Evacuating surgical smoke in the operating room protects patients and perioperative teams from hazards associated with inhaling smoke. States have passed bills mandating health care facilities ambulatory surgery centers adopt policies to evacuate We use a 5-step process for identifying options reduce exposure harmful toxins found recommend executive nurse leaders collaborate states professional...

Visual cues help to improve the turnover process Third of 3 articles on applying Lean management to turnover time. C reating a " visual workplace " is a principle in Lean management. Visual cues have been one solution for improving turnover time at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. In a visual workplace, the goal is to make waste, problems, and abnormal conditions readily ap...

BACKGROUND Nursing home (NH)-acquired pneumonia (NHAP) causes excessive mortality, hospitalization, and functional decline, partly because many NH residents do not receive appropriate care. Care structures like nurse/resident staffing ratios can impede or abet quality care. This study examines the relationship between nurse/resident staffing ratios, turnover, and adherence to evidence-based gui...

This feature provides a platform for oncology nurses to illustrate the many ways that leadership may be realized and professional practice may transform cancer care. Possible submissions include, but are not limited to, overviews of projects, accounts of the application of leadership principles or theories to practice, and interviews with nurse leaders. Descriptions of activities, projects, or ...

IN BOTH CANADA and the United Kingdom, the attention of the medical profession has been focusing on the nurse as a solution to the increasing demands being made on first contact health services. Many feel that the registered nurse with some extra training is capable of taking on several of the family physician's tasks. Estimates of the amount of usual physician work load she can assume vary fro...

Interventions: eight 30 minute sessions of either MSS (n = 65) or activity (n = 71) twice a week for 4 weeks. Sessions occurred one on one with the same key worker (nurse, occupational therapist, or psychology assistant) whenever possible. MSS was matched to the patient’s needs and interests and included light and sound effects and materials for touching and smelling. The comparison activity se...

Sue Rimes, RN, BSN, is a clinical nurse liaison in the Gynecologic Oncology Department, Jacalyn Gano, RN, MSW, OCN, is the manager of clinical protocol administration in the Gynecologic Oncology Department, and Karin Hahn, MD, is an assistant professor in Breast Medical Oncology and the Department of Epidemiology, all at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston; Mildred Ra...

This article explores the use of physician extenders in the pediatric ICU setting. The Libby Zion case is highlighted because of its impact on the use of manpower in the hospital setting. The history of physician extenders, including the hospitalist, physician assistant (PA), and nurse practitioner (NP), is discussed. Findings indicate a positive impact within the pediatric intensive care setti...