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Researchers at Advocate Health Care made systemwide improvements to patient safety by classifying latent safety threats ─ characteristics of design, processes or physical environment in health care compromising patient safety ─ identified during simulation-based training.
To assist bedside nurses in preventing pressure injuries from becoming more severe, the Joint Commission this week issued a Quick Safety advisory on how to identify and evaluate severe pressure injuries early.
About 50% of hospital-equity officer survey respondents reported at least some obstacles to achieving their health equity objectives, according to a Health Affairs article.
The Campaign for Action released a video explaining its Equity-Minded Nurse initiative to advance health equity.
AdventHealth Fish Memorial in Orange City, Fla., reduced turnover from 30% to 9% by using virtual nurses.
An American Hospital Association podcast explores UVA’s Heath “Earn While You Learn” program.
The nursing shortage provides an opportunity to discontinue outdated staffing models, according to AONL member Cynde Gamache, DBA, RN, vice president and CNO at Southeast Georgia Health System.
The American Hospital Association this week expressed support for the CONNECT for Health Act (S. 2016/H.R. 4189).
AONL and 60 other members of the Nursing Community Coalition signed onto a letter this week thanking Senate Nursing Caucus Co-Chair, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., for introducing the Improving Care and Access to Nurses Act (S. 2418).
An article in the October issue of Nurse Leader describes how Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health provided care to Afghan refugees who were staying at a nearby military training facility.