Nurses’ Safety Should Never Be an Afterthought
Written by Lisbeth Votruba, MSN, RN, Chief Clinical Innovation Oficer at AvaSure As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the country, it is vital that we continue to shine a light […]
Written by Lisbeth Votruba, MSN, RN, Chief Clinical Innovation Oficer at AvaSure As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the country, it is vital that we continue to shine a light […]
This strategy can benefit both nurses and patients. By Patricia A. Quigley, PhD, MPH, MS, APRN; Lisbeth Votruba, MSN, RN; and Jill Kaminski, MS Healthcare workers are four times more […]
Workplace violence (WPV) across all industries, including health care, continues to increase in the United States. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health refers to WPV as violent acts, […]
By: Lisbeth Votruba, MSN, RN, is Vice President of Clinical Quality and Innovation at AvaSure Workplace violence is a well-understood fact of the daily lives of nurses, who are subject […]
For decades, organizations have tried to implement structures and process changes to reduce patient harm. The measure of success has been reduction in overall adverse event rates, be they falls, […]
The Joint Commission recently issued a Sentinel Event Alert, “Physical and verbal violence against health care workers,” which calls attention to the increasing prevalence of workplace violence in the healthcare […]