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‘Most Wired’ Hospitals Assist Consumers with Connected Care
10 Ways to Prepare Your Facility for Flu Season
97-year-old Texas Nurse Continues to Give Back to Community
A Healthy Bottom Line: Linking Nurses, Patient Satisfaction and Profitability
A Nurse’s Role in a Time of Tragedy
A Smart Idea for Patient Medical Records
Aging Nurse Project Promotes Retention
American Arab Nurses Association Sets its Sights on Recruitment, Diversity
Americans—and Health Care—Prepared for Disaster
AMN Employee Celebrates 20th Anniversary
AMN Healthcare Helps Bring Smiles to Mexican Children
AMN Healthcare Receives JCAHO Gold Seal of Approval
AMN’s Skill Set Testing Aids Facilities
AMN’s Travelers and Team Members: Running for a Cure
ANA President Blakeney Leads Nurse Force
ANA Urges Support of SCHIP
AONE Starts Nurse Manager Fellowship Program
Ascension Facilities QI Program Produces Striking Results
Ascension Facilities' QI Program Produces Striking Results
Back to the Bedside with Relationship-based Care
Banking on Health Savings Accounts
Better Nurse Staffing Improves Pediatric Outcomes
Board Game Teaches Cooperation to Hospital Staff
Book of 101 Answers May Leave Nurse Leaders Eager for More
Book Provides Needed Insight to ‘Culture and Clinical Care’
California Hospital Prices Vary Widely
California Makes Progress in Addressing Nursing Shortage
Campaign Aims to Decrease Premature Births
Cancer Navigators Help Patients Receive Timely Care
Caroline’s Room Provides Solace to Parents
Case Managers Improve ED Care
Cat Quinn is a Nursing Super Star in the Global Health Community
Cell Phones in Hospitals May Enhance Patient Safety
CNA Forms National Disaster Response Network
CNO Program Grooms Nursing Leaders
Code of Silence Slowly Being Broken to Ensure Quality Care
Coping Kits Comfort Children in the Emergency Department
Critical Care Beyond the Bedside: The Collaborative Effort of the eICU Team
Dealing with Disruptive Antics
Diabetes Educator Leads National Organization in Fight to Conquer the Disease
Diabetes Lay Educator Program Provides Health Care Assistance for Migrant Workers
Dining in Hospitals—Hotel Style
Do Not Disturb: Cutting Down on Interruptions for Doctors and Nurses
Documentation System Improves ED Communication, Efficiency
Educating Patients for Pharmaceutical Companies
EMR Supports Changing Culture at Banner Estrella
End-of-Life Wishes Not Expressed; How Nurses Can Help
Endoscopy Finally Gets a Home
ER One Moves Forward
Evacuated AMN Travel Nurses Aid San Diegans during Wildfires
Existing Interventions for Two CMS Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Experienced RN Takes the Reins as USPHS Chief Nurse
Fast-tracking to a Ph.D.
