Thursday, January 23, 2014

Want empowerment? Decreased LOS & Falls?

Want to ….
1.Empower yourself?
2.Shorten LOS?
3.Reduce falls?


Various research studies show that RN CERTIFICATION is related to
1.Nurse empowerment (p<.05)
2.Shorter LOS (p<.001)
3.Fewer falls (p<.04)


Source: Krapohl, G. Manojlovich, M. ,Redman, R., & Zhang, L. (2010). Nursing specialty certification & nurse sensitive patient outcomes in the intensive care unit. American Journal of Critical Care, 19(6), 490-499.
http://www.aacn.org/WD/CETests/Media/A1019063.pdf

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