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...

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...

Words Matter

A new John Hopkins study found stigmatizing language in medical records may affect the care a patient receives. When...

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 Do When a Patient Dies?

We live in a culture where most people rigorously avoid talking about death, much less witnessing it firsthand. Over the course of a lifetime, the...

Should Dogs Be Allowed in Hospitals?

Over the past couple of decades it has become increasingly common to find dogs lounging around offices during work hours. Now our furry friends are making...

Study Shows Intensive Blood Pressure Management May Save Lives

More intensive management of high blood pressure, below a commonly recommended blood pressure target, significantly reduces rates of cardiovascular disease, and lowers risk of...

Podcast: Preventative Healthcare Practices May Prevent Blood Clots in Patients

According to the CDC, an estimated 60,000-100,000 Americans die annually of venous thromboembolism, commonly known as blood clots. The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety has...

10 Things I Wish Nurses Would Remember

Sometimes the tables turn and we find ourselves on the other side of the health care equation --as the patient or alongside a friend...

New Study Examines Moral Distress in Emergency Nurses

A first-of-its-kind study from Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), published online in the Journal of Emergency Nursing, finds that moral distress in the emergency department...