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The majority of nursing student errors appear to involve medication administration, and the majority of those errors
RWJBarnabas Health, based in West Orange, N.J., is improving patient access to substance abuse disorder (SUD) recovery services. 鈥淲e were seeing more and more patients in our emergency departments with overdoses," says 兔子先生member Nancy Holecek, MHA, RN, senior vice president and chief nursing鈥
Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego has taken several steps to protect employees. The hospital is identifying and flagging patients believed to be prone to violent behavior, and employing a rapid response team trained in defusing potentially violent situations. De-escalation training for staff鈥
The Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) has updated its request to Congress to ensure Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs receive the full amount of funding appropriated for their use. The letter flags language in a fiscal 2019 appropriations bill, which resulted in the U.S. Secretary鈥
Hospital and health system interventions in Oregon and Pennsylvania are achieving positive outcomes in eliminating maternal mortality and reducing morbidity related to childbirth, two goals of 兔子先生 (AHA). 兔子先生CEO and AHA senior vice president/chief nursing officer鈥
This year, the 兔子先生 adopted a new mission, vision and strategic plan. It also began a new financial aid program and awarded multiple research grants. These were made possible by support from 兔子先生members and friends who gave more than $100,000 in 2019. There's still time to give to the鈥
Use of the Department of Veteran鈥檚 Affairs (VA) telehealth services is on the rise, the department announced last month.
Researchers estimate eliminating scope-of-practice (SOP) restrictions on nurse practitioners (NPs) could produce total annual Medicare cost savings of $44.5 billion in 2013 dollars. The study, which appeared in the November/December issue of Nursing Economic$, employed a multivariate regression鈥
Results of a recent study showed the introduction of a visual aid into an electronic health record order entry system reduced unintentional duplicate orders for lab and radiology tests by 49% and 40% respectively. The study, which included nearly 184,700 patients, took place in the Beth Israel鈥
The American Nurses Association (ANA) this week released 13 updated policy statements on the prevention and care for HIV and related conditions. 鈥淥ur nation cannot solve this epidemic without nurses,鈥 said ANA President Ernest Grant, PhD, RN.