Rush nurses exemplify professional excellence, ensuring that every patient receives the highest standard of care. With a relentless drive to improve, they continuously seek innovative solutions and better ways to meet the evolving needs of those they serve.
New Programs Improve Patient Satisfaction, Outcomes
The interventional services team exhibited their dedication to enhancing patient satisfaction and outcomes through two initiatives: Hot Meals and Happy Hearts and Beds to Meds.
Creating Home in the Hospital: A Story of Inclusive, Long-Term Care
For seven months, the general medical-surgical unit was more than a hospital corridor — it became home for a young woman whose unique needs inspired extraordinary care.
Heart Steps: A Standardized Approach to Prepare Patients for Recovery
A multidisciplinary nursing team launched a standardized preoperative education program designed to improve understanding, reduce anxiety and support smoother recovery for coronary artery bypass graft patients.
From Hospital to Home: Nursing’s Role in Patient Success after Discharge
Nursing in the Head, Neck and Thoracic Surgical Unit plays a critical role in preparing patients for a safe transition home.
Addressing the Challenge of Alarm Fatigue
In the PACU’s Phase II bays nurses often rely on their hearing to determine the urgency of patient monitor alarms, which has led to alarm fatigue, prompting the PACU team to seek a more effective, sustainable solution.
Building Clinical Best Practices: A Data-Driven Journey to Improve Nurse/Medical Assistant Communication
The goal of this initiative was to improve communication scores by identifying gaps, standardizing practice and embedding accountability into daily workflows.
Reducing Discharge Time Through Frontline Engagement
A tool created by a clinical nurse leader and assistant unit director on the Rush medical observation unit turned a discharge goal into something visible, engaging and motivating.