Purposeful staff rounding
A survey of peer-reviewed literature confirms that structured nurse rounding consistently improves patient satisfaction. Most of the available studies were conducted before the COVID-19…
Life at Work
2025-2026 Trends Survey
This year’s survey indicated continuing struggles to find and retain nurses. When managers and clinicians were asked to name the most important issues affecting…
Nursing-led M&M conferences
The implementation of nursing-led morbidity and mortality conferences (NMMCs) in our neonatal intensive care unit emerged after experiencing several adverse patient outcomes and identifying…
Effective discharge education using the teach-back method
Emergency department providers frequently manage non-acute health issues, which could be more effectively addressed in other healthcare settings. This trend is evident in the…
Game on!
With education, nursing staff can improve their knowledge of patient safety, infection prevention, and organizational policies. But how effective is game-based learning? This quality…
Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation 2025 Report
Welcome to the Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation® (HNHN) Annual Report—a powerful snapshot of how nurses across the nation are creating meaningful change through ANA’s…
Ending microaggressions
Guidance for recognition and response to subtle yet damaging harms. Microaggressions in nursing and patient care remain under-identified and under-addressed yet have ethical significance…
The impact of belonging
Healthy workplace environments create safe, nonjudgmental, and engaging learning conditions to support the achievement of knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes to enhance levels of…
Cultivating positive thinking skills
This study provided unique insight into the ability of nurses to reduce stress by encouraging positivity thinking skills.
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…
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…
Post-pandemic quality of life
Before the pandemic, nurses already struggled to meet the ever-changing demands of the profession; they experienced anxiety, exhaustion, excessive workloads, additional shift rotations, and…
Purposeful staff rounding
A survey of peer-reviewed literature confirms that structured nurse rounding consistently improves patient satisfaction. Most of the available studies were conducted before…
2025-2026 Trends Survey
This year’s survey indicated continuing struggles to find and retain nurses. When managers and clinicians were asked to name the most important…
Nursing-led M&M conferences
The implementation of nursing-led morbidity and mortality conferences (NMMCs) in our neonatal intensive care unit emerged after experiencing several adverse patient outcomes…
Effective discharge education using the teach-back method
Emergency department providers frequently manage non-acute health issues, which could be more effectively addressed in other healthcare settings. This trend is evident…
Game on!
With education, nursing staff can improve their knowledge of patient safety, infection prevention, and organizational policies. But how effective is game-based learning?…
Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation 2025 Report
Welcome to the Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation® (HNHN) Annual Report—a powerful snapshot of how nurses across the nation are creating meaningful change…
Ending microaggressions
Guidance for recognition and response to subtle yet damaging harms. Microaggressions in nursing and patient care remain under-identified and under-addressed yet have…
The impact of belonging
Healthy workplace environments create safe, nonjudgmental, and engaging learning conditions to support the achievement of knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes to enhance…
Cultivating positive thinking skills
This study provided unique insight into the ability of nurses to reduce stress by encouraging positivity thinking skills.
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…
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…
Post-pandemic quality of life
Before the pandemic, nurses already struggled to meet the ever-changing demands of the profession; they experienced anxiety, exhaustion, excessive workloads, additional shift…