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...
Sitting Is Bad For Your Brain — Not Just Your Metabolism Or Heart
Studies show that too much sitting, like smoking, increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes and premature death. Researchers at UCLA wanted to see...
What Do You Think? –Mandatory Flu Vaccines For Health Care Workers
A recent study about mandatory flu vaccines for health care workers caught our attention. The multi-institutional study found that mandatory flu vaccines improved participation...
Patient Prejudice: New Survey Finds Bias Toward Doctors, Nurses
A majority of doctors (59%) say they confront bias from patients, including offensive remarks about gender, age, race and ethnicity, according to a new...
To Curb Medical Errors, Physicians Must Be Better Trained To Admit Mistakes
Medical errors are a leading cause of death in the United States, with some research suggesting that errors can cause as many 250,000 fatalities...
Love Actually: Americans Agree On What Makes People ‘Feel The Love’
Americans may disagree on many things, but love might not be one of them. According to researchers, people in the U.S. largely agree about...
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...