditionally been seen as something wholly separate from physical health. This means that separate organs do not operate in a vacuum, and our psychological health cannot be completely separated from our physiological health.

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Psychology Healthcare Mental Health Case Management 52

CCRC

APRIL 3, 2025

An analysis by the Association for Psychological Science found that enhanced discovery (analogous to guided play) led to better outcomes than other types of learning. These movements involve the coordination of small muscles with the brain and nervous system.

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Communication Engagement University Empathy 59

Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In line with earlier analyses, the latest report found domestic abuse and self-neglect had risen over the course of the pandemic, along with psychological abuse. Section 42 enquiries concerning psychological abuse fluctuated from 3.1 Related reading. Covid sees end to year-on-year fall in adults receiving long-term care.

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Self-harm Psychology Mental Health Disability 61

Gary Direnfeld

JULY 24, 2022

That time allowed for my psychological adjustment to coronary heart disease. There was a lead up of about six weeks to surgery during which time the blockages were diagnosed and assessed. It all began with chest pain, angina while walking. Of particular importance, I learned I would very likely survive the surgery. That did frighten me.

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Recovery Private Practice Mental Health Empathy 100

Child Welfare Monitor

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Instead, she repeats the usual litany of scandals involving deaths, injuries, fights and restraints, without noting the undersupply of truly therapeutic residential settings, resulting in children sleeping in office, cars, and hotels or remaining in hospital wards after they are ready for discharge.

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Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Mental Health 204

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2022

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. You could get by with a master’s in marriage and family counseling, psychological counseling, psychology, or clinical psychology.

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Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care University 98

Social Work Haven

MAY 9, 2023

Well, it is vital to note the difference between psychology and social work because they both seek to help individuals in different ways. Whereas psychology focuses primarily on understanding and exploring the inner workings of people’s minds, social work focuses more on helping people with their daily life issues.

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Social Worker Psychology Mental Health Interventional 52

Relias

JANUARY 8, 2024

The relationship between patient satisfaction scores, reimbursement, and health outcomes The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scoring helps hospitals and governing bodies evaluate patient satisfaction through quantitative measurements.

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Healthcare Medicare Hospitals Clinic 52

Relias

AUGUST 23, 2023

For decades, both hospital administrators and patients considered nurses inferior to physicians. Combined with the psychological toll of working in a high-pressure environment, these stressors may make nurses more prone to interpersonal conflict and lateral violence. What are the implications of lateral violence in nursing?

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Healthcare Administration Communication Disorder 98

Relias

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

They suggested that the domain of safety include accessibility as well as transparency, privacy, and psychological safety as missing from the original model. For example, what are the rates of satisfactory outcomes, surgical complications, or hospital-acquired infections? In 2020, researchers from Ireland, the U.S.,

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Healthcare Self-harm Clinic Psychology 98

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

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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Heinzerling added that people with advanced dementia generally have poor outcomes from hospitalizations. Considering the risks and benefits, the hospice team should discuss wishes for hospitalization with the family well before an acute event. The post Hospice Care Considerations for People With Dementia appeared first on Relias.

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Hospice Medicare Hospitals Communication 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

Relias

JANUARY 30, 2024

As they consider new ideas to raise patient satisfaction, healthcare leaders must have an understanding of the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scoring system that evaluates these efforts. The data is then tabulated to create the HCAHPS score. The financial impact of HCAHPS scores can be significant.

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Healthcare Medicare Hospitals Clinic 52

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

ESWR also welcomes a variety of perspectives, such as psychological, philosophical, sociological, political, legal, ethical or related to human growth and development, whilst showing clear relevance to practice, management, regulation, policy, research, education or training in social work.

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Criminal Justice Addiction Psychology Diversity 52

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

At the conclusion of this webinar, you will be able to: describe and classify human benefits, including physical, emotional, psychological, and social benefits that can be communicated through HAI (human-animal interaction) and HAB (human-animal bond).

LMSW 40

LMSW Nursing Home Therapist Psychology 40

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

At the conclusion of this webinar, you will be able to: describe and classify human benefits, including physical, emotional, psychological, and social benefits that can be communicated through HAI (human-animal interaction) and HAB (human-animal bond).

