We talk a lot on this blog about sharps injuries and how they may impact the victim and institution. Sometimes, it’s difficult to comprehend the consequences of a sharps injury in a “real-world” sense. Earlier this year Dr Dean C. Taylor from North Carolina presented his own cautionary story of when he contracted a sharps …
Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Sharps Injury Case Study in the OR"</span>
It’s concerning that even with all the medical breakthroughs and advances in surgical technology, the threat of getting a sharps injury in the healthcare setting is still a major concern amongst nurses, operating room technicians, and other healthcare professionals. These injuries are not just about getting an open cut, but also worrying are the blood …
Burnout affects 54% of physicians and 34-38% of nurses, and the numbers are only increasing. But what is burnout, how does it affect the medical industry, and how can it be prevented? What is Burnout? Herbert Freudenberger coined the term “burnout” in the 1970’s to describe how severe work-related stress and high ideals negatively affected those …
Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Burning out the Burnout"</span>
The 30th of November marks the end of Home Care & Hospice Month. Despite two-thirds of people relying on home care at some point in life, many of the details around the practicality of home care are relatively unknown. Here are 6 things you may not know about home care and the heroic nurses, aides …
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Philosophy is often cited as “thinking about thinking”, so with World Philosophy Day being celebrated this week (November 16th), it’s time to think about how Western society has thought about healthcare throughout the years. From Ancient Greece to today, it may come as a surprise that healthcare practices have always been influenced by, and influenced in …
Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "I Think, Therefore I Care"</span>
The afternoon light danced across the hospital quilt warming the room and I was comfortable. My husband nodded off to sleep in the chair beside me. The last 10 days had been a whirlwind. Last Friday I was an IVF patient. On Monday I had a simple gynae procedure to reevaluate IVF strategy. On Wednesday …