Nursing's Critical Role in Driving Toward Health Equity: One Organization's Experience.

In the last decade, there has been active discourse within nursing communities regarding healthcare disparities associated with racism. To address this critical problem, a multidisciplinary team at a pediatric healthcare setting identified 33 projects across 4 key drivers of health equity. The drivers of health equity include: 1) developing a diverse nursing workforce; 2) creating a nursing culture with a strong sense of belonging; 3) providing learning and growth opportunities; and 4) providing equitable nursing care. This article describes 1 organization's approach to addressing healthcare disparities associated with racism through a nursing program to address equity, diversity, inclusion, and antiracism.

Pediatric Nurse Performance on a Medication Dosage Calculation Assessment Tool.

UNLABELLED: Nurses who care for children must be competent to perform medication dosage calculations because most pediatric doses are weight based and obtained from adult formulations. PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to describe and compare nurse performance on a medication dosage calculation assessment tool, considering work unit, years experience, and certification status. DESIGN: A secondary analysis of data from 851 Registered Nurses (RN) was completed. Multiple regression was used to model the effect of work unit, certification, and experience on score. FINDINGS: The mean assessment tool score was 92.4 (47-100). The work unit and the interaction between certification status and experience were significant in relation to score on the calculation assessment.