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An easy-to understand guide that will provide nurses with the knowledge they need to safely administer medications that the JCAHO and Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) have deemed high-alert medications.

August 26, 2008 (Volume 4, Issue 34)

Inside the news: Aiming for the heart: New device helps patients avoid hospital
Heart failure patients might be able to avoid the hospital with a new implant device recently instituted at a Chicago hospital.

Inside best practice: Dim patient call lights
Within Force of Magnetism 7: Quality improvement, nurses are expected to participate in processes that improve the quality of patient care delivered in the organization. Members of the telemetry unit at Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital in Louisville, KY, fulfilled those expectations with hourly nurse rounding.

Inside the Forces: Show me the evidence
If there are no quantifiable outcomes related to particular evidence for one of the 14 Forces of Magnetism, do not include the evidence in your written documentation.

Inside scoop from our experts: Collaborate to improve outcomes
This week, a reader asks how to improve patient outcomes through interdisciplinary collaboration.

Other recently-published articles from HCPro's Weekly Update on the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®*:

Inside the news: Pennsylvania hospital receives $25,000 prize for positive innovations

Inside best practice: Blending performance appraisal and peer review

Inside the Forces: Hold nurses accountable for improving the image of nursing

Inside scoop from our experts: Utilize your steering committee

News brief: Receive patient satisfaction data at the point of care

Inside HCPro’s MRP workshop: Build a designation budget

Inside the Forces: Get a stamp of approval for your research project

Inside scoop from our experts: See how the project director can be part-time

Inside the news: A Texas hospital serves its community in a time of need

Inside HCPro’s MRP workshop: Close the gaps to achieve nursing excellence

Inside the Forces: Ensure staff drive decisions and actions

Inside scoop from our experts: Determine your needs for a consultant

Inside the news: Survey says senior leadership plays a role in nurse satisfaction

Inside HCPro’s MRP workshop: Get connected

Inside the Forces: Ease nurses’ research jitters

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