Characteristics of nursing excellence
What’s behind Magnet®-recognized organizations? By Lillee Gelinas, MSN, RN, CPPS, FAAN I’ve learned a lot through the years about the characteristics…
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Comparing Pathway to Excellence® and Magnet Recognition® Programs
Two roads to nurse engagement and quality outcomes. Takeaways: Magnet recognizes healthcare organizations for quality outcomes, patient care and nursing…
Creating the environment for nursing excellence
It’s not easy to define basic nursing care in terms relevant to academia, research, and practice. Yet ensuring the delivery…
Global issues are our issues
Nurses around the world focus on healthcare quality and access. While a lack of access to health care, widespread poverty…
Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™
Year Four Highlights: 2020-2021 Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation (HNHN), just like all of you, has had quite a year. A…
Implementing and evaluating an oral chemotherapy tracking tool
An academic medical center develops guidelines for monitoring medication adherence and side effects in outpatients. Takeaways: A gap exists between…
Operationalizing Pathway to Excellence® standard for professional development
Strategies for developing a competent, collaborative staff. During this past year, nurses have been celebrated as heroes, receiving the well-deserved…
Operationalizing Pathway to Excellence® standard for shared decision-making
A principle that guides nursing practice. Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, Georgia, has been on a journey to promote a…
Operationalizing the Pathway to Excellence® quality standard
Engage new nurses to ensure a sense of shared responsibility. Takeaways: The Pathway to Excellence Program quality standard requires that…
Pivotal role of the Magnet® program director
Fanning the flames of nursing excellence. Celebrating Magnet® designation is a day like no other. Whether it’s the first, third,…
Quality improvement in action: Revised critical blood glucose value
Interprofessional team takes action to improve care of patients with diabetes. Takeaways: The revision of a hospital’s critical blood glucose…
The ABCs of nursing research
Alleviate barriers with collaboration. Takeaways: An organizational infrastructure promoting a culture of inquiry is essential to advance nursing science with…
To nap or not to nap?
How to implement planned naps for hospital nurses. To nap or not to nap? That’s a question we recommend all…
