Kathy Long, BSN, Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) and palliative care manager at North Carolina Baptist Hospital (NCBH) in Winston-Salem, NC, and Jane Smeaton, RN, MSOLQ, manager of the medical floor at Waukesha Memorial Hospital in Milwaukee, WI, report their facilities are happy with the NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Health-system Elders) results. |