Empowering nurses to transform health care globally: A United States-Haiti nursing partnershipSince the Magnet® Vision was published in 2008, it has inspired actions by nurses at Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH), a Magnet-recognized academic community hospital…
Tools to improve your collaborative skillsNo matter what your practice environment, you need to collaborate effectively with other nurses and other disciplines to excel in your career. Nurses are expected to participate in…
Implementing purposeful daily leadership rounding: A broader approach to measuring qualityPatient satisfaction has long been one way that hospitals measured quality, albeit indirectly. The surgical services division of Rush University Medical Center, an academic…
Enhancing innovation skills to inspire future thinkingI’ve seen it, you’ve seen it — the pace of change has ramped up exponentially. The leaps to new ideas that drive the need…
Physician and nurse engagement: From concept to collaborationIn today’s complex healthcare environment, it’s crucial for all members of the healthcare team to work together in a collaborative, collegial manner in an…
Collaboration: The key to healthcare transformationTransforming health care is a complex challenge that can best be met through a coordinated response from academia and clinical practice. Working together, chief nursing officers (CNOs) and…
Safeguarding patients: The courageous communication solutionSo how do you get a colleague’s attention when you have a safety concern? The Department of Defense partnered with the Agency for Healthcare…
Hours per patient day: Understanding this key measure of productivityTracking HPPD helps to ensure each of the units in a hospital are meeting financial targets in order to remain financially healthy. Administrators, charge…
Jump-starting unit-based councils“Iam involved in decisions that affect my work.” Many hospitals are striving to achieve better scores on this important employee-engagement survey question, as well…
Ten tips for transitioning from home care nurse to nurse managerSarah made the transition from inpatient hospital nurse to home care (HC) nurse 6 years ago. She enjoys her practice and likes helping the…
What works: Implementing an evidence-based nursing dress code to enhance professional imageIn the clinical setting, nurses base their practice on evidence to improve patient outcomes. It’s just as important that our organizational policies are evidence…
Collaboration: Get better care, go home sooner, live longerIn April 2015, Critical Care Nurse published an article about the correlation between nurse-physician collaboration and positive patient outcomes. When nurses and physicians collaborate,…
Empowering nurses to transform health care globally: A United States-Haiti nursing partnershipSince the Magnet® Vision was published in 2008, it has inspired actions by nurses at Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH), a Magnet-recognized academic…
Tools to improve your collaborative skillsNo matter what your practice environment, you need to collaborate effectively with other nurses and other disciplines to excel in your career. Nurses are expected to…
Implementing purposeful daily leadership rounding: A broader approach to measuring qualityPatient satisfaction has long been one way that hospitals measured quality, albeit indirectly. The surgical services division of Rush University Medical Center,…
Enhancing innovation skills to inspire future thinkingI’ve seen it, you’ve seen it — the pace of change has ramped up exponentially. The leaps to new ideas that drive…
Physician and nurse engagement: From concept to collaborationIn today’s complex healthcare environment, it’s crucial for all members of the healthcare team to work together in a collaborative, collegial manner…
Collaboration: The key to healthcare transformationTransforming health care is a complex challenge that can best be met through a coordinated response from academia and clinical practice. Working together, chief nursing officers…
Safeguarding patients: The courageous communication solutionSo how do you get a colleague’s attention when you have a safety concern? The Department of Defense partnered with the Agency…
Hours per patient day: Understanding this key measure of productivityTracking HPPD helps to ensure each of the units in a hospital are meeting financial targets in order to remain financially healthy.…
Jump-starting unit-based councils“Iam involved in decisions that affect my work.” Many hospitals are striving to achieve better scores on this important employee-engagement survey question,…
Ten tips for transitioning from home care nurse to nurse managerSarah made the transition from inpatient hospital nurse to home care (HC) nurse 6 years ago. She enjoys her practice and likes…
What works: Implementing an evidence-based nursing dress code to enhance professional imageIn the clinical setting, nurses base their practice on evidence to improve patient outcomes. It’s just as important that our organizational policies…
Collaboration: Get better care, go home sooner, live longerIn April 2015, Critical Care Nurse published an article about the correlation between nurse-physician collaboration and positive patient outcomes. When nurses and…
