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Why aren’t our nurses as diverse as our patients?
(2017-12-04)
Background: The American Association of Colleges reported a “strong connection between a culturally diverse nursing workforce and the ability to provide quality, culturally competent patient care.” According ...
Supporting Clinical Nurses in the Dissemination of Best Practices
(2017-12-01)
The Best Practice Showcase at a large, academic medical center, coordinated by a Nursing Professional Development (NPD) practitioner, provides the support and structure for nurses to disseminate research and performance ...
Serving Up Surveys: Maximize Your Response Rates
(2017-12-01)
The purpose of this educational activity is designed to share with NPD Practitioners evidenced-based strategies that will maximize survey response rates. The Tailored Design Method is one method used to accomplish this. ...
Transitioning New Graduate Nurses: A Look at Magnet® Organizations
(2017-12-01)
Academy of Medicine, conducted an analysis on the progress of the <i>Future of Nursing </i>report. In the progress report, the implementation of nurse residency programs (recommendation 3), demonstrated an ...
Preceptor Workshop: “I Wish I’d Known That”
(2017-12-01)
<p>The nurse preceptor class was formulated to introduce the preceptor to the many facets to precepting. Precepting not only entails validation of technical skills but a realm of other vital components to include ...
Class is Over, Now What? Transform Quaility with Microlearning Refreshers
(2017-12-01)
As a group, Nurse Professional Development specialists do an extraordinary job of creating meaningful learning events to advance hospital goals. However, NPD specialists can become frustrated when education projects do not ...
Creative Patient Tracers for Accreditation Preparation
(2017-12-01)
Patient tracers can be an invaluable tool in the accrediation preparation process. Patient tracers can highlight potential compliance issues and prepare staff for the survey process. The idea of using patient tracers for ...
“Who wants to be a nurse?” Gaming methods for teaching nursing students
(2017-12-01)
Gaming is an innovative tool for teaching nursing students that is both fun and competitive. Gaming promotes learning activities that encourages critical thinking, active participation, and retention of information for ...
Using the EBP sepsis bundle to decrease ED mortality
(2017-12-04)
Purpose: Sepsis is the leading cause of death in non-coronary intensive care units and the tenth leading cause of death in the United States overall. One in one-hundred eighty five Americans were expected to be ...
Non-pharmacological option for self-administered nausea relief in the pediatric ED: Essential oil blend aromatic inhaler
(2017-12-05)
Poster presentation Session F presented Friday, September 15, 2017
Purpose: Our staff wanted to offer a non-pharmacological option for nausea that is self-administered/controlled, nurse directed without continued nursing ...