In long-term care, few changes feel more consequential than altering how medications are administered. Medication passes are not just a task; they are ...
Reclaiming nursing time patient care through automation improves medication workflows and reduces nurse burnout in hospitals nationwide.
The last element of the 5 Rs -- right time -- has often been governed by the "30-minute medication rule." For as long as many nurses can remember, every hospital, unit, and nurse has passed ...
Building closer relationships with facility staff and health care partners of nursings homes, such as hospital providers and pharmacies, is going to be ...
I am responsible for the medication pass and worried about doing it with surveyors watching. Can you give me a few tips? First, I recommend that you pass medications with a routine every day. Be ...
Among over 60,000 nursing home residents who initiated antihypertensive medication, rates of excess fractures due to falls per 100 person-years were as high as 5 among certain patient groups, such as ...
Nursing has few universally inviolable rules. Any nurse who has worked in more than a single hospital throughout his or her career understands the extent to which nursing practice can vary from one ...