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Celebrating Nurses’ Monumental Impact
There is a myriad of ways to participate in National Nurses Week, which is celebrated May 6-12, from honoring your staff RNs with a gift or event to taking steps to let...
- Hospitals are accountable for containing costs as well as delivering quality care in joint replacements under a new payment model that Medicare will be testing in select surgical markets starting next year. Read more ?
- Are your infection preventionists required to spend more time collecting and reporting data on SSIs than observing, preparing and educating staff to prevent them? Read more ?
- Healthcare workplaces are among the nation's most dangerous, says OSHA, which is why visiting surveyors will be on the lookout for patient handling injuries, slips, trips and falls, sharps risks, workplace violence and other on-the-job hazards. Read more ?
- The $5.1 million malpractice verdict sparked by a Pennsylvania ASC's drug mix-up highlights the importance of properly and diligently labeling your medications. Read more ?
- A patient sued an Oregon hospital after surgical lights allegedly caused severe third-degree burns on her foot. The lawsuit blames the hospital's unfiltered halogen bulbs. Read more ?
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