Do you understand what HCAHPS scores are and why they are important to your job? Or do you only know that your supervisor brings the scores to staff meetings and yells at you to improve?! Your HCAHPS Score should be a focus from day one of your employment, but you need to know why. Google Images The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) is a sophisticated and nationally standardized patient satisfaction survey which bench marked against hospitals all over the country and is publicly reported . This means a patient who is looking to find the very best option for his or a loved one’s care is…
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More Recognition from NurseJournal.org
We are once again in Great Company with these 15 Awesome Nursing Blogs to follow from NurseJournal.org. Thanks again for the recognition. window.amznpubstudioTag = “daretodreampr-20”;
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One of the Top 30 Nursing Blogs
We’ve been honored again. And we are in some pretty great company as a pick for the Top 30 Nursing Blogs by RNtoBSNOnlineProgram.com. Thank you for your kind words and peer recognition. window.amznpubstudioTag = “daretodreampr-20”;
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Use Common Sense with Social Media
Social media is wonderful and externally useful, but like anything, it comes with a need for etiquette and good old common sense!! Users have to accept responsibility for anything they post and set privacy settings to maintain social professionalism. Be discreet and aware of all of your connections. Understand that law enforcement can access your accounts if needed, and nothing is completely hacker-proof. Nurses will be held to a higher level of expectations for professionalism. Social media tools such as LinkedIn are most useful in job searches and networking. In fact many employers hire exclusively through this app. But be sure what you post about yourself on your profile is…
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Recognition is Appreciated!!!
We have been honored once again as one of the 16 Blogs You Need to Read from MedicalScrubsCollection.com. Thanks for the inclusion!!! (We are listed #1) Check out their site, their scrubs and their blog. And the other blogs listed… there are some really great ones in the list!!! It’s Catch Up time…. I have a lot of information and great sites to share with you… I recently received an email from an NP who has put together a really great forum for Nurse Practitioners. NPForum.net Give it a look and spread the word to the NP community. Check out RNspire Initiative and see what people are saying about what…