OBJECTIVE . We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention, targeting staff-patient communication, in improving emergency department patient satisfaction. METHODS We undertook a pre- and post-intervention study in a university-affiliated emergency department, over a 12-month period. The intervention included communication workshops, a patient education film, and a patie...

After 20 years of a static clinical ladder program at our institution, the clinical ladder program was completely redesigned using a staff nurse-led shared governance structure to re-envision the program as an innovative, staff leadership model to meet our organizational nursing mission and vision strategic plans around retention and professional development. The literature demonstrated a lack ...

PURPOSE The Minimum Data Set (MDS) Activities of Daily Living (ADL) bed-mobility item, which rates the staff-assistance level necessary for bed movement, is used to target scheduled repositioning interventions and to identify physical function changes in nursing home residents; however, accuracy of the item is uncertain. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the MDS ADL bed-...

An extensive search using full-text CINAHL and key words “nurse practitioner” and “acute care” (36 hits); “primary care nurse practitioner” and “acute care” (0 hits); “nurse practitioner” and “hospitalist” (6 hits); “nurse practitioner” and “intensivist” (1 hit) was conducted by Board staff. Google scholar, Medline and ancestry were also used to locate additional references. The literature repo...

The future of professional nursing is threatened today by the current and impending shortage of nurses. While the entire health care industry is affected, it is even more predominant in specialty areas such as urologic nursing. If unresolved, the crisis will be even more significant in the future. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN, 2001), entrylevel baccalaureat...

A well-established charge nurse orientation program was enhanced with the addition of a simulation, addressing three primary populations (the trifocus) with whom charge nurses interact: patients, patients' parents, and other staff members. In this pilot quality improvement project, 20 staff nurses enrolled in the orientation program and were assigned a mentor. Only one participant used the ment...

results based on the findings, most of the participants (64.5%) were aged 30 - 39 years old. 84% of the cases were female and 97.3% had a bachelor’s degree. the average perceived knowledge of nurses was 2.43 ± 1.01. the nurses had the highest familiarity with triage and lowest knowledge in epidemiology and decision-making. conclusions lack knowledge of nurses regarding response to disaster situ...