AACN Names 2008 Circle of Excellence Award ...(work complexity influences patient safet...),Health

Date:5/2/2008

work complexity influences patient safety and quality care. Her current research, funded by the National Patient Safety Foundation, has uncovered a decision-making approach called "stacking" used by nurses to cope with variable and complex workloads. Stacking is the continuous prioritizing and reprioritizing of care delivery goals and timelines, adjusting outcomes and even abandoning some goals without adverse consequences.

Larson is internationally regarded as the pre-eminent expert in scientific evidence about handwashing and an authority on other aspects of epidemiology and infection control. She has served on the President's Committee for Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses and the National Institutes of Health Study Section on HIV Infection. In addition to being editor of the American Journal of Infection Control since 1994 and serving on nine journal editorial boards, she has published more than 200 journal articles, four books and numerous book chapters. She has consulted for the World Health Organization and in countries on every continent except Antarctica.

Richmond is considered the leading nurse researcher in firearm injuries and violence. She recently put forward an agenda to reduce firearm violence, and is often the only nurse at the table during interdisciplinary national policy deliberations on the subject. In addition, she has begun to study the outcomes of serious traumatic injury among critically ill older adults.

Dave Hanson, RN, MSN, CCRN, CNS, and Kevin Reed, RN, MSN, CNA, BC, are recipients of the AACN Lifetime Membership Award. Hanson, who is current president of AACN, is a clinical nurse specialist in cardiovascular surgery progressive and critical care at Clarian Health-Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind. Reed, current chair of the AACN Certification Corporation Board, is director of clinical operations in neuroscience and critical care at Clarian Health, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind.

FLAME OF EXCELLENCE AW
'/>"/>

SOURCE The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Copyright©2008 PR Newswire. All rights reserved

0 GOOD

Page: 1 2 3
Related medicine news :

1. Cosmetic Bootcamp Announces Record Attendance and Sponsorship and Names Members of Its Board of Advisors
2. PEMCOs Super-Long-Coffee-Order Contest Names Newest Winners
3. Ventas Names Chicago as Headquarters
4. SCA Names Andrew Hayek as New President and CEO
5. Care Investment Trust Names Walter J. Owens to Board of Directors
6. Sports Illustrated Names Team Mannatech Athlete to Top 25 Tough List
7. LifeCare Holdings, Inc. Names McAlister Chairman and CEO
8. HHS Names First Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research Development Authority
9. CIFG Names David Rockwell Chief Risk Officer; Thierry Dissaux to Head European Operations
10. Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT Names Danny Prosky Executive Vice President, Acquisitions
11. Safe Kids Worldwide Names Stoller New President, CEO