Some nursing leadership trends emerged quietly this year, but are nonetheless provocative for how they force us to think about nursing and how they force nurses to think about themselves as caregivers and healthcare leaders.
A while back we discussed the two tribes that inhabit the healthcare world—the finders and the fixers. During that discussion, I advised the development of a more robust participation on the part of the finders, so the fixers can focus on the fixing, as opposed to having to go out and find stuff...
True or False: Patients and families of patients with an MDRO should be instructed on techniques to employ in the home to prevent the spread of the organism to other family members.
The latest update to the federal website that reports hospital quality data adds rates of stroke, C. diff and MRSA infections, blood clot prevention and care measures and expanded readmissions data.
As you are all no doubt familiar, sometimes those educational topics surrounding safety can come across as a bit dry and that dryness all too frequently ends up being the focal point of safety presentations.
Fill in the blank: Hospitals have an obligation to investigate outbreaks of infectious disease. They also have a responsibility, as required by law and regulation, to report that information to ____________.
Another email question asked whether there were any specific Joint Commission education requirements for the folks who conduct quarterly fire drills. The short answer to that question is no, TJC does not require any specific education for the folks conducting the fire drills.
If a hospital decides that patients, under certain circumstances, are permitted to smoke, what steps must the hospital take to ensure that it remains compliant?
