A standardized handoff can prevent inconsistent and inaccurate discharge summaries, a new study says. Transition of patients from hospital to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) often results in ...

Hospital participation in health information communication systems has limited effectiveness in reducing skilled nursing facility admissions for older adults with heart failure, a new study examining ...

Communication is a critical component of healthcare, particularly when you consider the potential for miscommunication in a hectic environment when a delay or misunderstanding can cause needless ...

Health system is focusing on new technology and new innovations to improve patient safety, quality director says. Although observations showed a 90% hand hygiene compliance across the health system ...

Whether you’re a staff nurse or a nurse manager, giving and receiving feedback is essential to your professional journey. Feedback is direct communication that emphasizes your strengths or identifies ...

New advances in computer-mediated technology have helped facilitate more effective and immediate communication between nurses and deaf patients when an interpreter is not present. For example, ...

The study identified communication needs of emergency medicine nurses and physicians, in particular, what information should be conveyed, by whom and the most appropriate time to convey the ...

Daniele Fenn said she always had it in her heart to one day work in the medical field, but it was taking care of her grandmother, who was in hospice care at home, that made her choose nursing. “I ...

A first step toward improving communications with the deaf pa tient is to be familiar with the various forms of communication he or she uses in daily life. Two or more of the following means of ...