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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.

October 7, 2008 (Volume 4, Issue 40)

Inside the news: Missouri hospital uses on-site program to enhance nursing degrees
Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis will increase its number of baccalaureate nurses through an on-site program.

Inside HCPro's MRP workshop: Save meeting minutes
Last week, attendees at HCPro’s Workshop on the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) in New Orleans received best practices on how to prepare for the journey toward designation. During the next several weeks, we’ll feature some of the highlights here in the e-newsletter.

Inside the Forces: Determine an appropriate research article
Conducting research projects is an expectation under Force of Magnetism 6: Quality of care, which falls under Component 5: Empirical quality results. So whether you are critiquing research with peers or on your own, you may wonder how to determine an appropriate research article.

Inside scoop from our experts: Check your nurses' language
This week, a reader asks how to stop nurses from saying “I’m just a nurse” throughout the organization. Read the response below from our advisor Gina Boring, MSN, RN, NE-BC, ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® director at 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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