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Nurse Watch

Nurse Watch: Workplace Beefs With Jimmy Kimmel; 5 Ways to Beat the Shortage

Plus, nurses honored for their work, and Montana school speeds up degrees to address shortage, all in our weekly roundup of nurse news you may have missed.

May 24, 2016

Marty Stempniak

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Plus, nurses honored for their work, and Montana school speeds up degrees to address shortage, all in our weekly roundup of nurse news you may have missed.

More on the Nurse Burnout ‘Public Health Crisis' That’s Gripping the Field

Our Nurse Watch column, exploring the nurse burnout 'public health crisis,' seems to have struck a chord with readers across the country.

May 3, 2016

Marty Stempniak

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Our Nurse Watch column from a couple of weeks ago — focusing on the nurse burnout “public health crisis” — seems to have struck a chord with readers across the country.

'Startling' HIMSS Survey Finds Women in Health IT Take 15 Years to Catch Up to Male Counterparts in Salary

Two female hospital chief information officers offer advice to others aspiring to enter IT exec ranks.

March 3, 2016

Marty Stempniak

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Two female hospital chief information officers offer advice to others aspiring to enter IT exec ranks during frank discussion at HIMSS16 Wednesday.

Nurse Watch

Predicting the Next Readmission; Gender Holding Nurses Back from C-suite; Nurses Unprepared for Transgender Patients

All this and more in our weekly roundup of nurse news this week

February 24, 2016

Marty Stempniak

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All this and more in our weekly roundup of nurse news this week.

Extra Mile

UNC Hospitals' Housekeeping Staff Choir Changes Patient Perceptions

The singing group wins hearts and changes attitudes about 'the clean up crew.'

January 20, 2016

Jon Asplund

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The singing group wins hearts and changes attitudes about 'the clean up crew.'

Most Popular Stories from 2015 Uncover Med Tech, Explore Behavioral Health, Staffing and Management Issues

H&HN's most read stories of 2015 reflect the trends taking place across health care

December 23, 2015

Paul Barr

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The most read stories of 2015 reflect the trends taking place across health care.

Staffing Watch: AHRQ Project Yields Teamwork; Boomer Retirements Loom; Nurses Regret Career Choice

December 18, 2015

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One hospital found success with an AHRQ team-building quality program, while the outlook for nursing supply got a little dimmer.

Nurse Watch: Big Bucks Toward Expanding Patient Access to Nurse Notes; Home Care Nurses Travel 'Astronomical' Distance

Our new weekly feature rounds up some of the interesting nursing-related news items from the past week

December 16, 2015

Marty Stempniak

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Our new weekly feature rounds up some of the interesting nursing-related news items from the past week.

Hospital Leaders Must Adapt to New Roles; Rewrite Rules for Improvement, Says Retiring IHI Chief

Executives must rethink nearly every aspect of how they routinely do their work.

December 9, 2015

Marty Stempniak

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ORLANDO — This is the last Institute for Healthcare Improvement Forum for Maureen Bisognano as leader of the influential quality and patient safety group, with Bisognano planning to retire from her duties at the close of 2015. But she left hospital leaders with a few words of advice during her opening keynote Tuesday morning.