Physician burnout is an epidemic prevailing today in the medical profession. A study shows that on anaverage 1 in 3 US doctors at any given time suffer from physician burnout. Recent survey in the US shows that physician burnout rates are higher than 50%. These revelations demonstrate that doctors are facing extreme work pressures which […]
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Summer is the Power Season for Nursing Faculty
Co-Author, Fundamentals of Nursing:Active Learning for Collaborative Practice, 2e and Conceptual Care Mapping: Case Studies for Improving Communication, Collaboration, and Care, Elsevier Summer is the season for creative thinking as a faculty member. When the number of committee and faculty meetings is typically fewer, it’s time to integrate more evidence-based active learning and evaluation strategies into our […]
HIPAA Violations start getting recognized and enforced
The Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed into law in 1996 What HIPAA is universally known for is protecting the privacy of your medical information. On April 14, 2003, the law was revised with the following provisions:
“4 Million Reasons to Celebrate”: A Nurse Educator’s reflections
This week is National Nurses Week! We, at Skyscape, are honoring the many Nurse Educators who work tirelessly to give us 4 Million Reasons To Celebrate!
Why Secure Communication Is Important
Clear and effective communication between patients and Healthcare Professionals is an essential pillar of the healthcare industry. Many patients, along with regular clinic visits, prefer to connect with their Healthcare Professionals through electronic communications such as emails, SMS, text messages and chats. Data have shown that Healthcare Professionals find texting [1] to be an efficient and […]
Why you should carry a Drug Guide on your smartphone
A Johns Hopkins University study conducted in 2016 reveals that medical errors are the third leading cause of deaths in the United States, following heart disease and cancer. Some common examples of medical errors are: incorrect diagnosis, providing multiple drugs that interact negatively, and administering the wrong medication to the wrong patient. A medical error […]
Your Nursing Program Needs Care Too!
Reflect, Refresh, Rejuvenate In the past few issues of the Fellow Advisory Network, you have explored how to take care of yourself as a nursing educator and how to take care of the students. Have you thought about the nursing program? You may be saying: “What? How can we take care of a nursing program?” […]
Types of Bullying and their Surefire Remedies
What is bullying? Bullying is an intentional harmful behavior that hurts or humiliates a child physically or emotionally due to an imbalance of power. It can happen in school, in the community or online. This behavior is either repeated or can be a one-time incident. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports that in 2016, […]
How do we care for our students?
In the third edition of Skyscape’s Fellows Advisory Network nursing newsletter, we explored how faculty members can take care of themselves by growing what you know, learning what you don’t know, and being comfortable saying no. These same words – “Know, Don’t Know, and No” – can help us care for our students as we […]
11 Misconceptions about the Influenza Vaccine
Influenza, also known as “the flu”, is a contagious respiratory illness. It is caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat and lungs. Flu symptoms can include fever, cough, body ache, headache, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, chills, tiredness and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea. In some cases, people with flu do not have […]