How will the Affordable Care Act Affect Jobs?
March 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Brief examines ACA's likely impact on U.S. jobs.
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Profile: Amy Barton, QSEN Collaborative Member
March 24, 2009 | Story
QSEN helps Amy Barton bridge the gap between her current position in nursing education, and her previous one, in nursing practice.
Long Hours for Nurses Lead to Patient Safety Issues
February 22, 2005 | Story
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine asked 393 hospital-based registered nurses to track their working hours along with the number of errors or near errors they made on each shift. The results of that work, partially fu ...
Demands on Nurses Grow as Hospital Quality Improvement Activities Increase
March 20, 2008 | News Release
Nurses are pivotal to quality improvement efforts, but shortages could curtail involvement.
Improving Staff Satisfaction and Patient Care by Creating an Electronic Change-of-Shift Report
June 4, 2008 | Story
Staff created a simple, electronic reporting system using Excel that nurses update with pertinent patient and treatment information at any time during their shift.
A 36-Hospital Time and Motion Study
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article examines the methodology and findings of a time and motion study to measure how nurses spend their time at work. The study suggests areas for improvement in terms of efficiencies and reveals the arduous nature of nursing practice.