Implementation of mobile communication device for senior leadership students during clinical time to enhance communication between the students and other health care providers.

This poster speaks to the confusion among Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences faculty and students regarding Professional Service Activity requirements.

Introduction: The waiting period for surgical patients' family members can be stressful, causing increased frustration and fear. Most patients and families do not regularly experience the surgical environment in the same ...

Helping family members say goodbye to loved ones who are dying in the hospital or nursing home is difficult in the best circumstances. With COVID-19, visitation is often not allowed and family have to say goodbye using ...

Poster presentationSession F presented Tuesday, October 1, 11:30 am-12:30 pmPurpose: To improve visual communication and interdisciplinary collaboration to manage patient agitation in a busy emergency setting. Responding ...

Patient experience continues to be at the forefront of many healthcare organizations. A large Midwestern tertiary-care organization implemented an empathic communication educational initiative in the Department of Nursing ...

Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) are having to notify family members of patients with COVID-19 about the patient's death by telephone. This can be quite difficult if the APRN is not comfortable making the call. ...

Transition from student to clinical practice as a new registered nurse can be overwhelming. The coronavirus pandemic has compounded the usual stressors and puts new graduates at high risk for stress, compassion fatigue and ...

An assessment of a medical-surgical unit established that there were poor communication and teamwork practices. Consequently, an evidence-based practice change was implemented in which TeamSTEPPS 2.0 was utilized to address ...

“To Err is Human,” a report set forth by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), significantly underestimated the magnitude of medication error impact on patient morbidity and mortality (IOM, 2001; IOM, 2015). To improve healthcare ...