Practice Matters

Opioids: Follow the evidence

To ensure safety and effective care, nurses must maintain their knowledge and understanding of opioid pharmacologic properties and best practices when caring for patients…

The nurse’s role in medication safety

Patients have long associated trust and respect with nursing. However, recent incidents of nurses delivering inappropriate medications (wrong drug, wrong dose) have led to…

Preventing workplace violence

Analyze, report, and educate to ensure staff and patient safety The stress and isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated violence in our…

What’s the economic value of nursing?

Addressing the nursing shortage requires healthcare policy change. How do you approach a massive problem with many confounding variables to achieve improvement and measurable…

Nurses’ health in the wake of COVID-19

Using HNHN survey data to examine trends, address needs The COVID-19 pandemic has put extra­ordinary strain on nurses, exacerbating the daily health challenges they…

Ending stigma

If a flood or fire were to hit a community, RNs would spring into action, working long hours under stressful conditions to triage and…

Is your patient on a clinical trial?

One simple question can make all the difference. Takeaways: The billions of prescriptions filled by Americans every year demonstrate the altruism of clinical trial…

Vaccine hesitancy

Breaking through public health barriers Nurses play an essential role in promoting recommended immunizations across patients’ life­spans. That effort includes providing education about vaccine…

An ethical approach

Guidance for navigating complex healthcare dilemmas. From the joyous celebrations at the sound of a newborn’s first cries to the solemn moment when a…

Opioids: Follow the evidence

To ensure safety and effective care, nurses must maintain their knowledge and understanding of opioid pharmacologic properties and best practices when caring…

The nurse’s role in medication safety

Patients have long associated trust and respect with nursing. However, recent incidents of nurses delivering inappropriate medications (wrong drug, wrong dose) have…

Preventing workplace violence

Analyze, report, and educate to ensure staff and patient safety The stress and isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated violence…

What’s the economic value of nursing?

Addressing the nursing shortage requires healthcare policy change. How do you approach a massive problem with many confounding variables to achieve improvement…

Ending stigma

If a flood or fire were to hit a community, RNs would spring into action, working long hours under stressful conditions to…

Is your patient on a clinical trial?

One simple question can make all the difference. Takeaways: The billions of prescriptions filled by Americans every year demonstrate the altruism of…

Vaccine hesitancy

Breaking through public health barriers Nurses play an essential role in promoting recommended immunizations across patients’ life­spans. That effort includes providing education…

An ethical approach

Guidance for navigating complex healthcare dilemmas. From the joyous celebrations at the sound of a newborn’s first cries to the solemn moment…

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