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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.

Initiative on the Future of Nursing Explores Improving Quality across Acute Care Settings

November 24, 2009 | Story

More than 300 nurses, public policy experts and health care professionals attended an acute care forum organized by the Initiative on the Future of Nursing in October that featured leading experts from around the country.

Treating Patients More Quickly with RACE

August 11, 2009 | Story

The RACE project introduced a standardized process by which each participating hospital designates a reperfusion and triage strategy for STEMI patients to decrease door-to-balloon times for percutaneous coronary intervention.

$19-Billion stimulus infusion good start, but researchers warn steep climb ahead to get hospitals to go digital.

March 25, 2009 | News Release/Video

Contrary to conventional wisdom, only a tiny fraction of U.S. hospitals have full health information technology (HIT) systems in place to improve how they deliver care, says the New England Journal of Medicine in the March 26 online edition.

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.

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

July 22, 2002 | Program Result

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.

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.

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.

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