A ‘Perfect Storm’ For Nurses And Patients Throughout the past few decades, U.S. hospitals have faced cyclical shortages of nurses; in 2000 an estimated 126,000 hospital nursing positions were ...

This study also builds on the work of Penn Nursing professor J. Margo Brooks Carthon, who led research finding that Black patients are more sensitive to poorer nurse staffing rates than their ...

Examples of skilled nursing needs include complex wound dressings, rehabilitation, tube feedings or rapidly changing health status. A number of patients may have a health status that changes quickly.

Thousands of registered nurse members of National Nurses United (NNU) will hold actions, including marches, protests, and rallies, on Thursday, Jan. 16 to demand the hospital industry ensure safe ...

The nurses’ union believes it’s another win, not only for nurses, but for the patients. They are also conducting a press conference today to advocate for legislation towards this cause.

Objective To investigate whether the daily workload per nurse (Oulu Patient Classification (OPCq)/nurse) as measured by the RAFAELA system correlates with different types of patient safety incidents ...

Educate the patient on the prevention measures mentioned above. Nurses may also advocate for public policy concerning the regulation of pool and hot tub maintenance in public facilities.

Nurses have laid bare the stark reality of working on the NHS frontline, with patients spending their final moments on trolleys in overcrowded corridors. At a briefing in central London ...

Nursing staff in Scotland say there has been a devastating collapse in care standards, with multiple patients being treated in corridors due to severe overcrowding. Shocking new testimony reveals that ...

Thousands of registered nurse members of National Nurses United, including many in Northern California, participated in marches and rallies on Thursday, demanding safe staffing levels and patient ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Thursday, thousands of nurses in Austin marched to demand better staffing levels and more safeguards for patients from the hospital industry. The nurses who gathered outside ...

Patients are dying in corridors and pregnant women are miscarrying in side rooms as overwhelmed hospitals struggle to cope, nurses say. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said evidence provided by ...