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When things go wrong operationally, nurses feel the pain first

Colin Baird
Policy
June 1, 2016

Twenty years of experience and research reveal two indispensable truths about hospitals and health care organizations that can no longer be ignored: Those institutions neglecting the basic fundamentals of patient care risk jeopardizing the quality and safety of care they provide.

Nothing can have a greater short and long-term impact on the cost of delivering health care services than nurses.

The central role of the nurse in patient care

For more than 60 years, …

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When things go wrong operationally, nurses feel the pain first

Nurses are essential to better and cheaper health care

Colin Baird
Policy
February 8, 2016

Supply chains and other service industries, like telecom, worry about “the last mile” — the final step in delivering a product or service to customers. Like other industries, health care must connect most meaningfully to the patient, and the nurse is almost always part of (if not the sole manager of) that last mile. The analogy of the last mile defines a deeply rooted issue about nursing’s criticality (and that …

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Nurses are essential to better and cheaper health care

Reduce nurse burnout by treating nurses as well as we treat patients

Colin Baird
Policy
January 15, 2016

One of my most memorable experiences was more than a decade ago while working for a level one trauma center on the East Coast. I was sitting in a hospital break room during one of my breaks as an inventory coordinator when a nurse walked in. I simply asked how her day was going, and she fell into the chair next to me crying.

Surprised by her reaction, I asked, “What’s …

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Reduce nurse burnout by treating nurses as well as we treat patients

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