Creating the future through bold decision-making
ONS leaders employ an innovative approach to strategic planning. (more…)
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Expanding decision-making options
Guide new graduates to broaden their career choices. Takeaways: Many new nurses make career decisions based on what their peers…
Going from the gut
The current emphasis on best practices, guidelines, and checklists make cause healthcare professionals to turn off their judgment and go by the book – even when it’s the wrong thing to do.
Many shades of grey
Leah Curtin discusses the effects of ambiguity.
Our journey along the Pathway to Excellence®
A rural community hospital shares its story of designation and re-designation. Takeaways: Pathway to Excellence® is an evolving process that…
Quantum ethics: Coming to grips with the dark side
Nurses have an ethical duty to address the web of relationships,
expectations, and egocentrism that influences them.
Sustaining shared decision making: A biennial task force process
Many hospitals have instituted formal shared decision making (SDM) or shared governance to promote excellence in nursing practice. SDM is…
