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Editor's Picks
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With Healthcare Reform the Law of the Land, Now Comes the Learning Curve
After more than one year of bitter, partisan, and often insipid fighting, the healthcare reform legislation that President Barack Obama signed last week is now the law of the land. Get ready for the mother of all learning curves, as Congress—one of the nation's least trusted entities (along with bankers and journalists)—passes its handiwork to the nation's most trusted professionals: healthcare workers. [Read More]
Nursing Workforce Getting More Diverse, Older
An extensive federal survey of nursing trends from 2004 to 2008 shows a growing diversity of backgrounds in the registered nurse workforce. The report also reveals a trend of more highly educated, male, and foreign-trained nurses. [Read More]
Hospital Bailout? It Could Happen
Leadership Editor Philip Betbeze was surrounded by thousands of healthcare executives last week at the American College of Healthcare Executives' Annual Congress, and he writes about the thrill of being at the conference while the most sweeping healthcare legislation since 1965 passed. [Read More]
Will Obama Name Don Berwick to Lead CMS?
Don Berwick, a Harvard trained pediatrician who is founder and president of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, may soon take the helm of the largest medical payer in the nation—the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Administration officials reportedly have confirmed President Obama is expected to appoint Berwick, according to numerous reports. The CMS administrator position has been vacant since 2006. [Read More]
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NurseLeaders Forum
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Social Marketing Helps Translate AHRQ Research Into Practice
The federal Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research has expanded its portfolio of work to include comparative effectiveness research and health information technology. Along with traditional and new media outreach, AHRQ uses social marketing techniques to identify and address the needs of targeted audiences, including clinicians, hospitals, pharmacists, healthcare purchasers, public policy decision-makers, and patients. [Read More]
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Business Rx
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Staff Development on the Evening and Night Shifts: Tips for Providing Meaningful Learning Experiences
Evening and night-shift nurses often feel left out of professional development opportunities and shortchanged in terms of education. Staff development specialists feel caught between meeting the needs of evening and night-shift nurses and the difficulty of providing in-person offerings during these shifts. But educators can bridge the gap with some creative learning strategies. [Read More]
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Nursing Headlines
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Quilters Design Hospital Gowns with More Personality, Privacy
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media - March 30, 2010
Law may do little to help curb unnecessary care
New York Times - March 30, 2010
Breast Cancer Screening Issue Remains Unresolved
Dom Nicastro, for HealthLeaders Media - March 26 2010
Good Catch Program Encourages Reporting Near-Miss Medical Errors
Sarah Kearns, for HealthLeaders Media - March 25, 2010
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Audio Conferences/Webcasts
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May 18: Shared Governance in Nursing: Case Studies in Collaborative Decision-Making
June 17: Horizontal Hostility in Nursing: Proven Organizational Strategies for Effective Communication and Collaboration
October 8: Nursing Orientation: Tools and Evidence-Based Best Practices to Engage New Hires
November 4: Nursing Accountability: Promote Personal Commitments with Proven Cutting-Edge Strategies
December 8: Nurse Retention and Workforce Planning: Meaningful Recognition Strategies for Building a Healthy Work Environment
On Demand: Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators: Engage Nurses in Quality Improvement and Improve Patient Outcomes
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Medical Breakthroughs
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Here are the devices, treatments, and procedures that will change the delivery—and the business—of healthcare. [Read More] |
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Making Women's Health Work
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Women's health is becoming more expansive and multidisciplinary, but there's no one-size-fits-all approach to success. [Read More] |
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Audio Feature
Improving Patient Experience Via Interdisciplinary Teams: Carla Mercer, vice president of marketing and planning at Reedsburg (WI) Area Medical Center, explains how the critical access hospital uses interdisciplinary "SWAT" teams to solve patient satisfaction issues and improve the patient experience. [Listen Now]
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