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Editor's Page
Hope for Healing
Dan Cook | Editor-in-Chief
8 Ideas That Work
• Seven-point instrument-assembly checklist
• The communication cart
• HIPAA-compliant progress tracker
12 Diversity, Equality & Inclusion
Essential Elements of Healthcare Equality
Paris D. Butler, MD, MPH, FACS
14 Staffing
A Clear Communication Upgrade
Katy Trapp, BSN, RN-BC
16 Legal Update
How to Handle COVID-19 Vaccinations
Casey Duhart, BS, M.Ed, JD
60 COVID Diary
Love, Loss and Hope
Beth Austin, BS, RN
64 Product News
65 Advertiser Index
66 Behind Closed Doors
Confessions of a Sentimental Hoarder
Kay Frances, MBA
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