What Works: All in the family — How a family advisory council promotes family-centered care in the NICU
The author describes how the council works and its benefits for patients and families.
Patient Safety
Differentiating research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement
All nurses should know and understand the differences among these three concepts.
Managing our fears to improve patient safety
Leaders must develop a structured process for team learning and communication.
Study: Benefits of animal therapy for children unknown
Researchers who reviewed studies looking at the impact of “animal interventions” in healthcare settings for children find that the evidence base for these interventions…
What’s in a name?
What’s in a name? Editor’s note: The information below was provided by United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP). It may be freely reproduced and distributed,…
Problems with Privacy
Leah Curtin discusses how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been misinterpreted to the detriment of patients.
Clinical nurse leaders and clinical nurse specialists: harmonious partners
Collaboration between these two valuable resources depends on understanding how their roles differ.
Viewpoint: Disrupting and disrupted—nursing’s response to the inevitable
Disruption provides opportunity for nurses.
Protocol reduces complications for complex spinal surgery
A team approach reduces rates of major complications for complex spinal reconstructive surgery by two thirds, according to a report in Spine Deformity. The…
Study: CDC says improved antibiotic prescribing would reduce resistance
A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that potential harm from antibiotic resistance can be reduced through formal programs…
FTC supports APRN practice in new report
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released “Policy Perspectives: Competition and the Regulation of Advanced Practice Nurses (APRNs),” which cautions against legislators and policymakers…
What Works: All in the family — How a family advisory council promotes family-centered care in the NICU
The author describes how the council works and its benefits for patients and families.
Differentiating research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement
All nurses should know and understand the differences among these three concepts.
Managing our fears to improve patient safety
Leaders must develop a structured process for team learning and communication.
Study: Benefits of animal therapy for children unknown
Researchers who reviewed studies looking at the impact of “animal interventions” in healthcare settings for children find that the evidence base for…
What’s in a name?
What’s in a name? Editor’s note: The information below was provided by United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP). It may be freely reproduced…
Problems with Privacy
Leah Curtin discusses how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been misinterpreted to the detriment of patients.
Clinical nurse leaders and clinical nurse specialists: harmonious partners
Collaboration between these two valuable resources depends on understanding how their roles differ.
Viewpoint: Disrupting and disrupted—nursing’s response to the inevitable
Disruption provides opportunity for nurses.
Protocol reduces complications for complex spinal surgery
A team approach reduces rates of major complications for complex spinal reconstructive surgery by two thirds, according to a report in Spine…
Study: CDC says improved antibiotic prescribing would reduce resistance
A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that potential harm from antibiotic resistance can be reduced through…
FTC supports APRN practice in new report
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released “Policy Perspectives: Competition and the Regulation of Advanced Practice Nurses (APRNs),” which cautions against legislators…
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