PARTNERING EFFECTIVELY WITH FAMILY CAREGIVERS: IMPROVING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS’ KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Improving health professionals' communication skills: a major global endeavour.

What knowledge and skills do caregivers need?

Caregivers need certain knowledge and skills both to provide the best possible care and to protect their own well-being.

Partnering Effectively With Inpatient Leaders for Improved Emergency Department Throughput

The boarding of patients is a root cause of overcrowding in a majority of emergency departments (EDs) nationwide. It reduces capacity to treat ED patients, decreases bed utilization, and compromises quality, safety, and the patient experience. Because of its systemic nature, it can only be effectively addressed through attention and commitment by all stakeholders. Once emergency departments hav...

Health care professionals' skills regarding patient safety.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The importance of patient safety is growing worldwide, and every day, health care professionals face various challenges in how to provide safe care for their patients. Patient safety skills are one of the main tools to ensure safe practice. This study looks to describe health care professionals' skills regarding patient safety. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were collecte...

mental health in family caregivers of patients with heart failure

background & aim : family caregivers of patients with heart failure (hf) deal with a wide range of problems related to caregiving that influence their mental health. the aim of this study was to investigate the mental health status of the family caregivers of patients with hf. methods & materials : in this descriptive cross-sectional study, 90 family caregivers of patients with hf, who referred...