When Susan Bindon, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CNE, CNE-cl, FAAN, explained demand for teaching staff, her description was concise. “In one word, critical,” said Bindon, associate professor...
The UK Nursing Midwifery Council’s (NMC) standards for nursing include keeping patients protected (NMC, 2015), with the 2010 guidance on the preparation and administration of medicines...
Over the past yr, my eyes have truly opened. Since founding the Skin Care Network in partnership with the Dermatology Nurses Association and becoming a member...
Author: Maureen “Shawn” Kennedy, ALL Editor in Chief “What would quality look like in hospitals if healthcare organizations were as focused on customer service as Disney’s...
Maybe it was a comment you heard long before you graduated from nursing school – the one about nurses “devouring their young.” This statement is unfortunately...
A number of weeks ago, my husband got here to the emergency room with a broken rib resulting from a fall. The nurse was very attentive...
Join Time E which can give attention to and be guided by boundaries Dr Susan Hamer, Director of Nursing, Learning and Organizational Development, National Institute for...
The big problem is that federal and state laws (or lack thereof) allowed nursing homes to be deprived of care. They are actually called rehabilitation facilities...
For healthcare employees, there are few things more painful than hearing a grieving mother describe how her young daughter, bravely fighting cancer, died while in hospital...
The facility conducted an investigation, and the LPN was informed that the roommate of the patient, who was allegedly missing a dose of a specific narcotic,...