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Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education

Issue 21, May 25, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  Over the past few months, I have made a point of writing about various organizations and...

• SDW news brief: Patients’ perception of poor communication linked to safety

  HealthGrades recently released the results of its annual survey of patient safety and patient...

• Incidents of disruptive physician behavior

  According to nurses, disruptive physician behavior most often occurs after they place phone calls...

• How to improve your training program

  HIPAA and HITECH have resulted in a whole new career for Tom Dumez, CHP. As human resources...

Issue 20, May 18, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  NPD specialists are always on the lookout for useful resources. Last week, I provided information...

• SDW news brief: New California RNs struggle to find work

  A recent survey conducted by the California Institute for Nursing and Healthcare found that 43% of...

• From the staff development bookshelf: Diagnosing CAUTI

  A catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is diagnosed only when signs and symptoms of...

• Website spotlight: Nurses harness patient engagement tools to educate and empower patients

  Until recently, patients at the four hospitals operated by NorthShore University HealthSystem...

Issue 19, May 11, 2012

• Nurses Week: Contest to win a free webcast on preventing CAUTIs!

  We're marking the last day of HCPro's Nurses Week celebration with a fun nursing quiz! Entrants...

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  Most, if not all, nursing professional development (NPD) specialists incorporate simulation as...

• SDW news brief: Deceleration in healthcare job growth

  Healthcare sector job growth is slowing, according to April job figures from the U.S. Bureau of...

• From the staff development bookshelf: Importance of managing reporting

  When an organization begins to look at incident reporting, it often has to reconcile two divergent...

• Website spotlight: Nurses shining exception to public’s dim view of healthcare

  Americans are having a hard time paying for their prescription drugs. They're not confident in...

Issue 18, May 4, 2012

• HCPro celebrates National Nurses Week!

  May 6 through May 12 marks the celebration of National Nurses Week, an annual event to recognize...

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  Journal clubs have long been used as a way to help nurses learn. Presenting information about...

• SDW news brief: Another walkout for California nurses

  This past week, members of the California Nurses Association staged their third strike in seven...

• From the staff development bookshelf: Defining accountability and responsibility in nursing

  Before you can work toward achieving accountability, you need to ensure that you understand what...

• Website spotlight: Avoiding overuse of tests to prevent harm, eliminate waste, and reduce costs

  The Joint Commission recently proposed a new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) to take effect...

Issue 17, April 27, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  Health and wellness of nursing professional development specialists: Taking care of ourselves As...

• New law in Virginia encourages healthcare teams

  The Medical Society of Virginia and the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners teamed up to...

• Addressing common barriers to incident reporting

  One of the most common complaints organizations hear from their staff about the event reporting...

• Avoiding use of contraindicated medications

  The Joint Commission has three standards containing EPs that address medication contraindications...

Issue 16, April 20, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  We all know that outpatient care is rapidly becoming the norm for everything from medical issues...

• Professional interpreters could reduce medical errors

  Employing a professional translator in the emergency room could potentially cut medical errors in...

• Patient classification systems to coordinate patient care

  Patient classification systems (PCS), also known as patient acuity systems, are used to assist a...

• Buy-in, incentives move patients faster

  Despite sustained attention from hospital leaders, wait times in the University of California, San...

Issue 15, April 13, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  Infection control issues are taking center stage as never before. Thanks to the CMS rulings on...

• Startup medical company aims to reduce errors

  Baxter Webb, an MBA student at Vanderbilt University, Tenn., is developing an electronic paging...

• Incorporating discussions of ethics into your nurse orientation program

  There is not a great deal of time to introduce the topic of ethics in orientation with any...

• Teach your physicians, staff proper social media protocol

  Navigating the new world of social media is challenging for many professions, but perhaps none...

Issue 14, April 6, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  EBP in Nursing Professional Development (NPD) requires that we communicate with each other and...

• Using technology to improve hand hygiene

  An initiative in Alabama aims to use technology and a data-backed network to focus on hand hygiene...

• Providing focus in the data presented to department managers

  If you are responsible for providing data to the risk managers at individual facilities in your...

• Communication and collaboration: IDT best practices

  The goal at all SNFs should be the same: provide the best possible care to each and every resident...

Issue 13, March 30, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  Some Nursing Professional Development (NPD) specialists think that reactive data are something we...

• SDW news brief: No substantial improvement despite hospital pay incentives

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Premier Hospital Quality Incentive...

• Questions for defining organizational culture

  How would you describe the culture of your organization? To get a precise read on the culture of a...

• Building a long-term antibiotic stewardship program

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the arrival of "Get Smart...

Issue 12, March 23, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  On the occasions when we must develop our own tests, most of us rely on multiple choice questions...

• SDW news brief: More men entering nursing from manufacturing jobs

  As warehouses and automobile plants are closing down, men who made a living working those jobs are...

• From the staff development bookshelf: Training charge nurses to manage conflicts

  According to a hospital survey of nurses, nurses tend to use avoidance as a primary strategy to...

• Website spotlight: Self-scheduling a win for nurses, hospitals

  Eighteen months ago, things were a lot different in the nursing units at St. Francis Hospital in...

• Live program: Time-saving tips for nursing professional development

  Join Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN, and Barb Brunt, MA, MN, RN-BC, NE-BC, for a live program on...

Issue 11, March 16, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  Falls and medication errors are a common source of concern and dismay among all healthcare...

