Health information technology (HIT) is increasingly adopted by nursing homes to improve safety, quality of care, and staff productivity. We examined processes of HIT implementation in nursing homes, ...

Author Adrian O’Dowd, MA, is freelance medical writer. Dr Gillian Leng, implementation director at NICE, believes that nurses are vital for successfully implementing NICE guidelines. In an interview ...

While few nursing homes use health information exchanges (HIEs), they will have to adapt quickly to meet policy and public demands to more effectively use technology for improving communication ...

The nursing process and care planning are integral components in modern healthcare, providing a systematic framework for delivering individualised, patient‐centred care. This method encompasses a ...

Cassie Keiser, a junior majoring in Psychology and Data Analytics with a minor in Marketing, came into college looking for a way to combine her two degrees. She didn’t have to wait long: a gerontology ...

In 2012, the Scripps Gerontology Center conducted the sixth biennial Ohio Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey under a contract to the Ohio Department of Aging. The 2012 survey had the largest ...

There has been a lot of talk about QAPI. What is the director of nursing’s role? Where should we start? First off, do not be alarmed by learning about this “new” program. It is not new. It is the ...

The Journal of Nursing Administration, Vol. 43, No. 3 (March 2013), pp. 172-177 (6 pages) OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to increase understanding of patient perceptions of nursing professional ...

Few can argue that stakeholders have worked hard to get up to speed on the Patient-Driven Payment Model. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has conducted a helpful awareness blitz leading up ...

The importance of evaluation as part of an iterative process of monitoring, evaluation, refinement, and modification is a common thread in implementation science literature and has been advocated in ...

This study describes how leadership can work to produce organisational change through the implementation of fasting guidelines in an NHS trust. Prolonged periods of fasting were a common occurrence ...

Revisions to the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology/Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards: Expanding the Scope to Include Inpatient Settings Forty-four (80%) of ...