Federal Funding Aims to Spur Greater EHR Implementation
Fewer Physician Hours + More Patients = Challenges in Primary Care
Florida Hospital Creates Publishing Department to Promote Health, Wellness
Follow-up Sought for Health and Human Services Report on Physician-owned Hospitals
Forgiveness: Another Tool for Healing
Genetics: The New Nursing Frontier
Going Green Helps Hospitals Save Money and Resources
Half of ED Patients Admit PCP Could Have Handled Case
HCA North Texas Launches HeartOne Network
Health Coaches Improve Care
Health Coaches Lower Readmission Rates
Health Coaching Another Option for Nurses
Healthcare Trends: Changing Roles in the Hospital’s C-suite
Healthy Design: How Facilities Can Contribute to Patient Outcomes
Helping Patients Navigate the System
Higher Education for Nurses Advocated by Polly Bednash
Hospice Patients Live Longer
Hospital Comparison Web sites Valuable but Need Uniformity
Hospital Develops Its Own Clinical Nurse Specialists
Hospital Gardens That Help Heal
Hospital Highlights for the week of April 10
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Hospital Highlights for the Week of December 18, 2006
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Hospital Highlights Week of November 20, 2006
Hospital Shock Team Saves Lives, Empowers Nurses
Hospital Uses Perks to Retain Nurses
Hospital’s Hope Room Engages Cancer Patients
Hospitals Borrowing Efficiency-Improvement Techniques from Industry
Hospitals Cracking Down on HIPAA Violators
Hospitals Eliminate Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Hospitals Explore Ways to Reduce Nurses’ Stress
Hospitals Not Equally Preparing for Bioterrorism
Hospitals Prepare for 2006 Hurricane Season
Hospitals Receive Beacon Award for Critical Care
Hospitals Set Sights on Recruiting and Retaining Retired or Retiring Nurses
Hospitals Start Routine Rapid HIV Testing in ED
Hospitals Take Softer Approach to Patient Care
Hospitals Taking Ecological Path
Hospitals Turn Green with Bottom Line Envy
How a Temporary Doctor Can Make a Permanent Impact
Improving Mothers’ L&D Experience
Improving Third-World Health through Education
Internet Sites Put Doctors on the Defensive
Joint-degree Program Offers More Growth to Nurses
Keeping Nurses Safe from Workplace Violence
Less Can Be More in Patient Care
Linking Patient Satisfaction with Healthier Facility Margins
Low Wages Contribute to Nursing Faculty Shortage
Major Teaching Hospital Switches to Team Nursing
Majority of Hospital Executives Believe Reform Will Hurt Their Financial Health and Patient Care
Many Nurses Not Comfortable with Evidence-based Process
Marketplace Forcing Electronic Patient Communications
Massage Technique Helps Relax Patients
Medical Insurance Companies Score Low with Texas Doctors
Medication Aides Given the Green Light in More States
Mobile Medicine: Doctors and Nurses Up the Apps
More Hospitals Now Offer Complementary and Alternative Medicine
More Than Science to This Specialty
National Nurses Response Team Helps Lessen Danger's Destruction
National Nurses' Group Advises on Issues
National Organization Proposes Changes to CNS Status
Native Americans are Combating Diabetes with Education and Exercise
New Color-Coded Uniforms Improve Patient Satisfaction
New Heparin May Improve Patient Safety
New Program Allows LPNs To Do More
New Program Eases Transition During Computer Conversions
New Program Trains Mexican Nurses for U.S. Hospitals
New Technology Makes Important Strides in Pandemic Research and Prevention
New Web Site Provides Information and Resources on Nation’s Healthcare Workforce
Nightingale Metrics Improve Care and Satisfaction
NLN’s New Leader Aims to Raise Organization’s Voice
No Holidays from Grief and Loss
No Override for SCHIP
Not Enough Nurses, Not Enough Time: The Crux of Nurse-to-Patient Ratios
NP-Physician Care-management Teams save Money
Nurse and Patient Hygiene Measures Could Save Money and Lives
Nurse Artfully Applies a Special Kind of Care
Nurse Care Management Improves Depression Outcomes
Nurse Combines Prevention Outreach with Hands-on Stroke Care
Nurse Heads Effort to Change Health Care
Nurse Heads Effort to Change Healthcare
Nurse Leaders in Pennsylvania Learn Keys to Success
Nurse Privacy Officers Protect Patient Confidentiality
