STAT News

JANUARY 12, 2023

Although the 7,000 New York City nurses who went on strike this week reached a deal with their health systems on Jan. 12, nurse staffing levels will continue to be a problem in New York City and in hospitals across the country. It’s a strategy that many nurses like me find all too familiar. Read the rest…

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NPR Health - Shots

JULY 28, 2022

Debt lawsuits — a byproduct of America's medical debt crisis — can ensnare not only patients but also those who help sick and older people be admitted to nursing homes, a KHN-NPR investigation finds. Image credit: Heather Ainsworth for KHN)

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NPR Health - Shots

JANUARY 27, 2023

The defendants allegedly took part in a scam that sold more than 7,600 fraudulent nursing degree diplomas from three Florida-based nursing schools, according to recently unsealed federal indictments. Image credit: D.A. Varela/Miami Herald via AP)

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NPR Health - Shots

JANUARY 11, 2023

Thousands of nurses at two New York hospitals are on strike for a third day. Their staffing shortages and other problems predate the pandemic, says the president of the American Nurses Association. Image credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Pharma Mirror

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The post How Can Nursing Homes Protect Themselves from COVID-19? Researchers have found that the elderly are particularly susceptible to the COVID-19 virus that caused the epidemic. This is because they often have weaker immune systems, so they can’t fight off a viral infection easily. This new situation puts.

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NPR Health - Shots

DECEMBER 27, 2022

A long-standing program, Nurse-Family Partnership, which supports new parents, works to address this deadly trend. The nation has the highest rate of maternal mortality among wealthy countries. Image credit: Rachel Wisniewski for NPR)

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STAT News

JANUARY 18, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government says it will begin a targeted crackdown on nursing homes’ abuse of antipsychotic drugs and misdiagnoses of schizophrenia in patients.

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STAT News

JULY 21, 2022

Burned out and fed up with their work conditions, nurses are stepping away from the bedside in droves, leaving empty positions and for-hire signs lingering in hospitals and clinics around the country. Some of those nurses are now hunting for remote roles, which have grown more popular as telehealth has taken off.

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NPR Health - Shots

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

An Indiana man's family sued a state-owned nursing home for alleged mistreatment. Supreme Court decision in the case could determine the right of many Americans to sue government agencies. Image credit: Farah Yousry/Side Effects Public Media)

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Bio Pharma Dive

DECEMBER 14, 2020

A New York nurse was among the first to get the shot after FDA authorization late Friday. Many other health systems are either preparing to receive supplies or are already beginning immunizations.

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NPR Health - Shots

JANUARY 31, 2023

government debates whether to require higher staffing levels at nursing homes, financial records show some owners routinely push profits to sister companies while residents are neglected. As the U.S. Image credit: Maskot/Getty Images)

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Bio Pharma Dive

JANUARY 20, 2021

Results from a clinical trial in nursing home residents and staff offered the first evidence Lilly's bamlanivimab could protect against, as well as treat, COVID-19

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JAMA Internal Medicine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

This cohort study investigates the association between antihypertensive deprescribing and changes in cognitive function in nursing home residents.

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Gbenga Ogedegbe In this Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Gbenga Ogedegbe of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine will present “Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring and Nurse Case Management in Black and Hispanic Patients With Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial.”

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Chan School of Public Health will present “ Effect of an Intensive Nurse Home Visiting Program on Adverse Birth Outcomes in a Medicaid-Eligible Population.” Margarat McConnell. In this Friday’s PCT Grand Rounds, Dr. Margaret McConnell of the Harvard T.H. Join the online meeting.

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STAT News

JULY 21, 2022

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the dire state of nursing has been grist for endless headlines , studies , and think pieces , as has the epidemic of clinician mental health  problems.

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The study is being led by Stephanie Fitzpatrick at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and is supported by an R01 grant award from the National Institute of Nursing Research. Patients in both study arms will receive close clinical and behavioral health monitoring and navigation to timely care and services.

