Health Professionals: September 2011 Archives

Friday September 30, 2011

Nelson Dream Team Show

We have an extra special episode for you this week.  I travel to Nelson, BC for an up-close look at a place that's figured out a way to deliver top notch maternal care in a small community on the extreme West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia.

Join us on Saturday, October 1 at 11:30 am (noon NT) and again on Monday, October 3 at 11:30 am (3:30 pm NT) on CBC Radio One.  Or click the link below to listen now, or download the podcast: 
 

Nelson Dream Team (Pop-up)

Nelson was once famous for a gold rush in the mid to late 1800s.  Today, it's the home of some health care gold.  In this small city of just under 10,000 people, roughly 350 babies are born each year.  What's extraordinary is who delivers those babies.  One third are delivered by midwives, one third by family doctors, and one third by two obstetricians.

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Categories: Blog Archives, Health Professionals, Hospitals, Past Episodes

 

Wednesday September 21, 2011

Nurse Bullying Mailbag

Last week, we explored the troubling issue of nurse bullying, also known as lateral and horizontal aggression or violence.  After our Mother's Milk show on breastfeeding, which aired last season, this program has generated the second highest number of emails, as well as posts to our blog and to our Facebook page.  It's a difficult subject; one that generates reactions that range from anger to despair.  Click on the link to read a sample of the many emails we received from you. Read more »

Categories: Accountability, Blog Archives, Health Professionals

 

Friday September 16, 2011

Nurse Bullying Show

There's a saying you hear in hospitals: "Nurses eat their young". Not doctors, paramedics, or physios, just nurses. This week, we explore the utterly common and disturbing phenomenon of nurse bullying, sometimes referred to as horizontal and lateral aggression or violence. I talk to two nurses who say they were bullied by nasty colleagues, and find out how it affected them and their patients. I also chat with Kathleen Bartholomew, a former nurse manager and one of North America's foremost experts on nurse bullying.

We're also looking for your stories about hospital parking, check out this blog post for more details. And you'll hear a column from medical student and blogger Shara Yurkiewicz on mastering the art of connecting with her patients.

Catch our show this Saturday, September 17 at 11:30 am (noon NT) and again on Monday, September 19 at 11:30 am (3:30 pm NT) on CBC Radio One. Or click below to listen right now or download the podcast:

Nurse Bullying Show (Pop-up)

Have you ever been bullied?  I have.  When I was 9 years old, I did Grades 3 and 4 in one year.  That was hard enough, but when I started Grade 5, I was the youngest and the shortest kid in class.  I was also an overachiever.  To this day, I remember being taunted on a daily basis by a bully named Michael - just for trying hard in school.  The experience so impacted on me that I'm quite sure one reason I went into medicine was to surround myself by caring people who never bully others. What was I thinking?

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Categories: Accountability, Blog Archives, Communication, Health Professionals, Hospitals, Past Episodes

 

• December 2011
  • Fri., 23 – Inspiration Show
     
  • Thu., 8 – Generation Rx: Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 6 – Your Next MD Will Be a Woman
     
  • Fri., 2 – Generation Rx: The Use and Abuse of Prescription Pain Medication
     
• November 2011
  • Wed., 30 – Generation Rx - The Role of Doctors in Opioid Abuse
     
  • Tue., 29 – Generation Rx: Four Days to Go
     
  • Thu., 24 – Generation Rx: Some Quick Thoughts
     
  • Thu., 17 – Emergency Rooms Must Deliver Palliative Care
     
  • Fri., 11 – Unsung Heroes of Health Care Show
     
  • Thu., 10 – Marketing Medicine Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 9 – A Computer Teaches Doctors Some Empathy
     
  • Fri., 4 – Marketing Medicine Show
     
• October 2011
  • Wed., 26 – Breaking Up Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 19 – Can We Talk? Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 14 – Can We Talk? Show
     
  • Wed., 12 – Respect Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 7 – Respect Show
     