• From the staff development bookshelf: Anticipated goals of implementing a just culture

  No matter how much planning and communicating is done to prepare for a change in culture, folks...

• SDW news brief: Patient satisfaction scores increase when clinicians sit

  Patients perceived that a clinician spent more time at their bedside and reported higher levels of...

• Website spotlight: At the forefront of transitional care culture change: Meadowlark Hills’ Therapy Suite

  In October 2011, Meadowlark Hills (MLH) opened the doors to a new wing within its transitional...

• Live program: Time-saving tips for nursing professional development

  Join Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN, and Barb Brunt, MA, MN, RN-BC, NE-BC, for a live program on...

Issue 10, March 9, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  Thanks to reports such as the Institute of Medicine's The Future of Nursing it is increasingly...

• Live program: Time-saving tips for nursing professional developmen

  Join Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN, and Barb Brunt, MA, MN, RN-BC, NE-BC, for a live program on...

• Poor economy results in higher employer commitment from new graduate nurses

  New RNs reported a higher commitment to their employers, fewer injuries, and a better work...

• Qualifications for advanced beginners in staff development

  Advanced beginners can be invaluable assets to the staff development department. Because advances...

• NPSF kicks off Patient Safety Awareness Week

  The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) has kicked off its annual Patient Safety Awareness...

Issue 9, March 2, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  Unsuccessful guest speakers are a problem that every nursing professional development department...

• Healthcare messaging app lets nurses multitask

  A new healthcare messaging app allows nurses and hospital staff members to communicate through...

• Nurses as partners in whole-system shared governance implementation

  Many organizations have developed institutional process models (Porter-O'Grady, 1991), where all...

• Ensure correct HPPD for best patient care

  Determining and agreeing on how many hours per patient day (HPPD) it takes to care for your...

Issue 8, February 24, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  Sooner or later we all face the uncomfortable prospect of dealing with an ineffective guest...

• National shortage of primary-care physicians

  A national shortage of primary-care physicians has led many medical schools to alter their...

• Identifying and resolving patient safety problems: the need for a process

  Our hospitals, care facilities, laboratories, and physician practices run based on a combination...

• Specialty nursing certifications linked to lower HAI rates

  The challenges to infection control are great. Whether a patient develops a hospital-acquired...

Issue 7, February 17, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  If you can demonstrate a link between educational products and services that you develop and a...

• Survey finds disconnect in conflicts between nurses and physicians

  A survey conducted by HealthLeaders Media uncovered a disconnect between nurses and physicians...

• From the staff development bookshelf: Nurturing novices in staff development

  Nurturing novices is not an easy task. They generally have extensive responsibilities as a staff...

• Radiation safety: It’s complicated

  X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs are used widely and often in healthcare facilities across the United...

Issue 6, February 10, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  You need to be able to communicate your accomplishments and professional development...

• Pennsylvania hospital will switch to all-RN model

  Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia is planning to replace all CNAs with RNs within the...

• Engaging new nurses in the classroom

  New graduates are learning to function within the controlled chaos of the hospital system while...

• Healthcare workers top injury and illnesses list

  Their jobs revolve around helping people recover from injuries and illnesses, yet healthcare...

Issue 5, February 3, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  A few months ago I offered some information about nursing apps, the wonderful programs you can...

• Free nursing app features new tools for nurses

  Robert Freeman, a registered nurse at Beth Israel Hospital in New York, designed an app for nurses...

• Communication strategies for nurse leaders

  Communication is defined as act of communicating, or the exchange of information between...

• Nurse practitioners improve discharges, reduce readmissions, and save hospitals money

  A recent study from Loyola University Medical Center illustrates how adding a nurse practitioner...

Issue 4, January 27, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  Simulation equipment allows learners to practice anything from CPR to intravenous insertion to...

• CMS initiative designates "innovation advisers" to improve healthcare

  As part of a new initiative from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), 73...

• Supply management in nursing

  The cost of inventory in healthcare organizations is generally smaller than the dollar amount from...

• 3 creative ways to cut nurse labor costs

  Because nurses comprise a huge chunk of labor costs, they often fall under the financial...

Issue 3, January 20, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  We all have to deal with unexpected needs for just-in-time training. A patient arrives with a new...

• Study identifies key factors in nursing retention across three generations

  A study conducted by researchers in Australia found that many nurses are dedicated to healing and...

• Outside controls on the practice of nursing

  The U.S. Government has standards in the Federal Registry that require all hospitals that...

• Above and beyond traditional error reporting

  As the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, medical errors just don't seem to be...

Issue 2, January 13, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  The current economic conditions make it more important than ever to keep within our seemingly...

• When nurses catch compassion fatigue, patients suffer

  Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis is now offering a program to help nurses battle compassion...

• Essentials of nursing excellence

  “Eight essentials of Magnetism” are evident in every culture of shared governance...

• Suicide risk: Solutions to rapid assessment and documentation

  In November 2010, The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert requiring all hospitals to...

Issue 1, January 6, 2012

• From the desk of Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN

  As we look forward to all that the New Year will bring, consider collaborating with your local...

• CMS's proposed hospital staffing revisions get cool reception

  A rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to allow changes in the...

• Preceptors in staff development

  Some staff development colleagues automatically assume that all staff development personnel make...

• Nurses key to making healthcare better

  Nurses made a strong showing in this year’s HealthLeaders 20, our annual profile of...