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Smiths Medical recalled more than 118,000 Medfusion syringe infusion pumps whose software could malfunction
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its enhanced barrier precautions (EBP) guidance for nursing facilities to protect residents
Early source control of community-acquired sepsis infections resulted in a decreased risk of death at 90 days, according to a retrospective cohort study
Drug overdose death rates in 2020 increased 44% among Black people and 39% among American Indiana and Alaska Native people, compared with 22% for white people and 21% for Hispanic people
American Hospital Association (AHA) member hospitals can access the Health Equity Roadmap, a national initiative to drive improvement in health care outcomes, health equity, diversity and inclusion
A provision to honor the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps was included in the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act, H.R. 7900.
At least six hospitals publicized plans in recent months to cut back services due to staffing shortages.
Team-based nursing should be utilized to combat the nursing shortage, according to Nat’e Guyton, MSN, RN, an advisor to Emeritus Healthcare, a workforce development solutions company.
Health care facilities need to create environments that enable front-line nurses to leave work “feeling like they have made a difference to their patients, families and colleagues,” said CNO Barbara Jacobs
AONL, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and CGFNS International are among the partners Ochsner Health in New Orleans worked with to help Ukrainian nurses who are fleeing war