Natalie Vaughn

Senior Content Marketing Manager, Relias

Natalie Vaughn has worked in marketing and communications for more than 15 years, with more than half of her experience dedicated to healthcare quality improvement. At Relias, she partners with physicians, nurses, curriculum designers, writers, and other staff members to shape healthcare content designed to improve clinical practice, staff expertise, and patient outcomes. She obtained a Master of Business Administration degree with a focus in marketing, driven by a passion for understanding consumer behavior, branding strategies, and leveraging thought leaders as innovators within a given industry.

Posts by Natalie Vaughn

Reducing workplace violence

Reducing Workplace Violence in Nursing and Healthcare

Reducing workplace violence is important for hospitals and health systems everywhere, communication and policy can help them do this.

Diversity and inclusion (DEI) in healthcare

How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can Influence Healthcare

Healthcare organizations have a responsibility to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion both for their employees and the patients they serve. This article offers six strategies to help.

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Now and Then: Mother-Daughter Perspectives on Nursing

During National Nurses Week, we share mother-daughter perspectives on what it means to be a nurse and the future of nursing.

Healthcare worker handles COVID-19 vaccine with PPE.

COVID-19 Vaccine Challenges and Actions for Healthcare Leaders

Healthcare leaders are working to meet the need for incoming patients, provide high-quality care to current patients, while also mapping out a vaccination plan that overcomes new challenges and makes up for lost time.

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A Pandemic Pregnancy: What You Don’t Expect When You’re Expecting

A mother shares her personal experience with pregnancy during COVID-19 with insight for both expectant moms and caregivers.

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Recruiting During the Nursing Shortage

With hospitals across the country facing staffing shortages, effective strategies for recruiting and retaining nurses are more important than ever.

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Depression and Anxiety in Nurses

Anxiety and depression directly impact nurses, yet the prevailing stigma prevents them from receiving the support they need. Learn how to identify the symptoms and better support your staff.

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The Importance of Nurse Certifications

Nursing certification empowers nurses and the institutions they work for to provide higher quality care and improve patient satisfaction.

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Pros & Cons of Nurse Residency Programs

Healthcare organizations must consider all of the pros and cons of nurse residency programs before deciding to implement one.

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Mental Health Wellness for Healthcare Workers

Mental health for healthcare workers should be a top priority for any facility. Learn how to identify and mediate mental health problems to ensure higher quality care.

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Nurse Turnover Rates: How to Reduce Healthcare Turnover

Nursing can be a stressful vocation, leading to high turnover rates. Learn about current nurse turnover rates, the cost of nurse turnover, and more from Relias.

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COVID-19 Sheds Blinding Light on Moral Injury

Healthcare can be a high-stress environment, this blog looks at the emotional impact it can have on healthcare workers through moral injury.

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The Catch-22 In Healthcare’s Mental Health Stigma

Healthcare workers often face unique barriers to seeking treatment for mental health issues. Find out why change can’t come soon enough.

Doctor and patient

Behavioral Health Integration Into Primary Care

Integrated behavioral health can help promote better patient care. We look at the the benefits of behavioral health integration for primary care organizations.

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Patient Safety in Nursing

Nurses have strong roles in improving and ensuring patient safety. Learn more about patient safety, best practices, and how nurses can help.

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Why You Need a Nurse Residency Program at Your Hospital

Nurse residency programs are a great way for hospitals to improve their patient care while also minimizing new nurse turnover. This blog will help you understand why.

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Increased Nurse Work Hours & Patient Safety Effects

While 12-hour nursing shifts are often considered the norm in nursing, many believe they could be compromising patient safety and outcomes.

Mental Health Stigma in Health Care

Seven Ways to Support Nurses During COVID-19 and Beyond

Coronavirus has added unforeseen difficulties for nurses. Healthcare leaders must prepare for what lies ahead and also plan to provide support for nurses.

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Patient Satisfaction & HCAHPS Reimbursement

High patient satisfaction scores and HCAHPS reimbursement go hand-in-hand, underscoring the need for robust patient experience strategies.

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Empowering Caregivers to Recognize Moral Injury in Others

As healthcare workers struggle with demands that are contradictory to their training, we look at how to address the growing problem of Moral Injury.

Nurse recognition

Nurse Recognition Is Timelier Than Ever

Meaningful recognition for nurses can make an immediate impact on improving a hospital’s or health system’s culture and is perhaps needed now more than ever before.

Workplace violence

What Is Lateral Violence in Nursing?

Lateral violence in the workplace directly impacts nurses’ job performance and compromises patient care. This blog post will help you learn how to identify and prevent it.

Improving patient experience

How to Improve Patient Satisfaction and Experience Scores

With the right strategy, healthcare administrators can help increase patient satisfaction and boost their organization’s HCAHPS scores.

Nursing Leadership

Nursing Leadership: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

Good leadership in nursing motivates and inspires nurses to practice at the top of their licensure and drives the entire team’s success. We look at the impact good leadership has on healthcare organizations.

Violence against health workers

Combatting Workplace and Horizontal Violence in Healthcare

Healthcare workers face significant risks of workplace and horizontal violence. The effects of this can be devastating for those involved. Find out how you can address this in healthcare organizations.

Why Transformational Leadership Belongs in Healthcare

Transformational leadership can play a key role in achieving patient safety, patient outcomes, and patient satisfaction. This blog looks at the highlights of our recent webinar, “Design Your Path to Transformational Leadership in 2020”.

Good Nursing Qualities

13 Qualities of a Good Nurse: Leadership & Personality Characteristics

With more and more new nurses entering the workforce, we look at 13 specific qualities that hospitals and health systems should be identifying and encouraging to help hire and understand which current nurses on staff would make great leaders.

Improved maternity care

Improve Maternal Safety: Real Solutions for Multidisciplinary Education and Training

Most hospitals and health systems fail to incorporate enough multidisciplinary education and training, we look at how to overcome the challenges and provide a real multidisciplinary training solution.