Innovations in Patient Care

What are the top nurses in social media up to? In this episode, we talk to two of the top critical care nurses on social media channels. I’m joined by critical care nurse and author Katie Kleber from FreshRN.com and acute care nurse practitioner Sean Dent from SeanDent.com.

A look at the incidence of pediatric thromboembolism in the ICU in this episode recorded at NTI 2017 in Houston, Texas. We talk with Tess Aberg, RN, BSN, CCRN, a staff nurse at Rady Children’s Hospital, part of UC San Diego.

A look at nursing and end of life care in this episode recorded at NTI 2017 in Houston, Texas. We talk with Deborah Price, DNP, MS, RN. Deb talks about her work with the Michigan Palliative and End-Of-Life survey of health professionals.

In this episode recorded at NTI 2017 in Houston, Texas, we talk with Julia K Eberwine, PhD, RN, CCRN-K, PCCN-CMC. Julia presented at the conference on Generation X, Y and Z: The ABCs of Generational Diversity for Managers and Educators.

In this episode, we talk to two nurses who recently completed the Clinical Scene Investigator Academy program from the AACN. These nurses developed an ICU diary program to help patients and families document their time in the ICU’s stressful environment. Check it out.

In this episode, we talk to Vicki S. Good, past president of AACN. We chat with Vicki about the findings from the 2015 analysis of the Barriers to Nursing Practice as identified by AACN members. She focused on how to build personal resilience in the face of the presence of burnout syndrome and challenging healthcare environments. Check out this interview with Vicki.

In this episode, we talk to Patricia A Hickey about the importance of CCRN certification in improving patient outcomes. This was a surprise finding of recent research Patricia was conducting on congenital heart surgery outcomes in pediatric patients. Check out this interview with Patricia where I talk to her about what her groundbreaking research means to nurses like you.

In this episode we talk to the 2017 Distinguished Research Lecturer, Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Henneman whose interdisciplinary program of research has focused on clinical problems faced by acute and critical care nurses. Check out this interview with Beth where I talk to her about what her groundbreaking research means to nurses like you.

How does a healthy nurse work environment impact you? In this episode we talk to nurse researcher Jean Anne Conner about her presentation at the AACN conference in Houston, Texas. She talked about how the health of the work environment is strongly linked to patient outcomes and clinical excellence.

I talked with nurse Amanda Lawrence while I was there. She was teaching about both prepping a patient for Transport and transitioning to being a flight nurse from the ICU. Check out this interview I grabbed while she was taking [...]