Patient Care
What Do You Think? –A Nurse Is Prosecuted For A Fatal Medical Mistake
No doubt you've seen the headlines about a former nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center that was arrested and charged with reckless homicide and abuse in February for making a medical...
Best Practices
Nurse Scheduling Nightmares
How two clever nurse managers found low cost options to streamline scheduling.
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Latest Studies
Even The Best Healthcare Facilities Can Do More To Prevent Infections
Healthcare-associated infections can be reduced by up to 55 percent by systematically implementing evidence-based infection prevention and control...
Latest Studies
Words Matter
A new John Hopkins study found stigmatizing language in medical records may affect the care a patient receives.
When...
Latest Studies
Nurse Staffing Levels Linked To Patient Satisfaction
Patients' unfavourable views of hospital care are strongly linked to insufficient numbers of nurses on duty, rather than...
Have You Read The Shift?
Looking for a good book recommendation? Palliative care nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown chronicles a day in the life of a nurse as well as...
10 Emotions Every Nurse Experiences at the End of a Shift
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Ah, yes—the final sprint to the finish line at the end of a 12-hour shift. A time as terrifying as it is hopeful.
Of course, no two...
Undiagnosed Diseases Network Launches Online Application Portal
The Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN), a clinical research initiative of the National Institutes of Health, has opened an online patient application portal called the...
Top 10 Funniest Explanations Your Patients Have Given You
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Sometimes patients just do some wonderfully weird stuff. From the crazy things they try when they’re alone to the odd things they tell you,...
Nurse Eye Roll: Ischemic Stroke – Patient Priorities
Alas, stroke patients.. my one true nursey love.
I love my stroke patients. They have a special place in my heart.
So, you just got report...
Because of Nursing Research: End-of-Life Care in the ICU
Patients in an ICU are usually very sick or seriously injured. Many are unconscious or incapacitated and most require technology to support life. They...