The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) plans to replace its unpopular meaningful use program in 2016. Read more and read the speech by acting administrator Andy Slavitt.

CMS plans to end meaningful use program

Why should we care? Metrics that matter

Human trafficking: Preparing for a unique patient population

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: An approach to reducing heart-failure readmissions

Verifying NG feeding tube placement in pediatric patients

January 2016 Vol. 11 No. 1

Catching cauda equina in time

Nurse staffing and patient experience outcomes: A close connection

Nurses are nurses—unless they’re not

Jump-starting unit-based councils

Preceptor education: Focusing on quality and safety education for nurses

Bloodstream infections from peripheral lines: An underrated risk

Compassion fatigue: Are you at risk?

National Magnet Nurse of the Year® 2015 award winners

Understanding radiation dermatitis

Selecting and preparing professional references

Ten tips for transitioning from home care nurse to nurse manager

Preventing injuries from disposable syringes

Lessons learned by Magnet® Program Directors

FDA approves product for treating diabetic foot ulcers

Patient outcomes similar for ICU patients under ACNP and resident team care

New guidelines for care of the perioperative geriatric patient

Quiz time – 1/5

FDA approves new drug for gout

Night shift workers may be more at risk for car crashes

FDA allows marketing of cooling cap for chemotherapy

FDA changes blood donation policy

FDA approves new drug for PAH

Metformin may have role in pre-eclampsia

FDA approves new drugs

Quiz time – 12/15

FDA approves new drugs

New guidelines for managing care of breast cancer survivors

Secondary prevention of stroke

Protecting communities from the syphilis epidemic from birth through adulthood

The cause of death