Advancing Excellence now embraces nurses in policy
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2014
Nurses’ efforts to be leaders in a national effort to improve long-term care showed how they can attain greater influence over healthcare policy, according to an article recently published in Geriatric...
Let there be light for better nurse health, patient care
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 01, 2014
Creating workspaces with natural light could improve nurses’ job performance and health, Cornell University researchers believe.
Veteran nurses struggle to make grade
By
Tim Mullaney
Jun 01, 2014
Registered nurses with a lot of experience might have a harder time in graduate school than less seasoned nurses, according to a first-of-its-kind pilot study from California State University-San Marcos.
Residents reciprocate when nurses initiate warm regards
By
Tim Mullaney
Jun 01, 2014
Relations between long-term care nurses and residents can be understood through the concept of “reciprocity,” and cultivating certain types of reciprocity can improve care, according to recent...