The Hidden Link Between Soft Skills and Patient Safety How communication strategies affect outcomes Jan 28, 2023
Use Our Existing Nurse Workforce to Educate the Next Generation Addressing the nursing shortage begins with nurse educators Jan 26, 2023
Top Schools For Online Nursing Master's Degree Programs The University of South Carolina once again came in at No. 1 Jan 24, 2023
Heart Surgery Outcomes During COVID Similarly Worrisome for Rich and Poor Patients Study nevertheless highlights access issues among the socioeconomically disadvantaged Jan 24, 2023
IBD Interferes With Sleep Quality Intestinal as well as brain-related problems found in study that used wrist actigraphy devices Jan 23, 2023
AAP Guidance Details 'Unique and Essential Needs' for Hospitalized Teens First-of-its-kind policy statement says adolescent needs differ from younger inpatients Jan 23, 2023
Nursing Exam Pass Rates Dropped in Recent Years. Why? Most experts agree the pandemic played a role, but regulators don't plan to make the test easier Jan 12, 2023
New York Nurses Strike for Better Staffing It's not about the money, but patient safety, nurses say Jan 09, 2023
Hospitals More to Blame Than the Pandemic for Nurse Staffing Woes? Study illuminates how much burnout, work environment issues predate COVID-19 Dec 30, 2022
Despite Rising Violence Against Healthcare Workers, Legislative Fixes Have Stalled During a 3-month period this year, 57 nurses were assaulted on average each day Dec 30, 2022
Are U.S. Healthcare Workers Better Off Unionized? Study finds higher earnings and benefits, but unionization still stalled Dec 28, 2022
Nurse Accused of Sexually Assaulting Unconscious Patients; Doc's Trip-and-Fall Plot A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 22, 2022
Study Adds Fuel to Debate Over Nurse Practitioners' Scope of Practice VA paper will be the focus of a panel discussion during the AMA state advocacy meeting in January Dec 16, 2022
Nurse Practitioners Need Support Now More Than Ever AANP President April Kapu, DNP, discusses association priorities and opportunities Dec 13, 2022 video
Nurses No Longer Employed After Viral 'Icks' Video on TikTok The trend didn't sit well when applied to the patient/provider relationship Dec 12, 2022
Infliximab Maintenance Home Infusion Appears Safe Few serious adverse events occurred in patient-friendly settings Dec 07, 2022
Healthcare's Unspoken Sick-Day Rules Unchanged by the Pandemic Workplace COVID policies have changed, but attitudes toward coming into work sick have not Dec 01, 2022
Life and Death in 12 Hours ICU nurse Christin Thankachan on providing comfort during life's darkest moments Nov 29, 2022 podcast
Can Virtual Nursing Save the Workforce? RN turnover is increasing, and two-thirds plan to leave in the next 3 years Nov 23, 2022
Hospital Responds to Staffing Crisis After Reports of Patient Death Challenges at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett reflective of hospitals across the U.S. Nov 22, 2022
Here's What Led ED Nurse to Call the Fire Department for Help Problems from that night are not unique to her hospital, says Kelsay Irby, RN Nov 21, 2022
Documentary Blames Hospitals for Keeping Killer Nurse Employed Charles Cullen was caught several times, but the system was rigged to pass him along, some allege Nov 16, 2022
NP Must Pay $20K for Implying She Was a Doctor Sarah Erny, RN, NP, is also required to cease any claims of being a "doctor" in providing care Nov 15, 2022
Survey Shows ED Doctors Worry More About Patient Harm Than Getting Sued "Defensive medicine" may be more about preventing harm than avoiding a lawsuit Nov 10, 2022
Pulse Oximeters Need to Work Better for Dark-Skinned Patients, FDA Panel Says Warnings to patients and providers, improved accuracy needed, advisors say Nov 02, 2022
Beware When Anesthesia in the ICU Runs Afoul of the Law Certain procedural sedation practices for the critically ill are technically illegal Oct 26, 2022
Divide on When to Start Anti-Psychotic LAIs; Restraint Toll; Wilderness Tx Failures A roundup of noteworthy research from the American Psychiatric Nurses Association meeting Oct 24, 2022
Implicit Bias Training Betters Psychiatric Care at One Seattle Hospital Less use of restraints for minorities, although higher seclusion rates still an issue Oct 22, 2022
Hawaii Hospital Cuts Unneeded ED Psych Evals Following Police Encounters Program requiring consults before involuntary evaluations gets a revamp, with positive results Oct 21, 2022
Hospital System Saw Fewer Attacks From Patients With New Crisis Strategies Emergency response teams, de-escalation training likely contributed to dip in violence Oct 21, 2022
Emergency Nurse 'Drowning' in Patients, Calls Fire Department to Assist In last-resort effort, two firefighters aid understaffed ED in Washington state Oct 14, 2022
Nurse Protests Her Firing Over Refusal to Take Implicit Bias Training "I objected to a mandatory course grounded in the idea that I'm racist because I'm white" Oct 07, 2022
'Not an Easy Villain': Documentary Tackles Healthcare's Big Hospital Problem The human cost of tax-exempt hospitals is a hard pill to swallow, says "InHospitable" director Oct 06, 2022 video
Toxicologist From 'The Good Nurse' on Catching a Killer Steven Marcus, MD, on following through with suspicions and calling out a flawed system Sep 22, 2022
Health Workers Unlikely to Catch Monkeypox From Infected Patients Even with low adherence to PPE guidelines, no workers contracted the virus, Colorado data show Sep 16, 2022
Violence Against Nurses Worse Than Ever, Analysis Finds Over 3 months in 2022, two nurses were assaulted every hour, on average Sep 13, 2022
Pharmacist-Led Hypertension Clinics Able to Lower BP Within Weeks Broader implementation of programs hinges on state policies Sep 09, 2022
Our Perception of Obesity Needs an Overhaul Changing how we think about the disease allows us to more effectively talk to and treat patients Sep 09, 2022
Here's How a Court Ruling in North Carolina Could Affect Liability for Nurses Nurses in the state can now be held liable for patient harm even when following doctors' orders Sep 08, 2022
