Acute and Transitional Care

April 2013 • By Maureen McGrath
Managing Diabetes: The Nurse Practitioner’s Role
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NPs drawing on their entire skill set – including the ability to build relationships with patients and families – can be the key to more effective diabetes management.
February 2013 • By Andrew Schwartz
Portrait of a Magnet
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What does an organization that achieves Magnet recognition really look like? Nurses and others at UCSF Medical Center Hospital tell the story of their Magnet journey.
December 2012 • By Andrew Schwartz
Is This Palliative Care’s Moment?
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It’s taken nearly half a century, but palliative and end-of-life care are finally beginning to establish a significant foothold in the US healthcare system. In an era of “death panel” fears, what’s next for palliative care clinicians, researchers and educators?
December 2012 • By Andrew Schwartz
Leading the Charge for More and Better Palliative Care
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Director Patricia Grady of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) discusses the future of palliative and end-of-life care, as well as the role that nurses and the NINR play in shaping that future.
October 2012 • By Elizabeth Ren
Commentary: How Can We Serve Individual Needs with One-Size-Fits-All Patient Education?
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Standardizing patient education can lead to more consistent delivery and outcomes, but it also can have unintended consequences when nurses lose sight of the patient in front of them.
September 2012 • By Andrew Schwartz
Breaking News: UCSF Nursing Achieves Magnet Status
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A collaboration among UCSF Medical Center, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and UCSF School of Nursing results in the two hospitals receiving Magnet designation for excellence in nursing.
November 2011 • By Andrew Schwartz
Working with Families in the Intensive Care Nursery
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Can collaboration among families and clinical staff in the intensive care nursery ease infant and parental distress – and help prevent a lifetime of health challenges?
November 2011 • By Rob Slaughter
Bringing It Home: When the Science of Caring Becomes More Than Words
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Rob Slaughter thought he understood nursing science. Then he was diagnosed with a life-threatening melanoma, and abstract concepts assumed flesh-and-blood meaning.
May 2011 • By Andrew Schwartz
Teamwork Makes Hospitals Safer
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Patient safety expert Mary Blegen describes ways for nursing leaders to maximize their impact.
May 2011 • By Diana Austin
Research Spotlight: Translational Research Gauges Impact of Nurse Staffing, Education and Teamwork on Outcomes
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Nurse scientists translate research into action at patients' bedsides.

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Commentary: A Call to Improve and Expand Pediatric Palliative Care – Doctoral student Jennifer Baird’s research seeks ways to deliver more effective palliative care to families with children who suffer from life-limiting or life-threatening illness.