Nursing's bond to patients and link to quality of care are pivotal, as nurses make up more that half of the health care workforce. To improve the quality of hospital care, we must also transform the quality of nursing care at the patient's bedside.
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March 4, 2013 | Journal Article
Researchers found that a 10-point increase in the percentage of nurses holding a baccalaureate degree in nursing within a hospital was associated with an average reduction of 2.12 deaths for every 1,000 patients.
May 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Nurse staffing stability associated with improved performance measures in heart failure care in rural hospitals according to this study.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Baccalaureate degree program in nursing pairs online content delivery with simulations and traditional nursing program clinical rotations.
January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Improving the hospital nurse work environment can prevent readmissions for three common conditions.
November 5, 2012 | Journal Article
Employing supplemental nurses could help meet the challenges of an aging nursing workforce, the projected future shortage of nurses, and an increasingly diverse U.S. population.
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.
July 1, 2012 | Journal Article
In this study, nurse-reported quality of care was a significant predictor of outcomes and process measures that indicate hospital quality of care.
March 1, 2012 | Journal Article
In order to reduce costly turnover among newly-licensed nurses, hospitals should work to improve job satisfaction and organizational commitment before nurses develop the desire to leave their jobs, and also work to reduce workplace injury.
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.
April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article discusses the creation of Pre-Entry Immersion Programs for students in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing scholarship program.