A renewed focus on preventing sharps injuries in the operating roomDecember 14, 2017In July, the American Nurses Association (ANA) hosted its first in-person Sharps Injury (SI) Prevention Stakeholder meeting. Experts, advocates, specialists, and frontline nurses from varied backgrounds with global…
Environment, health, and safetyMay 11, 2010Nurses today are indeed challenged to do no harm to the sick as well as the healthy—just in the course of daily life and work.
Fall prevention safety bundle: Collaboration leads to fewer fallsJuly 12, 2017At St. Joseph’s Hospital and Health Center in Syracuse, NY, we’re committed to providing a safe, comfortable, caring environment for our patients. We believe all patients deserve to be cared…
Guns and nursesDecember 27, 2016The ambush shootings in downtown Dallas last July, which killed five police officers and wounded seven other people, cast a spotlight on gun violence yet again. This and other…
Issues up close – Fighting the invisibleJuly 11, 2011MRSA, Clostridium difficile, and newly emerging “superbugs” are penetrating deeper into both healthcare and community settings. We need to use critical-thinking skills and rigorous infection control practices to…
On unsafe groundJanuary 10, 2018A call for real change and policies to prevent violence against nurses By Susan Trossman, RN Healthcare facilities are a microcosm of society, where like the general population,…
Risk-adjusted mortality rates: Why you should care about themSeptember 12, 2016Have you ever heard of risk-adjusted mortality? Maybe you’re thinking, “No! It sounds like something only a healthcare administrator or researcher would be interested in.” Actually, every healthcare professional should know—and be concerned—about…
A renewed focus on preventing sharps injuries in the operating roomBy: Karen A. Daley, PhD, RN, FAAN; Angela K. Laramie, MPH; and Amber Hogan Mitchell, DrPH, MPH, CPH
