The miasma of mistrust and paranoia around Covid vaccinations and other vaccines is profoundly ironic in a nation that places more trust in nurses and doctors than just about any other profession. For weary nurses and other health workers caring for victims of the latest surges, this year’s unnecessary […]
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Karen Jo Young wrote a letter to her local newspaper criticizing executives at the hospital where she worked as an activities coordinator, arguing that their actions led to staffing shortages and other patient safety problems. Hours after her letter was published in
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Even before the pandemic made Zoom ubiquitous, Washington State University researchers were using the video conferencing app to research a type of cannabis that is understudied: the kind people actually use. For the study, published in Scientific Reports, researchers observed cannabis
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SILVER SPRING, MD –Jessica Castner, PhD, RN-BC, FAEN, FAAN, has been selected as the 2021-2022 National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence. Supported for nearly 30 years by the American Academy of Nursing (Academy), the American Nurses Association (ANA), and the American
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When patients present with a specific type of heart attack (non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome) or chest pain related to coronary heart disease (unstable angina), they often undergo several tests—many being invasive—and then they may be sent to other facilities
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought rural healthcare systems to the brink. In 2020, at least 20 rural hospitals closed—a new annual record since 2005. Even before the pandemic, rural healthcare systems have been fighting for their lives. A recent report from the
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Living organ donors are a valuable and essential resource for patients in need of kidneys, livers, and other lifesaving organs and tissues. Medstar Georgetown University Hospital transplant nurse Allie Hayes has seen the benefits of living donation firsthand: The organs
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People with dementia receiving home health care visits are less likely to be readmitted to the hospital when there is consistency in nursing staff, according to a new study by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. The findings
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Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries (HAPIs) – long a major healthcare problem for hospitalized patients – have the potential to increase with the increasing amount of patients requiring ICU care due to COVID-19. Regardless of primary diagnosis, when immobility, pressure, friction,
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Syracuse, NY – State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras announced that SUNY System Administration approved an annual pay and benefits increase for the 1,648 teaching and research center nurses at Upstate Medical University. Recognizing the tireless commitment of the nursing
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