A review of nursing quality assessment tools identified characteristics of commonly used instruments to measure nurse perception of care.

Oct. 26, 2005 -- Increased direct care by RNs improves outcomes for nursing home residents, according to the results of a retrospective study reported in the November issue of the American Journal of ...

Older people often have multiple and complex care needs, so assessing them is a highly skilled activity. Their health issues and care needs are sometimes summed up in ‘catchy’ phrases, but it is ...

Like many health systems across the country, MUSC in South Carolina faced an escalating nursing shortage that intensified during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. High nurse turnover, increasing ...

Measuring patient weight is considered a routine assessment that is frequently delegated to unregistered staff. Yet patient weight is a fundamental part of nutrition assessment and may be used to ...