WashYaHands

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1. CIC Certificate

   WashYaHands replied to caulie's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

   Information about becoming certified in Infection Control can be found at the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. web site http://www.cbic.org Having a CIC is a...

2. health issues letter help

   WashYaHands replied to shirwin421's topic in Public, Community Health

   The Maternal and Child Health Library might provide you with some interesting MCH public health issues to write about. the url is http://www.mchlibrary.info Click on annotated resource guides on the...

3. Saving 100,000 Lives Campaign

   WashYaHands replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Thanks for the link, Karen. I had the opportunity to attend the 2004 IHI Quality Conference where Dr. Don Berwick kicked off the 100,000 Lives Campaign. If you would like to watch a video of his...

4. help with the qa process

   WashYaHands replied to panurse101's topic in Quality Improvement

   The site for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement http://www.ihi.org has alot of information about hospital quality including ideas, tools for measuring quality, and educational offerings. My QA...

5. help with the qa process

   WashYaHands replied to panurse101's topic in Quality Improvement

   These resources might help: An Introduction to Quality Assurance in Health Care by Avedis Donabedian Measuring Quality Improvement in Healthcare A Guide to Statistical Process Control Applications...

6. What is a CNS?

   WashYaHands replied to andreamae's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

   Mary, The National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists might have some information related to your specialty. They have an internet bulletin board where you can ask specific questions and touch...

7. Reward system for hardworking CNA's..need help!

   WashYaHands replied to NurseWiggins's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Hand written thank you notes are nice. We used to have a special bulletin board where anyone could post a thank you note to a

8. Research Paper ?? and HELP!!

   WashYaHands replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

   Since I paraphrased it from the direct quote that I used as an example, it would have to be cited. But, you're right in that If you use a fact that is common knowledge it would not have to be

9. Research Paper ?? and HELP!!

   WashYaHands replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

   Here is an example of quotation and paraphrasing with cited references: "Unionization, once a dirty word in the medical world, is spreading" (Eastaugh, 1998, p. 46). Paraphrased: Unionization of...

10. Nurses' Week Celebration

    WashYaHands replied to KungPaoNsg's topic in Nurse Management

    I work with 30 people. Ten of us are nurses. During a special nurses week staff meeting it was announced that in our honor the company would be donating $20,000 to the local nursing college to...

11. CNS in pain management??

    WashYaHands replied to athena77's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    There is a program that offers an MSN with a self-defined CSN specialty. Prior to beginning the program the student and graduate faculty advisor create the specialty courses. The created courses...

12. MSNc

    WashYaHands replied to nursemaa's topic in General Nursing

    the "c" indicates that the person is a candidate for an MSN degree. In other words, they have completed their thesis and awaiting

13. Re-starting a QA job after 8 years.

    WashYaHands replied to OjoRn's topic in Quality Improvement

    Glad I could help and very glad it went well for

14. Re-starting a QA job after 8 years.

    WashYaHands replied to OjoRn's topic in Quality Improvement

    My experience is that the informatics, clinical systems and data analysis pieces are vital in QA work. It's just as important as all of the other pieces of implementing a QI project. If you enjoy...

15. Re-starting a QA job after 8 years.

    WashYaHands replied to OjoRn's topic in Quality Improvement

    Assuming that you’re working in a hospital QA setting, you can get some information about current practices to improve health care at the following sites. http://www.leapfroggroup.org you can...