  • Wed., 5 – Nelson Dream Team Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 4 – Overdiagnosis = Overkill
     
• September 2011
  • Fri., 30 – Nelson Dream Team Show
     
  • Wed., 21 – Nurse Bullying Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 16 – Nurse Bullying Show
     
  • Wed., 14 – Personal Support Worker Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 9 – WCBA Season Debut: Personal Support Workers and Seniors
     
• August 2011
  • Tue., 30 – Pulling the Plug: Why Hospitals Aren't on the Same Page
     
  • Wed., 10 – Do Mental Health Patients Fall Through the Cracks?
     
  • Wed., 3 – Right to Die: This Time May Be Different
     
• July 2011
  • Tue., 26 – Before You Fire Your MD - Have a Chat
     
  • Mon., 11 – WCBA in the Summer: Boundaries Part Two
     
• June 2011
  • Thu., 30 – WCBA in the Summer: Boundaries Part One
     
  • Fri., 24 – The Perils of Involving MDs in Crime Prevention
     
  • Wed., 22 – Sleepy Residents Mailbag
     
  • Thu., 16 – Unifinished Business Show Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 15 – Update on Alleged Plagiarism by University of Alberta's Dean Baker
     
  • Wed., 15 – Getting Past Vaccine Skepticism
     
  • Mon., 13 – Medical Deans Who Plagiarize Should Resign
     
  • Thu., 9 – Mental Health Show Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 3 – Mental Health Show
     
• May 2011
  • Wed., 25 – To Err Is Medicine Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 18 – Nursing Home Violence Show Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 17 – The Black Art of Delivering Bad News to Patients
     
  • Wed., 11 – Mother's Milk Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 10 – "Is There a Doctor on Board?"
     
  • Fri., 6 – Mother's Milk Show
     
  • Wed., 4 – Healthy Skepticism Mailbag
     
  • Mon., 2 – Early Screening Test for Autism Shows Promise
     
• April 2011
  • Thu., 21 – Nurses and Physician Assistants: Make Nice and Get Along!
     
  • Fri., 15 – MS Zamboni: Here We Go Again
     
  • Thu., 14 – Overdiagnosed Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 13 – Beware of "Off-Label" Prescribing
     
  • Tue., 12 – Older Doctors: Update
     
  • Fri., 8 – Will to Die Part 2 + Overdiagnosed
     
  • Fri., 8 – Former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein Diagnosed with Dementia
     
  • Tue., 5 – Take Two Pills and Skype Me in the Morning
     
  • Mon., 4 – Will to Die Mailbag
     
• March 2011
  • Thu., 31 – Older Doctors Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 29 – Taking Better Care of Seniors in the ER
     
  • Fri., 18 – Older Doctors Show
     
  • Thu., 17 – Concierge Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 16 – Does Your Doctor Check Your Medical Tests?
     
  • Thu., 10 – Breaking Up Mailbag
     
  • Mon., 7 – Breaking Up: Reaction to Your Reaction
     
  • Fri., 4 – Breaking Up Show
     
  • Fri., 4 – A Leaky Medical Gadget?
     
• February 2011
  • Fri., 25 – Good Samaritan show
     
  • Fri., 18 – Wandering Show and a Personal Reflection
     
  • Thu., 17 – Listen to Me Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 15 – Beware the Blood Test Not Checked
     
  • Fri., 11 – Listen to Me show
     
  • Wed., 9 – No Appointment Show Mailbag
     
  • Mon., 7 – Reverse Medical Tourism?
     
  • Wed., 2 – Mailbag on Euthanasia (Corridor) Show
     
• January 2011
  • Mon., 31 – Shared Medical Visits Help People Lose Weight
     
  • Thu., 27 – Hospital Fixer Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 25 – Surgeons and Suicidal Thoughts: Behind the Mask
     
  • Fri., 21 – The Hospital Fixer Show
     
  • Wed., 19 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 18 – Surgeons Need Some Understanding
     
  • Thu., 13 – Thursday Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 11 – Prepare for H3N2 Seasonal Flu!
     
