Cassie Keiser, a junior majoring in Psychology and Data Analytics with a minor in Marketing, came into college looking for a way to combine her two degrees. She didn’t have to wait long: a gerontology ...

Author Adrian O’Dowd, MA, is freelance medical writer.Dr Gillian Leng, implementation director at NICE, believes that nurses are vital for successfully implementing NICE guidelines. In an interview ...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:Ongoing dissatisfaction with anonymous peer feedback led to problem solving to equip nurses to provide and receive respectful and meaningful feedback during face-to-face peer review ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Is a program designed to alleviate Vermont’s nursing shortage taking a toll on regulators’ budget? Vermont’s interstate nursing licensure compact allows nurses and LPNs to ...

Revisions to the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology/Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards: Expanding the Scope to Include Inpatient Settings Forty-four (80%) of ...

This report summarizes the implementation process and results from the 2016 Family Satisfaction Surveys conducted in Ohio nursing homes and residential care facilities. Psychometric properties of the ...

Background: The prospective payment system (PPS) for nursing homes was designed to curtail the rapid expansion of Medicare costs for skilled nursing care. This study examines the changes that occurred ...

A 3-step protocol, "time-out for sign-out," standardizes OR to ICU handoffs, improving communication and patient safety. Junior clinicians benefit significantly from structured handoff processes, ...

Revisions to the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology/Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards: Expanding the Scope to Include Inpatient Settings Because cancer ...