Nurse Researcher Documents the Stresses, Contributions of Vietnam War Nurses
Nurses Finally Embracing IT
Nurses Get to the Heart of Wellness
Nurses Help Put Out the Smoke—Tobacco Smoke, That Is
Nurses Hesitate to Report Errors
Nurses Inspire Clinic Staff to Adopt Healthier Lifestyles
Nurses Love Working in Single-Room NICUs
Nurses May Help Relieve Pain, But Continually Suffer from It, Too
Nurses No Longer Working in the Dark, Thanks to Night Shift Committee
Nurses Serve on Health Care Reform Working Group
Nurses: Still Looking for Job Satisfaction
Nursing Intervention Shortens NICU Length of Stay
Nursing Schools Develop Innovative Minority Programs
Oncology Nursing Advances along with Cancer Treatments
Online Records Help Patients and Clinicians Coordinate Care
PACE’s Team Approach Keeps Elders Independent Longer
Physicians Donate Their Skills to Help Haitians in Need
Physicians Shifting to the Employment Model
Point-of-Care Testing to Improve Patient Care
Preparing Expectant Parents for Perinatal Death
Program Provides Help to Night-shift Nurses
Receiving Healthcare is a Matter of Luck in Oregon
Regional QI Initiative Involves Nurses
Research Honor Program Piques Undergrads' Interest
Retail Medical Clinics are a Growing Health Care Phenomenon
Retraining Inactive Nurses Could Impact Shortage
RN-to-Patient Hospital Staffing Ratios Update
Safety Study Shows Nurses High in Teamwork
San Diego Wildfire Smoke Compromises Air Quality
School-Based Centers Open Doors to Children’s Health
Schwartz Rounds Spur Multidisciplinary Dialogues
SCIP: Improving Surgical Outcomes
Senate Committee Hears Testimony on Physician Shortages
Service and Commitment to a Remote Island Community Wins Doctor a Prestigious Award
Single-patient Rooms Increase Safety, Capacity
Social Networking Has Hospitals All a ‘Twitter’
Space Nursing Society Prepares for Future Flights
Spotlight on Geriatric Care Managers
Spotlight on Long-Term Acute-Care Nursing
Spotlight on Risk Managers
States Consider Expanding Role of Advanced Practice Nurses
Statewide, Real-time Resource Management Aids During Emergencies
Stored Blood Poses Problems for Patients
Structuring Compensation Models to Improve Physician Recruiting
Students and Professionals Looking to Alternative Careers in Healthcare
Study Shows Contaminated Keyboards and How to Clean Them
Surgical Fires More Common than Previously Estimated
Survey Finds Few Aware of Allied Worker Shortage
Taking Simple Measures to Improve Outcomes
Team Triage Speeds Up ED Throughput
Teen Pre-Med Club Founder Awarded Scholarship
Telemedicine Aids Arizona Trauma Victims
Tennessee Commissioner of Health, Susan Cooper, RN, is a Trailblazer
Teresa Russell Earns a Prestigious Certification in Wound and Ostomy Care
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People with Diabetes
The AJN’s Editorial Head Extols the Importance of Nurses
The Current State of Health Information Technology
The Drop in State Medicaid Funding for Graduate Medical Education
The Future of 21st Century Medicine: It’s All in the Data
The Growing Need for More and Better Trained Medical Interpreters
The Growing Need for More and Better-Trained Medical Interpreters
The Joint Commission Recertifies AMN Healthcare with Health Care Staffing ‘Gold Seal of Approval’
The Money Issue: How to Make Your Billing More Patient-Friendly, Effective
The Nursing Workforce: Key Organizations Reveal Strategies for Building a Strong Future
The Quality Staff You Don’t See
The Truth about Vaccine Storage
Three Nurses Shaping Policy at AARP
Top Factors in Nurse Retention
Transforming Care at the Bedside Spurs Innovation
Tulane University Hospital Reopens
Two Nurse Legislators Introduce State Staffing Bills
U.S. Health System Lags Other Nations in Safety and Access
U.S. Physicians Lag Behind in IT Implementation
Universal Beds Ease Patients’ Anxieties and Satisfy Nurses
Vickie Milazzo Inspires Nurses to Reach for Their Goals
Watching For and Overcoming Compassion Fatigue
What Makes Nurses Happy?
What’s Next for Hospitals? Creating a New Game Plan for the Economic Recovery
While Reform Waits, Providers Can Find ‘Quick Wins’ for Improving Efficiency
Who’s the Boss? Trends in Hospital Employment vs. Private Practice
Women Hold Several Misperceptions about Breast Cancer
Workers Value Health Insurance as Numbers of Uninsured Rise