Some nursing leadership trends emerged quietly this year, but are nonetheless provocative for how they force us to think about nursing and how they force nurses to think about themselves as caregivers...

According to a report released by The Joint Commission, 446 sentinel events occurred during the first half of 2013. The report, released by the accreditation agency in October, provides a glimpse at s...

Use this handy index to reference all articles in PSMJ in 2013. ...

Test staff knowledge on provision of care requirements with the following questions. Answers can be found on p. 12....

The IHI's free online audio talk show program, "WIHI," aired an episode in September about a relatively new idea: the "always event."...

The IHI's free online audio talk show program, "WIHI," aired an episode in September about a relatively new idea: the "always event."...

On September 18, the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA)-the union that began the "Just Ask" campaign, urging each patient to ask his or her nurses how many people they are caring for tha...

In 2010, the Department of Health and the National Health Service (NHS) Institute commissioned King's College in London and The King's Fund to undertake research into what matters to patients and how ...

Test staff knowledge on The Joint Commission's standards on miscellaneous topics with the following questions. Answers may be found on p. 12....

Healthcare organizations have just begun becoming accustomed to the idea that readmission rates within 30 days affect reimbursement from CMS. Leaders in these organizations know that patients admitted...