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The Department of Health and Human Services last week updated and released its Language Access Plan to ensure greater access to the life-saving services HHS provides for people with Limited English Proficiency.
Spending more time in nature can improve nurses’ moods and concentration as well as rejuvenate energy levels, leading to better patient care.
Providers who had access to a clinical decision support tool used measures to prevent blood clotting in more than 80% of hospital inpatient stays and almost 14% of discharges, a study found.
First Lady Jill Biden and the White House Gender Policy Council will lead an initiative focused on improving women’s health research, with multiple agencies directed to deliver recommendations by the end of December.
The cancer death rate for children ages 19 and under in the U.S. fell 24% from 2.75 to 2.1 per 100,000 people from 2001 to 2021, but declines stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Food and Drug Administration this week released a discussion paper on improving the accuracy of pulse oximeter devices for people with darker skin pigmentation.
Fisher-Titus Medical Center in Norwalk, Ohio, embarked on an 18-month process to hire international nurses at its rural facilities for a minimum three-year commitment.
Nearly 60% of Black and Hispanic adults have gotten or plan to get the most recent COVID-19 vaccine compared with 42% of white adults, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation survey.
Employing remote nurses to monitor sepsis alerts generated by artificial intelligence was crucial to leveraging the technology effectively and saving 375 lives annually, according to Aurora, Colo.-based UC Health.
AONL invites nurse managers to fill out a 15-minute survey to test a tool that could be used to redesign nurse manager roles and improve the work environment.