Best Practices
Nurse Scheduling Nightmares
How two clever nurse managers found low cost options to streamline scheduling.
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Latest Studies
Study Finds Nursing Workforce Is Growing More Diverse And Educated
More males and people of color are entering nursing, and more nurses are earning bachelor's degrees compared with...
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
‘Mindful People’ Feel Less Pain
Ever wonder why some people seem to feel less pain than others? A study conducted at Wake Forest...
Latest Studies
Patient Beware: Researchers Diagnose Crowdsourced Hospital Ratings
Consumers can go to Google, Yelp and Facebook for crowdsourced insight about the experiences they'll have at a...
Because of Nursing Research: End-of-Life Care in the ICU
Patients in an ICU are usually very sick or seriously injured. Many are unconscious or incapacitated and most require technology to support life. They...
Because of Nursing Research: Helping Families COPE with Premature Births
Most expectant parents look forward to the arrival of a healthy, well-developed baby. A premature birth drastically alters this expectation. The parents will have...
Because of Nursing Research: Supporting Technologies for Healthy Independent Living
For many older adults, there’s no place like home. However, 80% of older adults live with at least one chronic condition, and 50% live...
How Sleep Clears The Brain
A mouse study suggests that sleep helps restore the brain by flushing out toxins that build up during waking hours. The results point to...
Clinical Research Spending Down 32%
Could the Sunshine Act be creating an unintentional downward trend in clinical research? An analysis of the U.S. government's Open Payments database shows that...
Most Americans’ Hearts Are Older Than Their Age
Your heart may be older than you are – and that's not good. According to a new CDC Vital Signs report, 3 out of...