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To encourage medication administration error reporting, leaders should emphasize the benefits of reporting, adopt a non-punitive approach and create a blame-free culture, a study concluded.
Despite a lack of robust data tracking, health care experts note COVID-19 cases are up, with older and vulnerable people more likely to be hospitalized due to the virus.
A four-day workweek for nurse managers at Mount Sinai Health System in New York City appears to improve morale.
The American Hospital Association later this month will launch its biennial Diversity Equity and Inclusion benchmark survey through its Institute for Diversity and Health Equity.
Hospitals need to identify novel approaches for decreasing high-touch surface contamination, including new chemical disinfectants, no-touch devices and self-disinfecting surfaces such as copper, a study concluded.
The American Association of Critical Care Nurses seeks additional hospital leaders to apply to be part of its Healthy Work Environment National Collaborative.
Geisinger Health System, based in Danville, Pa., received a $948,741 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development to expand its virtual inpatient nursing program.
The hospital field must continue to champion diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, despite the fiscal and operational challenges facing hospital leaders, according to the American Hospital Association’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity Leadership Council.
Communicating clear expectations and goals enables Chief Nursing Executive Karen Frenier, BSN, RN, to lead her team without micromanaging.
AONL’s Workforce Committee this week released the second in a series of resources examining the nurse manager role.