Running from patient room to patient room, it can be surprisingly easy for doctors and nurses to forget to wash their hands, especially if they’re dealing with an emergency. Hospitals have been ...

As a nurse, you're used to washing your hands countless times a day, so you're probably also fighting dry skin. The skin on your hands may also crack, which leaves them more open to infection. If ...

Nurses face three times as many hand hygiene opportunities as physicians, study finds Does how frequently a clinician needs to wash his hands affect hand hygiene compliance rates? A recent study ...

Efforts to improve hand hygiene at health organizations must include nurses, according to an article at Becker's Hospital Review. Hospitals have long understood the importance of hand-hygiene ...

If there is one group of clinicians that is particularly pivotal to the success of any quality improvement initiatives — including though regarding hand hygiene compliance — it’s the nurses who work ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — Reducing the nurse-to-patient ratio to 1:1 yielded the most significant decreases in transmission of ...

On the fifth floor of the clinic at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, nurses scurry from room to room, tending, soothing, answering questions. It’s an unlikely oasis for contemplation, but that’s what ...

Nurses say they're tired of seeing things like nurses who aren't ready being pulled from their orientation to treat patients. They also say some patients are having to wait in hallways while staff ...

In terms of outcomes, robotics has had a positive influence on nursing at the bedside. HealthLeaders spoke to Jackie Wills, director of robotic services at Virtua Health, about the the role that ...

Background: Hand dermatitis is a significant problem among inpatient nurses. Accurate population-based data on the prevalence and risk factors for hand dermatitis in this group are lacking. Objective: ...