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The American Hospital Association this week urged the Department of Labor to keep professional nurses and physical therapists on its list of occupations facing shortages.
Rural nurses should help draft maternity policies and protocols that account for the rural practice experience, a study concludes.
In an essay published in the February issue of Nurse Leader, Roxane Spitzer, PhD, RN, describes learning from her mentor, Peter Drucker, PhD, the founder of modern management.
Improving pay and benefits, developing talent and prioritizing worker safety helped Pennsylvania hospitals reduce turnover by 28% in 2023, according to a report.
CNOs should make sure proper safe patient handling procedures are in place to prevent nurses from injury while working, according to AONL member Deana Sievert, DNP, RN.
New Jersey introduced a postpartum home-visit program to reduce maternal mortality and improve the health of mothers and babies.
Proposals are due April 5 for the 2024 Health Equity and Nursing Innovation Fund: Nursing Workforce and Healthy Work Environments.
The nursing workforce recovered in 2022 and 2023 from a substantial drop in numbers during the pandemic, according to a study published this week in JAMA Health Forum.
Syphilis infections during pregnancy more than tripled between 2016 and 2022 to 280 cases per 100,000 births, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Feb. 13.
Only 38% of nursing home residents and 15% of staff have received the latest COVID-19 vaccine, even though over 20% of all U.S. COVID-19 deaths occur in long-term care facilities, a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of federal data found.