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The Department of Health and Human Services’ this week released a final rule that partially restores the long-standing process for enforcing federal conscience laws, and strengthens protections against conscience and religious discrimination.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will host a webinar featuring best practices for administering the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture on Jan. 24 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET.
Leaders from Kaiser Permanente and Mass General Brigham discuss in an American Hospital Association podcast innovative workforce approaches to help clinicians thrive professionally and personally.
A study found specialized training, an easy-to-navigate environment and staff stability ─ as well as adding staff ─ are necessary to ensure high-quality care for patients with dementia living in nursing homes.
Primary care facilities employing stressed and burned out nurse practitioners experienced increased rates of elder patients with chronic conditions requiring emergency care, a study found.
Transcendental meditation improved the well-being of clinical nurses by decreasing posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and burnout and increasing flourishing, according to a study.
The Nursing Community Coalition released a statement honoring former Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, who died last week.
In a letter sent this week to Congressional leadership and to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the Nursing Community Coalition urges Congress to fully fund critical nursing programs.
The top three challenges facing nurse leaders are staff recruitment and retention, financial resource availability and workplace violence, according to AONL Foundation’s 2024 Longitudinal Nurse Leadership Insight Study.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will implement a 10-year payment and delivery model to improve maternal health care.