Due to cognitive overload, roughly 80% of medical-device user errors occur. In addition, persistent cognitive overload contributes to fatigue, burnout, and practice dissatisfaction among nurses and other clinical team members. Hospital systems and clinical leaders are challenged with creating environments and systems to help lift some of the burden placed…

Work smarter with advances in smart pump technology which can improve patient safety and provide efficiencies in nursing care delivery. In this session learn more about advances in technology that can help you reduce errors and better protect your patients. Objectives Discuss current smart infusion pump capabilities. Discuss benefits and…

Part 1 of a webinar series for nurses by nurses Objectives Define misinformation and disinformation in health care. Discuss the nurse’s role in stopping the spread of misinformation. Describe organizational roles and support systems essential to addressing misinformation. The spread of misinformation has a harmful health impact on personal and…

Registered Nurse Gabriela Bren joins Andrew Wheeler for a 1-on-1 on her double life as a registered nurse and NFL Cheerleader. Bren explains her daily life during an NFL season, how she manages her time, what the Philadelphia Eagles do to accommodate her, and many other stories about her life.

In this podcast, Cheryl Mee MSN, MBA, RN, FAAN, Executive Editorial Director of the American Nurse Journal describes the value of peer in developing journal content, and how you can get started in becoming a peer reviewer for the journal. Cheryl L Mee, MSN, MBA, RN, FAAN Executive Editorial Director…

Identify roadblocks that stop potential nurse authors from submitting a manuscript for publication in a peer-reviewed nursing journal. Outline strategies to help nursing authors overcome their fears and improve their writing. Identify steps in the writing and editorial process—from ideation to publication. Cheryl L Mee, MSN, MBA, RN, FAAN Executive…

The nursing community was shocked and saddened with the conviction of former RN RaDonda Vaught for criminally negligent homicide and abuse of an impaired adult because she mistakenly administered vecuronium rather than Versed to a 75-year-old woman awaiting an imaging procedure. The patient died. Nurses are at the sharp end…

With the nurse shortage at crisis levels even before the pandemic hit, what are the flaws or shortcomings of conventional approaches to staffing that keep nurse leaders chronically in “firefighter mode”? While a great majority of healthcare organizations cite nurse retention as a key strategic imperative, only a little over…

Learn the history and details behind the critical surge in the need for Advanced Practice RNs (APRNs) and particularly Family Nurse Practitioners (FNPs). We will explore all of the “why’s:” The existing and projected needs gap How APRNs and FNPs became documented as the most needed of the advanced nursing…