There was little increase in nurses’ participation in quality improvement activities from 2004 to 2008, according to a study published in the Journal of Nursing Care Quality and reported by the Robert ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

As healthcare reform focuses more attention on patient outcomes, nurses’ importance in clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction is becoming more apparent. To make a lasting impact on patient safety ...

The study, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, is based on a survey of pediatric nurses at an urban children’s hospital. Overall, 27 percent of the participants reported burnout.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has selected 16 hospitals to participate in the first two cohorts of a collaborative project engaging nurses and other frontline staff to improve the quality of ...

No one IT system is perfect for improving care, according to Ann O'Brien, R.N., director of clinical informatics at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente. Rather, she said, continuous performance ...

UPMC Williamsport used a bundled approach to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections. A Pennsylvania hospital's quality improvement initiative led to a rapid turnaround in ...

Hospitals struggling to attract and retain enough registered nurses at the bedside are implementing alternative strategies to ...

Lara Goitein ([email protected]) is the founding medical director of the Clinician-Directed Performance Improvement program at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, ...