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<乌鸦传媒>California Clarifies Role of CRNAs Amid Scope-of-Practice Clash

Letter says CRNAs can administer anesthesia that's ordered by a physician

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<乌鸦传媒>Nurses Blast Steward Health Care's Greed: 'It Ruins You'

Steward CEO, Ralph de la Torre, MD, was a "no-show" at hearing, despite subpoena

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<乌鸦传媒>Trump's IVF Pledge; Nurse Rescues Trapped Man; Who's Getting Vaccinated?

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<乌鸦传媒>U.K. Hospital Where Nurse Was Convicted of Murdering 7 Babies Faces Investigation

Inquiry will look at systemic issues and failures, but not the legal basis for the convictions

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<乌鸦传媒>Nurse-Supported Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Improved Sleep Outcomes

Randomized trial shows insomnia severity scores improved at both 8 weeks and 6 months

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<乌鸦传媒>Nurse Goes Missing; Mpox on Airplanes; Warning on Pain Supplements

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>From D-Day to Assassination Attempts: Where Medicine and History Intertwine

Major historical events may have turned out differently without rapid medical responses

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<乌鸦传媒>$300M Lawsuit for Hospital Where RN Is Accused of Replacing Fentanyl With Tap Water

Suit says the hospital failed to monitor medication administration procedures

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<乌鸦传媒>Insufficient Hospital Nurse Staffing Linked With Higher Risk of Patient Death

Temporary staffing not the answer, according to study

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<乌鸦传媒>Bleeding Better Controlled When Protamine Is Part of TAVR Wrap-Up Routine

ACE-PROTAVI trial tested upfront vs selective use of heparin reversal agent

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<乌鸦传媒>More Rural Hospitals Are on the Verge of Closing, Report Finds

Private insurers are paying less than the cost of care, data show

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<乌鸦传媒>Our Understanding of IBD Has Come a Long Way—
So Have the Options to Treat It

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<乌鸦传媒>Fentanyl Easy to Make; UnitedHealth's Physician Empire; Is NP Training Sufficient?

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>Biden Health Update; RFK Jr. Floated White House Job; Nurses Opt to Strike

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>First Impressions Count in Healthcare

By modifying our habits, we can improve the care experience for all

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<乌鸦传媒>Nurse Survey Signals Improvements, Though Retention Still a Problem

Efforts to "recruit more nurses are akin to fueling a car with a leaking gas tank," one RN says

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<乌鸦传媒>Novel Goalpost for PCI Excellence Is Borrowed From the Surgeons

"Failure to rescue" may help with quality improvement in interventional cardiology

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<乌鸦传媒>Houston Hospitals Backed Up; Nurses Vote to Strike; Dengue Spreading in NY, NJ

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>New Name for Familiar Phenomenon: 'Administrative Harm'

Increasing scrutiny on the lack of accountability, evaluation of administrators

<乌鸦传媒>Nurse Shows Kids How to 'Stop the Bleed'

Born of a nurse mom's concern about gun violence, program teaches kids life-saving skills

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<乌鸦传媒>Nurse Anesthetists Fire Back at Scope-of-Practice Citations

CRNAs in California argue "Immediate Jeopardy" citations have it wrong

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<乌鸦传媒>DOJ Charges Dozens of Doctors, NPs in $2.7 Billion Healthcare Fraud Crackdown

76 medical professionals among the nearly 200 charged

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<乌鸦传媒>A Multivitamin a Day Won't Keep Death Away

Long-term, daily use not associated with diminished mortality risk in large observational study

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<乌鸦传媒>Lung Transplant Graft Outcomes Relate Back to Donor Care Setting

Longer graft survival reported for lungs from hospital-based units

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<乌鸦传媒>U.S. Hospitals Prone to Cyberattacks Like the One at Ascension, Experts Say

Clinicians describe harrowing lapses

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<乌鸦传媒>Nurses in Oregon Take to the Picket Lines to Demand Better Staffing, Higher Pay

Thousands spent second day striking

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<乌鸦传媒>Nurse Charged With Stealing Fentanyl, Replacing IV Drips With Tap Water

Many of the patients developed serious infections, and 16 died

<乌鸦传媒>Train Eyes So Myopia Doesn't Get Worse? Nurse Intervention for BP Post-Stroke

Also in TTHealthWatch: cancers subsequent to CAR-T therapy

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<乌鸦传媒>Health Worker for a Nonprofit? The New Ban on Noncompete Contracts May Not Help You

New rule may not protect the largest number of medical professionals

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<乌鸦传媒>An Older Woman's Chronic Pain Is Not 'All in Her Head'

There are serious consequences of under-managed pain

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<乌鸦传媒>What Will It Take to Deliver Both Health & Care in Oncology?

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<乌鸦传媒>Where Are All the Male Nurses?

Gender stereotypes may be exacerbating the nursing shortage

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<乌鸦传媒>Hospital Patient Finally Discharged After More Than 3 Years

Many behavioral health patients don't need medical care, but no step-down facility will take them

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<乌鸦传媒>The Lure of Specialty Medicine Pulls Nurse Practitioners From Primary Care

Increasingly, NPs are broadening their skills and income

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<乌鸦传媒>Nurses Don't Trust Employers to Safely Implement AI Tools, Survey Shows

Predictive models, chatbots may undermine clinical judgment and compromise patient care, they say

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<乌鸦传媒>Forget Ringing the Button for the Nurse; Patients Now Stay Connected by Wearing One

The BioButton sends vital signs to nurses and uses AI to monitor a patient's condition

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<乌鸦传媒>Celebrating Nurses Week: Hats Off to All the RNs

Here are some facts about my invaluable colleagues

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<乌鸦传媒>'Evil Personified': Nurse Gets Life Sentence for Murdering Patients With Insulin

17 patients under the care of Heather Pressdee died following excessive doses

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<乌鸦传媒>Kentucky First State to Decriminalize Medical Errors

Legacy of RaDonda Vaught case still looms over nursing profession

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<乌鸦传媒>Intervention Mostly Flops for Health Workers' Well-Being During the Pandemic

Younger workers did gain significant benefit from the peer-to-peer program

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