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Nursing Soft Skills Are Crucial to Patient Satisfaction

Posted by Ron Washburn on July 12, 2016March 2, 2021/

In today’s opinionated, word-of-mouth driven society, patient satisfaction is a very important part of a health care experience. Patients are quick to share their experiences – good and bad – through review channels, social media sites, and simply by talking to their friends and neighbors. Those in the healthcare profession who work directly with patients should be aware of this as they interact and work to strengthen their “soft skills” to help make their care a little more personal.

School Therapy Resources

Posted by Lesley Slaughter on May 17, 2016June 8, 2021/

With autism and learning disabilities bringing challenges to many classrooms, school therapists are in high demand. Most schools have access to a team of specialists who can help with speech, occupational, and language issues, and many other problems that face children in and out of the classroom that can be accessed at no cost to families.

Many times, parents and teachers are not aware of all of the different programs available. Healthcare workers should make themselves aware of the many different services that are available within the school system and share that information with parents, to create a cohesive plan of action when working to improve the life of a child.

School Nurses Deserve Recognition and Appreciation

Posted by Ashley Waters on May 10, 2016/

As May 11 is National School Nurse Day, students, parents, and teachers around the country should be showing their appreciation to the hard working individual who keeps school medical records, performs health screenings, treats and comforts sick and injured kids, and doles out daily medication to students. However, in many school districts, there isn’t enough funding to keep a full time nurse in every school, making the jobs of existing nurses all the more difficult. Continue reading “School Nurses Deserve Recognition and Appreciation”

Celebrating National Deaf History Month

Posted by Ashley Waters on March 23, 2016March 1, 2021/

national deaf history month

National Deaf History Month is March 13 – April 15.

This holiday celebrates key figures and events that have made significant improvements over the years for the for the deaf and hard of hearing community.

Today, school-based professionals like Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing and Sign Language Interpreters are carrying forward those very improvements within our classrooms.

Calling all Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hear and Sign Language Interpreters!

What’s your reason for teaching and/or interpreting? Share your story for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card! Share your reasons by commenting below. It’s our small way of saying “thanks” for the big difference you make every single day.

Deaf History Month Share

We will be accepting entries from now until Friday, April 15, 2016.

Happy Deaf History Month from all of us at Soliant!

20 best speech therapy blogs

Posted by Tera Rowland on January 6, 2015June 6, 2024/

Speech therapy is definitely an area of the medical profession that relies more than others on innovation and sharing within its community of professionals.

We thought it would be fun (and useful) to gather together our top 20 picks for the best speech therapy blogs, in three distinct categories…. Continue reading “20 best speech therapy blogs”

Pharmacy school vs pharmacy in the real world

Posted by Tera Rowland on December 9, 2014October 5, 2021/

There seems to be a growing divide between the expectations of students in U.S. pharmacy schools and the realities of being a pharmacist. Continue reading “Pharmacy school vs pharmacy in the real world”