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Hospitals Reduce Infection Rates Post-Pandemic

American Nurse

The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit patient-safety organization, said the data it collected from Oct. 2021 through Dec. While infection rates have improved , Leapfrog says patient-experience measures have worsened for the second year in a row and all states have seen a significant decline from the fall 2021 to the fall 2023 report.

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Emergency Departments Adopt Creative Strategies to Discourage Patients from Leaving BeforeTreatment Is Complete

Consult QD

Despite national trends, Cleveland Clinic Akron General and its three satellite facilities in Bath, Green and Stow have seen a dramatic decrease in the number of ED patients who LBTC since 2020, when the hospital began to implement several plans designed to decrease department crowding and improve communication. JAMA Netw Open.

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Discharge planning assessment tool

American Nurse

On the 32-bed medical/surgical unit at our community hospital, the average discharge time (from the time the provider wrote the order to the time when the patient was physically discharged) was 5 hours and 6 minutes. Does the patient use meds by mail? HCAHPS: Patients’ perspectives of care survey. December 1, 2021.

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ER Nurse Dana Shomo Leads from the Heart

Daily Nurse

She later transitioned to a leadership role in 2021. Being from a small community within Augusta County, traveling to many hospitals across the United States, Augusta Health was where I wanted to return to work and continue serving the community I was raised in.” She enjoys celebrating birthdays, holidays, and special events.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Suzette Porter

Minority Nurse

Now, as a nurse manager at HUMC, Porter’s great-grandmother’s influence is at work caring for elder care patients and as an adjunct clinical instructor for Muhlenberg Nursing School, part of JFK University Medical Center in Plainfield, N.J. I started in 2019 and graduated in 2021 with my MBA. Communications skills.

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Magnet4Europe

American Nurse

In July 2021, the HM-JSUMC and KL teams had an initial virtual meeting, and KL announced the partnership on its website. Professional practice model In November 2021, the KL team met to create their PPM and align it with the organizations overall strategic goals and priorities and the nursing departments strategic plans.

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Using Virtual Reality to Teach Students about Social Determinants of Health

Council of Public Health Nursing Organizations

In nursing education, we focus on SDOH, health equity, and health disparities, and these concepts are highlighted throughout the AACN Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2021). References American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Accessible online at [link] Cypress, B. &

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