By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Intrinsically, we know that the quality of the work environment should impact outcomes. There has been research in this area but none using the level of big data analysis recently done by researchers at Press Gainey as reported by Nell Buhlman in the March 2016 issue of American Nurse Today. They were interested in studying the impact of … [Read more...]
Healthy Work Environments
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "All workplaces can be healthy if nurses and employers are resolute in their desire to address not only the physical environment, but also less tangible barriers to staff and patient safety". The American Association of Critical Care Nurses A nursing student who is getting ready to graduate in May recently asked me what a … [Read more...]