Both of these statements about attendance came out of actual course syllabi: "Student attendance in this course is expected and is...

Our students are dealing with challenges that we, as educators, often have little knowledge or understanding of. This simple question...

Dr. Michael D. Aldridge, PhD, RN, CEN By now most have heard that Tennessee nurse Radonda Vaught was found guilty on March 25th of two...

Photo Credit of Black Hole: By User:Alain r - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1150148 I was...

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, I’m taking a detour from the usual patient safety topics I try to focus on in this blog. Nurses are...

Photo credit: BBC.com On August 15, 2019, a Ural Airlines Airbus A321 jet carrying 226 passengers and 7 crew took off from Moscow en...

Today is World Patient Safety Day! Haven't heard of this yet? It is new! Recognizing patient safety as a global health priority, 194...

Let's assume that you learn that in your facility every unit has a slightly different design, and emergency call lights are in different...

What if there was technology that could: …tell a provider when a patient’s blood glucose dropped too low, triggering a phone call to the...

It is no secret that hospitals can be dangerous places. The Institute of Medicine first made us aware of this issue nearly two decades...