Emotional Intelligence and Transformational Leadership in Nurse Managers
OBJECTIVE: This study describes the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and transformational leadership (TL) in nurse managers (NMs). BACKGROUND: Effective NM leadership is important as...
View ArticlePredictors of 30-Day Readmission for Pneumonia
OBJECTIVE: This study examined data from 4 sources: number of hospital-acquired conditions, patient perception of care, quality outcome measures, and demographic data to explain variances associated...
View ArticleAvoiding Adverse Events Secondary to Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression:...
BACKGROUND: Guidelines with recommendations for monitoring type and timing of hospitalized patients for opioid-induced respiratory depression have been published, yet adverse events continue to occur....
View ArticleCreating a Culture of Safety Through Integration of an Early Warning System
This quality improvement project utilized the Tanner model to identify strategies to enhance the clinical judgment among staff nurses through the development and adoption of an early warning system for...
View ArticleReducing Medication Administration Errors in Acute and Critical Care:...
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this medication safety pilot program was to increase RN sensitivity to potential error risk, improve behaviors, and reduce observed medication administration errors (MAEs)....
View ArticleBroadening Access to Nontraditional Development Opportunities to Drive...
The nursing workforce is at the center of many changes associated with care delivery transformation. To achieve this transformation, frontline staff must be engaged in their work, committed to their...
View ArticleThe Relationship of Clinical Nurses’ Perceptions of Structural and...
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe relationships between structural empowerment, psychological empowerment, and engagement among clinical nurses. BACKGROUND: Empowerment and...
View ArticleExploring Nurses’ Perception of Dynamic Patient Events
OBJECTIVE: The study aim was to describe nurses’ perceptions of dynamic patient events (DPEs) impact on workflow and patient care. BACKGROUND: The process of determining optimal nurse staffing has...
View ArticleWorld Class Nursing—Innovative Patient Care
This column is adapted from remarks made by Chief ANCC Officer by Linda C. Lewis, MSA, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN, at the 2015 ANCC National Magnet Conference®.
View ArticleResidency for Transition Into Practice: An Essential Requirement for New...
Nurse residency programs have been developed with the goal of helping newly licensed nurses successfully transition to independent practice. The authors propose that all newly licensed nurses hired in...
View ArticleDoes an Insulin Double-Checking Procedure Improve Patient Safety?
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a subcutaneous insulin double-checking preparation intervention on insulin administration errors. BACKGROUND: Insulin accounts for...
View ArticleDifferences in Innovative Behavior Among Hospital-Based Registered Nurses
BACKGROUND: The 2010 Institute of Medicine report, ‘The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health’, advocated for nurses to innovate in their practice, research, and education. However,...
View ArticleRN Perceptions of a Newly Adopted Electronic Health Record
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to understand nurses’ perceptions of a newly adopted electronic health record (EHR). BACKGROUND: As use of EHRs in hospital settings increases, leaders prepare...
View ArticleInnovating Traditional Nursing Administration Challenges
The evolving and complex practice environment calls for new mindsets among nurse leaders, academics, and nurse innovators to envision innovative ways to manage and optimize traditional tasks and...
View ArticleIncreasing RN Accountability in Professional Practice: Development of a Pain...
Leaders are challenged to find effective ways to increase ownership and accountability in the nurses’ practice. Two hospitals, a 462-acute care bed facility (hospital A) and a 324-bed children’s and...
View ArticleStructure and Suggestions for System Magnet® Designation: Part 1
Achieving Magnet® designation as a system requires careful planning and strategy on the part of nursing leaders. This article delineates system structures to support success.
View ArticleCultural Awareness Among Nursing Staff at an Academic Medical Center
OBJECTIVE: The goal is to identify areas for targeted improvement in regard to cultural awareness and competence among nursing staff and in the work environment. BACKGROUND: Many facilities have...
View ArticleBig Data, Big Challenges: Implications for Chief Nurse Executives
As systems evolve over time, their natural tendency is to become increasingly more complex. Studies in the field of complex systems have generated new perspectives on the application of management...
View ArticleCNOs Gearing Up While Many Are Winding Down: The Late Career DNP
Nurses are knowledge workers. The evidence that informs our practice is ever changing, and we recognize that one of the obligations of knowledge work is lifelong learning. There is a newly emerging...
View ArticleCelebrate Certified Nurses
Annually, Certified Nurses Day honors nurses worldwide who contribute to better patient outcomes through board certification in their specialty. Certification affirms advanced knowledge, skill, and...
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