Trump’s Funding ‘Pause’ Throws States, Health Industry Into Chaos
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States Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Nursing Homes. Residents Suffer When Rules Are Ignored or Waived
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Florence Nightingale overcame the limits set on proper Victorian women – and brought modern science and statistics to nursing
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Bird flu is bad for poultry and dairy cows. It’s not a dire threat for most of us — yet.
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Nearly 100 measles cases reported in the first quarter, CDC says
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Infections after surgery are more likely due to bacteria already on your skin than from microbes in the hospital − new research
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Many travel nurses opt for temporary assignments because of the autonomy and opportunities − not just the big boost in pay
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Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission
Four years after hospitals in New York City overflowed with covid-19 patients, emergency physician Sonya Stokes remains shaken by how unprepared and misguided the…
Why COVID-19 patients who could most benefit from Paxlovid still aren’t getting it
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The transformational role of charge nurses in the post-pandemic era
The strain on charge nurses is evident in several nursing sensitive indicators and hospital metrics, calling for a transformative approach to redefine this role.…
Health Care Workers Push for Their Own Confidential Mental Health Treatment
States are redefining when medical professionals can get mental health treatment without risking notifying the boards that regulate their licenses. Too often, health care…
Trump’s Funding ‘Pause’ Throws States, Health Industry Into Chaos
States and the nation’s health industry were thrown into disarray after the Trump administration ordered Monday that the government freeze nearly all…
Water fluoridation helps prevent tooth decay – how growing opposition threatens a 70-year-old health practice
Driving through downtown Dallas, you might see a striking banner hanging at the U-turn bridge, near the Walnut Hill exit on Central…
States Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Nursing Homes. Residents Suffer When Rules Are Ignored or Waived
For hours, John Pernorio repeatedly mashed the call button at his bedside in the Heritage Hills nursing home in Rhode Island. A…
Florence Nightingale overcame the limits set on proper Victorian women – and brought modern science and statistics to nursing
For nearly 200 years, Florence Nightingale’s name has been synonymous with gentle compassion and mercy. In the mid-19th century, Nightingale became perhaps…
Bird flu is bad for poultry and dairy cows. It’s not a dire threat for most of us — yet.
Headlines are flying after the Department of Agriculture confirmed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has infected dairy cows around the country.…
Nearly 100 measles cases reported in the first quarter, CDC says
There were 97 reported cases of measles in the first quarter of the year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Infections after surgery are more likely due to bacteria already on your skin than from microbes in the hospital − new research
Healthcare providers and patients have traditionally thought that infections patients get while in the hospital are caused by superbugs they’re exposed to…
Many travel nurses opt for temporary assignments because of the autonomy and opportunities − not just the big boost in pay
Travel nurses take short-term contracts that can require long commutes or temporarily living away from home. Time and again, they have to…
Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission
Four years after hospitals in New York City overflowed with covid-19 patients, emergency physician Sonya Stokes remains shaken by how unprepared and…
Why COVID-19 patients who could most benefit from Paxlovid still aren’t getting it
Evangelical minister Eddie Hyatt believes in the healing power of prayer but “also the medical approach.” So on a February evening a…
The transformational role of charge nurses in the post-pandemic era
The strain on charge nurses is evident in several nursing sensitive indicators and hospital metrics, calling for a transformative approach to redefine…
Health Care Workers Push for Their Own Confidential Mental Health Treatment
States are redefining when medical professionals can get mental health treatment without risking notifying the boards that regulate their licenses. Too often,…
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