Hand Hygiene Compliance Poor in Task Transitions
Hand hygiene compliance was 50.8 percent when health care workers moved from dirtier to cleaner tasks.
Nursing
Journal Club Presentation Prepares Nurses to Provide Post Robotic Surgery Care
Using a journal club presentation, nurse leaders prepare the staff of a surgical oncology unit to care for patients undergoing robotic surgery for gastrointestinal cancers.
Ambulatory-Specific Training Improves Learning and Satisfaction in Nurse Residency Programs
Researchers outlined outcomes after the addition of ambulatory-specific curriculum to the didactic and practical portions of the nurse residency program.
The Red Bracelet: Nurses and Patients Appreciate Peer Recognition Program
Novel program allows staff nurses to show their appreciation for the kind acts of their peers, regardless of who was the beneficiary of the act.
Striving for Consistent Documentation of Pain Assessments, Patient Satisfaction
Novel innovations enhanced nurse education on pain assessment a re-assessment that enhanced patient satisfaction, although documentation still lagged at the end of the project.
Caution Regarding Use of Buretrols to Administer Chemotherapy
Are buretrols vented, therefore causing aerosolization of hazardous drug?
Sharing Personal Contact Information With Patients
Some of my oncology nurse colleagues give patients their personal cell phone numbers. Sometimes I feel like I’m the odd one for not giving my number when patients ask if they can text me. Am I behind the times?
NIH Establishes Educational Program on Genomics, Genetics for Oncology Nurses
NIH sought to bridge the gap in oncology nurse training in genomics and genetics to improve patient education and assessment of related risk factors.
Less Diversity in PROM Systems Could Improve Assessing Their Practicality for Cancer Patients, Clinicians
Researchers report that diversity in PROM systems leads to inconsistent results across a selection of 41 such systems, despite being able to identify their common features.
An Evaluation of the Impact of Oncology Nurse-Led Primary Palliative Care on Nurse Providers
The roles and workloads of oncology infusion room nurses may be substantially altered by their participation in the CONNECT intervention.
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