Carolyn Buppert, NP, JD Posted: 12/01/2011 Editor’s Note: Healthcare is serious business, and the repercussions of deficiencies in medical documentation can be considerable. Nurse attorney Carolyn Buppert examines the landscape of medical record auditing — for a variety of purposes — and offers practical suggestions to improve your documentation in this 3-part series. Part 1 [...]

Continue Reading →

There is a significant association between patient mortality and exposure to nursing shifts that fall below target staffing levels or have high patient turnover, the authors of a new study report. “We estimate that the risk of death increased by 2% for each below-target shift and 4% for each high-turnover shift to which a patient [...]

Continue Reading →

Continue Reading →