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EDs Optimize Capacity and Throughput
Throughout the nation, emergency care is in critical condition. From 1997 to 2005, more than 200 emergency departments (EDs) closed, mainly because of hospital mergers and closures. At the same time, the demand for emergency services has grown. Now most EDs struggle to keep up with demand, and many are at or over capacity. This capacity crunch can decrease the quality of clinical care, hospital revenues, and patient satisfaction. And it can increase the risk for errors, patient waiting times, the number of patients leaving without care, and hospital admissions from the ED. Full Article>> |
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Forces of Magnet Hospitals: Recognizing Excellence
Promoting and recognizing excellent nursing care is at the heart of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®. For a Magnet hospital, the ability to promote nursing excellence attracts nursing applicants and heightens job satisfaction and retention of nurses.
Although the ANCC introduced a new Magnet model* in 2007, its long-standing fourteen characteristics (or forces of magnetism) remain the structure and process components essential for a Magnet hospital to achieve its desired outcomes. Previous issues of Nursing News reviewed forces 1 through 8. This issue looks at the next three, dealing with nursing autonomy, community involvement, and education.
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