<ѻý>Dead Nurse Found in Freezer; Deadly Hospital Error; Weight-Loss Compounder Crashesѻý> This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 17, 2024
<ѻý>Add-On Clarithromycin Pans Out in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Trialѻý> Respiratory system severity scores, organ failure assessment scores improved, trial found Jan 10, 2024
<ѻý>NPs Have the Best Job in Healthcareѻý> Being a PA is a close second, according to the U.S. News annual ranking Jan 10, 2024
<ѻý>It Takes a Lot to Gross Out Healthcare Workersѻý> Small study showed less "disgust" among care home workers compared with controls Jan 09, 2024
<ѻý>Advanced Practice Providers Push to Unionize in Oregonѻý> OHSU group concerned that profits are taking precedence over providers and patients Jan 08, 2024
<ѻý>Nursing Exam Pass Rates Appear to Be Rising. Why?ѻý> With a new exam format, experts expected rates to dip; that isn't what happened Jan 01, 2024
<ѻý>Students of Shuttered Nursing School Sue State Officials for Overreachѻý> Connecticut requested license applicants of Stone Academy program complete a "refresher course" Dec 29, 2023
<ѻý>Three Convicted in Fake Nursing Diploma Schemeѻý> Defendants snagged by "Operation Nightingale" could face up to 20 years in prison Dec 21, 2023
<ѻý>Is There No High-Touch Surface in Hospitals Free of Microbial Contamination?ѻý> Sorry, your precious break room coffeemaker is covered with it -- but regular cleaning helps Dec 18, 2023
<ѻý>How to Prevent Violence Against Healthcare Workersѻý> "We have to tell our stories, because this has to be a priority," emergency physician says Dec 15, 2023 video
<ѻý>How Violence Has Become the Status Quo in the Emergency Departmentѻý> "My patient actually tried to strangle me with my stethoscope," nurse reveals Dec 14, 2023 video
<ѻý>See Which States Have the Most High-Performing Hospitals for Maternity Careѻý> Top state had 63 high-performing hospitals, according to annual U.S. News list Dec 05, 2023
<ѻý>RaDonda Vaught Loses Appeal to Get Her Nursing License Backѻý> Tennessee court rejects former nurse's appeal to overturn nursing board's 2021 decision Dec 05, 2023
<ѻý>Psych Nurses Sound the Alarm on Patient Violence at Pediatric Hospitalѻý> Seattle Children's PBMU staff "work in a persistent state of fear," says state nurses union Dec 04, 2023
<ѻý>IG Live December 6: Code Gray! Responding to Violence in Healthcareѻý> Experts discuss how to create a safer workplace Dec 04, 2023
<ѻý>Travel Nurse Practitioner Who Disappeared on Hike Found Deadѻý> No foul play suspected in death of Ann Herford Dec 04, 2023
<ѻý>Prone Positioning Falls Flat for Weaning COVID Patients Off ECMOѻý> Similar ECMO duration, mortality compared with supine position in randomized trial Dec 01, 2023
<ѻý>CDC Advisors' Infection Control Guidance Leaves Us Unprotectedѻý> The guidelines will lead to unnecessary infections and deaths if approved Nov 29, 2023
<ѻý>Travel Nurse Practitioner Goes Missing in Californiaѻý> Ann Herford was reportedly last seen near the trailhead for the Arnold Rim Trail Nov 21, 2023
<ѻý>Invasive Mental Health Questions Have No Place on Nurse Licensing Applicationsѻý> Removing these inquiries will protect nurse well-being Nov 15, 2023
<ѻý>AMA Delegates Trash AI Bots, Medicare Advantage, Inexperienced 'Politicized' ALJsѻý> Proposal calls for facilities with an "Emergency Room" to have an emergency doc on site Nov 13, 2023
<ѻý>Your Hospital Is Like a Modern Airport. That's Not Goodѻý> AI will revolutionize how healthcare is delivered; how is yet to be determined Nov 12, 2023
<ѻý>Nursing Leaders Tackle Ways to Fix 'Accelerated Burnout' in New Nursesѻý> "It takes a village to raise a nurse," expert says Nov 10, 2023
<ѻý>Former Nurse Sees Raft of New Charges in Murder Investigationѻý> Initially charged with killing two patients, she admits to attempting to kill 19 more Nov 06, 2023
<ѻý>Heat and Cardiovascular Death; Time-Restricted Eating or Caloric Restriction in T2Dѻý> Also in TTHealthWatch: managing nasal airway obstruction Nov 04, 2023 podcast
<ѻý>CDC Launches Initiative to Tackle Burnout in Healthcareѻý> Not a "Band-Aid," but a systems approach, says NIOSH program director Nov 03, 2023
<ѻý>Most Medical, Nursing Students Don't Plan to Treat Patients, Survey Findsѻý> Notably, a quarter of medical students in the U.S. are thinking about quitting their studies Nov 02, 2023
<ѻý>Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Aren't the Only Concern for Safe Staffingѻý> Nurses need adequate training and a supportive, safe environment Nov 01, 2023
<ѻý>Adding Nurse Care Managers in Primary Care Boosted OUD Treatmentѻý> Support from leadership and treatment coverage are also critical, authors say Oct 31, 2023
<ѻý>Expand Nurse Staffing Ratio Laws, Union Leaders Tell Senatorѻý> Hospitals will "never agree to safe staffing on their own," says HPAE president Oct 30, 2023
<ѻý>NPs No More Likely Than Physicians to Prescribe Inappropriately to Older Adultsѻý> Mean rates of inappropriate prescribing by NPs, primary care doctors were "virtually identical" Oct 23, 2023
<ѻý>Telling My Story at the National Nurses Marchѻý> "It felt like we were seen" Oct 20, 2023 podcast
<ѻý>Nurse Sees Other Side of Unsafe Staffingѻý> "The nurse in me fully understood ... the mom in me was terrified" Oct 20, 2023 podcast
<ѻý>Plastic Glove, Scissors Solve Problem in Single-Lung Ventilationѻý> DIY approach to non-dependent lung collapse succeeds in trial Oct 17, 2023
<ѻý>Small Piece of Plastic Cuts Throat Damage From Trach Tubesѻý> Why didn't someone think of this sooner? Oct 17, 2023
<ѻý>Are Female Anesthesiologists Better Than Men?ѻý> Some differences seen in two-center study; reasons, implications uncertain Oct 17, 2023
<ѻý>Possible Cause of Long COVID 'Brain Fog'; Nursing Shortage Real? Drinking Salt Waterѻý> Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ѻý staff Oct 17, 2023
<ѻý>Impending Hemorrhage With C-Section Flagged by Simple Testѻý> Uterine tone scores correlate strongly with lethal bleeds Oct 16, 2023
<ѻý>Hemoglobin Targets a Good Idea for Massively Transfused Patientsѻý> Outcomes improved with values approaching 10 g/dL Oct 16, 2023