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Mental Health and the Well-Being of Healthcare Professionals: …

WEBA problem hiding in plain sight that has existed for decades if not longer, is the deleterious effects of working in health care on one’s physical, mental, and …

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Signs an Employee is Struggling with Mental Health Issues and …

WEBBecoming overly emotional and displaying great frustration. Inability to receive negative feedback from others. Avoidance of staff gatherings, meetings and social activities. Showing aggression and threatening behaviors to others. Chronically showing up late to work. Being indecisive, inability to multitask and trouble concentrating on tasks.

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The Importance of Life-Long Learning in Healthcare

WEBWhy It’s Important. Life-long learning is valuable for the individual because it: Helps individuals learn new skills. Validates one’s practice and competence. Keeps …

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Benefits of Online Learning in Health Care

WEBFlexibility – employees can take courses at work or home, 24/7; employees can start a course and go back if they are interrupted. Accessibility – all that is needed is …

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Professional Development: Why Is It So Important

WEBRegardless of the career path you’ve chosen for yourself, professional development is an essential part of staying on top of your game. If you’re in health care, …

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Crisis Intervention in Mental Health

WEBCommunication and De-Escalation: The First 2 Steps in Crisis Intervention. Communication and de-escalation are the very first steps to take when you are working …

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Aging and Anxiety

WEBRisk Factors. Anxiety in older adults may be associated with a number of risk factors including: Excessive worry or preoccupation with health problems. Stressful life events. Sleeping problems. General feelings of poor physical and mental health. Negative or difficult and unresolved problems from one’s childhood.

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The Powerful and Negative Impact of Loneliness on the Mental Health …

WEBOur population here in the United States and around the world continues to increase as does greater interest in specific mental health complications associated with aging. While it is well documented in the literature that depression and anxiety are the most common psychological disorders experienced later in life, another aspect of aging may …

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Psychology of Obesity: A Brief Introduction

WEBThe relationship between obesity and emotions is further complicated by the fact that obesity can lead to poor health, which in turn can negatively impact one’s …

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Ethics in Senior Care

WEBA traditional view of ethics involves a heavy focus on autonomy, and while this may work for younger and middle aged people, for older individuals who lack the …

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Psychosocial Care

WEBPsychosocial care provides meaning and purpose in one’s life. It attends to the social aspects of life as well as the emotional and psychological needs that one has. …

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Working with the Non-Compliant Patient

WEBNon-Compliant Behavior. This type of behavior interferes with the effectiveness of treatments for a variety of medical conditions and can lead to serious …

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Friendship and Longevity

WEBRegardless of other factors such as age, sex and health status, people with good relationships in their lives tend to live longer and survive into older ages like 85 and …

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Barriers to Person-Centered Care and Culture Change

WEBSome studies report that one of the biggest barriers to person-centered care is not poor communication in general, but a lack of specific information about the …

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Managing Pain at the End of Life

WEBNon-acceptance of one’s own dying. Dr. Saunders was the first to explain that pain at the end of life is much more than, and is never purely, physical. At the end of life, people experience pain emotionally, and sometimes this kind of pain can be worse than the physical kind. Some people are spiritually tormented at the end of their lives and

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Social Work Supervision Theory and Practice

WEBModels grounded in psychotherapy theory include methods that are psychodynamic, person-centered, cognitive-behavioral, systemic and constructivist. Here, supervision becomes a teaching and learning process that focuses on the relationships between supervisee, client and supervisor. You also rely on genuineness, empathy and …

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Active Shooter Preparation and Response in Senior Care: Part 1

WEBThis concept was introduced by K. Inaba and colleagues in an article featured in the New England Journal of Medicine entitled “Active Shooter Response at a Health …

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ADLs and IADLs: The Importance of Cognitive Functioning

WEBAssessing cognitive functioning is an important step in determining the level of impairment and independence or dependence involved in ADLs and IADLs. …

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