Practice Matters
Improving HCAHPS scores the old fashioned way
Hospitals seeking to raise their HCAHPS score should focus on old-fashioned values—courtesy, kindness,respect, discipline, and commitment.
Key concepts in patient-centered care
Respect, communication, and comfort are essential to ensuring that care focuses on the patient first.
What Works: All in the family — How a family advisory council promotes family-centered care in the NICU
The author describes how the council works and its benefits for patients and families.
Differentiating research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement
All nurses should know and understand the differences among these three concepts.
Managing our fears to improve patient safety
Leaders must develop a structured process for team learning and communication.
Advocacy: A modest proposal
Nurses are with patients during some of the most important moments in their lives.
Problems with Privacy
Leah Curtin discusses how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been misinterpreted to the detriment of patients.
Viewpoint: Disrupting and disrupted—nursing’s response to the inevitable
Disruption provides opportunity for nurses.
Can teach-back reduce hospital readmissions?
A study shows this method helps educators focus on topics the patient doesn’t fully grasp.
A roll-up-your-sleeves kind of hope
To reinvent health care, we need down-to-earth help and a roll-up-your sleeves kind of hope.
On the CUSP: How to implement a comprehensive unit-based safety program
This five-step program empowers staff to change unit culture and improve patient safety.
Improving HCAHPS scores the old fashioned way
Hospitals seeking to raise their HCAHPS score should focus on old-fashioned values—courtesy, kindness,respect, discipline, and commitment.
Key concepts in patient-centered care
Respect, communication, and comfort are essential to ensuring that care focuses on the patient first.
What Works: All in the family — How a family advisory council promotes family-centered care in the NICU
The author describes how the council works and its benefits for patients and families.
Differentiating research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement
All nurses should know and understand the differences among these three concepts.
Managing our fears to improve patient safety
Leaders must develop a structured process for team learning and communication.
Advocacy: A modest proposal
Nurses are with patients during some of the most important moments in their lives.
Problems with Privacy
Leah Curtin discusses how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been misinterpreted to the detriment of patients.
Viewpoint: Disrupting and disrupted—nursing’s response to the inevitable
Disruption provides opportunity for nurses.
Can teach-back reduce hospital readmissions?
A study shows this method helps educators focus on topics the patient doesn’t fully grasp.
A roll-up-your-sleeves kind of hope
To reinvent health care, we need down-to-earth help and a roll-up-your sleeves kind of hope.
On the CUSP: How to implement a comprehensive unit-based safety program
This five-step program empowers staff to change unit culture and improve patient safety.
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