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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

With record waiting times, staff shortages, financial black holes and now a nurses strike over pay, the UK's state-run National Health Service is facing an unprecedented crisis.

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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

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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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 12, 2022

UK nurses are set to walk out on strike for the first time in their union's 106-year history this week, insisting they are taking action as a "last resort".

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Medical Xpress

MAY 1, 2023

RN, FAAN, and her team from Johns Hopkins University led to sustained improvements in nurses' ability to effectively address ethical challenges, according to research published in American Journal of Critical Care. A program developed by Cynda Hylton Rushton, Ph.D.,

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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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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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Rethinking Clinical Trials

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring (HBPTM) and Nurse Case Management (NCM) have proven efficacy in addressing multilevel barriers to HTN control. with Black and Hispanic populations experiencing poorer outcomes than Caucasian populations.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 2, 2023

The vital role school nurses can play in addressing the rising number of eating disorders among children and young people has been outlined by a Kingston University student in a leading nursing journal.

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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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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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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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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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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

JANUARY 17, 2023

Nurse practitioners from communities of color are generally underrepresented in the workforce.

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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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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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Rethinking Clinical Trials

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This trial took place in South Carolina at a time when Medicare was thinking about how to improve outcomes and if expanding home nursing services could improve health outcomes. There was not much of a difference in birth outcomes between the nurse home visit and control groups. The median number of visits is 9. pctGR, @Collaboratory1.

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Werley Endowed Chair for Nursing Research and a professor of behavioral nursing science in the School of Nursing at the University of Illinois, Chicago. .” The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, September 6, 2024, at 1:00 pm eastern. Doorenbos is the Harriet H.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We analyse dropout data and speak to DCT expert, Ellen Weiss, to explore the power of mobile visits in improving patient engagement and retention rates.

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