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Prone Positioning Falls Flat for Weaning COVID Patients Off ECMO

— Similar ECMO duration, mortality compared with supine position in randomized trial

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Opinion
CDC Advisors' Infection Control Guidance Leaves Us Unprotected

The guidelines will lead to unnecessary infections and deaths if approved

Nov 29, 2023
Travel Nurse Practitioner Goes Missing in California

Ann Herford was reportedly last seen near the trailhead for the Arnold Rim Trail

Nov 21, 2023
Opinion
Invasive Mental Health Questions Have No Place on Nurse Licensing Applications

Removing these inquiries will protect nurse well-being

Nov 15, 2023
AMA Delegates Trash AI Bots, Medicare Advantage, Inexperienced 'Politicized' ALJs

Proposal calls for facilities with an "Emergency Room" to have an emergency doc on site

Nov 13, 2023
Opinion
Invasive Mental Health Questions Have No Place on Nurse Licensing Applications

Removing these inquiries will protect nurse well-being

AMA Delegates Trash AI Bots, Medicare Advantage, Inexperienced 'Politicized' ALJs

Proposal calls for facilities with an "Emergency Room" to have an emergency doc on site

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Your Hospital Is Like a Modern Airport. That's Not Good

AI will revolutionize how healthcare is delivered; how is yet to be determined

Nov 12, 2023
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Opinion
What's the No. 1 Cause of NP Burnout?

It's probably not what you think

Nov 11, 2023
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Nursing Leaders Tackle Ways to Fix 'Accelerated Burnout' in New Nurses

"It takes a village to raise a nurse," expert says

Nov 10, 2023
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Former Nurse Sees Raft of New Charges in Murder Investigation

Initially charged with killing two patients, she admits to attempting to kill 19 more

Nov 06, 2023
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Heat and Cardiovascular Death; Time-Restricted Eating or Caloric Restriction in T2D

Also in TTHealthWatch: managing nasal airway obstruction

Nov 04, 2023
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CDC Launches Initiative to Tackle Burnout in Healthcare

Not a "Band-Aid," but a systems approach, says NIOSH program director

Nov 03, 2023
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Most Medical, Nursing Students Don't Plan to Treat Patients, Survey Finds

Notably, a quarter of medical students in the U.S. are thinking about quitting their studies

Nov 02, 2023
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Opinion
Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Aren't the Only Concern for Safe Staffing

Nurses need adequate training and a supportive, safe environment

Nov 01, 2023
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Adding Nurse Care Managers in Primary Care Boosted OUD Treatment

Support from leadership and treatment coverage are also critical, authors say

Oct 31, 2023
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Expand Nurse Staffing Ratio Laws, Union Leaders Tell Senator

Hospitals will "never agree to safe staffing on their own," says HPAE president

Oct 30, 2023
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NPs No More Likely Than Physicians to Prescribe Inappropriately to Older Adults

Mean rates of inappropriate prescribing by NPs, primary care doctors were "virtually identical"

Oct 23, 2023
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Telling My Story at the National Nurses March

"It felt like we were seen"

Oct 20, 2023
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Nurse Sees Other Side of Unsafe Staffing

"The nurse in me fully understood ... the mom in me was terrified"

Oct 20, 2023
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Plastic Glove, Scissors Solve Problem in Single-Lung Ventilation

DIY approach to non-dependent lung collapse succeeds in trial

Oct 17, 2023
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