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Rehumanizing the Patient Experience

Minority Nurse

I’ve recently had the opportunity to spend a great deal of time as a patient, and from my perspective, the patient experience is often sadly lacking. We can ask ourselves how patients are greeted in our facility, whether it’s an outpatient provider office or an acute care hospital ER.

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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. The national average hospital rate for all three infections peaked in Leapfrog’s fall 2022 report, which encompassed Oct. 2021 through Dec. 2020 to Dec.

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2022 Highlights: Helping you put Human Understanding into practice

NRC Health

NRC Health appreciates the opportunity to guide you in trends and competitive insights to help you engage your patients and employees to drive loyalty and retention. The post 2022 Highlights: Helping you put Human Understanding into practice appeared first on NRC Health.

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Nurses Take Top Spot for Honesty and Ethics in Gallup Poll

Nurse.com

The results of the 2022 Gallup poll on honesty and ethics are in, and nurses are once again at the top of the list! This level of trust fosters a strengthened bond of mutual respect that leads to a positive patient experience and overall improvement in well-being and clinical outcomes.”

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Nurse-Driven Modality Passes the Smell Test

Consult QD

A week later the patient told Hosler that smelling the blend whenever she felt anxious helped her feel better emotionally. The patient is one of many who have used aromatherapy at Hillcrest Hospital since it was rolled out as a nurse-driven initiative in 2022.

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

Consult QD

After the ED adopted several new patient retention strategies in late 2021, the number of “lost” patients dropped from 22% to 2.9% in 2022 — one of the lowest rates in the entire Cleveland Clinic enterprise, she says. We know teamwork improves clinical care, outcomes and patient experience,” explains Gorecki.

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Medication safety

American Nurse

This integrative review found that nurses typically used their own and other professionals’ clinical experience to guide decision-making despite having access to reference materials, online resources, and nursing journals. Pulse on the nation’s nurses survey series: 2022 workplace survey. August 2, 2022. November 30, 2022.