Patient Care
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?
Susan Peloquin helps create UCSF’s pioneering neonatal intensive care unit to head off the neurological complications that are the leading cause of cognitive impairment and cerebral palsy in the United States.
Rob Slaughter thought he understood nursing science. Then he was diagnosed with a life-threatening melanoma, and abstract concepts assumed flesh-and-blood meaning.
Patient safety expert Mary Blegen describes ways for nursing leaders to maximize their impact.
Nurse scientists translate research into action at patients' bedsides.
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