Healthcare
What Type of Insurance Do Nurses Need?
Nurses are integral to healthcare, providing essential services across various settings. With their expanding roles and responsibilities, it’s crucial for nurses to have appropriate insurance coverage to protect their health, career, and financial well-being. Malpractice and Liability Insurance for Nurses In today’s complex healthcare landscape, nurses are increasingly exposed to legal risks that can arise…
Read MoreWhat Is and Isn’t Covered by Malpractice Insurance?
As a healthcare professional, understanding the scope and limitations of your malpractice insurance (or medical professional liability insurance) is crucial. While this insurance provides a safety net against certain professional risks, it’s essential to know what is and isn’t covered to ensure comprehensive protection. Understanding Malpractice Insurance Malpractice insurance, a subset of professional liability insurance,…
Read MoreQuestions You Can Ask Your Pharmacist Instead of Your Doctor
In today’s fast-paced world, accessing timely healthcare can be challenging. Long wait times for doctor appointments and busy schedules often leave patients seeking immediate answers to their health concerns. Fortunately, pharmacists are highly accessible healthcare professionals equipped to address many of these questions, offering guidance on medications, minor ailments, and more. Understanding the Role of…
Read MoreNurses and The Good Samaritan Law
During protests in Denver in 2020, a group of off-duty medical professionals stepped in to treat people injured by tear gas, rubber bullets, and other crowd control measures. Some were nurses, others were EMTs or doctors—none were required to help, but they did anyway. In the process, several were injured themselves. This isn’t an isolated…
Read More10 Things to Avoid When Looking for Liability Insurance Online
Everyone in the healthcare space has had a rough couple of years. From staffing challenges to mental health issues and just plain burnout, our healthcare heroes have had enough pressure and stress to last a lifetime. Business owners and consultants haven’t had it much better with constant uncertainty, loss of profits and looming inflation. More…
Read More10 Ways Mental Health Can Affect Relationships: What Marriage Counselors Should Know
Awareness and understanding of mental health conditions has grown in recent years; accelerated further during the pandemic. These issues can have a dramatic impact on a person’s life. Everything from mundane daily tasks to important life goals can be made so much more difficult by mental health issues. But perhaps the biggest issues can emerge…
Read MoreContinuing Education Round-up for Nurse Practitioners
Nurse practitioners are required to complete 50 hours of continuing education credits every year to maintain their licenses. The good news is that there are plenty of opportunities to obtain these hours, both in person and virtually today, providing excellent opportunities to stay on top of the latest technologies, practices and developments in the field.…
Read More6 Major Mental Health Challenges for Today’s Students
As social expectations shift and the pressure to succeed mounts, college students often experience mental and emotional challenges. School counselors today have many more students in their care than they did just a few years ago, with more complex issues than the students of 5 or 10 years ago. In college especially, the need for…
Read MoreIn-Demand Nurse Practitioner Specialties for 2022
With the healthcare industry booming, nurse practitioners (NPs) are in an excellent position to not only further their careers but fine-tune them to meet their own talents, interests, skills, and schedules. Six of the most popular specialties for NPs to pursue reflect the changing tide of the healthcare industry, which is focused on consumer-like experiences,…
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