A Place for the Professional Introduction in Practice.

This article describes a survey exploring the use of professional introductions by nurses.For this project, a survey inquiring about introduction practices was administered to nurses attending a regional research conference.

A comparison of patient and nurse expectations regarding nursing care in the emergency department.

Introduction: Patient satisfaction, an important measurable outcome, allows nurses to assess what can be improved in nursing practice. The purpose of this study is to compare expectations of patients and nurses using 3 nursing care attributes: 1) friendliness, courtesy, and respectfulness; 2) comfort measures; and 3) degree of information sharing.

Methods: This is an Institutional Review Board-exempt survey of paired patients' and nurses' perceptions of nursing care in a 50-bed emergency department of a level 1 trauma center.