Sometimes the lessons learned when working to improve nursing education and empowerment are truly worth sharing—even half a world away. ...

Medication errors, patient identification errors, and surgical errors are some of the unfortunate events that take place all too frequently in healthcare. In the constant battle to prevent these adver...

Improving nursing-sensitive indicators (NSI) or organizational indicators with a nursing component requires participation of direct-care bedside nurses. Quality improvement (QI) programs designed by o...

Sometimes it takes a spark to bring about a large, important change in an organization. For St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estate, IL, changing to an improved electronic policy and procedure pr...

Inside: Better teams, better checklists, better care Critical to your QI efforts: Engaging busy bedside nurses New year, new patient safety resolutions Can you give us a review of cur...

As cliché as it might sound, the start of a new year brings a new opportunity to pause and plan for the 12 months ahead. Even though many of us run operations on a separate fiscal year, where b...

Inside: Move to electronic policies and procedures streamlines organization Having confidence in your contractors’ performance Taking training on the road: Nurses take evidence-base...

When it comes to nursing documentation, a few areas tend to trip up organizations, requiring them to refocus their efforts. Let’s examine these areas....

Case studies California hospital develops electronic med rec application. March, p. 8. Capturing pharmacy interventions as near misses. Dec., p. 1. Colorado hospital evaluates ‘missed opportunit...

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