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1 08, 2026

Why Privacy Curtains Are an Infection Control Priority
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Why Privacy Curtains Are an Infection Control Priority

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Why Privacy Curtains Are an Infection Control Priority

Why Privacy Curtains Are an Infection Control Priority

August 1st, 2026|Career Programs, Research|

The Surface Everyone Forgets: Why Privacy Curtains Are an Infection Control Priority Walk into any hospital room and you will see a privacy curtain. It might be pulled open, hanging along the wall, or pulled closed around a patient's bed. It looks like furniture. It blends in. Almost nobody thinks about it and that is precisely the problem. Privacy curtains are touched all day long by almost everyone who enters a hospital room: patients reaching for them, nurses pulling [...]

1 07, 2026

How Front Desk Staff are Critical in Recognizing and Responding to Hidden Harm
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How Front Desk Staff are Critical in Recognizing and Responding to Hidden Harm

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How Front Desk Staff are Critical in Recognizing and Responding to Hidden Harm

How Front Desk Staff are Critical in Recognizing and Responding to Hidden Harm

July 1st, 2026|Career Programs|

The First Door They Walk Through: How Front Desk Staff Can Recognize and Respond to Hidden Harm Clinics and hospitals occupy a unique position in the lives of people experiencing abuse, exploitation, or trafficking. For many of these individuals, a healthcare visit may be one of the only times they are in a setting where help could be available and where someone outside their situation might notice that something is wrong. That someone is often not a physician or [...]

15 06, 2026

The Science of High-Quality CPR and Why CNAs Are So Often First
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The Science of High-Quality CPR and Why CNAs Are So Often First

ACLS, Advanced Nursing, BLS, CPR Training Articles, Nurses Corner, PALS
The Science of High-Quality CPR and Why CNAs Are So Often First

The Science of High-Quality CPR and Why CNAs Are So Often First

June 15th, 2026|ACLS, Advanced Nursing, BLS, CPR Training Articles, Nurses Corner, PALS|

When Seconds Count: The Science of High-Quality CPR and the Importance of CNAs as First-Line Responders Cardiac arrest does not schedule itself. It does not happen during a shift change or when the crash cart is closest. It happens in patient rooms, in hallways, in common areas—and very often, the first person to notice is a certified nursing assistant. CNAs spend more direct time with patients than almost any other member of the care team. That proximity is a [...]

15 05, 2026

How the Food You Deliver Effects Patient Healing – Understanding the Role of Hospital Meals in Patient Outcomes
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How the Food You Deliver Effects Patient Healing – Understanding the Role of Hospital Meals in Patient Outcomes

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How the Food You Deliver Effects Patient Healing – Understanding the Role of Hospital Meals in Patient Outcomes

How the Food You Deliver Effects Patient Healing – Understanding the Role of Hospital Meals in Patient Outcomes

May 15th, 2026|Education, Nurses Corner|

More Than a Meal: How the Food You Deliver Affects Whether Patients Heal When people think about patient safety, they usually think about medications, surgeries, and monitors. They don't usually think about the food tray. But research over the past two decades has made something very clear: what a patient eats — or doesn't eat — while they are in the hospital has a direct effect on how well they recover. For the men and women who prepare and [...]

1 05, 2026

The Importance of Peer Support in Healthcare – Backed by Research
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The Importance of Peer Support in Healthcare – Backed by Research

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The Importance of Peer Support in Healthcare – Backed by Research

The Importance of Peer Support in Healthcare – Backed by Research

May 1st, 2026|Advanced Nursing, Education, Nurses Corner, Research|

The Coworker Who Gets It: The Science Behind Peer Support in Healthcare Healthcare workers face a category of workplace stress that most professions do not. It is not just the long hours or the physical demands. It is the cumulative weight of caring for people in pain, making high-stakes decisions under time pressure, witnessing death and suffering, and carrying the emotional residue of those experiences home at the end of every shift. Formal support structures—employee assistance programs, counseling services, [...]

