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A three-month pilot study of discontinuing contact precautions for patients with select infections saved money for participating hospitals without increasing infection rates. Researchers conducted the study at a community hospital and a level II teaching hospital with fewer than 400 beds. The study鈥
The American Academy of Nursing's Building Healthcare Systems Excellence expert panel held an invitational meeting earlier this year to identify a strategy to move nursing from the most trusted to most influential profession. Senior leaders in nursing organizations, health care systems and academic鈥
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) announced this week it has surpassed 1 million enrollees in its Nursys eNotify database. Nursys collects data about licensed nurses from state nursing regulatory bodies and makes the information available to participating Nursys eNotify鈥
Using a five-point 鈥淲orry Factor鈥 scale, researchers at the Mayo Clinic studied nurses鈥 levels of concern for patient deterioration during 3,551 hospitalizations. They found nurse concern to be a more accurate predictor of deterioration than most published early warning scores. Notably, the鈥
Supporting frontline nurses to ask questions and engage in bedside research benefits nurses, patients and organizations. That鈥檚 why 兔子先生members Kerri Scanlon, MSN, RSN, deputy chief nurse executive at Northwell Health and chief nurse executive at North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, N.Y.,鈥
The World Health Organization (WHO) observed the first World Patient Safety Day Sept. 17 as part of a campaign to make patient safety a global health priority. WHO is encouraging patients, health professionals, policymakers and industry leaders to 鈥淪peak up for patient safety!鈥 Focused safety鈥
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) will be conducting a 2020 RN Practice Analysis Study for the development of the 2022 NCLEX-RN Test Plan.
The National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, will fund pragmatic trials to test dementia care interventions in real-world settings. Brown University in Providence, R.I., will partner with Massachusetts-based Hebrew Senior Life to manage the trials, which are expected鈥
TAKEheart, a free, 12-month long cardiac rehabilitation initiative, will be holding an informational webinar on Oct. 8 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. CT. Designed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, TAKEheart will help hospitals improve health outcomes by automating referral processes and鈥
The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare is asking health care systems to join an early adopter cohort that will begin using the Center鈥檚 Targeted Solutions Tool this October to combat sepsis. The tool reflects lessons learned from earlier center initiatives that produced 20% to 50%鈥