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Is Patient Safety Declining? Part 3: High Patient Turnover Rates

by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Feb 24, 2016 | Critical Thinking, New Graduate Nurses, Nurses Matter, Nursing Leadership, Nursing Scheduling, NYC Nursing, Patient Advocacy, Patient Safety, Personal Experience, Uncategorized, Unsafe Staffing Ratios

This blog was originally published on Calling All Nurses – One of the greatest challenges in today’s rapidly changing healthcare system is maintaining the highest standards for patient safety. On the 12th of February, we talked about the issue of...

Is Patient Safety Declining? Part 1: Unsafe Staffing Ratios

by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Feb 3, 2016 | Nurses Matter, Nursing Leadership, Patient Advocacy, Patient Safety, Uncategorized, Unsafe Staffing Ratios

This article was originally posted on Calling All Nurses – There are many challenges that nurses face when it comes to delivering high quality care for their patients and their family members. One of the greatest challenges that we face in today’s rapidly...

Customer Service in Healthcare: Why Hosptials are Holding Nurses Accountable for Unhappy Patients

by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Jun 10, 2015 | Nurses Matter, Nursing Leadership, Patient Advocacy, Personal Experience, Travel Nursing, Travel RN, Uncategorized, Unsafe Staffing Ratios

Most of us will agree that nursing greatly impacts overall patient satisfaction, and even more so, patient health outcomes. On the other hand, few of us have the understanding that the delivery of nursing practice is heavily scrutinized when these satisfaction scores...

NYC Nurses are Crying Out for Change: My Experience at a Large NYC Hospital Validates Their Concerns

by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Jun 3, 2015 | New York City Hospitals, Nurses Matter, Nursing Leadership, Nursing Scheduling, NYC Nursing, NYSNA, Patient Advocacy, Personal Experience, Travel Nursing, Travel RN, Uncategorized, Unsafe Staffing Ratios

New York City – The Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of – unless you happen to be a NYC nurse, or even worse, a NYC patient. Lets start by providing a little background story: I have been working with a large travel nursing agency for approximately 2...