January 1, 1998
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Program Result
Researchers at Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, conducted a survey to explore to what extent the results of the SUPPORT project could be generalized.
October 29, 2004
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Program Result
Project staff at Home Front Communications, Washington created and distributed to local television stations a video news feed to raise public awareness about new hospital pain management standards.
December 1, 2010
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Journal Article
A new tool measures interdisciplinary and nursing care quality of pain management from a patient's perspective.
March 1, 2010
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Journal Article
A new approach to measuring pain management enhances methods for examining the effects of nursing on patient outcomes and can improve understanding of how nurses make a difference in the lives of individuals with pain.
May 15, 2008
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Program Result
The West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center is the largest in the Veterans Affairs (VA) system, and an easy place to get lost in - literally, and medically.
May 15, 2008
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Program Result
The West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center operated Pathways of Caring to help dying veterans receiving health care services at the medical center.
May 15, 2008
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Program Result
The University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle created an intervention designed to improve the quality of end-of-life care in the intensive care unit (ICU).
June 4, 2008
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Story
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center improved management of pain and more informed patients through a "pain poster"
May 18, 2011
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Program Result
Creating a set of measures that would make the connection between what nurses do and the quality of care patients receive and studying their implementation in hospitals.
November 22, 2009
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Story
CBS' 60 Minutes reports that many Americans spend their last days in an intensive care unit, subjected to uncomfortable machines or surgeries to prolong their lives at enormous cost.