30 04, 2026

Why ACLS (and PALS) Matter More in Las Vegas Than Almost Anywhere Else
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Why ACLS (and PALS) Matter More in Las Vegas Than Almost Anywhere Else

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Why ACLS (and PALS) Matter More in Las Vegas Than Almost Anywhere Else

Why ACLS (and PALS) Matter More in Las Vegas Than Almost Anywhere Else

April 30th, 2026|ACLS, BLS, Education, EMT Training, PALS|

Why ACLS (and PALS) Matter More in Las Vegas Than Almost Anywhere Else Project Heartbeat | Las Vegas, Nevada | 8 min read The activities that make Las Vegas famous have a direct impact on the clinical work faced by healthcare professionals in the area. Each year nearly 42 million people flood the Strip, convention centers, and surrounding communities, often to engage in activities that increase the risk of cardiovascular issues (such as drinking, smoking, and gambling). That concentration of [...]

27 04, 2026

CPR Certification Requirements for Denver Healthcare Workers
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CPR Certification Requirements for Denver Healthcare Workers

ACLS, Advanced Nursing, BLS, CPR Training Articles, Nurses Corner, PALS
CPR Certification Requirements for Denver Healthcare Workers

CPR Certification Requirements for Denver Healthcare Workers

April 27th, 2026|ACLS, Advanced Nursing, BLS, CPR Training Articles, Nurses Corner, PALS|

CPR Certification Requirements for Denver Healthcare Workers: A Guide to BLS, ACLS, and PALS in the Mile High City Project Heartbeat | Denver, Colorado | 7 min read If you work in healthcare in Denver, whether at UCHealth, SCL Health, Denver Health, a private clinic, or an EMS agency, maintaining current CPR and life support certifications is a condition of employment, a licensing requirement, and a patient safety mandate. Understanding which certifications apply to your specific role, which providers [...]

20 04, 2026

A Guide to Hands-Only CPR for Bystanders
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A Guide to Hands-Only CPR for Bystanders

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A Guide to Hands-Only CPR for Bystanders

A Guide to Hands-Only CPR for Bystanders

April 20th, 2026|CPR Training Articles|

What to Do When Someone Collapses: A Guide to Hands-Only CPR for Bystanders You're in a coffee shop when the person at the next table suddenly slumps forward. They're unresponsive. Their chest isn't moving. You have seconds to decide what to do. This scenario plays out more than 350,000 times a year outside of hospitals in the United States. The vast majority of bystanders freeze, but it doesn't have to be that way. Hands-only CPR—CPR without mouth-to-mouth breathing—is something [...]

15 04, 2026

The Respiratory Therapist’s Role in Brain Health and Patient Recovery
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The Respiratory Therapist’s Role in Brain Health and Patient Recovery

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The Respiratory Therapist’s Role in Brain Health and Patient Recovery

The Respiratory Therapist’s Role in Brain Health and Patient Recovery

April 15th, 2026|Education|

Beyond Gas Exchange: The Respiratory Therapist's Role in Brain Health and Whole-Patient Recovery For years, the dominant frame for mechanical ventilation was pulmonary: protect the lungs, maintain oxygenation, facilitate weaning. That frame remains valid — but it is increasingly incomplete. A growing body of research has established that the mechanically ventilated patient's brain is not a passive bystander. It is an active participant in the injury and recovery process. For respiratory therapists, this means that every clinical decision made [...]

3 04, 2026

California BLS, ACLS & PALS Requirements
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California BLS, ACLS & PALS Requirements

ACLS, BLS, CPR Training Articles, Education, PALS
California BLS, ACLS & PALS Requirements

California BLS, ACLS & PALS Requirements

April 3rd, 2026|ACLS, BLS, CPR Training Articles, Education, PALS|

California BLS, ACLS, and PALS Requirements California has more licensed healthcare providers than any other state, and the requirements governing BLS, ACLS, and PALS certification here reflect a regulatory environment that is both rigorous and occasionally counterintuitive. Whether you're a nurse on-boarding at a new facility, a paramedic renewing your EMS credential, or a clinician relocating from another state, this guide covers what California specifically requires and what the state's major employers enforce. The AHA eCard Is the [...]

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