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“If appropriate nurse staffing is often difficult to determine on a daily basis, it becomes even more problematic during times of disaster,” write two nurse scholars in the latest issue of Nursing Economic$. The authors conducted a review of the academic literature from 2009-2019 on nurse staffing…
An impending court decision may role back a key tenet of the Affordable Care Act (ACA): the provision prohibiting insurers from denying coverage to individuals with pre-existing health conditions or charging them more for insurance.
The latest top 10 list of health technology hazards compiled by the ECRI Institute includes several new items and addresses risks existing outside acute care settings. These include sterilization process failures in some dental and medical offices, the home use of central venous catheters and…
Mindfulness and other meditation practices have gained considerable attention as possible solutions to reducing the stress leading nurses and other clinicians to experience burnout. To calm the nervous system, nurses can learn various techniques related to breathing, awareness and focus. According…
Researchers from Stanford, Duke and Harvard University medical schools found considerable variation among published studies on the relationship between clinician burnout and care quality.
Nurses are integral to many community-based efforts to address the social determinants of health. They sometimes lead those efforts as well—from within their home institutions, as active members of profession organizations and as civic leaders.
Nursing leaders gathered in Chicago, Philadelphia and Seattle this summer to share their insights into how nurses can address the social determinants creating disparities in the health of different U.S. populations. Their remarks were intended to inform the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)…
The Institute of Medicine’s 2010 report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health argued governing boards need the perspective of nurses to advance the nation’s health. But encouraging more nurses to serve on boards may not be enough.
A 2015 benchmarking study found while minorities represent 32% of hospital patients, they “comprise only 14% of hospital board members, 11% of executive leadership positions, and 19% of first- and mid-level managers." Tamara Bland, EdD, RN, director of the RN-BSN program at Dominican University in…
“[I]t is challenging to keep a profession prepared and available for disasters that are increasing in frequency and intensity,” in the view of Elizabeth Schenk, PhD, RN, and AONL member Carol Bensen, MSN, RN. In the latest issue of Nursing Economic$, the two nurse leaders from Providence St.…