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June 4, 2008 | Story
SBAR, which stands for Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation, is a tool used exclusively to guide staff on the best way to communicate a large amount of information in a succinct and brief way when a patient's situation is escalating.
June 4, 2008 | Story
Massachusetts General Hospital kept patient charts at the patients' bedsides, where they were easily accessed and updated.
June 4, 2008 | Story
This ensures that at the peak time of the day, the ED has the most nurses, and the number of nurses remains in proportion to the number of patients.
June 4, 2008 | Story
A team was assembled to develop an initiative to improve nurse recruitment and retention, including internal and external recruitment strategies, comprehensive training, and a mentoring program for new ED nurses.
June 10, 2008 | Story
Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago empowers nurses by having them test and implement changes they think will improve patient care and enhance patient and nursing staff satisfaction.
June 23, 2008 | Story
Many factors influence the shortage, including inadequate nurse faculty to train new nurses and a large number of nurses preparing to retire.
July 31, 2008 | Story
When nurse leaders in Texas sought to address a shortage of nursing professors, they presented a stark reality to their Legislature. A 2007 study published by the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies revealed that nurses in academia earned $52 ...
September 11, 2008 | News Release
$28 million program addresses nursing shortage,supports next generation of academic nursing leaders.
July 1, 1999 | Program Result
Minnesota Project L.I.N.C. identified nursing needs under statewide health care reform and worked with health care facilities to prepare to meet changing staffing needs.
May 1, 1999 | Program Result
From 1995 to 1998, researchers from the Economic Policy Institute assessed the impact of labor-management cooperation and new employment and human resource practices on hospital performance, processes and outcomes.