Patient Safety

Mitigating patient identification threats

A cardiology team scheduled a complex cardiothoracic surgery for identical young adult twins with the same life-limiting diagnosis. However, the twins insisted they undergo…

Promoting health literacy

Effective patient education must include assessment, planning, implementation, and education; skipping one of these components puts the patient at risk for suboptimal education. Healthcare…

Tailored falls prevention plans

Nurses make significant contributions to patients’ experiences, safety, and healing. Today, with such a strong evidence base in place to demonstrate the correlation between…

Known fallers

Patients who arrive in the emergency department (ED) because of a fall or with a medical condition or after an accident that resulted in…

Nurse referrals to pharmacy

As the main point of patient contact, nurses can help quickly identify potential health-related issues. Taking a whole person/population health management approach provides patients…

Let’s huddle up

Tiered huddles, brief conversations that occur throughout levels of an organization or across health systems, move up and back down the organizational structure to…

Electronic peer review and CLABSI rates

Peer review, an expectation of nursing professionals, aligns with Magnet® standards related to the promotion of patient safety and the advancement of nursing knowledge.…

The role of nurses in firearm safety

Theoretical debates about gun violence disappear within the realities of practice: the emergency department (ED) nurse supporting a family who’s lost a loved one…

Mitigating patient identification threats

A cardiology team scheduled a complex cardiothoracic surgery for identical young adult twins with the same life-limiting diagnosis. However, the twins insisted…

Promoting health literacy

Effective patient education must include assessment, planning, implementation, and education; skipping one of these components puts the patient at risk for suboptimal…

Tailored falls prevention plans

Nurses make significant contributions to patients’ experiences, safety, and healing. Today, with such a strong evidence base in place to demonstrate the…

Known fallers

Patients who arrive in the emergency department (ED) because of a fall or with a medical condition or after an accident that…

Nurse referrals to pharmacy

As the main point of patient contact, nurses can help quickly identify potential health-related issues. Taking a whole person/population health management approach…

Let’s huddle up

Tiered huddles, brief conversations that occur throughout levels of an organization or across health systems, move up and back down the organizational…

The role of nurses in firearm safety

Theoretical debates about gun violence disappear within the realities of practice: the emergency department (ED) nurse supporting a family who’s lost a…
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