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Clinical Care
Want Better Patient Outcomes? Track Physician Adherence to Evidence-Based Medicine
Encouraging physicians to follow evidence-based guidelines and best practices can drive improved patient outcomes.
Innovation
5 Ways Health Systems Can Use a Clinical Decision Support Tool to Provide Better Care
Improve the patient experience and help physicians become more efficient and effective using an innovative diagnostic tool.
Nursing
Nurses Have Potential to Transform Healthcare System, Says RWJF Report
Nurses are in a unique position to coordinate partnerships and provide the kind of patient-centered care needed to address the...
Nursing
The Interview: Boston Children's Hospital Associate CNO Patricia A. Hickey
Internationally renowned nurse researcher Patricia Hickey says healthy work environments improve care delivery and patient outcomes.
Nursing
Build a Unit-Based CAUTI Prevention Team
Engaging frontline staff is key to advancing clinical quality improvement projects.
Clinical Care
Are Your Physicians Practicing Lifestyle Medicine?
Physicians who do not counsel patients about lifestyle factors that impact health are missing an opportunity.
Nursing
How Cincinnati Children's Hospital Approaches Shared Governance
By actualizing true shared leadership, professionals from all settings and roles are empowered to participate actively in all levels of...
Clinical Care
Clinical Pathway Improves Extubation Outcomes
A multidisciplinary team designed a clinical pathway that improved institutional practice and quality of care.
Nursing
Nurse-Researcher Finds Past Sexual Abuse Affects Bariatric Surgery Recovery
Adults who experienced childhood abuse have different recovery needs after bariatric surgery than those who were not abused.
Nursing
Tool Helps Nurses Evaluate Premature Infants' Feeding Skills
The Early Feeding Skills checklist accounts for the multiple skills infants need to feed successfully.
Nursing
Increased Doses of Training Improve Nurses' CPR Skills
Poor quality resuscitation is preventable.
Nursing
Nurses' Essential Oils Initiative Reduces Time to Intervention by 26 Minutes
A nurse-driven project assessed how essential oils affected patients with nausea and vomiting.