Carrots and sticks
The Stick—penalties for excess readmissions Is your hospital on the list? Starting this month, over 2,200 hospitals are forfeiting up…
change
Challenging nursing’s sacred cows
Do you routinely instill normal saline solution into endotracheal tubes before suctioning? Use only the Glasgow Coma Scale for neurologic assessment? Evidence on these and other sacred cows of nursing practice might surprise you.
Fighting the war on dogma
Want do away with outdated dogma in your workplace? Learn how to present an effective case for changing the current thinking.
From dream to reality
Appreciative inquiry can give your organization a fresh approach to change. In this affirmative process, everyone’s opinions, thoughts, and ideas count.
Health, safety, & wellness
Planned workplace napping can reduce error risk, increase productivity,
and boost efficiency in healthcare workers.
Making resolutions, making meaningful changes
Did you make a New Year’s resolution? If so, how’s your resolve holding up? According to researchers, after 1 month,…
Pooling the power of goodness to create change
Commitment and compassion can do more to transform health care
than any competitive business model can.
Quantum change: Flapping a butterfly’s wing
Tiny quantum changes can have widespread consequences,
transforming the world in untold ways.
Ready to change specialties?
Make sure you know yourself and what you really want. By Janet Boivin, BSN, RN Deciding to change your…
Sparking change in nursing
Successful change requires new skills and levels of understanding. I recently spent an invigorating day with several nurses and clinical…
The Choluteca bridge: What’s wrong with this picture?
Have you ever heard of the Choluteca Bridge in Honduras? Designed to withstand even the strongest hurricane, it survived Hurricane…
