Tell your friends about this page!   On-Site Training Seminars Challenging Patient Situations Book Video Training Programs Healthcare Workplace Issues Ask Mary Rau-Foster's Advice Events Calendar Our Services Articles and White Papers About Us Contact Us Home     Want help on general workplace issues like conflict resolution, employee motivation and communication? Visit our sister site workplaceissues.com	Articles and White Papers Concerning Healthcare Workplace Issues   “Employee Satisfaction: The Success Factor” by Mary Rau-Foster, RN BS ARM JD “Contemporary Dialysis & Nephrology” magazine, September 1999   The cost associated with low employee morale can be calculated by looking at the expenses associated with decreased productivity, employee turnover, and unproductive time spent on the job.   Read more...     “Avoiding the Malpractice Blues” by Mary Rau-Foster, RN BS ARM JD “Contemporary Dialysis & Nephrology” magazine, October 1999   If your actions as a medical professional are questioned, lawyers, judges and juries will review all written evidence. If you are sued, written evidence is you “defense camp,” and can be your best friend or your worst enemy.    Read more...     “Violence in the Dialysis Unit, Revisited” by Mary Rau-Foster, RN BS ARM JD “Nephrology New & Issues” magazine, May 1999   If your actions as a medical professional are questioned, lawyers, judges and juries will review all written evidence. If you are sued, written evidence is you “defense camp,” and can be your best friend or your worst enemy.    Read more...     “Dealing with the Challenging Patient” by Mary Rau-Foster, RN BS ARM JD “Clinical Strategies, The American Kidney Fund Newsletter for Nephrology Professionals,” Spring 1999   Being a dialysis patient or the provider of care to the dialysis patient can be difficult. As healthcare professionals charged with the responsibility of providing life saving treatments to persons whose lives have been disrupted by this illness, we must remember to be compassionate and understanding.    Read more...     “Whose Life Is It Anyway?” by Mary Rau-Foster, RN BS ARM JD “ANNA Journal” December 1998   Reviews three situations that are common and problematic in the dialsysis setting. They beg for answers to the questions: "What is the right thing to do in this situation? Will any action or inaction result in a violation of the patient's rights? Can we get sued? What if I am morally opposed to terminating dialysis treatments or to not resuscitating a patient?   Read more...   Mary Rau-Foster, RN BS ARM JD   Mary is an attorney, an author, a nationally known speaker with an extensive background in workplace issues. She conducts seminars and workshops about conflict resolution, personnel issues, and motivational topics.   She is the president and founder of Foster Seminars and Communications. She has served as corporate counsel and director of risk management in the healthcare industry.
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