AJN Series

Putting Patients First – The Planetree Collection

Creator:   American Journal of Nursing
Created:   12/22/2009

Contains:  7 items
This series of articles beginning in March 2009 focuses on practices that are patient-centered and are authored by nurses at Planetree facilities which are “committed to improving medical care from the patient’s perspective.”

Follow this link for information on a FREE series of webinars, Putting Patients First, based on this series and sponsored by AJN, Planetree and Picker Institute.

ONLINE-ONLY CE OFFERING

Take the online-only CE offering on the Planetree series and earn 4.6 contact hours.

Putting Patients First: Patient-Centered Care: More than the Sum of Its Parts
Frampton, Susan B.; Guastello, Sara
AJN, American Journal of Nursing. 110(9):49-53, September 2010.
This seventh and last installment in a series of articles from Planetree explains how to make the Patient-Centered Hospital Designation Program an attainable goal.

Putting Patients First: Partnering with Patients’ Families
Frampton, Susan B.; Wahl, Carol; Cappiello, Gillian
AJN, American Journal of Nursing. 110(7):53-56, July 2010.

The Patient Will See You Now’
Michalak, Jeanette; Schreiner, Nancy Jane; Tennis, Wendy; Szekely, Lauraine; Hale, Maria; Guastello, Sara
AJN, American Journal of Nursing. 110(1):61-63, January 2010.

Ensuring Quieter Hospital Environments
Montague, Kimberly N.; Blietz, Connie M.; Kachur, Mandy
AJN, American Journal of Nursing. 109(9):65-67, September 2009

Personalized Health Information
Spatz, Michele A.
AJN, American Journal of Nursing. 109(4):70-72, April 2009.