  • Mon., 10 – Patient Privacy: More to Come
     
  • Fri., 7 – Patient Privacy show
     
  • Wed., 5 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
• December 2010
  • Fri., 17 – Knee-high Medicine show
     
  • Tue., 14 – More on Haiti
     
  • Mon., 13 – MS Zamboni Treatment: Dr. Goldman Interview
     
  • Fri., 10 – Lights and Sirens show
     
  • Thu., 9 – Sneek Peek: Our "Lights and Sirens" show
     
  • Wed., 8 – Public Health, Private Lives: Thank Yous
     
  • Wed., 8 – Public Health, Private Lives: Live Chat on December 8, 2010
     
  • Fri., 3 – The Stress Show
     
  • Thu., 2 – Thursday Mailbag
     
  • Thu., 2 – Sneak Peek: Public Health, Private Lives
     
• November 2010
  • Tue., 30 – Does 'Telemonitoring' of Patients Improve Care?
     
  • Fri., 26 – Time to Mention the Unmentionables
     
  • Thu., 25 – Sneak Peek of Our Unmentionables show
     
  • Wed., 24 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Mon., 22 – MS Zamboni Treatment: Where are We Now?
     
  • Fri., 19 – Home Care Episode
     
  • Thu., 18 – Thursday Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 17 – Sneak Peek of our Home Care Show
     
  • Tue., 16 – Can Doctors Impose Do Not Resuscitate Orders? They Can
     
  • Tue., 16 – MS Zamboni Treatment: new developments
     
  • Fri., 12 – In Sickness and In Health
     
  • Wed., 10 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 9 – Don't Label Patients Difficult
     
  • Tue., 9 – Duty to Refuse Death-Delaying Treatment?
     
  • Fri., 5 – Healthy Design
     
  • Fri., 5 – More From Our Residents' Panel on End-of-Life
     
  • Fri., 5 – Join Me Sat. November 6 at a Public Forum on Palliative Care
     
  • Thu., 4 – Hospice Care for Patients with Dementia
     
• October 2010
  • Fri., 29 – When Your Life is Circling The Drain Episode
     
  • Thu., 28 – Thursday Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 26 – ER Wait: Shame on ERs!
     
  • Fri., 22 – Sex, Lies and Medical Mistakes Episode
     
  • Wed., 20 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Mon., 18 – More Excerpts from Our Townhall
     
  • Sat., 16 – 'To Err is Medicine' Townhall Episode
     
  • Thu., 14 – Sneak Preview of Our Medical Errors Town Hall
     
  • Sat., 9 – Pain: a Terrible and Misunderstood Affliction
     
  • Thu., 7 – To Err is Medicine? Anatomy of a Modern Problem
     
  • Wed., 6 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 1 – Social Medicine
     
• September 2010
  • Thu., 30 – Money, money everywhere?
     
  • Wed., 29 – Bonus Interview on Political Activism with Quebec College President
     
  • Wed., 29 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 24 – Put down the scalpel and raise a fist
     
  • Tue., 21 – My Book: 'The Night Shift - Real Life in the Heart of the ER'
     
  • Fri., 17 – Hospitals Go Green on WCBA
     
  • Wed., 15 – Telling Tales
     
  • Mon., 13 – Sneak Peek at WCBA's Next Show on Green Hospitals
     
  • Sat., 11 – WCBA Season Debut
     
  • Tue., 7 – Euthanasia Debate Heats Up in Quebec
     
• August 2010
  • Wed., 11 – Medical Errors: a list you don't want to ignore
     
  • Wed., 4 – Pharma-Sponsored Research: Good News Means Bias
     
• July 2010
  • Mon., 26 – MDs at the Root of Big Pharma's Influence
     
  • Thu., 22 – MDs and Patients as Facebook Friends? Think Twice