American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Nurse leaders from a mid-Atlantic 12-hospital health system reviewed best practices for improving unit outcomes and identified a need for modified care delivery models. A care delivery model redesign, featuring licensed practical nurses) in an expert-led team-based approach was measured for success. In 2022, 46.1%

LPN

American Nurse

DECEMBER 8, 2023

How the project works UNTHSC became an ECHO Hub site in 2019 with the creation of a Geriatrics ECHO line targeting rural primary care practices caring for older adults. Quantifying project impact Between September 2019 and September 2022, the two UNTHSC ECHO lines offer­ed 159 sessions.

Long Term Care

American Nurse

JUNE 3, 2024

The BHIT includes nurses, physicians, and licensed mental health therapists who provide and guide the delivery of compassionate patient-centered care for those with behavioral and substance use issues, as well as support and consultation for clinical staff caring for them. Authored: September 20, 2017; retrieved: June 23, 2019.

Communication

Relias

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Memorial Hermann’s partnership with Relias as its education solution provider has been essential in helping it sustain best practices. Relias provides a foundation for Memorial Hermann’s process for assessing nurses and allied health staff to maintain a high level of practice excellence and safe patient care delivery.

Preceptors

American Nurse

JANUARY 2, 2024

However, despite available best practice guidelines, nurses’ knowledge of both risk and preventive strategies varies and the incidence of pressure injuries (PIs) worldwide remains stagnant. The why At the end of June 2019, the HAPI rate at Glens Falls Hospital (GFH), a 291-bed community hospital in northern New York, was 0.68

Education

American Nurse

MARCH 4, 2024

However, it is now known that stigmatizing questions regarding mental health used for nurse licensure, renewal, discipline, and advanced practice nurse credentialing are harmful (Gold et al., The best practice is to ask no questions about mental health (Halter et al., 2016; Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation, n.d).

Mental Health