Dead Nurse Found in Freezer; Deadly Hospital Error; Weight-Loss Compounder Crashes This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 17, 2024
Add-On Clarithromycin Pans Out in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Trial Respiratory system severity scores, organ failure assessment scores improved, trial found Jan 10, 2024
NPs Have the Best Job in Healthcare Being a PA is a close second, according to the U.S. News annual ranking Jan 10, 2024
It Takes a Lot to Gross Out Healthcare Workers Small study showed less "disgust" among care home workers compared with controls Jan 09, 2024
Advanced Practice Providers Push to Unionize in Oregon OHSU group concerned that profits are taking precedence over providers and patients Jan 08, 2024
Nursing Exam Pass Rates Appear to Be Rising. Why? With a new exam format, experts expected rates to dip; that isn't what happened Jan 01, 2024
Students of Shuttered Nursing School Sue State Officials for Overreach Connecticut requested license applicants of Stone Academy program complete a "refresher course" Dec 29, 2023
Three Convicted in Fake Nursing Diploma Scheme Defendants snagged by "Operation Nightingale" could face up to 20 years in prison Dec 21, 2023
Is There No High-Touch Surface in Hospitals Free of Microbial Contamination? Sorry, your precious break room coffeemaker is covered with it -- but regular cleaning helps Dec 18, 2023
How to Prevent Violence Against Healthcare Workers "We have to tell our stories, because this has to be a priority," emergency physician says Dec 15, 2023 video
How Violence Has Become the Status Quo in the Emergency Department "My patient actually tried to strangle me with my stethoscope," nurse reveals Dec 14, 2023 video
Nurses, Resident Slashed; Deadly Tick Disease Outbreak; COVID Vax After Infection Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Dec 11, 2023
See Which States Have the Most High-Performing Hospitals for Maternity Care Top state had 63 high-performing hospitals, according to annual U.S. News list Dec 05, 2023
RaDonda Vaught Loses Appeal to Get Her Nursing License Back Tennessee court rejects former nurse's appeal to overturn nursing board's 2021 decision Dec 05, 2023
Psych Nurses Sound the Alarm on Patient Violence at Pediatric Hospital Seattle Children's PBMU staff "work in a persistent state of fear," says state nurses union Dec 04, 2023
IG Live December 6: Code Gray! Responding to Violence in Healthcare Experts discuss how to create a safer workplace Dec 04, 2023
Travel Nurse Practitioner Who Disappeared on Hike Found Dead No foul play suspected in death of Ann Herford Dec 04, 2023
Prone Positioning Falls Flat for Weaning COVID Patients Off ECMO Similar ECMO duration, mortality compared with supine position in randomized trial Dec 01, 2023
CDC Advisors' Infection Control Guidance Leaves Us Unprotected The guidelines will lead to unnecessary infections and deaths if approved Nov 29, 2023
Travel Nurse Practitioner Goes Missing in California Ann Herford was reportedly last seen near the trailhead for the Arnold Rim Trail Nov 21, 2023
Invasive Mental Health Questions Have No Place on Nurse Licensing Applications Removing these inquiries will protect nurse well-being Nov 15, 2023
AMA Delegates Trash AI Bots, Medicare Advantage, Inexperienced 'Politicized' ALJs Proposal calls for facilities with an "Emergency Room" to have an emergency doc on site Nov 13, 2023
Your Hospital Is Like a Modern Airport. That's Not Good AI will revolutionize how healthcare is delivered; how is yet to be determined Nov 12, 2023
Nursing Leaders Tackle Ways to Fix 'Accelerated Burnout' in New Nurses "It takes a village to raise a nurse," expert says Nov 10, 2023
Former Nurse Sees Raft of New Charges in Murder Investigation Initially charged with killing two patients, she admits to attempting to kill 19 more Nov 06, 2023
Heat and Cardiovascular Death; Time-Restricted Eating or Caloric Restriction in T2D Also in TTHealthWatch: managing nasal airway obstruction Nov 04, 2023 podcast
CDC Launches Initiative to Tackle Burnout in Healthcare Not a "Band-Aid," but a systems approach, says NIOSH program director Nov 03, 2023
Most Medical, Nursing Students Don't Plan to Treat Patients, Survey Finds Notably, a quarter of medical students in the U.S. are thinking about quitting their studies Nov 02, 2023
Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Aren't the Only Concern for Safe Staffing Nurses need adequate training and a supportive, safe environment Nov 01, 2023
Expand Nurse Staffing Ratio Laws, Union Leaders Tell Senator Hospitals will "never agree to safe staffing on their own," says HPAE president Oct 30, 2023
NPs No More Likely Than Physicians to Prescribe Inappropriately to Older Adults Mean rates of inappropriate prescribing by NPs, primary care doctors were "virtually identical" Oct 23, 2023
Nurse Sees Other Side of Unsafe Staffing "The nurse in me fully understood ... the mom in me was terrified" Oct 20, 2023 podcast
Plastic Glove, Scissors Solve Problem in Single-Lung Ventilation DIY approach to non-dependent lung collapse succeeds in trial Oct 17, 2023
Small Piece of Plastic Cuts Throat Damage From Trach Tubes Why didn't someone think of this sooner? Oct 17, 2023
Are Female Anesthesiologists Better Than Men? Some differences seen in two-center study; reasons, implications uncertain Oct 17, 2023
Possible Cause of Long COVID 'Brain Fog'; Nursing Shortage Real? Drinking Salt Water Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Oct 17, 2023
Impending Hemorrhage With C-Section Flagged by Simple Test Uterine tone scores correlate strongly with lethal bleeds Oct 16, 2023
Hemoglobin Targets a Good Idea for Massively Transfused Patients Outcomes improved with values approaching 10 g/dL Oct 16, 2023
