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September 5, 2008 (Volume 7, Issue 36)

HCTW news: New simulation trains staff on alcohol abuse
To prepare healthcare providers for handling patients with alcohol dependency, new technology allows for a conversation with a simulated patient revolving around alcohol usage.

Tips from TSE: Coping with challenging learners
You’ve come across them before: the nurse who is convinced he or she doesn’t need training, the nurse who would rather have teeth pulled than participate in activities, or the nurse who drifts off during weekly sessions.

Evidence-based expert: Try these methods when validating competencies
This week’s expert, Barbara A. Brunt, MA, MN, RN-BC, discusses various means of competency validation.

Web site spotlight: Create a collaborative practice setting
You want staff to deliver excellent patient care so that, in return, they achieve excellent patient outcomes. But you know how hard this can be if staff can’t, won’t, or don’t know how to work together effectively.

Other recently-published articles from Healthcare Training Weekly:

HCTW News: Are nurses financial rainmakers?

Tips from TSE: New grad program boosts retention, recruitment

Evidence-based expert: Quality improvement vs. research: Are they the same?

Web site spotlight: A well-designed accountability system

HCTW News: Education center will be a ’national model’

Tips from TSE: Ask these questions before giving feedback

Evidence-based expert: Gain support for EBP in staff development

Web site spotlight: For this team, ’I’ was the answer

HCTW News: Employees fired for looking at athlete’s records

Tips from TSE: Teaching about time management

Evidence-based expert: Don’t ignore intuition

Web site spotlight: Your anticoagulant therapy program: Everyone’s turf

Overweight women often feel shamed in healthcare settings

Lessons for lifelong learning

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