PATIENT HANDOFFS are critical transitions in healthcare, occurring when responsibility for a patient’s care is transferred from one provider to another. This process is vital for ensuring continuity of care, minimizing the risk of errors, and enhancing patient safety. In…

Violence perpetrated against nurses and other healthcare workers worldwide has gained increasing attention over the past several years and requires urgent organizational intervention. Exposure to violence perpetrated by patients and visitors creates moral and ethical distress among the frontline nursing…

A STATE BOARD OF NURSING (SBON) complaint may be filed against a nurse practitioner (NP) by a patient, a patient’s family member, colleague, employer, and/or other regulatory agency, such as the Department of Health.

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has identified that the current nationwide nursing shortage is predicted to extend through 2030. Healthcare facilities are experiencing unprecedented turnover and insufficient staffing ratios which is directly impacting staff nursing recruitment and…

This is sponsored content and is supplied by Nurses Service Organization. The content has been reviewed by our HCM internal editorial staff but is not peer-reviewed. What nurses need to know about metadata, documentation, and legal liability Metadata analysis of…