LMSW 8

LMSW Nursing Home Therapist Psychology 8

University of Connecticut

AUGUST 31, 2022

At the conclusion of this webinar, you will be able to: describe and classify human benefits-including physical, emotional, psychological, and social benefits that can be communicated through HAI (human-animal interaction) and HAB (human-animal bond).

LMSW 40

LMSW Nursing Home Therapist Psychology 40

Beautiful Voyager

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Simply put, ecotherapy involves connecting with nature and recognizing the positive impact that nature can have on one’s psychological and emotional wellbeing. But beyond the psychological benefits, ecotherapy also improves physical health, especially in regards to healing from wounds and surgeries.

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Mental Health Therapist Telehealth Psychology 52

Social Work Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

Scherlong discovered a passion for doing healing work with words when she was an MFA student with a background in creative writing and psychology. “I Scherlong, LCSW-R, CHHC, SEP, PTR/CJT-CM is a licensed clinical social worker and the current president of the IFBPT. The writing and sharing of poetry offer hope during troubled times.”

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Social Worker Domestic Violence LCSW Nursing Home 59

Relias

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The evolution of patient safety: From awareness to action The journey toward high reliability in healthcare gained momentum more than two decades ago with the release of the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) landmark report, To Err is Human (1999), which revealed shocking statistics about preventable deaths in hospitals.

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Healthcare Patient Safety Hospitals Psychology 52

Relias

APRIL 28, 2023

Birth trauma is an adverse psychological reaction following pregnancy or childbirth similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). High levels of resilience protect against adverse psychological outcomes. What is birth trauma? Also labeled as postpartum PTSD or postnatal PTSD, birth trauma can occur for several reasons.

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PTSD Psychology Adoption Clinic 52

Relias

OCTOBER 10, 2023

For many hospitals, achieving better outcomes begins with the implementation of improved patient safety protocols. While bedside alarms are common in most hospital settings, technological innovations like medicine barcode scanning and laser temperature checks continue to improve the quality and efficiency of patient monitoring.

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Patient Safety Self-harm Healthcare Administration 52

American Board of Clinical Social Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Our specific mission was to facilitate electronic communication between hospitalized patients and loved ones in the height of New York City’s Covid-19 experience. Hospital visits were prohibited; many “virtual” visits turned out to be the last time the patient was seen or directly spoken to by a relative.

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Interviewing Military Hospitals Communication 40

Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Social workers also play important roles in schools, hospitals, and other public settings. At hospitals, they may provide counselling to patients and their families or connect them with resources that can help support their recovery. What other roles can social workers do?

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Social Worker Treatment Planning Interventional Justice and Corrections 95

Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

Social workers can work in different settings, such as schools, hospitals, non-profit organisations, government agencies, and private practice. Social workers offer a wide range of services, including counseling and therapy, individual and group sessions, to help people deal with emotional, psychological, and behavioural issues.

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Case Management Social Worker Healthcare Mental Health 52

Relias

JUNE 2, 2023

As a teen, I worked as a “candy striper” and then participated in a high school program working evenings, shadowing nurses in the hospital setting. Visible role models exhibit qualities that bring young people into the profession, sharing stories about helping others. There is still so much we need to do to reenergize our nursing workforce.

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Healthcare Hospitals Schools Engagement 52

Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 29, 2021

“Sometimes you should just shut your phone down, and enjoy the moment,” says Robert Brooks, a professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and co-author of The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence and Personal Strength in Your Life. “When your boss asks for proof that you’re in the hospital.”

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Mental Health Social Worker Psychology Anxiety 52

Clinical Philosophy

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Suffice it for now to say that she's a 28 year old only child who has mainly stayed in a psychiatric hospital during the last 10 years, and who was evacuated to live away from her parents during WWII. Her diagnosis is 'paranoid schizophrenia'; she believes others can read her thoughts and are constantly discussing her. And now for the kettle!

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Schizophrenia Psychiatry Psychology Interviewing 52