For Healthcare Practitioner(articles)

Publisher: physicianspractice Author: Debra A. Shute Original publishing date: September 23, 2019 “(As physicians, we) really hold ourselves to an irrational sense of responsibility for all things. You think you should have been able to see it coming” Physicians are responsible for treating patients and helping them recover but some outcomes are not in their control. For a healthcare professional, the loss of a patient is accompanied by feelings of failure and guilt along with grief. Their profession does not Read More

Original publishing date: June 14, 2019 Publisher: CEUfast Blog Author: Emily Pazel “The most important thing is: You have to be able to take care of yourself first in order to take care of others.” The article addresses several ways of ensuring that nurses’ physical, mental and emotional health is looked after and the importance of doing so. Nurse burnout, compassion fatigue and important issues that affect nurses and hence indirectly, their patients. “Things such as burnout, compassion fatigue, depression Read More

Original publishing date: 2016 Publisher: Today’s Geriatric Medicine. Author: Jamie Santa Cruz, (Freelance writer based in Englewood, Colorado). Institutions need to recognise and react appropriately to adequately address what their healthcare employees have expressed a clear need for. The healthcare system and its participants are under undue stress if this is not handled well. “But while physicians theoretically recognize the value of end-of-life care conversations, there is a gap between their beliefs and their practice” At present, institutions do have Read More

Original Publishing date: 01-24-2020 Publisher: HuffPost Author: Kate McLean (board-certified obstetrician gynecologist in Seattle). The article follows an interaction between a surgeon and her patient for whom treatments are just not responding and the ultimate decision of the patient to choose a peaceful death.  HCP’s many times do feel that it their role, nay responsibility to have end-of-life conversations with patients but are not trained to do so. “Dying, which was once viewed as natural, is now seen as a Read More

Original Publishing date: 01-08-2017 Publisher: The Washington Post Author: Meeri Kim Studies show consistently that professional health care givers suffer from the phenomena of burnout and compassion fatigue which can prove to be fatal to patients. “Learning compassion, empathy and resilience that speak to the human service challenges of the job have helped many individuals rediscover the meaning of medicine and why they became a doctor in the first place.” This article outlines compassion programmes launched by hospitals in the U.S that helped Read More

Original Publishing date: 31-01-2017 Publisher: Med+Ed Web solutions Author: Alex Slack Nurses, as professional caregivers have to meet and work with a lot of people in one day. Sometimes they can experience burnout as a result of stress which can also affect the satisfaction of patients. It becomes very important for healthcare institutions to make sure that their nurses do not feel too stressed or pressured. “Research shows that patients reported lower levels of satisfaction in medical institutions where nurses were unhappy with Read More

Original Publishing date: 2nd July 2018 Publisher: KevinMD,com Author: Jennifer Bradley Do you know that empathy is one reason for the survival of a patient ? If you give the patients empathy then they will be able to convey to you the problem or problems that they are facing .Empathy plays a very important role in the life of a caregiver when they believe in healing process . “Practicing empathy is a skill set that takes time to master…Empathy is crucial to improving Read More

Original Publishing date: September 11th, 2018 Publisher: MD Linx Author: John Murphy To ensure that you provide your patient with the best of the services you need to have several specific qualities that will enable a close relationship between a patient and the doctor. Doctors not only have to understand what the problem of the patient is but also how it can be treated and how mental strength can be provided. “Exercising compassion “is an essential component of good medical care in many Read More

Original Publishing date: October, 2012 Publisher: Today’s Hospitalist Author: Deborah Gesensway Healthcare professionals can make mistakes too and this could lead to a vicious cycle of depression, burnout and more mistakes. The healthcare industry has been transitioning from blaming HCP’s towards a “no blame” culture which believes that systems breakdown contribute to mistakes. However this article acknowledges the need for individual accountability as well and discusses a checklist which looks at the individual and professional analysis that should follow an untoward occurrence. “Ultimately, Read More