Becker's Healthcare May 19, 2023
National Nurses Week or Month has to be more than a luncheon, a poster contest or even distributing hospital swag. Celebrating the nursing profession means examining how nurses are “uniquely prepared” to be leaders when it comes to improving quality care and ensuring safety, according to Lisa DiBlasi Moorehead, EdD, MSN, RN, former Joint Commission surveyor and current field director of the Psychiatric Hospital Accreditation Program, in an article published May 18 on The Joint Commission’s website.
While reports predict the nursing shortage will get far worse in the next few years, today’s 3 million nurses represent the biggest slice of the healthcare professional pie.
“Nurses are knowledgeable on the needs and expectations of individual patients as well as...