Adding to that stress is that nurses are caught betwixt caring for the bedside needs of their patients and implementing policies set by others, such as physician-ordered treatment plans and strict hospital rules to ward off the coronavirus.

Many rural communities across the U.S. have resisted masks and calls for social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, but now rural counties are experiencing record-high infection and death rates.

With virtually every part of the country experiencing a surge, the competition for the finite number of available nurses is becoming more intense.

New research shows interprofessional conflicts between female surgeons and nonphysician staff can be addressed at the individual and institutional levels.

The research indicated that the findings were "consistent across all studies," adding that the pharmaceutical-physician association caused doctors to prescribe differently.