The two nurses died at UT Southwestern’s Clements University Hospital in Dallas. One nurse died in December 2016; the other died in April 2018. UT Southwestern said at the time that it couldn’t be sure where the nurses got the drugs that killed them.
A new UC San Diego study found that nurses die by suicide at a significantly higher rate than the general population. One of the authors of that study, Dr. Judy Davidson, sat down with KPBS reporter Priya Sridhar to talk about why these numbers are higher and the measures being taken to stop them from climbing.
When school nurse Heather Guthrie told one of her students at Baker Middle School in Tacoma that she was being transferred to work at different schools, the girl was visibly upset. So was Guthrie, who'd developed a trust with the students she'd see multiple times a day for various health needs.
Nurses in favor of unionizing under the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals said cuts by St. Mary Medical Center’s parent organization, Trinity Health, have resulted in higher patient-to-nurse ratios, a lack of supplies and a loss of specialized care programs and teams.
A critical care nurse who stopped to perform CPR on the wounded as she was running from gunfire described the heartbreaking scene outside a bar in Dayton, Ohio, where a gunman killed at least nine people and injured 27 others early Sunday.
Oh, the irony! From the ER to the pediatric unit to the plastic surgery consultation, nurses everywhere know how to take care of their patients. But too often, nurses neglect to take care of their own health. And it's all too easy to ignore the indications, according to Kate Woeber, Midwife Specialty Coordinator for Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.