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The pandemic spawned a healthcare worker burnout epidemic. During the Covid-19 case peaks, many already short-staffed workforces isolated those ill from Covid. Consequently, healthcare leaders faced challenging decisions to staff appropriately while maintaining safe operations. In this episode, Aaron Lopez RN, CEO of ClearSky Rehabilitation Hospital of Weatherford, explains how his leadership team responded to their predicted staffing vacancies. Listen...

Maternal mortality occurs with alarming frequency. With 17.4 maternal deaths/100,000 live births(1), the United States loses more new mothers than most other developed countries. What should be considered a joyous event far too often becomes a tragedy. As someone involved in the miracle of life, Katie Grennan, RN, CNM, shares her experiences as a doula and midwife and how practitioners...

How do you respond to emergencies? Do you hope someone else will intervene, or do you jump into action? Some acute events require prompt actions when lives are at stake, yet it is possible for anyone to fall victim to the "fight or flight" response. Dr. Jeff Beeson has served many emergency roles: Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Paramedic(EMT-P), Registered Nurse(RN),...

Men sometimes avoid seeking treatment when symptoms present, rationalizing it as "nothing" or thinking the issue will go away. In honor of National Heart Month, heart attack survivor Brad Newsom shares what he experienced during seventeen days of hospital care. Hear Brad's authentic description of how this event effected his mind, body, and spirit, and how hospital staff took his care to...

Patient Safety professionals advise "stopping the line" when encountering an imminent safety risk. Join John and Lee Ann as Rey Gonzalez, an expert in nuclear power and human performance, continues the discussion on "why stopping the line may not work". In part two of this conversation, Rey dives deep into "normalized deviance" or "drift" in workplaces and leadership initiatives needed to...