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...
Seven Steps to Reducing Pressure Ulcers
Institution-acquired pressure ulcers are a leading threat to modern quality healthcare. Research by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare...
Defeating Breast Cancer Through Crowdsourcing
A California software company, http://www.YourScan.org, has put out a call to women who have had to face the difficult diagnosis of breast cancer: Donate...
Listening To Music During Surgery Reduces Pain And Anxiety
A new study confirms listening to music before, during and after surgery reduces people’s pain, anxiety and need for painkillers. Led by Queen Mary...
Your Next Healthcare Tool -An Apple Watch?
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Hospital systems throughout the country will begin supplying their employees with Apple Watches in the hopes of improving patient care. Numerous hospitals and integrated...
A Major Trash-Talking “FAIL”
So you have a gastroenterologist, an anesthesiologist and a medical assistant….
Sounds like the beginning of a tawdry joke for the medically inclined, doesn’t it?...
How to Keep Calm and Nurse On When Things Go Nuts
Many times in your nursey career, your seemingly awesome shift will turn crazy in a moment. The mark of a good nurse is staying...