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Sheldon Whitehouse: “Interestingly, it also had the side effect of making the nursing staff in the intensive care units empowered enough that…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2014
Interestingly, it also had the side effect of making the nursing staff in the intensive care units empowered enough that nursing turnover experienced a considerable drop-off, because they were so excited about what they were doing.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse discusses positive outcomes from applying healthcare improvement principles in Rhode Island.

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