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‘High-quality care is not just about patients but about those delivering care’

Nursing Times

This has recently been updated this year and renamed the Experience of Care Improvement Framework. This new version of the framework offers a more comprehensive tool for trusts to self-assess how well they are delivering positive care experiences.

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Cultivating Year-Round LGBTQ+ Affirming Care

Diversity Nursing

For example, "Actually, [patient's preferred pronoun] is 'they/them'," or "It's important that we use inclusive language here." Support the Patient: If a patient experiences a microaggression, acknowledge their feelings and validate their experience. Let them know you are a safe person to talk to.

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What Is an MSN Degree? (And Why It Matters)

Post University

The coursework that may be required as part of theMSN degree includes a variety of topics such as specialty nursing classes, healthcare ethics, healthcare law, healthcare policy and advocacy, pharmacology, and evidence-based patient care.

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Nursing Shortage: A 2024 Data Study Reveals Key Insights

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Higher Risk of Medication Errors and Death A 2021 study revealed that in Illinois, a patients risk of dying within 30 days of admission increased by 16% for every additional patient added to a nurses average workload. decrease in pneumonia infections among surgical patients to an increase of one additional work hour per RN.

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8 Books Every Nursing Student Should Read

Minority Nurse

When Breath Becomes Air Even though a nurse didnt write this book, it was written by medical student Paul Kalanithi on his last reflections about life, death, his experience as a neurosurgeon in training, and what makes life worth living all while navigating stage IV lung cancer.

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7 Inspiring Patient Experience Week Ideas for a Successful Event

Relias

Patient Experience Week is the opportunity to showcase your organizations commitment to patient centricity, and now is the perfect time to start planning how you’ll celebrate. By implementing thoughtful patient experience ideas, you can make this annual event impactful for both your staff and patients.

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Can Hospitality Cure the Woes of Healthcare? 

Daily Nurse

Yesawich is also co-author of “ Hospitable Healthcare: Just What the Patient Ordered !” a remarkably insightful review of how principles of hospitality can improve the patient experience. Yesawich and his co-author, Stowe Shoemaker, PhD, ask, “ How can that experience be improved ?” What Can You Do?