How to Prevent Medication Errors in Nursing?
Medication administration is a huge responsibility. Let’s explore the factors on how to prevent medication errors in nursing.
Nursing Issues
issues impacting nurses
How to Support New Nurses
Nursing can be especially challenging for new graduate nurses. Let’s look at how to support new nurses to help them thrive in their new role.
Why Is Compassion Important in Nursing?
Why Is Compassion Important in Nursing? Compassion aids in making patients feel better about themselves and provides them with the guarantee that they are cared for.
Why Is Empathy Important in Nursing?
Why Is Empathy Important in Nursing? The success of nursing begins with improving communication between caregivers and patients. That’s Why empathy is important in nursing.
The Importance of Medication Adherence
As nurses, it’s vital that we help patients learn the importance of medication compliance. But what do you do when you are fighting against attitudes, budgets, and misinformation? It’s important to understand medication adherence and how to improve it.
5 Current Healthcare Issues and How an Integrated Delivery System Can Solve Them
Of all the issues for a hospital or medical office to have, technology and communication issues shouldn’t be one of them. But they do happen, and far too often. We’ve partnered with Ascom to dig into these issues because these are among the many safety issues in nursing that decrease the quality of care nurses can provide. Read on to learn about the 5 current healthcare issues and how an integrated delivery system can reduce their impact and in many cases solve.
What You Need to Know About Opioid Induced Constipation Treatment Options
Finding an opioid induced constipation treatment that provides adequate and quick relief of symptoms may be important for patients and their providers. However, a recent online survey of 441 U.S. adults aged 18 years or older who were living with chronic pain, on opioid therapy and suffering from opioid induced constipation (OIC) revealed some interesting findings. The survey, conducted by Wakefield Research, sponsored by a partnership of the US Pain Foundation and Salix Pharmaceuticals, found that 77% of these patients reported suffering from OIC for at least a year. Why aren’t they getting relief faster?
Debunking 5 Myths About Millennial Nurses
Millennial nurses have become the bane healthcare leadership existence over the past several years. No matter what generation you are a part of, it’s likely you’ve participated in or been the topic of discussion around those pesky entitled Millennial nurses.
Transparency in Healthcare
How can nurses help foster transparency in healthcare? I was very fortunate to attend The National Patient Safety Foundations’ Lucian Leape Institute’s 8th Annual Forum & Keynote Dinner on September 17, 2015, as one of the nurses selected to represent our organization. Lucian Leape is considered the father of the modern patient safety movement in the US. In 1994, he wrote “Error in Medicine” published in JAMA. This led to the development of The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) in 2007 and along with the Institute …
5 Excellent Books For Nurses By Nurses
With over 3 million nurses in the United States it’s not surprising to hear about ways they practice nursing that are a little less traditional. Nurses are becoming authors at an increasing rate and bringing quality content to a growing library of books written for nurses. It’s not surprising that the best nursing books are written by men and women who have actually practice nursing and can identify with other nurses.And these nurse author aren’t just writing text books or “how to” guides for nurses. The are writing compelling stories of the drama they face everyday on the floor. They are writing powerful tales that nurses can identify with. They are telling the untold stories of patient care.