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Transplant Patients and Survivor’s Guilt

BY JANET COULTER, MSN, MS, RN, CCM, AND DR. CATHY CAMPBELL, DNP, RN, MBA, CHC, FACHE, CCM Receiving a cadaver organ transplant is a life-changing experience. Transplant recipients often experience a wide range of emotions from the highest high to the lowest low. The thrill of receiving a life-saving transplant is sometimes…

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In the Pursuit of Mental Health Parity Insurance Coverage

BY GARRY CARNEAL, JD, MA Treating diseases of the brain is as important as treating any physical ailment or condition. Yet, the health insurance industry in the United States has never covered mental health and substance use disorders (MH/SUDs) appropriately. As a result, depression, anxiety, addiction and other mental health conditions…

Human resources
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Next Generation Employee Retention Strategies

BY BENJAMIN FOSTER, MBA In September 2021, over 90% of the healthcare organizations that Nurseify supports, which includes 821 of 908 hospitals, reported their highest year-over-year increase in nurse turnover and all-employee turnover in the last 10 years (Source: Client RN turnover and all employee turnover data). The Great Resignation is…

Lessons Learned
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Reimagining Life, Work And An Uncertain Future

BY DENNIS A. ROBBINS, PhD, MPH, AND BOB RALEIGH, PhD We survived! Now it’s time to thrive. But how? We need the right path and to create architectures within which we all can comfortably fit. Add a dose of prudence to not become sabotaged by our own perceptions. The pandemic fallout has…

Behavioral Health
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Teen Suicide: Heeding the Warning Signs Can Save a Life

BY JANET S. COULTER, MSN, MS, RN, CCM, AND MARYANN OTT, BSN, RN, CCM, CPC, CEAC INTRODUCTION Teen suicide is a serious public health problem that can have lasting harmful effects on individuals, families, and communities. The rate of teen suicide has increased over the last decade. According to the Centers for…

Pain Management
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Treating Pain From the Polyvagal Perspective

BY DAVID HANSCOM, MD A few years ago, I saw four surgical patients within two weeks who caused a profound change in my thinking about patients’ perception of pain. Historically, I would focus on pain patterns and correlate them with imaging studies. If the symptoms seemed to be caused by the…