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Being a Nurse
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It has been almost 34 years since I graduated from nursing school. So many things have changed over the time. The number of hospitals and hospital beds grew and now...
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It has been almost 34 years since I graduated from nursing school. So many things have changed over the time. The number of hospitals and hospital beds grew and now...
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Patient Safety Awareness Week, an initiative of the National Patient Safety Foundation, is March 13 -19, 2016. The National Patient Safety Foundation recently published the report Free from Harm: Accelerating...
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Do you recognize the following pain points in your healthcare organization? PAIN POINTS Efficiently update and create policy and procedure documents No centralized system for managing policies Review and approval processes vary greatly across...
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Last week’s blog covered the U.S. Senate’s release a report on the outbreak of deadly bacterial infections linked to contaminated medical scopes. According to the report, Preventable Tragedies: Superbugs and...
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What our customers are saying about us… “With MCN’s Policy Manager, department leaders and staff are saving significant time whenever a policy is accessed, updated, reviewed and approved.” Regional Medical Center...
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Question: Where can I find CMS’ Hospital Quality Assessment Performance Improvement (QAPI) Worksheet? Answer: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published surveyor worksheets for assessing compliance with three Medicare hospital Conditions...
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Many healthcare organizations are making the leap from paper documents or the use of a shared drive to a policy and procedure management software system. There are many advantages to...
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Question: What are the federal requirements for reporting adverse events related to medical devices? Answer: Under the Medical Device Reporting (MDR) regulation, 21 CFR 803, device user facilities are required to report...
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In May 2015, the World Health Organization reported the first local transmission of Zika virus in the Western Hemisphere, with locally acquired cases identified in Brazil. As of January 15,...
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MCN Healthcare staff give back in a variety of ways during the year. One of our clinical staff recently travelled to Madagascar through the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. This group sends...
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