Topics About 'Patient Care'.

Health disparities play a significant role in the type of care different populations or different groups of people receive based on demographics. These disparities lead to increased risk for injury and missed opportunities to receive optimal care in ...

We live in an increasingly ill-rested society. With busy schedules, more time spent on screens, increasingly sedentary lifestyles, and various stressors, American adults face a challenge. How do we wind down and get quality sleep at the end of the da...

Mock Jury Trial Case Facts Jurors were chosen based on their answers to various questions about their lives. A local teenager suffered a high school sport foot injury and had routine surgery to repair it. The teenager was permanently...

According to the Joint Commission, breakdowns in communication cause approximately 80 percent of all medical errors. Although this is a daunting number, those with limited English proficiency (LEP) are more prone to patient safety events than English...

You receive shift report only to find out that one of your patients speaks very little English. In addition, the family member who usually translates is ill and won't be in for a few days. The facility has language services, but after spending almost...

Inventors come up with unique ideas for new things. They're curious about the world around them, persistent even when they face obstacles, and love to break complex problems into simple solutions. This definition describes many nurses, which makes it...

I started at a psych unit a couple months ago and this is my first job as a nurse. I don't like the way I hear staff talking to/about the patients. Examples: One patient had a history of domestic abuse, and a coworker told me "her boyf...

I understand that people often go into medical specialties to get out of the on call/long hours of other hospital areas of work. However, lately it seems like our hospital, outside of 9-5, is really little more than a glorified clinic. Can't get a sp...

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses and the AACN Certification Corporation are teaming up with healthcare organizations and hospitals across the country to recognize and celebrate certified nurses for their professionalism, leadership, a...

I worked very hard to get to where I am today. However, I am burnt out after only 6 years of nursing. I never wanted to work in the hospital and only worked in SNFs providing bedside care. I grew a distaste for bedside nursing over the years and my m...

It is clear that the Nursing profession has evolved in so many ways. Our evolution into well-educated, clinical care providers has absolutely had positive impacts on the quality of care provided to our patients. This evolution has taken nurses into...

I work in a treatment center. My boss(social worker/director) has implemented a trial. Having some patients stay at the facility after their discharge date, acting as a defacto half way house. Problem being is that these guys are “off the books...

Shortly after 4pm on Monday, May 6th, nurses, physical therapists, and paramedics at Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio went on strike. The group of workers, represented by the United Auto Workers Union was unable to reach an agr...

The fight for safe patient staffing is being waged right now in Illinois. The Safe Patient Limits Act, HB 2604, which calls for safe nurse-patient ratios, will be voted on this week in Springfield, Illinois in the House of Representatives. The bill r...

Advocating for our patients is what we do. However, how do we learn to do this effectively amid the barriers? Alene Nitzky, PhD, RN, OCN states it simply, "Many nurses think of advocacy as the most important role we play in patient care. We need to r...

I recently started a job in a facility that is turning out to be really awful. My coworkers don’t seem to care about the patients, and they don’t do their jobs. Management’s new solution was to give them more paperwork 🤦‍♀️ Now I’ll have even less ti...

Anyone ever have it where one patient's "needs" have impacted the care other patients have received? Let me explain. We had a patient admit late last week who has done nothing but file grievances and complain to her daughter ever since her arr...

WOC Nursing from a Woman of Color’s Perspective I have created a new term to describe myself, a WOC squared: A WOC (Wound Ostomy Continence ) Nurse who happens to be a WOC (woman of color)! Since the subject of diversity in healthcare has receiv...

The nursing profession has evolved over the years which includes working conditions, duties, skills, educational and practice standards, technology, regulations and policies. Many of these changes occurred as the result of research and evidence-based...

When I became a registered nurse sixteen years ago, I had the healthy assumption my brains - chock full of textbook information from not only my bachelor’s in nursing but also ones in psychology and biology - would skillfully guide me through the nur...

Going into hour 16 or 17 of my shift tonight, the scrub tech and I were getting the patient cleaned up on the OR table before transferring back to ICU. We turned the patient away from me, I began to clean the pt up, the tech lost grip, the pt fell of...

Concierge medicine, also referred to as retainer, boutique, platinum and membership medicine, has gained momentum over the last 5-10 years. There are different models with the same basic concept…. patients pay an additional fee for physician care wi...