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The effectiveness of team-based learning in nursing education: A systematic review - PubMed Nurse education today.

Overall, TBL was found to be effective in achieving undergraduate nursing students' learning outcomes, but evidence was not sufficiently strong to warrant that it is more effective than other teaching methods. The results of this review are in favour of the implementation of TBL in nursing education...
Source: nih.gov

Private equity investment in nursing home increase mortality.

Does Private Equity Investment in Healthcare Benefit Patients? Evidence from Nursing Homes Atul Gupta. Sabrina T. Howell. Constantine Yannelis. Abhinav Gupta.
Source: nber.org

COVID-19 infections and deaths among Connecticut nursing home residents

COVID-19 infections and deaths among Connecticut nursing home residents: facility correlates: Objective To determine the associations of nursing home registered nurse (RN) staffing, overall quality of care, and concentration of Medicaid or racial and ethnic minority residents with COVID-19 ... Yue...
Source: wiley.com

Simulation based education and expansive learning in health professional education: A discussion: The aim of this paper

Simulation based education and expansive learning in health professional education: A discussion: The aim of this paper is to discuss the application of Simulation Based Education (SBE) in nursing and wider health professional education. Simulated Learning (SL) is discussed in relation to its history,...
Source: journals.sfu.ca

A single-centre hospital-wide handoff standardisation report: what is so special about that? "Using a relatively low-cost

A single-centre hospital-wide handoff standardisation report: what is so special about that? "Using a relatively low-cost approach, they managed to implement the system across 15 medical departments, as well as nursing, train nearly 6000 healthcare staff and collect observational data on process reliability...
Source: bmj.com

Using a videogame to facilitate nursing and medical students' first visit to the operating theatre. A randomized controlled

Using a videogame to facilitate nursing and medical students' first visit to the operating theatre. A randomized controlled trial. - PubMed - NCBI "A videogame was developed, combining pictures and short videos, by which students are interactively instructed on acting at the surgical block. Moreover,...
Source: nih.gov

Reducing Excessive Use of Antipsychotic Agents in Nursing Homes: This Viewpoint describes the structure and outcomes of

Reducing Excessive Use of Antipsychotic Agents in Nursing Homes: This Viewpoint describes the structure and outcomes of a national initiative of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reduce the use of antipsychotics in nursing homes. Jerry H. Gurwitz. Alice Bonner. Donald M. Berwick. JAMA....
Source: jamanetwork.com

New nursing apprentice role announced - BBC News: Aspiring nurses can soon enrol on a new on-the-job apprenticeship role,

New nursing apprentice role announced - BBC News: Aspiring nurses can soon enrol on a new on-the-job apprenticeship role, the government says.
Source: bbc.co.uk

More Evidence That Cranberry Products Don't Prevent Urinary Tract Infections: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by André Sofair,

More Evidence That Cranberry Products Don't Prevent Urinary Tract Infections: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS Cranberry capsules did not help prevent bacteriuria plus pyuria in a study of nursing home residents published in … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org

Peer to peer breastmilk sharing - "personal social media pages and private groups [used] rather than more well-known milk

Peer to peer breastmilk sharing - "personal social media pages and private groups [used] rather than more well-known milk sharing sites". Milk Sharing in Practice: A Descriptive Analysis of Peer Breastmilk Sharing: Abstract Peer breastmilk sharing has emerged in recent years as a subject of investigation...
Source: liebertpub.com

High-volume facilities better for nursing hip fractures: There isn't a lot of information available to help family caregivers

High-volume facilities better for nursing hip fractures: There isn't a lot of information available to help family caregivers choose the best skilled nursing facility for an elderly loved one who breaks a hip, but a new study suggests a potentially useful quality indicator: the facility's number of hip...
Source: medicalxpress.com