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Technology Target Studies

January 1, 2008 | Report

This product was provided to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation by the grantee organization, American Academy of Nursing Inc.

Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Assistants Handle Same Acute Care Activities as Doctors

July 22, 2002 | Program Result Report

The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing compared the activities of midlevel practitioners, such as nurse practitioners and physician's assistants, with the activities of resident physicians.

A Multicenter, Phased, Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections in Intensive Care Units

September 1, 2012 | Journal Article

The success of this nurse-led collaborative underscores the role of nurses in quality improvement.

Forum on the Future of Nursing

September 17, 2009

Taking place on October 19 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, register now to attend or participate via live webcast. Find out how.

Nurses' Practice Environments, Error Interception Practices, and Impatient Medication Errors

June 1, 2012 | Journal Article

Nurses play a critical role in identifying and intercepting medication errors regardless where the error originates—at the prescribing, transcribing, dispensing or administration stages.

Nurses' Clinical Reasoning

January 1, 2012 | Journal Article

Nurses use clinical reasoning to prevent medication errors, saving lives and increasing the efficiency of the health care system.

Hospitalized Children's Perspectives on the Quality and Equity of Their Nursing Care

January 1, 2012 | Journal Article

Approximately 3 million children in the United States are hospitalized every year. This study examines children and adolescents' views of the quality of their nursing care while hospitalized and their physical and emotional states.

Nurses and Medication Management

December 16, 2011 | Program Result Report

Interdisciplinary research teams at four institutions examined nursing's role in - and contribution to - medication management in hospital and transitional care settings.

Psychometric Testing of the Smoking Cessation Counseling Scale

December 1, 2011 | Journal Article

The SCC scale was found to be reliable and valid for representing nursing compliance with evidence-based smoking cessation counseling.

Balancing Interests of Hospitals and Nurse Researchers

June 11, 2011 | Journal Article

Benefits outweigh the risks of conducting collaborative nursing research.

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