Cleveland Clinic study ties shared governance to higher nurse satisfaction and greater clinical improvement participation among hospital nurses.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Marybeth Sharpe ( [email protected]) is a program director in the Patient Care Program at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, in Palo Alto, California. The author thanks the Betty Irene Moore ...

Burnout among nurses is linked to worse patient safety, and lower healthcare quality and satisfaction, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. Aggregating and reviewing more than 80 ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On July 26, 2010, three nurses from the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, will arrive at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at ...

A quasi-experimental study found anticipatory nursing in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease lowered anxiety and depression ...