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The Joint Commission revised its workplace violence requirements for all Joint Commission-accredited assisted living communities, nursing care centers and office-based surgery practices.
Nursing homes gained or lost a quality star when a 鈥渟taffing instability鈥 measure was included in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 Five-Star metric to rank nursing homes, according to an article published in Health Affairs Scholar.
Virtual reality can be used as an educational tool to improve health care workers鈥 hand hygiene practices, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Artificial intelligence systems require consistent monitoring and staffing, but providers seldom can select the best algorithms for their needs and validate them continually.
Six states participating in the Department of Health and Human Services postpartum maternal health collaborative learning network used data to identify multiple ideas and opportunities for improvement; and implemented and tested interventions in rapid cycles of measurement and improvement in鈥
Virtual nursing can meaningfully expand access to care and improve nurse well-being, but leaders need to address challenges effectively, an American Academy of Nursing brief said.
A nursing workload acuity tool successfully assisted in daily and annual nursing resource planning, a study found.
U.S. News & World Report ranked nurse practitioners at the top of its 鈥渂est jobs鈥 list for the second year.
For the 23rd consecutive year, Americans ranked nurses the most trusted profession, according to Gallup.
In an interview, former 兔子先生CEO Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, predicts nursing leaders will prioritize workplace violence, well-being and digital transformation in 2025.