WashYaHands

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  1. Professional Research Resources

    WashYaHands posted a topic in Research

    You will most likely have to use your school or hospital library to do a literature search through CINAHL, medline, etc. and then find the actual journal volume in your library. One site that I have...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. Is This Illegal?

    WashYaHands replied to HannahRN24's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's illegal, unethical, and yes, you could lose your license for

  18. Please explain what a CNS/CNL is to me?

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

    I've never heard of an official credential for a CNL, but according to a previous thread here it stands for Clinical Nurse Leader and is being considered as an advanced practice nurse credential....

  19. What is the title for MSN,APRN,BC-PMH

    WashYaHands replied to [email protected]'s topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    MSN = Master of Science in Nursing BC PMH = Board Certified Psychiatry Mental Health APRN = Advanced Practice Registered

  20. SN with questions! please help!

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

    1. I became a CNS because I like working in various roles. It makes the job interesting. I especially like measuring outcomes of projects that I design and help to implement. 2. My state grants...

  21. RN, MSN = Secretary?!

    WashYaHands replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    I work in Quality assurance and I develop/manage preventive health programs and disease management programs. I'm sometimes asked to do stuff for other departments. I would be frustrated if I were...

  22. RN, MSN = Secretary?!

    WashYaHands replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    I'm sometimes put in a similar situation. I try to handle all requests asked of me, but when I'm really really swamped and the boss asks me to take on an additional project, I've learned to respond...

  23. New office set up questions.

    WashYaHands replied to Limik's topic in General Nursing

    staple removal kits, suture removal kits, splints of various kinds for various body parts, braces, ice packs, Ace wrap, mole skin (is that how that's spelled?), wound care products, general medical...

  24. New office set up questions.

    WashYaHands replied to Limik's topic in General Nursing

    staple removal kits, suture removal kits, splints of various kinds for various body parts, braces, ice packs, Ace wrap, mole skin (is that how that's spelled?), wound care products, general medical...

  25. Confused--Please Help

    WashYaHands replied to VickyRN's topic in Research

    The research problem is the situation in need of a solution or improvement. It may state a descrepancy between the way things are and the way things ought to be. The problem identifies an area of...