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Johnson & Johnson plans to stop selling pelvic surgical mesh implants

FDA, NIOSH, and OSHA ‘strongly encourage’ use of blunt-tip suture needles

FDA warns against counterfeit Adderall

New needle-free jet injection device offers improvement over similar devices

FDA approves Levaquin for plague

A 200-year perspective on hospital costs and mortality

Marriage may promote happiness

Joint Commission issues new requirements for health and wellness programs

Analysis: Good communication enhances patient safety, satisfaction

CMS broadens ‘medical staff’ concept to include APRNs

Physician supports APRNs in Atlantic article

Distance education offers a wealth of formats and options

It’s all in the translation

Better sleep: Antidote to on-the-job fatigue

Exercising on the go

This Special Report has been funded by BD Medical

Taking action to prevent bloodborne infections

Bloodborne infection from sharps and mucocutaneous exposure: A continuing problem

Additional resources on bloodborne infection

Spotlight on safety: Preventing pathogen exposure on the job

Navigating organizational politics

Civility starts with you

How to put on a successful CE conference

Pooling the power of goodness to create change

In praise of nursing residency programs

Demystifying ventricular arrhythmias

Asthmatic teenager lands in the ICU

Environment, health, & safety

Issues up close

Headlines from the Hill

From Your ANA President

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: New hope for patients with aortic stenosis

Understanding psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Healthy and wise

Doing the right thing: Pathways to moral courage