Gabapentin as Post-Op Painkiller Gets a Cold Shower Placebo-controlled trial offers no justification for widespread use Oct 15, 2023
'Yellow' Blood Products Come With VTE Risk, Study Finds Increased thrombosis, mortality when fresh frozen plasma is used in transfusions Oct 15, 2023
Yes, It Matters Who Manages Sedation During Interventional Radiology Procedures Study finds outcomes differ according to providers' training Oct 14, 2023
Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Ratios Win Some Hard-Fought Ground But opposition from most hospital groups remains fierce Oct 12, 2023
Heat-Related Illness Among Farmworkers: How Nurses Can Help Vulnerable population is "bearing the brunt of climate change," researcher says Oct 11, 2023
Malpractice Suits Involving NPs and PAs Can Spell Trouble for Supervising Docs Too Doctors often included even if they didn't see or hear about the patient involved, study finds Oct 10, 2023
Experts on AI Tell Nurses: 'You Need to Embrace This' And no, you will not be replaced by a robot Oct 09, 2023
Putting an End to the 'Doctor-Nurse Game' Anyone with a doctorate degree should have the right to use the "doctor" title Oct 08, 2023
Clean Up the COVID Booster Mess by Returning to a Single-Payer System We must reopen the door to easy preventive care access Oct 02, 2023
Low Tidal Volume Compliance Still Lacking in Mechanical Ventilation Women, shorter patients, those with a high BMI more likely to receive higher tidal volumes Sep 29, 2023
Doctor or DNP: Who Is Really Providing Care? Stronger "title protection" legislation can offer patients greater transparency Sep 27, 2023
'The Last Straw' Driving Workers Out of Healthcare Unaddressed workplace violence may be a domino further disrupting the system Sep 26, 2023
Higher Suicide Risk in Nurses, Other Health Workers And healthcare work appears more closely tied to increased suicide risk in women than men Sep 26, 2023
Nurses Step Up to Bat on Educating Patients About Climate Change The American Nurses Association pledges to mitigate and help others adapt to climate change Sep 22, 2023
Deceit Allegations, Lawsuits Dog Florida For-Profit Nursing School Nursing board's weakened oversight powers led to proliferation of underperforming programs Sep 22, 2023
NP Convicted; U.S. Plans to Ban Medical Debt From Credit Reports; NFL Doc Retiring Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ staff Sep 22, 2023
The Cost of Corporatized Medicine Worse outcomes, increased burnout, and higher costs linked to corporate influence Sep 21, 2023 video
Here Are This Year's Top Schools for an Undergraduate Nursing Degree Duke, University of Pennsylvania shared the No. 1 spot Sep 18, 2023
When Temps Rise, So Do Medical Risks. Should Docs and Nurses Talk More About Heat? "This is not your grandmother's heat," says policy expert Sep 10, 2023
Biden Invests $100 Million to Grow Nursing Workforce Includes support for trainees, faculty positions, and NPs launching practices Aug 11, 2023
Nurse Home-Visit Program Shows No Benefit for Prenatal Care Uptake "We need larger structural changes" to improve outcomes, researcher says Aug 09, 2023
Shouldn't Nurses Run the Business of Healthcare? We need more nurses on the front line, but we also need them leading change in business Aug 08, 2023
Some Health Workers See Double the Risk for Fatal Drug Overdoses Pre-pandemic study finds that RNs and others faced elevated risks Aug 07, 2023
One Size Doesn't Fit All for Automated BP Measurement Cuffs, Trial Finds "Strikingly inaccurate" readings with ill-fitting cuffs, especially on larger arms Aug 07, 2023
For-Profit Virginia Nursing School Shuts Doors Abruptly Broken mannequins, fired janitors, grade inflation all signaled a sinking ship Aug 01, 2023
'Strike Nurse' or 'Scab'? Nurse Faces Backlash After 'Day-in-the-Life' Video Resounding criticism of nurse crossing picket line reflects larger workplace issues Jul 18, 2023
TeamHealth Emergency Docs, Nurses in Detroit Vote to Unionize 31 counted ballots were all in favor of unionization Jul 17, 2023
I Didn't Sign Up for Violence When I Became a Nurse Caregivers must have the support they need to feel safe at the bedside Jul 14, 2023
A Call to Unionize Healthcare Workers Eric Reinhart, MD, on tearing down "exploitative labor practices" in the U.S. healthcare industry Jul 06, 2023 video
What's the Matter With For-Profit Nursing Programs? Promise of a flexible nursing degree is sometimes too good to be true Jul 03, 2023
Nurse Accused of Killing Patients With Insulin; Naturopath Settles False Claims Suit A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jun 01, 2023
Doctors Play 'Never Have I Ever' YouTuber Siobhan Deshauer, MD, on sleeping through a page, placing an IV, and dirty needle sticks May 18, 2023
Nurses Protest Colleague's Firing, Other Mistreatment Nine nurses were suspended and one was fired after delivering a petition to their manager May 17, 2023
Tainted 'Male Enhancement' Pills; Green Card Freeze Hits Nursing; Monkeypox Rebounds Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ staff May 15, 2023
On the Night Shift With a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner What it's like to care for victims in their darkest moments May 14, 2023
New Georgia Law Reins in NP, PA Use of 'Doctor' in Clinical Settings NPs, PAs with doctoral degrees must state they're not physicians during patient interactions May 09, 2023
Four Steps to Reduce Nurse Suicides Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, on the American Academy of Nursing's new "seminal" consensus statement May 03, 2023 video
Here Are This Year's Top Graduate Nursing Programs U.S. News moves ahead with nursing rankings despite medical school drama Apr 25, 2023
One in Five Nurses Could Leave the Workforce by 2027 Study projects loss of 1 million nurses, including 800,000 RNs Apr 17, 2023
