Nurse Convicted in Patient’s Death Turns Fatal Drug Error Into a Cautionary Tale
RaDonda Vaught tends to lambs on her farm north of Nashville, Tennessee. Vaught was convicted of reckless homicide and lost her nursing license after…
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Nurse suicide rates prompt AAN panel to call for policy recommendations
The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) has released policy recommendations from a panel it convened last year to address the nurse suicide rate, which…
Updated NCCN Guidelines for Bladder Cancer
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has updated its guidelines for bladder cancer to reflect changes to WHO’s Classification of Tumours: Urinary and Male…
Nursing and patients with bladder cancer
As members of the interprofessional team (IPT), nurses play a vital role in the care of patients with bladder cancer, bringing a holistic approach…
Millions of CT scans are done every year – most leave important data behind
Recently, a patient came to the hospital where I work with a persistent cough. Their doctor had ordered a CT scan – a type…
New Orleans Brings Back the House Call, Sending Nurses To Visit Newborns and Moms
Lisa Bonfield cradles her newborn daughter, Adele, at home in New Orleans on Dec. 12, a few days after their first home visit from…
ANA “deeply disturbed” by Minnesota shooting death of ICU nurse Alex Pretti
The American Nurses Association has issued a statement saying it is “deeply disturbed and saddened” about Saturday’s shooting death of Alex Pretti, an ICU…
New federal loan limits will worsen America’s nursing shortage and leave patients waiting longer for care
There is growing need for nurses in the United States – but not enough nurses currently working, or students training to become nurses, to…
Limiting access to graduate nursing education: A policy shift that threatens workforce stability and public health
The pathway into nursing is rarely straightforward. I grew up in a working-class family, and college felt out of reach, but with a mentor’s…
Excluding nursing from professions list limits graduate loan eligibility
Proposed regulations before the U.S. Department of Education would exclude nursing from the list of graduate programs eligible for up to $200,000 in federal…
Once a Patient’s in Custody, ICE Can Be at Hospital Bedsides — But Detainees Have Rights
In July, federal immigration agents took Milagro Solis-Portillo to Glendale Memorial Hospital just outside Los Angeles after she suffered a medical emergency while being…
Wary of RFK Jr., Colorado Started Revamping Its Vaccine Policies in the Spring
As Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s dismantling of federal vaccine policy continues to roil the Centers for Disease Control and…
Nurse Convicted in Patient’s Death Turns Fatal Drug Error Into a Cautionary Tale
RaDonda Vaught tends to lambs on her farm north of Nashville, Tennessee. Vaught was convicted of reckless homicide and lost her nursing…
Nurse suicide rates prompt AAN panel to call for policy recommendations
The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) has released policy recommendations from a panel it convened last year to address the nurse suicide…
Updated NCCN Guidelines for Bladder Cancer
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has updated its guidelines for bladder cancer to reflect changes to WHO’s Classification of Tumours: Urinary…
Nursing and patients with bladder cancer
As members of the interprofessional team (IPT), nurses play a vital role in the care of patients with bladder cancer, bringing a…
Millions of CT scans are done every year – most leave important data behind
Recently, a patient came to the hospital where I work with a persistent cough. Their doctor had ordered a CT scan –…
New Orleans Brings Back the House Call, Sending Nurses To Visit Newborns and Moms
Lisa Bonfield cradles her newborn daughter, Adele, at home in New Orleans on Dec. 12, a few days after their first home…
ANA “deeply disturbed” by Minnesota shooting death of ICU nurse Alex Pretti
The American Nurses Association has issued a statement saying it is “deeply disturbed and saddened” about Saturday’s shooting death of Alex Pretti,…
New federal loan limits will worsen America’s nursing shortage and leave patients waiting longer for care
There is growing need for nurses in the United States – but not enough nurses currently working, or students training to become…
Limiting access to graduate nursing education: A policy shift that threatens workforce stability and public health
The pathway into nursing is rarely straightforward. I grew up in a working-class family, and college felt out of reach, but with…
Excluding nursing from professions list limits graduate loan eligibility
Proposed regulations before the U.S. Department of Education would exclude nursing from the list of graduate programs eligible for up to $200,000…
Once a Patient’s in Custody, ICE Can Be at Hospital Bedsides — But Detainees Have Rights
In July, federal immigration agents took Milagro Solis-Portillo to Glendale Memorial Hospital just outside Los Angeles after she suffered a medical emergency…
Wary of RFK Jr., Colorado Started Revamping Its Vaccine Policies in the Spring
As Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s dismantling of federal vaccine policy continues to roil the Centers for Disease…
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