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STAT News

JULY 13, 2022

A widespread shortage of nurses at Massachusetts hospitals is only getting more extreme, with an estimated 5,000 vacancies across the state and institutions hemorrhaging cash as they are forced to hire temporary staff at much higher rates. percent in 2019 to 13.6 percent in 2022. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 6, 2023

nursing homes was associated with fewer COVID-19 cases and deaths among residents and fewer cases among staff, according to a study published online Dec. Before the omicron wave, increasing vaccination for staff at U.S. 29 in JAMA Network Open.

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

MARCH 6, 2025

The study team will monitor fidelity through real-time monthly tracking of audit and feedback information and through direct observation by Registered Nurse (RN) Implementation Facilitators. Over 3,000 work intensity surveys have already been completed, split between RNs and non-nurses.

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NPR Health - Shots

JANUARY 12, 2023

After three days on the picket line, more than 7,000 nurses are returning to work at the city's biggest hospitals with the promise of "concrete, enforceable safe staffing ratios," their union said. Image credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Due to their close contacts with patients, people working in the medical and nursing fields have a higher risk of infecting themselves and others with the COVID-19 coronavirus. Being vaccinated is therefore essential not only for their own protection but also for their patients.

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JAMA Internal Medicine

APRIL 21, 2024

This cohort study using a target trial emulation approach assesses whether initiating antihypertensive medication is associated with increased fracture risk among older long-term Veterans Health Administration nursing home residents.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 8, 2023

In research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, investigators developed and validated models that can predict the risk of fall-related injuries in nursing home residents based on routinely collected clinical data.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Together with Philips and the Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven, TU/e has started a study on the use of smart plasters in the nursing ward. The researchers are looking at whether this innovative tool will allow nurses to spend less time on daily, manual measurements.

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STAT News

JANUARY 9, 2023

A new study suggests physician practices acquired by private equity rely more heavily on advanced practice providers like nurse practitioners and physician assistants and experience higher churn compared with their non-private equity owned peers.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Primary care practices that employ nurse practitioners (NPs) are more likely to serve socioeconomically disadvantaged communities than practices with no NPs on staff, Columbia University School of Nursing researchers report in JAMA Network Open. Assistant Professor Monica O'Reilly-Jacob, Ph.D.,

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STAT News

OCTOBER 7, 2022

When my aunt arrived, certified nursing assistants were there, providing comfort and care throughout my grandmother’s passing. At the time, doctors and nurses were being lauded as heroes. CNAs didn’t get that acclaim, though they should have. Read the rest…

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 29, 2022

How about, in a pinch, how to find a nursing home and research which ones in your area might be good and others less so? Do you know the difference between Medicare and Medicaid?

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 13, 2023

In search of novel tactics to accommodate a larger student body and fulfill workforce demands, nursing schools are developing new approaches to optimize learning, engage learners, and provide methods to ensure competency in future nursing graduates.

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Pharma Times

MARCH 30, 2022

Report uses input from healthcare professionals to highlight training and support needs, while also warning about departures

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STAT News

AUGUST 5, 2022

After a hospital stay in 2016 for a brain tumor, Regina Romero was transferred to a nursing home in New Mexico. Romero died less than four months after arriving at the home; she was only 59 years old, states the complaint, which doesn’t detail the allegations.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 3, 2025

For many nursing home residents, a trip to the hospital can be a jarring experienceone that leaves them confused and stressed. Yet avoidable transfers happen far too often, not only disrupting a resident's routine but also costing the U.S. health care system $2.6 billion annually.

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NPR Health - Shots

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

To save money, many are increasingly relying on nurses and physician assistants instead of doctors. More and more hospitals are contracting with private companies to run their emergency departments.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 10, 2023

A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) suggests that allowing bedside nurses to independently order testing for C. difficile significantly decreased the amount of time to receive test results as compared to requiring physician approval.

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Pharma Times

JULY 12, 2024

The awards celebrated both medical affairs and nursing professionals in the industry

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Bio Pharma Dive

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Advisors on the CDC panel cited risk and disease burden as reasons for setting their priority list for the first vaccine doses to become available, supply of which will be extremely limited.

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