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What Is an MSN Degree? (And Why It Matters)

Post University

The goal of this type of program is to provide nurses with advanced insight into the current state of the healthcare industry, along with the actions they could take as nurses to improve the patient experience and patient outcomes.

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Hospitals Are Looking for Hard ROI in Virtual Nursing

Health Leaders | Nursing

With inpatient virtual care, it opens up a lot of doors," says Colleen Mallozzi, MBA, RN , senior vice president and chief nursing informatics officer at Jefferson Health , which recently launched its Virtual Nursing Program after a trial run earlier this year involving nearly 400 patients.

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Are the Robots Coming for My Nursing Job? 

Minority Nurse

Nursing may be partially driven by plans of care developed within the parameters of the nursing process, but where the rubber hits the road is where person-to-person interaction informs the patient experience and the nurse ’ s calling.

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Innovation Units: The New Standard in Nursing?

Health Leaders | Nursing

Rocchio: It took more planning than some of the actual building because we did it with our frontline coworkers and it wasn't just nurses, it was our techs, some of our LPNs, RNs, and then ancillary personnel that are in our units, because that workload is driven by all those intersection points.

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Tracking Key Metrics to Virtual Nursing Success

Health Leaders | Nursing

While the t r u r nover rate is a key metric, others include nurse satisfaction (measured in surveys) and time spent on the computer, usually tracked through the EHR platform. Patient satisfaction.

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Virtual Nursing Playbook: Nursing Execs Explain the Keys to Success

Health Leaders | Nursing

What’s old is new again, but with a flavor of technology,” says Candice Larson, MSN, RN, NI-BC, ITILv3 , HonorHealth’s chief nursing informatics officer. On Charting the Course When deciding whether and how to implement virtual nursing, center your north star, CNOs and CNIOs say. They’re hopeful about nurse retention, too.

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Improving Outpatient Procedure Efficiency With Continuous Improvement Methodology

Consult QD

Prior to this initiative, the cath lab, EP lab and OR teams were not aware when a patient’s preparation was complete and the patient was ready for transport from the OPPU to the procedural area. The visible icon notifies the receiving department that the patient is ready for transport.