***Comment this***Pressure injuries are far too common in ou
***Comment this***Pressure injuries are far too common in our advanced health care system of 2020. We know so much about them and still patients come out of ICU, surgeries, rehab hospitals, and regular med-surg care with them. In my last three years in wound care I am astounded by the amount of them we see. […]
***Comment this***Nurse leaders and management need environm
***Comment this***Nurse leaders and management need environment that are conductive to patient safety. They will need to make fundamental changes in their organization. This type of leader needs to make the physical changes in the environment but have the capabilities of changing beliefs, practices of nurses and other health care professionals that in charge of […]
***Comment this***Indeed, nurse leaders and managers have a
***Comment this***Indeed, nurse leaders and managers have a significant role to play in reengineering the healthcare system. The healthcare costs are on the rise, the population is rapidly aging and fewer and fewer people are joining the nursing workforce. These are some of the issues that nurse leaders and managers need to address. The good […]
***Comment this***Continuous quality improvement is the resp
***Comment this***Continuous quality improvement is the responsibility of all nurses. This process aims at addressing issues such as the quality of care, patient safety, and cost of care (Helbig, 2018). Thus, quality improvement initiatives can be implemented on a daily basis all the way from the bedside to the boardroom. One thing that is for […]
***Comment this***As part of reengineering, it is important
***Comment this***As part of reengineering, it is important for the leader to integrate workforce policies for staff education, training, and delivery of care to keep up with the demands of rapidly changing healthcare systems. Training helps workers to adapt to new systems and patient care delivery systems. IT requires coordination between integrated healthcare networks to […]