Getting to the root of the root-cause analysis problem
With national attention focused on the unacceptable prevalence of medical errors, the healthcare sector has turned to highly reliable industries, including aviation and nuclear…
Practice Matters
Nursing’s memes: Ideas that mold the profession
We need to pay attention to the memes that are catching and spreading within our profession.
What Works: Improving influenza vaccination compliance in an academic medical center
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all healthcare workers receive the influenza vaccine. Here is how one medical center is working…
Why do people lie?
Don Esco sought skilled nursing care at a Placerville, California facility for Johnnie, his wife of nearly 61 years, when she was recuperating from…
Quantum change: Flapping a butterfly’s wing
Tiny quantum changes can have widespread consequences, transforming the world in untold ways.
Human factors engineering can improve patient safety
Knowing how nurses interact with the environment can help safeguard patients.
Safe sharps disposal in the home
Nurses can easily dispose of sharps in the hospital, but it’s not so easy for patients at home. Learn how you can educate patients…
What Works: Improving documentation of restraints in the neuro ICU
Learn how one unit implemented their project, including outcomes and how to overcome barriers.
How to meet the challenge of disruptive patients
Disruptive patients can be challenging for even the most experienced nurse. Learn how identify those at high risk for disruptive behavior and strategies for…
Introducing the quantum patient
The quantum patient is an indivisible human being whose health problems might not be healed through traditional specialization.
Just culture promotes a partnership for patient safety
The authors explain how workplaces can move toward just culture, which recognizes that errors may be systemic rather than personal.
Getting to the root of the root-cause analysis problem
With national attention focused on the unacceptable prevalence of medical errors, the healthcare sector has turned to highly reliable industries, including aviation…
Nursing’s memes: Ideas that mold the profession
We need to pay attention to the memes that are catching and spreading within our profession.
What Works: Improving influenza vaccination compliance in an academic medical center
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all healthcare workers receive the influenza vaccine. Here is how one medical center…
Why do people lie?
Don Esco sought skilled nursing care at a Placerville, California facility for Johnnie, his wife of nearly 61 years, when she was…
Quantum change: Flapping a butterfly’s wing
Tiny quantum changes can have widespread consequences, transforming the world in untold ways.
Human factors engineering can improve patient safety
Knowing how nurses interact with the environment can help safeguard patients.
Safe sharps disposal in the home
Nurses can easily dispose of sharps in the hospital, but it’s not so easy for patients at home. Learn how you can…
What Works: Improving documentation of restraints in the neuro ICU
Learn how one unit implemented their project, including outcomes and how to overcome barriers.
How to meet the challenge of disruptive patients
Disruptive patients can be challenging for even the most experienced nurse. Learn how identify those at high risk for disruptive behavior and…
Introducing the quantum patient
The quantum patient is an indivisible human being whose health problems might not be healed through traditional specialization.
Just culture promotes a partnership for patient safety
The authors explain how workplaces can move toward just culture, which recognizes that errors may be systemic rather than personal.
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