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Infection Prevention: The Small but Mighty Teams in Health Care by Blanchard, E. Jackie

“…Description Infection prevention is a team within health care facilities and systems whose members are vital to reducing and mitigating patient harm secondary…”
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Micro Life by Burton, David

“…Description Painting is what I do to slow my brain and relax my body after a busy day at the hospital. Nothing puts me directly into a flow state like slowly…”
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Minding the Details: The Importance of Assessment Accuracy and Consistency in Managing Nursing-Sensitive Indicator Interventions by Card, Elizabeth, Zanville, Noah

“…Description Evidence-based practice holds the potential to streamline health care, reduce costs, and improve patient outcomes. A good share of the data…”
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The Wave by Gavin, Brittany

“…Description Working as a nurse is stressful. Two things that help me decompress are the beach and fused glasswork. Both of those items are represented in this…”
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A Historical View of Nursing Research at HCA Healthcare by Englebright, Jane D

“…Description HCA Healthcare has been a pioneer in evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing for over 20 years. Nursing leaders overcame 2 major challenges,…”
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Development of a Facility-Level Second Victim Syndrome Peer-Mentor Program: Program Design and Future Directions by Trammell, Jacqueline, Zanville, Noah, Alper, Caryn

“…Despite efforts to prevent errors, studies show that iatrogenic, or health care-related, errors continue to occur. Understandably, these errors, which can…”
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Measures of Success: Making the Case for Advanced Practice-Sensitive Quality Indicators by Kleinpell, Ruth, Kapu, April, Borum, Cynthia

“…Description Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) are key health care providers in a variety of settings. Often APRNs are grouped in a collective…”
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Caring Moments by DeMars, Margaret J

“…Description Two years ago, I held my uncle's hand in the final moments of his life in ICU. I often reflect on this time and wonder if he could hear us or feel…”
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Inner Working of the Human Body by Abeygunawardena, Dammika

“…Description This evocative artwork is inspired by the inner workings of the human body, specifically the complexities of blood flow and vascular systems. The…”
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Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Reduction in Hemodialysis Patients Across 9 Hospitals and 3 States by Roderman, Nicki, Moore, Kasadi, Wilcox, Shandlie, Jellerson, Jennifer, Bridges, Zoey

“…This quality improvement project was initiated to reduce hospital-acquired catheter-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in hospitalized patients…”
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Inpatient Falls: Epidemiology, Risk Assessment, and Prevention Measures. A Narrative Review by Locklear, Taylor, Kontos, Jeannie, Brock, Callaham A, Holland, Alexander B, Hemsath, Rachel, Deal, Anna, Leonard, Shannon, Steinmetz, Carsten, Biswas, Saptarshi

“…Background Patient falls are a common inpatient dilemma and comprise the largest category of preventable adverse events in hospitalized patients. These events…”
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Nursing Informatics: The Vital Nursing Link Between Technology and Patient Care by Hess, Sherri L, Alper, Caryn

“…Description Advances in technology offer additional health care tools to improve the health of patients and efficiencies for our clinicians in innovative ways…”
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The Future of Nurse-Led Research: The Road Ahead by Mosier, Sammie

“…Description Nursing as a profession is full of innovation. From nurse-led research and new technology to emerging models of care, nurses continue to blaze…”
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A Cold Winter Day by Perrin, Erin E

“…Description I am a post-anesthesia care unit nurse who works in a busy ambulatory surgery center, and I consider myself a closet photographer. I love taking…”
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Enhancing Patient Safety: The Role of Interdisciplinary Teams in Reducing Blood Culture Contamination by Patrick Eisenberg, Austin, Awad, Fady M, Watson, Brian, Faris, Mohamed

“…Blood cultures are vital to diagnostic workups among many hospitalized patients, providing valuable information about bloodstream infections (BSIs), which…”
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Improving Maintenance of Central Line Dressing to Reduce Risk of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in an Acute-Care Setting by Gaskill, Kristi, Wilder, Kerry, Sneed, Emily, Pujals, Astrid J, Newman, Kim

“…Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) increase morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Central venous access device (CVAD) dressing…”
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Assessing the Effectiveness of a Non-Punitive Fall Prevention Program by Roderman, Nicki, Wilcox, Shandlie, Lang, Cynthia

“…Our single-center, quality improvement project evaluated the impact of a fall reduction plan while using a Just Culture Algorithm that included weekly fall…”
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Nursing and Supply Chain as Critical Partners in Enterprise-Level Efforts to Prevent Hemodialysis Associated Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections: A Case Study by Blayney, Dana L, Moody, Julia, Pittman, James, Zanville, Noah, Pennington, Missy, Fraker, Sarah A, Blanchard, E. Jackie

“…Preventing central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) remains a critical national focus for health care facilities. This notion is particularly…”
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Dawn's Light—A New Day by McEuen, Wendy A

“…Description In the world of trauma care, there is often darkness and despair. Sometimes we need to find the light around us to restore our positive balance…”
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Skin Preparation Cloths for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections in Adults Undergoing Spine Surgeries: Residual Reduction in Skin Bacterial Load for 4 Days by Card, Elizabeth, Shi, Yaping, Adesinasi, Wuraola, Shotwell, Matt, Wells, Nancy, Hall, Elizabeth, Cheng, Joseph, Sherwood, Edward

“…Surgical site infections (SSI) result in increased morbidity and mortality, prolonged recovery, longer hospital length of stay for medication or possible…”
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