Nurses support bill targeting healthcare worker violence
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Sep 04, 2015
A state bill in Massachusetts geared toward preventing healthcare workplace violence has garnered support from nursing advocates.
LTC staff spend only half of time on care
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Aug 05, 2015
Long-term care nurses spend more than half of their time completing tasks that don’t involve resident care, according to new research in the Journal of Nursing Studies.
How’s moving patients risky? OHSA is counting the ways
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Aug 05, 2015
A new key hazard list from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration highlights the injury risk healthcare workers face when handling patients.
Yet another teamwork benefit: Workplace infections go down
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2015
Healthcare-associated infection rates are reduced when nurses and physicians work collaboratively, according to an analysis by New York researchers.
Nursing diversity improves … but slowly
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2015
Though nursing’s ranks are becoming more diverse, there’s still much work to be done to make it reflective of the U.S. population.
Ask the Nursing Expert … about patient-centered care
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Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
May 08, 2015
The National Quality Forum recently declared, “Person- and family-centered care emphasizes the inclusivity of recipients of healthcare services and their families and caregivers.
Ask the Nursing Expert … about hospital readmissions
Mar 06, 2015
Is it true we will be hit by cuts in reimbursement and penalized by Medicare for high percentages of hospital readmissions based on the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, or PAMA?
Degreed DONs found to be more valuable
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 01, 2014
Nursing homes with highly educated, certified directors of nursing have better outcomes on some key quality measures, according to recent findings.
More than 1 in 3 nurses leave first job by third year: study
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2014
Nearly 18% of new nurses leave their first job within a year, according to a study in Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice.
Let there be light for better nurse health, patient care
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 01, 2014
Creating workspaces with natural light could improve nurses’ job performance and health, Cornell University researchers believe.