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Cultivating Professionalism in the Healthcare Professional

2022
What is professionalism as it applies to a healthcare professional, and how is it critical to patient care? It begins with the individual professional. This chapter provides an overview of the professional progression, from building a professional identity to participating in meaningful advocacy in the profession and ultimately leading other ...
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Serial Murder by Healthcare Professionals

Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2006
ABSTRACT: The prosecution of Charles Cullen, a nurse who killed at least 40 patients over a 16‐year period, highlights the need to better understand the phenomenon of serial murder by healthcare professionals. The authors conducted a LexisNexis® search which yielded 90 criminal prosecutions of healthcare providers that met inclusion criteria for ...
Beatrice Crofts, Yorker, Kenneth W, Kizer, Paula, Lampe, A R W, Forrest, Jacquetta M, Lannan, Donna A, Russell   +5 more
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Shortage of healthcare professionals in China

BMJ, 2016
Urgent action is needed to increase recruitment and improve staff retention to cope with the rising demand for ...
Qing, Wu, Li, Zhao, Xu-Chun, Ye
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Teaching healthcare professionals to see

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, 2021
AbstractPrerequisite to establishing a diagnosis, healthcare providers must detect and appreciate subtle cues to dysfunction, disease and dysmorphology. A medical school course designed to connect art observation and diagnosis addresses the ongoing erosion of careful looking, which is at the core of detecting malformations and dysmorphologies, among ...
Ingrid Ganske, Shahram Khoshbin, Joel T. Katz   +2 more
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Alcohol use by healthcare professionals

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2004
This study investigated alcohol use, misuse and abuse in a sample of dentists, nurses, pharmacists and physicians. Previous studies have lacked cross healthcare group comparisons and have rarely included dentists.As part of a larger mail survey, 479 healthcare professionals (68.7% response) completed self-report items on patterns of alcohol use ...
George A, Kenna, Mark D, Wood
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Healthcare professionals’ knowledge of calories

Nursing Standard, 2013
To determine healthcare professionals' knowledge of the calorie content of foods and the relationship to weight maintenance.A cross-sectional questionnaire was used to survey 179 clinical staff, non-clinical staff and life coaches working in health care.The response rate is 81%.
E, Cottrell, R, Chambers
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Of Healthcare Professionals, Ethics, and Strikes

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 2000
The question of whether physicians or other “essential” healthcare workers are ethically entitled to strike is troubling in that it entails a conflict in obligations. This question of a conflict of obligations (and the answer to it) has wider implications for many other workers.
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Ethical Awareness and Healthcare Professionals

Journal of Pastoral Care, 1998
Reports the results of a survey that sought to measure the “ethical awareness” of healthcare professionals at a number of area hospitals and nursing homes. Notes that the survey was helpful in isolating areas for needed inservices on ethical issues.
P A, Holmes, M J, Meehan
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Honey: a guide for healthcare professionals

British Journal of Nursing, 2008
There is a growing body of literature promoting the use of honeybased products in wound care, demonstrating their efficacy, costeffectiveness and excellent record of safety. Thus, there has been a sizeable renaissance in the use of honey as a topical treatment for a wide range of wounds.
Julie, Evans, Susan, Flavin
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Professional Practices for Digital Healthcare

2020
Digital health is quickly becoming an integral part of healthcare services. Research evidence suggests that digital health can benefit stakeholders involved in healthcare including patients and care providers. As digital health continues to integrate into routine healthcare, practitioners may require new knowledge, skills, and competencies to make the ...
Sisira Edirippulige, Buddhika Senanayake
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