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An investment in staff well-being
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2018-12)
"You can't give what you don't have." The implications of such a simple statement from Dr. Maureen Bisognano, keynote speaker at the 2016 Gothenburg International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, are far reaching ...
Addressing manager retention with the Pathway to Excellence® framework
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2018-08)
Nurse managers play a significant role in creating and sustaining a positive practice environment. Yet they're met with numerous challenges, such as engaging and retaining clinical nurses, improving patient care outcomes, ...
Nursing Management partners with ANCC's Pathway to Excellence® Program
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2018-04)
We're very pleased to announce an exciting new partnership between Nursing Management and the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Pathway to Excellence® Program. Nursing Management has ...
Integrating palliative oncology care into doctor of nursing practice programs
(2018-06-25)
Objective: To integrate oncology palliative care content into DNP program curricula.
2017 Pathway Award® winner: UHCC employs Pathway to Excellence® standards and technology to facilitate safe, face-to-face hand-offs
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2018-06)
The American Nurses Credentialing Center partners with sponsor Cerner to annually confer the $25,000 Pathway Award® to a Pathway to Excellence®-designated organization that demonstrates innovation and technology to enhance ...
A framework for culture transformation in international healthcare organizations
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2018-10)
Numerous changes impacting healthcare settings globally have heightened the focus on improving quality of care and patient safety. Global health leaders increasingly recognize that creating an organizational culture and a ...
Hospital acquired hypo/Hyperglycemia: A clinical issue
(2018-04-02)
Hypo- and hyperglycemia related to improper timing of mealtime insulin occurs frequently in the in-patient setting. The timing of mealtime insulin administration is affected by many variables such as blood glucose meter ...
IV ketamine infusions for the treatment of depression: An evidence based practice analysis
(2018-05-18)
According to the World Health Organization, major depressive disorder (MDD) is a mental health condition which affects a significant portion of the worldwide population and is projected to become the leading cause of ...
The use of thromboelastograpy guided transfusion therapy in trauma: An integrative review
(2018-05-11)
Trauma induced mortality can often be attributed to hemorrhage in the early phase of trauma. Up to one-half of trauma deaths are due to uncontrolled bleeding within the first few hours of injury. Patient survival following ...
The Mallampati test versus the upper lip bite test in predicting difficult intubation
(2018-05-11)
The accurate assessment of the airway is one of the most important skills an anesthesia practitioner should perfect. A difficult intubation is often defined as a Cormack Lehane (CL) grade of III or IV in adult patients. ...