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Charting the Course of Progress in the Nursing Profession

barry — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:57:47 +0000

This is the start of a new series on nursing. We'll have a bit more conversation in this article to set up the future ones. Sources of this dialogue are at the bottom. In 2004 the report Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses cited this example: I was a ‘new nurse’. I’d [...]

Charting the Course of Progress in the Nursing Profession is a nursing article from the: MNU Blog. Home of Dickies scrubs, Urbane scrubs, Landau scrubs, and more nursing uniforms.

Nurses Make Care Happen: How Technology Supports Nurses – Part Three

barry — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:41:00 +0000

This article will discuss a few of the topics that are important in advancing the acceptance of informatics into nursing practice. TIGER (Transforming Informatics Guiding Education Reform) is a group of nursing leaders and advocates that set forth to increase nursing involvement in the advance of health information technology. It began with a few concerned [...]

Nurses Make Care Happen: How Technology Supports Nurses – Part Three is a nursing article from the: MNU Blog. Home of Dickies scrubs, Urbane scrubs, Landau scrubs, and more nursing uniforms.

Nurses Turn Instruction into Action: How Technology Supports Nurses Part 2

barry — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:30:31 +0000

Nurses Make Care Happen-Part 2 The reform of the US health system has not been without controversy. But in forced change there lies great opportunity. In seeking to avert the collision course of an aging chronically ill population with a financial inability to maintain the current system, policy makers have had to reflect and discover [...]

Nurses Turn Instruction into Action: How Technology Supports Nurses Part 2 is a nursing article from the: MNU Blog. Home of Dickies scrubs, Urbane scrubs, Landau scrubs, and more nursing uniforms.

Nurses Turn Instruction into Action: How Technology Supports Nurses

barry — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:34:27 +0000

In the continuing search for increasing the quality of patient care, stakeholders, especially government, have focused on technology as one way of achieving that goal. What has this journey looked like and how are nurses involved? Nurses are the health care professionals that will spend the most time caring for patients, therefore technology will impact [...]

Nurses Turn Instruction into Action: How Technology Supports Nurses is a nursing article from the: MNU Blog. Home of Dickies scrubs, Urbane scrubs, Landau scrubs, and more nursing uniforms.

Three Ways to Win Free Scrubs from MNU!

barry — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:18:17 +0000

Summer has arrived and My Nursing Uniforms has geared up for another nursing scrub giveaway! This Summer there are three, count them, THREE ways to win a free $25 gift certificate from MNU. Here's how to enter.... If you join our Facebook Page ('like) you'll be entered to win 1 of 5, $25 gift certificates! [...]

Three Ways to Win Free Scrubs from MNU! is a nursing article from the: MNU Blog. Home of Dickies scrubs, Urbane scrubs, Landau scrubs, and more nursing uniforms.

Nurse to Doctor Talk and Walk: How Interprofessional Communication Affects Patient Outcomes

barry — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:35:28 +0000

Communication is always a buzzword being utilized in any profession, because of its influence on productivity and outcomes. Ineffective communication contributes to lost time, misunderstanding, strained relationships, and inhibits future communication. In health care communication is even more critical because it is not numbers, buildings, or sales targets that are the ultimate goal, it is [...]

Nurse to Doctor Talk and Walk: How Interprofessional Communication Affects Patient Outcomes is a nursing article from the: MNU Blog. Home of Dickies scrubs, Urbane scrubs, Landau scrubs, and more nursing uniforms.

What Does Optimal Health Care Look like In Hospitals?

barry — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:50:56 +0000

What would a hospital that consistently provided the best care for their patients and had a fulfilled staff look like? All the necessary components for optimal care are present in the nation’s health care system, however, the execution to achieve maximum potential in all clinical locations is questionable. An ideal acute care setting would first [...]

What Does Optimal Health Care Look like In Hospitals? is a nursing article from the: MNU Blog. Home of Dickies scrubs, Urbane scrubs, Landau scrubs, and more nursing uniforms.

Going to Where the Patients Are: Meeting Needs on Their Turf

barry — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:48:25 +0000

Health care in the US will most likely undergo a demand driven change due to an increase in the number of potential patients gaining access to the health care system who may have had little or no previous health care. There is a current lack of primary care doctors even thought medical schools are trying [...]

Going to Where the Patients Are: Meeting Needs on Their Turf is a nursing article from the: MNU Blog. Home of Dickies scrubs, Urbane scrubs, Landau scrubs, and more nursing uniforms.

An Old ‘New’ Idea – The Crucial Role of Nurses in Public Health

barry — Sun, 23 May 2010 12:20:29 +0000

The US health care system is adjusting from a focus on acute episodic care to an increasing management of patients with chronic preventable conditions. This is accompanied by the realization that health disparities are a major factor in contributing to these chronic conditions. The fact that many millions more citizens will now be accessing health [...]

An Old ‘New’ Idea – The Crucial Role of Nurses in Public Health is a nursing article from the: MNU Blog. Home of Dickies scrubs, Urbane scrubs, Landau scrubs, and more nursing uniforms.

Who Is the Foundation of Health Care?

barry — Wed, 19 May 2010 11:50:56 +0000

Two major events are contributing to increased demand for health care in the US. With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, many more citizens will have access to the health care system. By 2015 10.000 people per day will turn 65. This steady aging of the population will cause the likelihood [...]

Who Is the Foundation of Health Care? is a nursing article from the: MNU Blog. Home of Dickies scrubs, Urbane scrubs, Landau scrubs, and more nursing uniforms.