Patient Care
What Do You Think? –A Nurse Is Prosecuted For A Fatal Medical Mistake
No doubt you've seen the headlines about a former nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center that was arrested and charged with reckless homicide and abuse in February for making a medical...
Best Practices
Nurse Scheduling Nightmares
How two clever nurse managers found low cost options to streamline scheduling.
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Latest Studies
Even The Best Healthcare Facilities Can Do More To Prevent Infections
Healthcare-associated infections can be reduced by up to 55 percent by systematically implementing evidence-based infection prevention and control...
Latest Studies
Words Matter
A new John Hopkins study found stigmatizing language in medical records may affect the care a patient receives.
When...
Latest Studies
Nurse Staffing Levels Linked To Patient Satisfaction
Patients' unfavourable views of hospital care are strongly linked to insufficient numbers of nurses on duty, rather than...
What Do You Think? –A Nurse Is Prosecuted For A Fatal Medical Mistake
No doubt you've seen the headlines about a former nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center that was arrested and charged with reckless homicide and abuse in...
Nurse Scheduling Nightmares
How two clever nurse managers found low cost options to streamline scheduling.
...
Even The Best Healthcare Facilities Can Do More To Prevent Infections
Healthcare-associated infections can be reduced by up to 55 percent by systematically implementing evidence-based infection prevention and control strategies, according to a review of...
Words Matter
A new John Hopkins study found stigmatizing language in medical records may affect the care a patient receives.
When doctors and nurses read notes and...
Nurse Staffing Levels Linked To Patient Satisfaction
Patients' unfavourable views of hospital care are strongly linked to insufficient numbers of nurses on duty, rather than uncaring staff, indicates observational research published...
Missed Nursing Care Due To Low Nurse Staffing Increases Patient Mortality
Failure to deliver complete nursing care explains why hospitals with lower registered nursing (RN) staff levels have a higher risk of patient death, a...