Nursing professionals from healthcare facilities nationwide experienced informational sessions, networking, and innovative solutions like remote patient monitoring technology at two important nursing conferences. Attendees of ANCC Magnet Conference and [...]
Workplace Violence in Healthcare: 4 Tips to Minimize Violence Against Healthcare Workers
- June 21st, 2019
- Workplace Violence
Violence in the workplace has become a hot-button issue, and healthcare facilities aren’t an exemption. Patients who become hostile can take out their anger on nurses and hospital staff members. [...]
How Evidence-based Nursing Interventions can Prevent Falls
- June 20th, 2019
- Fall Prevention, Uncategorized
In-hospital fall prevention has become a top priority for nurses and hospital administration in many healthcare facilities. Fall rates have become an important metric in determining the quality of care [...]
Patient falls are a leading cause of preventable injury in hospitals nationwide. Every year between 700,000 to 1,000,000 patients fall in hospitals across the US, and nearly one-third of these [...]
No Falls Zone: Patient Fall Prevention Education
- April 25th, 2019
- Fall Prevention
Falls are costly. Patients, family members, nursing staff, physicians, and healthcare organizations know that everyone loses when a patient falls. Even though every healthcare organization desires to have zero falls, [...]