Using a Harm Reduction Approach to Treat Inpatients With Substance Use Disorders.

Objective: This study investigated harm reduction (HR) strategies at our institution to decrease the number of patients with a substance use disorder (SUD) who left against medical advice (AMA).

Background: HR is a public health strategy used for adult substance use problems for whom abstinence is not feasible.

Methods: An HR program was established at 1 institution to enhance the care of hospitalized patients with a SUD.

Surgical Technologist Apprentice Program: An Innovative Approach to Improve Staffing.

Along with surgeons, anesthesia professionals, and RN circulators, surgical technologists are essential members of the perioperative team. Despite a partnership with a local community college that offered a surgical technologist degree program, Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky, continued to experience a shortage of surgical technologists. To meet demands, the clinical educators at the facility developed an in-house Surgical Technologist Apprentice Program (STAP).

Leadership Immersion and Aspiring Leader Programs Designed to Improve Nurses' Well-Being and Competence: Integral Features During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Nurse leaders play integral roles in the health care system as they focus on patient quality of care and safety at a high level and lead teams of frontline staff. Nurse leadership turnover during COVID-19 poses challenges not only for continuity of patient care but also for organizations that may fail to meet their specific goals. When a nurse leader role is not filled, gaps in care delivery occur.