On December 6th, more than 500 1199SEIU nurses and nurse managers gathered at the tenth annual 1199SEIU League Registered Nurse Labor Management Initiative (RNLMI) Nursing Symposium, “The Real Hand-off in Healthcare: Disruption.” The goal of the annual Symposium is to...
Imagine having the opportunity to interact with a trained actor simulating nursing home residents with specific behavioral health challenges. Participants in the final learning exchange of the Labor Management Project’s (LMP’s) and Continuing Care Leadership...
The Pioneer Network is the national leader of the culture change movement within nursing homes. In August, staff from three nursing homes that participate in the Labor Management Project’s Behavioral Health Learning Collaborative – Mary Manning Walsh, Terence...
Research estimates that between 50-60 percent of U.S. adults have experienced some type of traumatic event at least once in their lives and greater than 33 percent of youths exposed to community violence will experience PTSD as a result. Trauma may include emotional,...
In an effort to control soaring federal healthcare spending and improve the quality of care,[i] value-based payment (VBP) models reimburse healthcare providers according to measurable performance (quality, patient experience, cost), rather than the volume of services...
Emergency department (ED) workers are frequently targets of violence. One recent study showed that 55 percent of ED nurses experienced physical violence and/or verbal abuse from a patient or a visitor over a single one-week period. PCTs, security, technologists,...
