Healthcare Staff | .accreditationqualitycenter

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

- Volume

Issue

Understanding the nursing shortage: How to make your organization a leader in nurse retention

December 13, 2025

Healthcare Staff, Leadership & Finance

According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the demand for registered nurses (RN) will increase on average by 193,100 annually. This demand will stretch over all aspects of nursing, from hospital...

Medical Environment Update

- Volume

Issue

From false positives to focused prevention: The AI-driven approach against drug diversion

December 13, 2025

Healthcare Staff, Laboratory Safety

Hospital leaders only need to glance at the headlines from the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration’s Diversion Control Division to see the pervasiveness of drug diversion in hos...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

- Volume

Issue

Hospitals without safe patient handling and mobility programs don’t know what they are missing

December 19, 2023

Patient Safety, Healthcare Staff

Safe patient handling and mobility programs (SPHM) help reduce injuries to both patients and staff throughout long-term care facilities, acute care facilities, home healthcare, and other high-risk are...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

- Volume

Issue

Address healthcare worker compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress

November 27, 2023

Leadership & Finance, Behavioral & Mental Health, Healthcare Staff

Healthcare workers are no strangers to burnout and suicide as many suffer from emotional exhaustion and mental and physical stress due to the demanding nature of their job, including long working hour...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

Healthcare industry continues facing staffing shortages

December 13, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

During the period dubbed “The Great Resignation,” millions of U.S. workers quit their jobs, including more than 145,000 healthcare professionals, according to a report from Definitive Healthcare. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

Report: Well-being less a priority in physician workplace culture

December 13, 2025

Healthcare Staff

Only 31% of physicians believe their workplace culture prioritizes their well-being, according to a recent survey by the Physician Foundation. This represents a 5% decline from a year ago. Predicta...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

Recruiting and retaining nurses: A critical challenge facing the healthcare industry

December 13, 2025

Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

Recruiting, staffing, and retaining nurses who are knowledgeable, skilled, and experienced is an evergreen concern for healthcare organizations. As the demographic makeup of the U.S. nursing populatio...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

NIOSH: Healthcare workers most injured by sharps

December 13, 2025

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

Most sharps injuries—84%—occur among healthcare workers, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) confirmed in a recently released analysis. Injuries from a needle or other sh...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

Using technology and efficiency to lessen burnout

December 13, 2025

Healthcare Staff, Cybersecurity & Technology

When the healthcare industry examines ever-growing burnout and staffing shortages, EHRs continue to top the list of reasons clinicians find themselves frustrated enough to step away. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

- Volume

Issue

Virtual reality decreases nursing students’ unease in treating anxiety-prone patients

December 13, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Policies and Procedures, Healthcare Staff

Full-immersion virtual reality simulation decreased nursing students’ anxiety levels when communicating with anxious patients, says new research published in the September issue of Clinical Simulation...

Subscribe to Healthcare Staff

Understanding the nursing shortage: How to make your organization a leader in nurse retention

From false positives to focused prevention: The AI-driven approach against drug diversion

Hospitals without safe patient handling and mobility programs don’t know what they are missing

Address healthcare worker compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress

Healthcare industry continues facing staffing shortages

Report: Well-being less a priority in physician workplace culture

Recruiting and retaining nurses: A critical challenge facing the healthcare industry

NIOSH: Healthcare workers most injured by sharps

Using technology and efficiency to lessen burnout

Virtual reality decreases nursing students’ unease in treating anxiety-prone patients

Resource/w tools selected

STET CMS & tools

OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

OSHA Medical Facilities Update - November 2023

Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

Tab 2, Dental Facility OSHA Manual- August 2023

Chapter 2: Chapter Format and Tracer Planning