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The Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) commends
To staunch the “brain drain” resulting from the wave of baby boomer nurse retirements, Parkview Health in Fort Wayne, Ind., has
Hospital units with higher proportions of internationally trained nurses have lower turnover rates according to a
To mitigate possible disruptions in the medical product sector, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is surveilling the supply chain for potential shortages of medical products and raw materials produced in China. This effort includes tracking reports of orders for personal protective…
With the possibility COVID-19 cases may spread in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hosted a webinar featuring strategies health care organizations can use to ensure they have proper protocols and adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) on hand to manage…
This week, the American Hospital Association (AHA) posted an advisory with resources to help hospitals and health systems prepare for coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19). The update highlights two recently released resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) will host a webinar framing gun violence as a complex biopsychosocial disease. This webinar will help participants identify opportunities for preventing gun violence and making the communities they serve healthier and safer.
The Joint Commission issued a Quick Safety advisory on psychiatric advance directives (PADs) this week.
In response to the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reiterated its recommendation to health care facilities to use a hierarchy of controls to prevent infectious disease transmission.