Quality and Safety

The Michigan Department of Community Health's Weekly Disease Report ending November 15th, indicates the number of Pertussis cases has surpassed 1,000 for the year.

A new report in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that care for patients with chronic diseases throughs nurse-managed protocol results in better health care options.

The Veterans Affairs Administration has taken the lead in transforming health care delivery away from an acute, inpatient model towards a preventative care primary care focus.

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Despite (or maybe because of) the exceptional work by nurses and other health professionals, hospitals are the most expensive setting to receive health care.

Should you dress to impress? Or dress to reduce infection risk?

A recent study published by Linda D. Scott, RN, PhD, Cynthia Arslanian-Engoren RN, PhD, and Milo C.

What to do about those patients who just don't seem to care?

Social scientist BJ Fogg shares how to make behavior change take hold and empower patients, team members and maybe even family to make positive change.

Everyone (including the Michigan Center for Nursing) is discussing the impact of achieving the “Triple Aim” of improved care, at a reduced cost, that produces better population health.

Nursing today is incredibly complex and nurses have roles that require attention in a broad range of health care domains. In an era of ever increasing complexity, delegation is one of the most important, sophisticated, and nuanced skills in nursing science.