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...

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

The Cancer Treatment Centers (CTC) of America at Midwestern Regional Medical Center in Zion, IL, believes in the “mother standard of care,” or treating patients as if they are family membe...

When Heather Forbes, RN, BSN, CEN, CSHA, HACP, accreditation and regulatory coordinator at Southern Maine Medical Center (SMMC) in Biddeford, first took over the role of survey coordinator, she looked...

True or false: It is important for patients and families to understand the individual patients’ risks for falls, and the specific measures that are being used to prevent them from falling....

Next time your nursing staff members complain about having too much paperwork and not enough time at the patient’s bedside, you can tell them their feelings are echoed by nurses nationwide, as s...

The Joint Commission has released its list of the most cited standards for 2009. Unsurprisingly, the list contains many Life Safety Code and Environment of Care standards, primarily regarding fire saf...

True or false: Staff members must receive training on the use and management of restraint and seclusion, and their competency to perform must be assessed annually....

We wanted to thank more than 70 AHAP members who were able to attend this year’s AHAP conference in Las Vegas....