UTI revisited: Optimizing best practices
Urinary tract infection (UTI) continues to attract clinical attention as one of the world’s most prevalent infections. UTI broadly describes several clinical conditions, including…
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Many People of Color Worry Good Health Care Is Tied to Their Appearance
Many people from racial and ethnic minority groups brace themselves for insults and judgments before medical appointments, according to a new survey of patients…
A researcher’s prescription for better health care: A dose of humility for doctors, nurses and clinicians
Better health care for patients begins with humility – a term not often associated with medicine. I witnessed displays of humility firsthand eight years…
How being grateful is good for healthcare
About a year ago, one of my graduating students gave me a fan with this Korean text 선생님 사랑해요, which translates to “I love…
Hospitals Reduce Infection Rates Post-Pandemic
Hospitals have reduced healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) for the first time since they reached a five-year high during the pandemic in 2020. The Leapfrog Group,…
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome, a life-threatening neurologic emergency, frequently occurs with dopamine antagonists (antipsychotics and antiemetics).
Understanding that chronic back pain originates from within the brain could lead to quicker recovery, a new study finds
People, very understandably, think that if their back hurts, there must be a problem in the back – even though we researchers know this…
Placebo, nocebo, and nursing care
The term “placebo” entered the English medical lexicon from the Latin word “placeo,” which means “I please” or “I shall please.” Its current usage,…
White patients are more likely than Black patients to be given opioid medication for pain in US emergency departments
White people who visit hospital emergency departments with pain are 26% more likely than Black people to be given opioid pain medications such as…
Dedicated Nursing Team Cuts Central-Line Infections Nearly in Half, Report Shows
Having a dedicated nursing team assist with central-line insertions reduced infections by 47%, a three-year program at UNC Health in Chapel Hill, N.C. has…
Mrs. Bunge or The Curious Nurse
If not for Mrs. Bunge I would not be a nurse today. Patricia Bunge graduated from Toledo Hospital School of Nursing in 1954.
Lung Cancer Rates in Middle-Aged Women Now Higher Than in Men
Lung cancer rates have been falling faster in men than in women, a trend that has now extended from younger women to those over…
UTI revisited: Optimizing best practices
Urinary tract infection (UTI) continues to attract clinical attention as one of the world’s most prevalent infections. UTI broadly describes several clinical…
Many People of Color Worry Good Health Care Is Tied to Their Appearance
Many people from racial and ethnic minority groups brace themselves for insults and judgments before medical appointments, according to a new survey…
A researcher’s prescription for better health care: A dose of humility for doctors, nurses and clinicians
Better health care for patients begins with humility – a term not often associated with medicine. I witnessed displays of humility firsthand…
How being grateful is good for healthcare
About a year ago, one of my graduating students gave me a fan with this Korean text 선생님 사랑해요, which translates to…
Hospitals Reduce Infection Rates Post-Pandemic
Hospitals have reduced healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) for the first time since they reached a five-year high during the pandemic in 2020. The…
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome, a life-threatening neurologic emergency, frequently occurs with dopamine antagonists (antipsychotics and antiemetics).
Understanding that chronic back pain originates from within the brain could lead to quicker recovery, a new study finds
People, very understandably, think that if their back hurts, there must be a problem in the back – even though we researchers…
Placebo, nocebo, and nursing care
The term “placebo” entered the English medical lexicon from the Latin word “placeo,” which means “I please” or “I shall please.” Its…
White patients are more likely than Black patients to be given opioid medication for pain in US emergency departments
White people who visit hospital emergency departments with pain are 26% more likely than Black people to be given opioid pain medications…
Dedicated Nursing Team Cuts Central-Line Infections Nearly in Half, Report Shows
Having a dedicated nursing team assist with central-line insertions reduced infections by 47%, a three-year program at UNC Health in Chapel Hill,…
Mrs. Bunge or The Curious Nurse
If not for Mrs. Bunge I would not be a nurse today. Patricia Bunge graduated from Toledo Hospital School of Nursing in…
Lung Cancer Rates in Middle-Aged Women Now Higher Than in Men
Lung cancer rates have been falling faster in men than in women, a trend that has now extended from younger women to…