Nursing Economics

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Articles in May-June 2008 issue of Nursing Economics

• Despite Americans' high regard, nursing shortage still looms
• Age, gender, and location are keys to predicting patient fall injuries in hospitals
• Medication administration: the implementation process of bar-coding for medication administration to enhance medication safety
  by Sylvestor O. Foote
• AACN and AONE announce plans for nurse manager certification exam
• U.S. hospital bill is fast approaching $1 trillion
• Where health care dollars are spent when pediatric palliative care is provided
  by Peggy Ward-Smith
• Studies cite persistent threat to patient safety, hospital work environment, and present improvement options
• Nurses' solutions to prevent inpatient falls in hospital patient rooms
  by Huey-Ming Tzeng
• Changing the world with words
  by Donna M. Nickitas
• Toolkits help providers and patients implement safer health care practices
• Public perceptions of nursing careers: the influence of the media and nursing shortages
  by Karen Donelan
• Evidence-based staffing: potential roles for informatics
  by Sookyung Hyun
• How technology solutions can impact nursing retention
  by Judith Russell
• Making nursing-sensitive quality indicators real in ambulatory care
  by Beth Ann Swan
• Factors influencing work productivity and intent to stay in nursing
  by Susan Letvak
• Hospitality and service: leading real change
  by Karlene M. Kerfoot
• Call to arms: time to fight an epidemic
  by Paula A. Lucey
• Localization of a demand for nursing model at the grassroots level
  by Allison J. Terry
• The Magnet® view: celebrating the magnet way
  by SueEllen Pinkerton
• Introducing ConsultGeriRN.org
• Hospital CEOs need more research relevant to the challenges they face in the health care system
• AONE to collaborate with DAISY Foundation
• Hospitals serving the uninsured and underserved need help with public reporting and pay-for-performance measures
• JCR now offering online education courses
• Physicians want to learn from medical mistakes but say current error-reporting systems are inadequate
• JCR launches health and safety design service to develop patient-safe environments