Ambulatory care registered nurses in orthopedics working with a joint centers of excellence program had a desire to become more autonomous in their role and to practice to the full scope of their RN licensure…

Purpose/description: Due to distancing requirements forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, access was challenging in our hospital-based, five-bed pediatric infusion therapy center (PITC)…

Learning outcomes are quality improvement strategies to increase efficiency, care delivery, and patient experience in an urgent care. Urgent care’s patient experience key indicator scores were in the zero percentile, patients had three hour waits, and the providers often had a backlog of patients…

Ambulatory care staff nurses caring for patients in person, via telephone, or patient portal frequently access patient’s history and contributing information in the electronic health record (EHR) to perform their work…

Background: Wait times for patients, especially those undergoing oncology treatment, can increase their stress and anxiety and have been associated with decreased satisfaction scores…

Problem/background: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guideline for disinfection and sterilization in healthcare facilities outlines the requirements for monitoring of sterilizers to ensure effective and safe reprocessing practices…