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Strategies for Nurse Managers: 2010 Archive
[2009]

August 2010

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Nursing excellence program provides framework for patient safety initiatives

SUD reprocessing: Balancing cost savings, patient safety

Staff development challenge: Best practices for dealing with resistant learners

Success in a fall reduction strategy

Establishing ethical boundaries among staff

July 2010

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Checklist tool helps staff evaluate the entire patient, identify readmissions

Quilt, staff brainstorm contest help promote patient safety

Prepping presenters: Helping nurses develop poster presentations

A culture of trust: Staff development's role in enhancing organizational culture

Encouraging employees to remain engaged

June 2010

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Combating the nurse shortage

Colorado hospital evaluates 'missed opportunities’ in rapid response teams

Interpreters help overcome linguistic and cultural barriers

To blog or not to blog: CNO connects with staff nurses

Improving hand hygiene compliance rates with marketing, accountability, and incentives

Promoting performance excellence

May 2010

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See the discharge process through the patient’s eyes

Ohio hospital keeps TABS on patients

EBP and nursing research: Avoiding confusion

Staffing effectiveness in 2010: The interim standards

Growing the emerging field of simulation in healthcare

April 2010

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Getting the job done: Matching the right people to the right responsibility

New code of conduct improves employee outlook, patient satisfaction

Daily flash rounds improve interdepartmental communication

Nurse scheduling software increases nurse satisfaction

Meeting challenges when building and implementing a successful orientation program

Tip of the month: Progress is a powerful staff motivator

March 2010

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Voice recording technology improves patient handoff process

RapidView provides real-time snapshots of the facility; improves patient access

Developing the next generation of leaders

FDA warning forces alternative sterilization methods

Keeping up in a down economy: Fixing employee morale

Simplifying medication storage

Tip of the month: Best practices for employee terminations

February 2010

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Hand hygiene rates improved through variety of reinforcement styles

Multiple interventions reduce VAP rates

Pilot program identifies the cause of frequent ED visits; patients overcome barriers

Study: Nurses use repetitive processes to catch medication errors, improve patient care

Nurses save time and prevent frustration with addition of new computer carts in patient rooms

Tip of the month: Office safety: Protecting yourself from workplace violence

January 2010

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Debating the evidence: A hospital sparks an argument to get nurses engaged

Simulation learning modalities: Going beyond the basics

Educating visitors about isolation precautions: Visitor education will help control transmission, especially during flu season<

Joint Commission’s role in internal quality data

Experts: Hospitals not the place for social networking sites

Tip of the month: Healthy work environments boost nurse retention

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