More than half of patients and families expressed discomfort about raising patient safety concerns to the healthcare team.

 

Tuesday, July 24, 2018
 

FEATURED STORY

Patients and Families Hesitant to Speak Up About Safety in ICU
More than half of patients and families expressed discomfort about raising patient safety concerns to the healthcare team.
 

NEWS & ANALYSIS

Hospital Mergers Pose Patient Safety Risks
Infrastructure changes from healthcare system mergers can challenge clinicians and cause risk to patients.   
When Nurse Staffing Lags, ER Performance Does Too
Lower nurse staffing levels correlate with increases in ER length of stay and patients leaving without being seen.
 

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Ambulatory Interventions Needed to Prevent Readmissions
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Nurse Manager Coaching Improves Practice Environment Scores
A hospital's internal coach worked with nurse leaders to develop their emotional intelligence, raising NDNQI practice scores.
 

AROUND THE WEB

Nurses begin strike at RI hospitals
Source: WPRI
St. Petersburg Free Clinic in desperate need of volunteer nurses
Source: WFTS
NYC settles nurses' gender discrimination complaints for $20.8M
Source: New York Post
The public hospital that wanted to cut pediatrics? People got mad. Now, that plan has changed.
Source: NJ.com
Words matter when talking about pain with your doctor
Source: NPR
 

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