Monday, August 28, 2006

Nursing care quality at National Quality Forum

Nurses, as the principal caregivers in any healthcare system, directly and profoundly affect the lives of patients and are critical to the quality of care patients receive. However, patient acuity and shorter lengths of stay, the nursing shortage, changing technology, expansion of public and community health services, and higher patient expectations have produced a greater demand for care, mounted financial pressure, and limited nursing resources. Today’s nurses practice in a constrained environment that tests the core of their contribution to quality.

The National Quality Forum(NQF) is leading an effort to understand more fully the extent to which nurses contribute to improved patient safety and healthcare outcomes and promote nursing care quality. The NQF site www.qualityforum.org/nursing/default.htm provides an overview of NQF activities in this area and supports a growing community of stakeholders—including healthcare professionals, researchers, consumers, public and private purchasers, employers, health plans, accrediting bodies, labor organizations, and organizations involved in healthcare research or quality improvement—that are interested in collaborating in this endeavor.

Friday, August 25, 2006

YSN Library August 28 - September 1

Here is the schedule for when I will be at YSN for this week.
Questions, comments, concerns? .... please email me
janene.batten@yale.edu

Monday 8/28
10:00 - 5:00

Tuesday 8/29
8:30 - 5:00

Wednesday 8/30
10:30 - 2:00

Thursday 8/31
See me in Medical Library for assistance - 737-2964

Friday 9/1
See me in Medical Library for assistance - 737-2964

Complete list of classes

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

2007 National Patient Safety Goals

The purpose of the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals is to promote specific improvements in patient safety. The Goals highlight problematic areas in health care and describe evidence and expert-based solutions to these problems. Recognizing that sound system design is intrinsic to the delivery of safe, high quality health care, the Goals focus on system-wide solutions, wherever possible.

See all of the goals on the Joint Commission web site.

Monday, August 21, 2006

Sneak peek - New look YSN Nursing website

We have been busy over the summer. Take a look at the new Nursing Library Website.
http://www.med.yale.edu/library/nursing3/welcome.html

YSN Library August 21 - August 25

Here is the schedule for when I will be at YSN for this week.
Questions, comments, concerns? .... please email me
janene.batten@yale.edu

Monday 8/21
See me in Medical Library for assistance - 737-2964

Tuesday 8/22
See me in Medical Library for assistance - 737-2964

Wednesday 8/23
2:00 - 5:00

Thursday 8/24
8:30 - 1:30
Class 3:00 - 4:00 EndNote Basics

Friday 8/25
8:30 - 5:00

Complete list of classes

Friday, August 04, 2006

YSN Library August 7 - August 11

Here is the schedule for when I will be at YSN for this week.
Questions, comments, concerns? .... please email me
janene.batten@yale.edu

Monday 8/7
See me in Medical Library for assistance - 737-2964
Class 3:00 - 4:00 Advanced Searching Techniques

Tuesday 8/8
1:00 - 4:30

Wednesday 8/9
See me in Medical Library for assistance - 737-2964
Class 4:00 - 5:00 EndNote Basics

Thursday 8/10
See me in Medical Library for assistance - 737-2964

Friday 8/11
See me in Medical Library for assistance - 737-2964

Complete list of classes