Transitions From Pediatric to Adult Care
This article is a brief overview of the complexity of the pediatric-to-adult care transition process.
Health Information Technology and Telehealth - Using Health Information Technology to Engage Patients in Their Care
This article summarizes the current status of several potential building blocks to achieving patient engagement goals and emphasizes the role of the nurse informaticist as fundamental to the process.
Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
Chronic Disease Self-Management: A Toolkit for Hospitals was designed to help hospitals and community partners address the needs of people with chronic conditions by improving self- management skills.
Self-Management: A Comprehensive Approach to Management of Chronic Conditions
An article highlighting the unique contribution of nurse scientists to the field of self-management.
Caregiver Engagement
View this content to learn why Trinity Health, Carolinas HealthCare and other top-performing health care organizations are making caregiver engagement a top priority. Specifically, these senior executives will explore the importance of engaging caregivers in order to foster high-performing work groups and the impact this renewed focus will have on the safety, quality and experience of care.
Barriers to Self-Care Management
This article provides an overview of barriers to self-care, patients’ perceptions and understanding of their chronic illness, interviewing techniques, and approaches nurse practitioners can use to reduceor eliminate barriers to self-care in adults with chronic conditions.
Benchmarking of RN Sensitive Indicators
The purpose of this report is to identify, define, and propose nurse-sensitive measures that reflect the work and value of registered nurses (RNs) in ambulatory care settings. The measures proposed in this report reflect the activities and outcomes of the AAACN Nurse-Sensitive Indicator (NSI) Task Force from spring 2013 through fall 2015. Section 2 details measures that are currently endorsed as ambulatory care nurse-sensitive indicators, while sections 3 and 4 describe measures proposed by the NSI Task Force for development.
Application of Professional Standards of Teamwork and Collaboration
Overview and criteria for functioning effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.
Health Literacy Assessment
Tools and information related to assessing patient health literacy.
Brief Health Literacy Screening Tool
Assessment tool to determine patient understanding of health and the healthcare process.