Practical Guidance and a Reminder to Breathe

Practical Guidance and a Reminder to Breathe

Hello!  I know it has been a hot minute since I have posted – my apologies.  Life has been busy!  I also know that the last thing everyone wants to hear MORE about is Covid19.  I felt compelled to reach out, however, to offer some 

Workplace Violence:  Keeping your staff safe

Workplace Violence: Keeping your staff safe

As much as we all gloss over with statistics, I was really surprised when I learned that 50% of all workplace assaults occur to healthcare workers.  We want our staff to be safe, but may not always have the tools and resources to offer optimal 

Superbugs should only be in scary movies.

Superbugs should only be in scary movies.

If you are anything like me, you sighed out loud in hearing about the outbreaks this week at some care facilities linked to potentially contaminated scopes. The word superbug should  be only something found in scary movies, yet is unfortunately very real.

Sharing the Hats: Delegating those non-patient care tasks.

Sharing the Hats: Delegating those non-patient care tasks.

  We have all heard it before: The key to effective management is delegation. But, if you are like me, sometimes it’s hard to let go. What if the ball gets dropped? The problem is that either can’t get it all done well, or worse, we trust 

Safety Data Sheets….who is keeping up the book, what needs to be included, and what happened to the “M”??

Safety Data Sheets….who is keeping up the book, what needs to be included, and what happened to the “M”??

  We have always called it the MSDS book.  It typically lives somewhere in the facility where all can reference it, right? Did you know the “M” went away? Yup.  No more MSDS.  I guess we can call it the “SDS” book, or the Safety