The stack of papers was about two feet tall — some 1,400 complaints in all. Those, a group of University of Chicago Medical Center nurses said Tuesday, are the number of times they and their colleagues have documented concerns about everything from staffing shortages to a lack of equipment at the hospital since January 2017.
Charleston Police say a man tased a nurse after grabbing the taser out of a security officer’s holster during a fight Saturday inside the Roper Hospital emergency room in downtown Charleston. Kyle Edward Cahill, 29, has been charged with third-degree assault and battery and disorderly conduct.
A now-former nurse at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo stands accused of draining syringes of an opioid meant for cancer patients in extreme pain and replacing them with water. Kelsey Mulvey is charged with fraud, tampering and health insurance violations.
A new Alabama law will allow nurses who don’t have an Alabama nursing license to work anyway with a multi-state license. Supporters said it could help with the state’s nursing shortage. “So that nurse-patient ratios are less and there is more individualized attention for patients, so this is phenomenal for nurses in Alabama but for our patients as well,” said Dr. Sarah Wilkinson-Buchmann with the Alabama State Nurses Association.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a turnabout, the government said Wednesday it will start posting a list of some 400 troubled nursing homes , days after senators released the “secret” document along with a report questioning oversight of poor-quality facilities.
As I campaigned in 1997 for the congressional seat previously held by my husband, who had died in office, a letter about my decision to run was posted in the local newspaper that asked, “What does she think she’s doing running for Congress? She’s just a nurse.”