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April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study explores the Awakening and Breathing Coordination, Delirium Monitoring and Management, and Early Mobility (ABCDE) bundle, an approach to managing ICU-acquired delirium and weakness by improving communication among ICU team members, standardizing care processes, and breaking over-sedation and prolonged mechanical ventilations cycle.
March 21, 2012 | Journal Article
This article examines the impact of The Future of Nursing report and its recommendations on the practice of forensic nursing. The authors ask that the International Association of Forensic Nursing endorse the report, and link its recommendations to the IAFN strategic plan.
September 27, 2012 | Story
Interdisciplinary team examines strategies to prevent problems with central intravenous lines.
September 27, 2012 | Story
State Action Coalition builds momentum toward goals of transforming nursing profession and improving health and health care in Louisiana.
March 1, 2012 | Commentary
This article examines the impact of The Future of Nursing report and its recommendations on the practice of forensic nursing. The authors ask that the International Association of Forensic Nursing endorse the report, and link its recommendations to the IAFN strategic plan.
March 13, 2013 | Issue Brief
All too often, the weakest link in a patient’s care is the transition from one setting to another. To overcome these challenges, AF4Q communities are defining the obstacles to improving care transitions and designing initiatives to combat them.
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
In an example of "community-partnered participatory research," an EMS agency and a research team collaborated to rapidly develop and implement changes to long-established guidelines regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation, demonstrating how evidence-based research can influence policy and benefit patients.
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Provisions of the Affordable Care Act offer extraordinary opportunities to insure many more people, reimburse previously unreimbursed services, integrate care using new information technology tools and treatment teams, confront complex chronic comorbidities, and adopt underused evidence-based interventions.
National Program
To provide four-year awards for postdoctoral research to physicians and dentists from historically underrepresented groups who are committed to developing careers in academic medicine and dentistry.
National Program
To help develop a new generation of creative thinkers in health policy research within the disciplines of economics, political science, and sociology.