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<乌鸦传媒>California Nurses Rally Against AI Tools in Healthcare

They demand hospitals take pause before rushing implementation of "untested" technologies

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<乌鸦传媒>Ex-Con Charged With Murdering Home Care Nurse

Crime has spurred calls for better safety measures for home healthcare workers

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<乌鸦传媒>MedPod Deep Dive: More Problems With For-Profit Nursing Schools

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<乌鸦传媒>MedPod Deep Dive: Inside a For-Profit Nursing School's Financial Struggles

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<乌鸦传媒>Here's Why Nurses Are Exiting Healthcare

Aside from planned retirement, burnout, insufficient staffing, and family all cited in survey

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<乌鸦传媒>Attacks on Emergency Room Workers Prompt Debate Over Tougher Penalties

Lawmakers search for ways to deter violence

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<乌鸦传媒>8 Nurses Sue Hospital, Claiming Retaliation and Wrongful Termination

Fired nurses had recently lodged complaints of unsafe conditions at Massachusetts hospital

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<乌鸦传媒>'Rock Doc' Gets 20 Years for Illegally Prescribing Opioids

Tennessee nurse practitioner promoted his practice with the motto "work hard, play harder"

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<乌鸦传媒>Hold Your Horses, Health Workers With COVID Still Must Isolate

This aspect of CDC's guidance is not to be glossed over

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<乌鸦传媒>EHR Alerts Trigger Primary Care Clinics to Improve Hypertension Care in CKD

Greater reduction in systolic BP over usual care in randomized trial

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<乌鸦传媒>Republican Senators Blast Biden's Proposed HHS Budget

At issue were the exclusion of PBM reform, and nursing home, Title X funding requirements

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<乌鸦传媒>RaDonda Vaught Says Some System Practices Contributed to Fatal Mistake

During patient safety webinar, she advised clinicians to "slow down" to avoid deadly mistakes

<乌鸦传媒>Unmasking a Nurse's Journey Through Long COVID Gaslighting

"I was taken aback by the words coming from my doctor's mouth"

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<乌鸦传媒>Amy Schumer's Diagnosis; FDA Yanks Cancer Drug; Nursing Student Murdered

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Study Backs Recommended Antibiotic Approach for Aspiration Pneumonia

Evidence of more side effects, lack of survival benefit with extended anaerobic coverage

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<乌鸦传媒>RN Workforce Rebounds After Steep Pandemic Drop

Study projects robust growth through 2035, despite "scary" headlines

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<乌鸦传媒>San Francisco Nurses Sue City Over Missed Breaks

Class action lawsuit claims nurses at public hospitals were denied meal, rest breaks

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<乌鸦传媒>Nurse Community Mourns 'Trailblazer' Claire Fagin, PhD, RN

She was a "nurse visionary with the savvy to make things happen," said one colleague

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<乌鸦传媒>Over 80% of Nurses Face Workplace Violence, Survey Finds

"After the gun incident we asked for metal detectors to enter the hospital," says one nurse

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<乌鸦传媒>Health Workers Press for Federal Bill to Prevent Workplace Violence

Legislation calls for up to 20 years' federal imprisonment for certain acts of violence

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<乌鸦传媒>Deep Pay Cuts for Travel Nurses Reported at Pittsburgh Health System

Annual wage cut of about $25,000 was not disclosed at signing, nurses say

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<乌鸦传媒>Nurses Still the Most Trusted Profession, Doctors Fall to Fifth

Trust slipping across nearly all professions, Gallup poll finds

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<乌鸦传媒>Troubled For-Profit Nursing Program Dodges Early Closure

But regulator in Arizona has final word

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<乌鸦传媒>Severe Stroke at Age 24; Nurses' $100,000 Bonus; Paxlovid Insider Trading Conviction

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Telehealth, Default Orders Show Promise in Palliative Care

Telecare improved quality of life for people with chronic illnesses

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<乌鸦传媒>Dead Nurse Found in Freezer; Deadly Hospital Error; Weight-Loss Compounder Crashes

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>Add-On Clarithromycin Pans Out in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Trial

Respiratory system severity scores, organ failure assessment scores improved, trial found

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<乌鸦传媒>NPs Have the Best Job in Healthcare

Being a PA is a close second, according to the U.S. News annual ranking

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<乌鸦传媒>It Takes a Lot to Gross Out Healthcare Workers

Small study showed less "disgust" among care home workers compared with controls

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<乌鸦传媒>Advanced Practice Providers Push to Unionize in Oregon

OHSU group concerned that profits are taking precedence over providers and patients

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<乌鸦传媒>Nursing Exam Pass Rates Appear to Be Rising. Why?

With a new exam format, experts expected rates to dip; that isn't what happened

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<乌鸦传媒>Students of Shuttered Nursing School Sue State Officials for Overreach

Connecticut requested license applicants of Stone Academy program complete a "refresher course"

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<乌鸦传媒>Three Convicted in Fake Nursing Diploma Scheme

Defendants snagged by "Operation Nightingale" could face up to 20 years in prison

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<乌鸦传媒>Is There No High-Touch Surface in Hospitals Free of Microbial Contamination?

Sorry, your precious break room coffeemaker is covered with it -- but regular cleaning helps

<乌鸦传媒>How to Prevent Violence Against Healthcare Workers

"We have to tell our stories, because this has to be a priority," emergency physician says

<乌鸦传媒>How Violence Has Become the Status Quo in the Emergency Department

"My patient actually tried to strangle me with my stethoscope," nurse reveals

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<乌鸦传媒>Nurses, Resident Slashed; Deadly Tick Disease Outbreak; COVID Vax After Infection

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>See Which States Have the Most High-Performing Hospitals for Maternity Care

Top state had 63 high-performing hospitals, according to annual U.S. News list

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<乌鸦传媒>RaDonda Vaught Loses Appeal to Get Her Nursing License Back

Tennessee court rejects former nurse's appeal to overturn nursing board's 2021 decision

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<乌鸦传媒>Psych Nurses Sound the Alarm on Patient Violence at Pediatric Hospital

Seattle Children's PBMU staff "work in a persistent state of fear," says state nurses union

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