As of this month, five nurses working on the same floor Massachusetts General Brigham's Newton-Wellesley Hospital have been diagnosed with non-cancerous brain tumors, the hospital announced. MGB interviewed eleven staff members who worked on the fifth floor in connection with concerns brought up at a staff town hall last month, according to a memo released by the hospital.
In a report released by the International Council of Nurses, the shortage of nurses in the current healthcare system should be treated as a global health emergency.
This shortage is detrimental to the United States healthcare system and there need to be changes and solutions to motivate nurses.
This crisis requires immediate solutions and one nurse has stepped up to implement these needed changes. Bre Loughlin, a nurse of over 20 years, created “Nurse Disrupted”, a Madison-based platform that allows nurses to work virtually, according to The Cap Times. This platform gives nurses and their affiliated hospitals the flexibility to utilize their services while giving nurses a new way to work that doesn’t overload them.
A program at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital providing a lifeline for sick kids and their families is looking to expand.
There are currently five nurse navigators at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital who serve as a bridge between patients and providers. The hospital hopes to grow the program and is using the Heroes Ball hosted by the St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital Foundation to raise $2 million to help fund five new nurse navigator positions to provide critical support.
Nurse navigators currently work in cardiology, oncology and OB departments. New positions would help patient families with neurology, endocrinology and gastrointestinal needs.
A program at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital providing a lifeline for sick kids and their families is looking to expand.
There are currently five nurse navigators at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital who serve as a bridge between patients and providers. The hospital hopes to grow the program and is using the Heroes Ball hosted by the St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital Foundation to raise $2 million to help fund five new nurse navigator positions to provide critical support.
Nurse navigators currently work in cardiology, oncology and OB departments. New positions would help patient families with neurology, endocrinology and gastrointestinal needs.
Nurses in Butler County will be picketing Monday, adding their voices to a growing call for change when it comes to violence against healthcare workers.
Workers will be doing informational picketing on Monday as they call for Independence Health System to increase safety measures, including having metal detectors at all of the entrances to Butler Memorial.
The nurses' union says there's only one at the emergency room, leaving two other entrances unguarded.
A spokesperson for the union says there has been an increase in violent incidents inside the hospital, including earlier this month when a nursing assistant had her teeth knocked out while on the job.
With nearly 39,000 nurses in Alabama expected to leave the profession in the next four years, the Alabama Board of Nursing discussed several topics Monday that they hope will recruit more nurses ahead of the looming workforce exodus.
Among the topics discussed included expanding an incentive program for nurse educators and revamping the Alabama Community College System’s Concept Based Nursing Curriculum, which was last updated in 2016.