On Dec. 14, The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert on healthcare worker fatigue and patient safety. Read the report, which includes recommendations for actions organizations can take.

Joint Commission releases Sentinel Event Alert on healthcare work fatigue and patient safety

CDC survey finds sexual violence and stalking is ‘widespread public health problem’ in the U.S.

From our readers…The value of self-knowledge

From our readers…Moving beyond professional friendships: Creating a professional development group

ANA supports Tavenner to head CMS

Hospital holidays

New minimally invasive technique treats acute DVT

Strategies for a successful semester

Tips for applying to an advanced-degree nursing program

FDA approves first generic version of Lipitor

FDA approves first drug for myelofibrosis

FDA launches new website on safe disposal of ‘sharps’

RNs stay close to home after graduation

Rotating night shifts may increase risk of type 2 diabetes

Adding NP to inpatient surgical team can reduce emergency department visits

ECRI names top 10 health technology hazards for 2012

Nonfatal occupational injuries among healthcare workers increase

Women report more negative emotional impact from diabetes than men

How working nights can work in your favor

Emergency nursing: A specialty unlike any other

The evolving role of the forensic nurse

Never fear—the critical-care resource nurse is here

Quantum ethics: Coming to grips with the dark side

Transforming care through health information technology

Awash in “bath salts”: The dangers and skyrocketing use of mephedrone

Benzocaine puts a patient in a bind

ANA launches Healthy Nurse program

ANA offers even more ways to be engaged online

From Your ANA President

Detecting and screening for depression in older adults

Trust in the workplace: Build it, break it, mend it

The quality nexus: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Improving outcomes in med-surg patients with opioid-induced respiratory depression

Occupy Wall Street: The America we knew

The practice of ethics

FDA approves first combination tablet to treat type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol