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Celebrating National Nurses Week with the latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality.
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Featured Story | National Nurses Week Resources From PSQH | As National Nurses Week wraps up, we want to salute the valuable and courageous work done by nurses at all levels of care. We highlighted the efforts of nurses this week and will continue to do so. |
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News & Analysis | Nurses Key to Achieving Health Equity Over Next Decade | By 2022, all state and federal policy changes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that expanded scope of practice should be made permanent, along with telehealth eligibility, insurance coverage, and equal payment for services provided by nurses, says The Future of Nursing 2020–2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity. |
Sponsored content Creating a Culture of Safety for Patients and Providers | Ensuring patient and staff safety is crucial to the success of any healthcare organization, not just because of legal, regulatory, and reimbursement obligations, but because doing so is in the hospital’s best interest and it’s the right thing to do. This content is presented in partnership with symplr. |
3 Ways You Can Empower Your Nurses | In the field of nursing, self-empowerment is more than just a feel-good concept. While empowerment in other occupations can result in greater job satisfaction and a heightened sense of professional worth, in nursing it’s a different matter. This content is presented in partnership with Strategic Education, Inc. and Capella University. |
Use of Evidence-Based Practice in Administration of Intravenous Push Medications | IV Push medications can be particularly dangerous given their immediate bioavailability, the narrow therapeutic dose range, and the difficulty in reversing systemic effects after IV administration (ISMP, 2015). The use of evidence-based practice is especially important in IVP administration because of the potential for harm. This content is presented in partnership with Fresenius Kabi. |
Hospital Experience: Improving Family and Patient Health Status Communication | Using a mobile application to keep families and loved one’s connected in and outside of the hospital Communication Challenges With hospitals restricting visitors due to COVID-19, patients’ loved ones are left waiting and wondering about health status. Digital boards and templatized care-transition messages don’t do enough to calm anxiety. This content is presented in partnership with Vocera Communications. |
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| Product Spotlight | Life safety expert and independent consultant Brad Keyes, CHSP, provides a practical, strategic approach to the life safety survey process. He walks you through a room-by-room, floor-by-floor analysis of the life safety measures you must have in place to avoid costly citations. The book simplifies Joint Commission standards and CMS requirements and focuses on ways to pass your next life safety survey. Order now! | |
Career Center | Post your open positions or find your next career move with the HCPro Career Center. | |
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