The pandemic has caused widespread awareness of burnout experienced by medical workers. Most people, though, don’t realize that burnout was already a critical issue among healthcare personnel. Increased pressure to see ever-greater numbers of patients, 12-hour shifts, and the constant burden of never having enough time ensured that the medical system, especially in hospitals, was […]
497 Stress, Burnout and the LNC- Anne Marie Huurre
The pandemic and other stressors have made the general public realize what mindfulness practitioners have known for centuries: Stress is a direct cause of burnout, illness and death. Anne-Marie was already committed to practicing mindfulness when her father developed Alzheimer’s and her mother Lewy body dementia. She was able to get through this extreme difficulty […]
495 How to Silence Your Inner Critic Annie Notestein
You’re doing some work-related tasks, and a voice ( your inner critic) tells you you’re doing it all wrong. Someone wrongly criticizes you, and you don’t speak up for yourself. When you try to go to sleep at night, you keep on thinking of everything you have to do to complete a project. Each of […]
450 How LNCs help Attorneys with EMRs – Diane Tomacelli
Although EMRs software was designed for greater efficiency in documentation, the large number of different systems, many of which perform different functions, programs that don’t “talk” to each other, and the frequent mixing of hand-written and electronic records can make an LNC’s journey through the world medical records feel bewildering. Difficulty in deciphering electronic medical […]
449 Home Health Care Perils – Janice McIntosh
Individuals and their families are increasingly seeking alternatives to nursing home and other institutional facilities. These growing numbers create stress in the field of home health care, a term that covers a wide range of different service, including acute and chronic care, skilled and non-skilled services, and a host of widely varying regulations. The complex […]