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Nursing News

10 Best Practices for Patient Safety

March 18, 2010 - Just before the new millennium, health care began building a foundation to advance patient safety. The catalyst: a 1999 landmark Institute of Medicine report that highlighted safety problems and paved the way for reducing medical errors. Since then, many evidence-based practices...
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• The Facts about Face Time: Nurse Staffing Levels, Time with Patients are Critical to Patient Outcomes
• Nearly 2 Million Californians Lost Health Insurance During Recession, Study Finds
• FDA Seeks Comments on Increasing Transparency

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Features

Nurses Turn Focus on Patient Safety into Fulfilling Careers

March 18, 2010 - “Safety is every patient’s right and everyone’s responsibility,” began Kathleen Nelson, RN, MPH, CPHRM, national leader of patient safety and risk management for Kaiser Permanente. “Nurses have a preoccupation with patient safety and they try to provide the most compassionate and... Read More

• Where Patient Safety Really Counts – at the Bedside
• Natalie Nicholson Balances Nursing, Family and Olympic Competition
• Celebrating Nightingale's Legacy and the International Year of the Nurse 2010