Editor's Picks Inadequate pay and training are major drivers of a national shortage of pediatric home care nurses, experts from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago say in an article published in the June issue of Health Affairs.
 A woman arrested for posing as a nurse is now in custody after defying orders to not leave the country. Emily Barber of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was scheduled to appear in court this week but was being held for disobeying the order by purchasing a plane ticket. Her lawyers appeared in court on her behalf.
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Stop medical errors, patient harm, and angry surveyors by fixing your patient handoff process. Handoffs (AKA transitions) are when a patient is transferred from one caregiver to another—they’re also a weak point in the care process overall. Vital information can be forgotten or overlooked when making the handoff, and that means a high potential for harm, from wrong-patient scenarios to medication errors.
Join this 90-minute webinar and learn from international patient handoff expert Emily Patterson, PhD, as she teaches you how to adapt mnemonics, tools, and best practices to your facility. At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to: - Know what content to include for nurses and physicians during verbal handoffs
- Know what key characteristics to include in printed forms that support nursing handoffs
- Know what key features to request when implementing electronic support for tracking nurses’ activities during a shift
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