This issue contains articles about the ANCC's Magnet Recognition Program and how it has an effect on patient safety initiatives, the Joint Commission's standards for language, culture, and communicati...

By nature, I am an outgoing person. In fact, I’ve maxed out the sociability and extrovert scale of any leadership proficiency or personality test I have ever taken. I love humor and fun, and I a...

Inside: PPR: The hard road leads to better survey prep Specialist nurses trained to obtain informed consent Lessons learned from MGH’s Joint Commission lab survey Required life ...

Inside: New York hospital’s PICU celebrates one year without central line infections Commitment from senior leadership will help nurses understand just culture Understanding the pre...

In April 2008, Baystate Medical Center (BMC), a 653-bed teaching hospital in Springfield, MA, began implementation of its Bar Code Point of Care technology to positively impact medication administrati...

Sometimes it’s all about the marketing. Take flu shots, for instance. How do you best ensure that you reach the optimal percentage of staff? How about an attention-grabbing catchphrase? At Peni...

I’ve had a unique opportunity to reflect on the complex system in which we deliver care. The complexities of the broader U.S. healthcare system and intricacies of individual facilities make elim...

The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare has announced it will release a tool specifically targeting one of healthcare’s most persistent challenges–hand hygiene–in Sep...

The Joint Commission will be releasing new standards for hospitals surrounding language, culture, and communication in the January 2011 hospital manual....

True or false: Hospitals not only need to monitor time frames for reporting critical test results and values, they must also monitor the timeliness of reporting routine test results and values....