As we celebrate Memorial Day, 2011, all of us at In the Know send our deep gratitude to every past and current member of our Armed Forces. In addition, we would like to honor the 77,000 nursing personnel who work with Veterans in the VA health care system—including...
Did you happen to see Undercover Boss on CBS this past Sunday? That’s the show where executives from large companies go incognito in their own businesses. They do it to learn firsthand how their employees really feel about working for them. It’s always...
Twenty years ago, when I worked at Duke University Medical Center, I remember clearly how some of my co-workers viewed their colleagues in home care. I was precepting a newly hired nurse to our oncology unit. A number of the “old timers” on the unit...
Much of the day-to-day work of a nursing assistant has to do with competencies. For example, does the CNA know how to make an occupied bed, transfer a person safely from a bed to a wheelchair or take an accurate blood pressure reading? But are task-based...
Picture an average health care facility. Think about all the supplies, paper, equipment and food that get thrown out every day. Can you guess how much trash all of us health care providers are generating every year? While the exact number is impossible to...