Posts Tagged: Nurses

Nurses aim to break innovation barriers

Thank you again MedTech Boston for the opportunity to share more insights on entrepreneurship in nursing. “Nurses solve problems every day by the bedside, Kelley said, and the same problem might persist every day, only the nurses and the patients might be different.” Nurses Aim to Break Innovation Barriers Post originally appeared on Dr. Tiffany Kelley RN… Read more

We have the ability to make change.

Tonight I spoke to a group of graduate nursing students at Northeastern University about how to look at daily problems as opportunities to form impactful solutions. Too often we just accept that ‘this is just the way that it is’ and keep battling the challenges that really don’t make sense when you have a moment… Read more

Nightingale’s Innovative Nurse (October): Dr. Shanina Knighton PhD RN

Meet Dr. Shanina Knighton: The Entrepreneur in Patient Hand Hygiene Describe your initial interest in patient hand hygiene?  As a student nurse during my clinical rotations I would often hear about the importance of healthcare worker hand hygiene, but with flu outbreaks such as Swine and H1N1 being an issue at the time I wondered… Read more

Nightingale’s Innovative Nurses Campaign

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In September, we kicked off our Nightingale’s Innovative Nurses campaign! At Nightingale Apps, we believe in innovation, compassion, and serving others. That’s why we’ve decided to highlight nurses that use ingenuity to solve problems at the bedside. If you’d like to nominate a nurse or even yourself please reach out to us at contact@nightingaleapps.com. We’ve shared… Read more

‘If it wasn’t documented, it wasn’t done.’

If you are a nurse or health care professional, the phrase, “if it wasn’t documented, it wasn’t done”, is something you have likely heard, said, and/or thought during one of your shifts. For those that aren’t familiar with this phrase, it means that if there isn’t a record of the care you delivered in the… Read more