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TONL News & Updates
TONE Members were honored by the DFW Great 100 for their leadership, community service and contributions to the nursing profession.
Barbara Cherry, DNSc, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
Professor and Associate Dean, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
We all are aware of the challenging and intense nature of nurses’ work – the long hours, the mental stress and the opportunities (or demand) to work far beyond the typical 40-hour workweek. The data is overwhelming. Fatigue in nursing is a problem that affects both patient safety and the nurse’s individual health (Smith-Miller, Shaw-Kokot, Curro & Jones, 2014). Fatigue and long working hours have a negative impact on health in areas such as sleep disturbances, injuries, musculoskeletal disorders, mood disorders, and increased risk for needle sticks (Bae & Fabry, 2014; Rogers, 2008). Nurses who are tired may put their patients’ safety in jeopardy. Working fatigued has been shown to increase the risk of patient care errors, reduce reaction time, and impair attention to detail and problem-solving ability (Geiger-Brown et al., 2012; Ruggiero, 2003; Scott, Arslanian-Engoren & Engoren, 2014; Trinkoff et al., 2011).
Nursing Leadership
Nurse.org
February is recognized as Black History Month and it provides us with the opportunity to remember and honor those individuals who have made significant contributions in nursing and medicine.
Harvard Business Review
A new podcast series was released by the Harvard Business Review titled, "Women at Work." It covers conversations about the workplace, and women’s place in it. There are currently three episodes available all between 45 minutes to one hour.
Forbes
Individuals in leadership positions often have a long list of responsibilities. Trusting others and having the ability to inspire trust is a fundamental quality that many leaders should possess.
Education and Events
Thursday, March 22 – Friday, March 23, 2018
Who drives innovation? Hospital leaders with the skills, network, and experience to drive change. Build all three by joining the next class of fellows (Module 1 of 4).
The Texas Hospital Association Leadership Fellows Program is intended to bring together health care leaders for a focused study in becoming effective health care advocates. and developing comprehensive knowledge on health care integration. The program provides a collaborative and dynamic curriculum, which discusses the challenges of complex adaptive systems. THA fellows will grow as leaders and will be fully equipped to lead policy discussion, drive integration and create an environment that enables the best possible patient care outcomes. Contact Lindsay Thompson at lthompson@tha.org for more info.
Healthcare Industry
Hashed Out
The healthcare industry is a very attractive target when it comes to cybersecurity. The 2018 Security Scorecard ranked healthcare as #15 out of 18 U.S. industries.
Practice and Patient Care
Nursing Times
Nurses advocated towards hiring an administrative assistant which resulted in a decrease in the number of patient falls and pressure ulcers. Nurses expressed they often feel overwhelmed by admin tasks, which can potentially have an impact on being clinical leaders.
People.com
A small gesture as simple as giving a dementia or Alzheimer’s patient a baby doll and stuffed puppy proved to have a large impact. "We saw the other Alzheimer’s patients and they just became so precious to use, we want to try to make their last days as pleasant as we can."
Forbes
How can digital health tools help empower patients? Nitin Goyal, MD, an orthopedic surgeon helps to answer this question and shares her thoughts on why she believes it’s time for the healthcare industry to embrace change.
NPR
An experimental treatment being implemented in China uses cells taken from the patient’s immune system and genetically modified in a lab. Patient Shaorong Deng shares some words as a nurse assists with the T-cell infusion.
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