45% increase in serious hospital birth complications
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality announced this week that women experiencing serious complications while giving birth in U.S. hospitals increased by 45%…
Community
Improving practice to reduce falls in the nursing home
Falls, typical incidents among older adults in the nursing home, are associated with debility, functional impairment, and mortality. Falls resulting in injury and medical…
Dramatic rise in sexually transmitted infections
By Julie Cullen, Managing Editor, American Nurse Today According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sexually transmitted infections (SDIs) are on the…
Safe patient handling equipment and workplace culture
Just this past week, I encountered two situations that I found to be interesting. The first has to do with recommendations suggested by a…
Attitude is everything
Growing up I heard a lot about the importance of a good attitude and a strong work ethic. As a father I am passing…
Adult survivors of childhood cancer struggle financially
What happens to adults who’ve survived cancer during childhood? Recent research from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital indicates that they may be struggling. The…
How do you improve pharmacist and nurse communication?
By Julie Cullen, Managing Editor, American Nurse Today I thought the best way to answer that question would be to speak to a nurse…
Adapting leads to outcomes
In our efforts to bring about effective change to our workplace processes, too often we overlook ourselves as the reason why our initiatives sometimes…
The changing landscape of the nursing home
For the 10 years of my nursing career that I spent in the acute care setting, patient turn around was very rapid. There wasn’t…
A lesson learned from an unlikely source…continued
When most of us entered nursing practice, we recognized that lifting patients is an acceptable part of the job responsibilities, but rarely did we…
The thin white line: Are we doing enough to prevent violence against nurses?
In 1976, Dallas police officer Robert Wood was shot and killed during a routine traffic violation stop. For 12 years, the killer remained at…
Strategies for effective patient communication
Communication is an exchange of information between two persons—a sender and a receiver. But it doesn’t end there. Feedback is an essential component because…
45% increase in serious hospital birth complications
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality announced this week that women experiencing serious complications while giving birth in U.S. hospitals increased…
Improving practice to reduce falls in the nursing home
Falls, typical incidents among older adults in the nursing home, are associated with debility, functional impairment, and mortality. Falls resulting in injury…
Dramatic rise in sexually transmitted infections
By Julie Cullen, Managing Editor, American Nurse Today According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sexually transmitted infections (SDIs) are…
Safe patient handling equipment and workplace culture
Just this past week, I encountered two situations that I found to be interesting. The first has to do with recommendations suggested…
Attitude is everything
Growing up I heard a lot about the importance of a good attitude and a strong work ethic. As a father I…
Adult survivors of childhood cancer struggle financially
What happens to adults who’ve survived cancer during childhood? Recent research from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital indicates that they may be…
How do you improve pharmacist and nurse communication?
By Julie Cullen, Managing Editor, American Nurse Today I thought the best way to answer that question would be to speak to…
Adapting leads to outcomes
In our efforts to bring about effective change to our workplace processes, too often we overlook ourselves as the reason why our…
The changing landscape of the nursing home
For the 10 years of my nursing career that I spent in the acute care setting, patient turn around was very rapid.…
A lesson learned from an unlikely source…continued
When most of us entered nursing practice, we recognized that lifting patients is an acceptable part of the job responsibilities, but rarely…
The thin white line: Are we doing enough to prevent violence against nurses?
In 1976, Dallas police officer Robert Wood was shot and killed during a routine traffic violation stop. For 12 years, the killer…
Strategies for effective patient communication
Communication is an exchange of information between two persons—a sender and a receiver. But it doesn’t end there. Feedback is an essential…
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