I gained a lot of learning experiences from handling 6-10 patients every day. I’ve handled a variety of patients. Some of them were Level I, II, and III. Most of them were trauma patients. However, I was also given the chance to handle patients under other services: General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Pediatric, Oncology, Renal, among … Continue reading Staff Nursing Experience

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act or “HITECH Act”, is one of the measures under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) that seeks to modernize the United States of America’s health care delivery system. The HITECH Act, passed by the US Congress and signed into law on February 2009 by … Continue reading The HITECH Act: gearing towards interoperable electronic health record system

There are various models of care utilized in the entire healthcare system. These models are believed to influence “nurse satisfaction and retention”. This, in turn, produces improved patient care and outcomes. Reviewing such models provide ideas for improvement of care and clinical practice. A study conducted by Hall, McCutcheon, Deuter, and Matricciani published on 16 … Continue reading Nursing Care Delivery Models

Aside from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of every hospital, the Operating Room (OR) warrants not just skilled staff, including nurses, but also a correct or sufficient staff mix and ratio. A study conducted in 2013 by Talsma, Anderson, Geun, Guo, and Campbell entitled “Evaluation of OR Staffing and Postoperative Patient Outcomes”, addressed the knowledge … Continue reading OR Staffing and Patient Outcomes

“More heads is better than one” - we heard this several times. This statement reminds us that we need to work “with” and “for” the team to achieve the shared goal and objectives. This is true in the healthcare setting where a lot of medical and allied health professionals collaborate to come up with the … Continue reading Strategies to improve Team Effectiveness

There are a lot of articles published in journals, both online and in paper, tackling nursing leadership, its importance, and its presumed role in the hospital and community. An article by Andrew Frankel, hospital director of Churchill Girburn Clinic, entitled “What leadership style should senior nurses develop?” published on the 35th issue of the 104th … Continue reading On Senior Nursing Leadership