Rebecca Smallwood

These skills and characteristics are essential to success and managers should seek to identify them in nursing candidates when filling a seat on the bus.

Here are four ways leaders can get the most out of annual training and make the process more meaningful for staff.

Behavior-based interview questions will help identify those nurses who possess the necessary characteristics and skills for success in today’s complex healthcare environment.

Strong leadership is needed for a patient safety program to be successful. Leaders must make patient safety a priority and consistently communicate that message through words and actions. Here are 11 ways leaders can improve their safety culture.

As part of American Heart Month we take a look at the growing number of tools that healthcare professionals can use to help make a difference in awareness, management, and treatment of heart health.

Did you know that while about 10% of all professions report disruptive behaviors in the workplace, reports for healthcare professions are 3x higher?

People addicted to prescription pain medications often switch to heroin because it offers a similar high, doesn’t require a prescription, and is cheaper to buy.

All clinical staff, regardless of setting, needs to be comfortable with identifying risk factors and screening all patients for suicide ideation.

Preceptorship bridges the gap between the classroom and independent practice. They also prepare nurses for demanding practice environments.

Did you know that 18% of the U.S. population speaks a language other than English at home? By the year 2042 there will be no single ethnic or racial majority in the United States.

Potentially 27% of all readmissions are potentially preventable, and up to 50% of those are linked to interventions that could have been provided during initial hospitalization.

Did you know adverse events are a high risk for patients after a care transition from inpatient hospital care to home? Many of these events are preventable through good communication and education before discharge.

Care transitions have been described as a bridge connecting patients from one healthcare provider or group of providers to another. , ….