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An easy-to understand guide that will provide nurses with the knowledge they need to safely administer medications that the JCAHO and Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) have deemed high-alert medications.

July 22, 2008 (Volume 4, Issue 29)

Inside the news: Colorado health system looks abroad to improve patient care
Poudre Valley Health System in Colorado is teaming up with Israeli healthcare organizations to study best practices in hopes of improving patient care and safety.

Inside best practice: Use this tip to better acquaint mentors and mentees
Successful mentorships are structured, one-to-one partnerships that focus on the professional and psychosocial needs of the mentee within the context of a collegial relationship. So to help mentors and mentees become better acquainted, have each one answer the following four questions.

Inside the Forces: Understand barriers to implementing a care-delivery model
Under Force of Magnetism 5: Professional models of care, hospitals have to identify unit-based care-delivery models in the written documentation. But nursing units often face barriers when implementing these models.

Inside scoop from our experts: Identify responsibilities of a peer review committee
This week, a reader asks about the responsibilities a peer review committee can hold. Read the response from our advisor Gina Boring, MSN, RN, NE-BC, ANCC Magnet Recognition Program director for Aultman Health Foundation in Canton, OH.

Other recently-published articles from HCPro's Weekly Update on the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®*:

Inside the news: 11 healthcare organizations celebrate excellence

Inside best practice: Save time by registering at the bedside

Inside the Forces: Make use of advanced practice nurses

Inside scoop from our experts: Make use of editors for the written documentation

Inside the news: A five-year safety journey brings success to an Ohio hospital

Inside best practice: Collaborate with the community to promote nursing services

Inside the Forces: Build relationships between nurses and students

Inside scoop from our experts: Professional nursing organizations: Get staff nurses involved

Inside the news: Pennsylvania hospital receives $25,000 prize for positive innovations

Inside best practice: Blending performance appraisal and peer review

Inside the Forces: Hold nurses accountable for improving the image of nursing

Inside scoop from our experts: Utilize your steering committee

News brief: Receive patient satisfaction data at the point of care

Inside HCPro’s MRP workshop: Build a designation budget

Inside the Forces: Get a stamp of approval for your research project

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