Hospitals are faced with a fresh challenge. On one hand, they promote career development programs to support and retain their nursing staff. On the other, these very initiatives are inadvertently pushing more nurses away from direct patient care. With the retirement of experienced nurses and younger nurses gravitating towards leadership or advanced practice roles, hospitals…
In recent years, infection prevention — traditionally dominated by nurses — has evolved to welcome professionals from public health, lab science, and respiratory therapy, each bringing unique expertise that strengthens patient safety and infection prevention and control (IPC) programs. According to a 2015 survey, 82% of infection preventionists (IPs) came from a nursing background, while…
As infection prevention specialists, navigating the forefront of healthcare involves the necessary embrace of scientific and medical research. This is especially true when it comes to effectively managing hospital infections and ensuring an uncompromising standard of patient safety. A recent study successfully developed a comprehensive system of evaluation aiming to boost professional nursing expertise in…
A recent study, appearing in BMC Medical Education volume 24, suggests that combining procedural pathways with information management can significantly enhance the nursing staff skills training system. The research was carried out as a quasi-experimental study comprising a control group and an experimental group. Participants in the experimental group were 300 newly admitted nurses or…