Support planetary health
Actions to promote and protect the environment Spring marks a time of renewal and reawakening with cleaning, planting, and other fresh starts, bringing new…
Practice Matters
EBP, QI, and IS
Some use the terms evidence-based practice (EBP), quality improvement (QI), and implementation science (IS) interchangeably. However important differences exist. Clinicians must understand those differences…
Catalysts of change
2025 Innovation Award winners close disparity gaps. Nurses’ insights and experience in developing solutions that matter illustrate The Power of Nurses™ in dynamic and…
Empathy in ostomy care
Empathy relies on understanding an experience from another’s perspective. A simulated learning activity such as wearing an ostomy bag for a day, in combination…
Focus on nurses’ well-being
Nurses hold demanding and frequently stressful positions and hectic lives. Managing the stresses and strains of work and finding a positive work–life balance can…
Nurses’ role in skin cancer prevention
Skin cancer has reached epidemic proportions—one in five Americans will develop some form by age 70. Nurses have an opportunity to make a significant…
How to balance a bed shortage
Bed shortages remain a concern in hospitals across the country. For example, since the COVID-19 pandemic, most of Washington’s larger hospitals and tertiary centers…
Advancing antiracism
State nurses association initiatives build on community ties. In June 2024, the American Nurses Association took a significant step forward in addressing racism within…
The emergence of AI and practice
Since beginning my doctoral work in 2015, I’ve pursued AI to solve nurse staffing and scheduling challenges. The literature revealed that these issues present…
Nurse innovator resources
Eight guidebooks assist in framing and developing ideas. Nurses frequently have insights and innovations relevant across healthcare but might not know how to expand…
ARDS and prone positioning
In 2013, prone positioning—which has been shown to reduce mortality, decrease or prevent lung injury, and improve oxygenation—was written into national and international guidelines…
Anti-racism in nursing
Barriers to and strategies for sustainable progress Racism in nursing not only contradicts the core values of our profession but also undermines the quality…
Support planetary health
Actions to promote and protect the environment Spring marks a time of renewal and reawakening with cleaning, planting, and other fresh starts,…
EBP, QI, and IS
Some use the terms evidence-based practice (EBP), quality improvement (QI), and implementation science (IS) interchangeably. However important differences exist. Clinicians must understand…
Catalysts of change
2025 Innovation Award winners close disparity gaps. Nurses’ insights and experience in developing solutions that matter illustrate The Power of Nurses™ in…
Empathy in ostomy care
Empathy relies on understanding an experience from another’s perspective. A simulated learning activity such as wearing an ostomy bag for a day,…
Focus on nurses’ well-being
Nurses hold demanding and frequently stressful positions and hectic lives. Managing the stresses and strains of work and finding a positive work–life…
Nurses’ role in skin cancer prevention
Skin cancer has reached epidemic proportions—one in five Americans will develop some form by age 70. Nurses have an opportunity to make…
How to balance a bed shortage
Bed shortages remain a concern in hospitals across the country. For example, since the COVID-19 pandemic, most of Washington’s larger hospitals and…
Advancing antiracism
State nurses association initiatives build on community ties. In June 2024, the American Nurses Association took a significant step forward in addressing…
The emergence of AI and practice
Since beginning my doctoral work in 2015, I’ve pursued AI to solve nurse staffing and scheduling challenges. The literature revealed that these…
Nurse innovator resources
Eight guidebooks assist in framing and developing ideas. Nurses frequently have insights and innovations relevant across healthcare but might not know how…
ARDS and prone positioning
In 2013, prone positioning—which has been shown to reduce mortality, decrease or prevent lung injury, and improve oxygenation—was written into national and…
Anti-racism in nursing
Barriers to and strategies for sustainable progress Racism in nursing not only contradicts the core values of our profession but also undermines…