Getting more people to wear masks, particularly surgical masks, is effective in reducing COVID-19, according to a new study led by researchers from Yale University, Stanford Medical School, University of California, Berkeley, and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA). The randomized evaluation conducted […]
Large-Scale Study: Wearing Surgical Masks Does Help “Flatten the Curve” Read More »
Anyone who was around that day will always remember what they were doing when they saw or heard that planes had hit the Twin Towers in New York City on 9/11. For days, people tried to find out if their
Remembering Working on 9/11: A Look Back Read More »
Nurse of the Week Ann Marie Ramsey, FNP is the Queen of Advanced Practice Nurses in Michigan right now. On September 2, the pediatric ICU nurse received the state’s most prestigious nursing award, the 2021 Oakland University Nightingale Awards for
Nurse of the Week Ann Marie Ramsey Earns Michigan’s Top Award for Nursing Excellence Read More »
September 5 kicked off Vascular Nurses Week, a week celebrated every year in honor of the work vascular nurses do. The Society for Vascular Nursing helps promote this week which is dedicated to the vascular nurses who assist patients with
Marking Vascular Nurses Week Read More »
What explains India’s rapid spike, then sharp decline in cases? India emerged in June and July of 2021 from a particularly savage second wave of COVID-19, with total confirmed cases at about 32 million and more than 400,000 deaths. But
India is Still Reeling After Brutal June/July Surge Read More »
“Our staff have been cursed at, screamed at, threatened with bodily harm and even had knives pulled on them…. It is escalating.” —Jane McCurley, chief nursing executive for Methodist Healthcare System When the security guard at Methodist Hospital San Antonio
From Online Threats to Physical Assault, Violence Mounts at Texas Hospitals Read More »
In the rural northeastern corner of Missouri, Scotland County Hospital has been so low on staff that it sometimes had to turn away patients amid a surge in covid-19 cases. The national covid staffing crunch means CEO Dr. Randy Tobler
AHS: Hospitals Using Lack of Mandate to Recruit Unvaxxed Nursing Staff Read More »
“The nation’s health care delivery systems are overwhelmed, and nurses are tired and frustrated as this persistent pandemic rages on with no end in sight. Nurses alone cannot solve this longstanding issue and it is not our burden to carry.
ANA Letter to HHS: Time to Declare Nurse Staffing Shortage a National Crisis Read More »
Florida nurse Duane Kelloway is the Man Who Broke the Bank at… Seminole Hard Rock! We need lucky nurses more than ever, so maybe our Nurse of the Week‘s jackpot last Saturday will rub off on our readers. OR nurse
If Nurse of the Week Duane Kelloway is Crying, Rest Assured: They’re Happy Tears Read More »
Remote operations have become a familiar aspect of our contemporary society. The technology to digitally connect people across vast distances has been available for several years. But the COVID-19 pandemic forced popular uptake—companies shifted their employees to work from home,
Technology and Telehealth: Tools for the Traveling Nurse Read More »
