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Unplanned Extubation: Eliminating preventable deaths
Unplanned extubations (UEs) can be reduced through the implementation of standardization of best practices, policies and procedures for institution-wide reliability for airway management safety.…
5 steps to interim manager success
Turn a challenge into an opportunity. Takeaways: The interim nurse manager role can be extremely complex and challenging but is crucial for department stability,…
Supporting nurses when patients die during a disaster: What leaders can do
Our communities are under unprecedented stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonessential personnel are isolated and quarantined at home. Some people may have to drop…
Home care safety
Home care is unique, placing nurses and other healthcare professionals in patients’ homes and personal space, and doesn’t include typical healthcare organization requirements.
Shout out and murmurs in the Year of the Nurse
“This morning I forage into the Purveyor’s Store… no mops, no plates, no wooden trays, no slippers, … no basins, no towelling, no chloride…
Nurse leaders in demand
Now more than ever, leadership is critical for the nursing community. Listen to Jeff Doucette, SVP & CNO of Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals speak…
Post-pandemic clinical nursing education: The value of academic-practice partnerships
On March 26, 2020, a group of major nursing organizations in the United States endorsed a policy brief to encourage academic-practice partnerships during the…
Quality improvement in action: Revised critical blood glucose value
In January 2017, at a 253-bed, semirural hospital, a critical blood glucose value notification wasn’t automatically sent for a blood glucose level of 42…
Strategies for improving the nurse work environment during the COVID-19 pandemic
I will never forget the first time I called a code blue for a patient under my direct care as a critical care nurse…
Unplanned Extubation: Eliminating preventable deaths
Unplanned extubations (UEs) can be reduced through the implementation of standardization of best practices, policies and procedures for institution-wide reliability for airway…
5 steps to interim manager success
Turn a challenge into an opportunity. Takeaways: The interim nurse manager role can be extremely complex and challenging but is crucial for…
Supporting nurses when patients die during a disaster: What leaders can do
Our communities are under unprecedented stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonessential personnel are isolated and quarantined at home. Some people may have…
Home care safety
Home care is unique, placing nurses and other healthcare professionals in patients’ homes and personal space, and doesn’t include typical healthcare organization…
Shout out and murmurs in the Year of the Nurse
“This morning I forage into the Purveyor’s Store… no mops, no plates, no wooden trays, no slippers, … no basins, no towelling,…
Nurse leaders in demand
Now more than ever, leadership is critical for the nursing community. Listen to Jeff Doucette, SVP & CNO of Thomas Jefferson University…
Post-pandemic clinical nursing education: The value of academic-practice partnerships
On March 26, 2020, a group of major nursing organizations in the United States endorsed a policy brief to encourage academic-practice partnerships…
Quality improvement in action: Revised critical blood glucose value
In January 2017, at a 253-bed, semirural hospital, a critical blood glucose value notification wasn’t automatically sent for a blood glucose level…
Strategies for improving the nurse work environment during the COVID-19 pandemic
I will never forget the first time I called a code blue for a patient under my direct care as a critical…