From the boardroom to home health, everyone must share in the principles of patient-centered care: making patients and the community a part of the ongoing conversation about what works, and what doesn’t, in improving the health of our communities. Six steps are outline in this overview by Molly Gamble (from May 20, 2013, Beckers Hospital [...]

As we struggle as a nation with how (and I hope not whether!) to  provide excellent quality healthcare to all people, it is fitting that we discuss the impact of nursing  during Nurses Week and Hospital Week.  Several online articles come to mind, if ever nurses were to question their  essential value to patient results.  (For RROHC participants, we will discuss this research [...]

As usual, we update research related to RROHC  concepts and  patient safety news on our RROHC calls.  On 4/22 we will  discuss some tweeted information and other pertinent research (follow us at @Rhansten): Patient engagement and knowledge:  A study in February 2013 of Health Affairs found that patients that were more engaged, more knowledgeable, “skilled and confident” about management [...]

The Journal of Nursing Regulation (Kirsten Corazzini and colleagues, Vol 4 (1), April 2013) researchers conducted a comparative study of RN and LPN practice in assessment, care planning, supervision, and delegation in Minnesota and N Carolina.  Three factors were identified that differentiated practice: 1) the quality of connections between RNs and LPNs 2) degree of interchangeability [...]

A study in a 246 bed community hospital with 8 patients units in 2011 showed that most nurses (73%) did not know their patients’ Norton Pressure Ulcer Scale scores, and only 60% reported turning their high risk patients every 2 to 4 hours.  Asessment of skin risk was accurate in only 66% of the patients.  Although nurses reported [...]