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Nurses Not Immune to Gender Wage Gap
A new salary report finds men in nursing earn over $6,000 more per year than women.
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Nursing
Demonstrators demand reinstatement of Oak Lawn nurse dismissed by Advocate
At least two dozen nurses and union organizers picketed outside a Walgreens in the Loop Tuesday afternoon to protest Advocate Medical Group’s firing of a nurse practitioner who worked in the...
Clinical Care
Sending Sepsis Patients Home May Not Harm Them
New research finds no difference in 30-day mortality among sepsis patients treated as inpatients versus outpatients.
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Nursing
Hospitals Help Clinicians With 'Second Victim Distress'
More hospitals and health systems are creating second victim support programs to help clinicians cope after adverse events.
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Nursing
Nurse staffing initiative petition survives Mass. court challenge
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday that the initiative petition seeking to impose limits on the number of patients a nurse can be assigned to care for at a time can go to voters on the...
Nursing
Nurse accused of reusing syringes at Cherokee hospital identified as tribal chief's son
The nurse who is accused of reusing syringes at Cherokee Nation's W.W. Hastings Hospital, which caused an HIV and hepatitis scare, has been identified as the principal chief's son, John Baker, RN.
Clinical Care
ER Staffing Split Along Urban-Rural Divide
Nearly two-thirds of emergency medicine physicians work in urban communities, and the staffing mix in rural counties reflects an emergency physician shortage in those areas of the country.
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Ohio bill aims to protect nurses from mandatory overtime
A measure that will prohibit hospitals in Ohio from disciplining or firing nurses who refuse overtime is being considered by the state Legislature. A nursing group said this bill will help protect...
Clinical Care
Novant Dissolves Disparity in Pneumonia Readmissions
A North Carolina health system finds racial disparity in pneumonia patient readmission rates, identifies causes of problem, launches interventions, and eliminates gap.
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Nursing
Kansas City hospital facing loss of federal money asked nurses to falsify records, inspectors say
Blue Valley Hospital offered employee discounts on weight-loss surgery and asked workers to falsify records to try to pump up its inpatient numbers enough to continue getting Medicare money,...
Clinical Care
How well-equipped is your doctor to adapt to medical practice changes?
Sometimes when new guidelines for medical practice are unveiled – such as for screening certain types of cancer – controversy ensues. Doctors differ over what really is the best course of action to...
Clinical Care
5 Ways to Combat Workplace Violence
A New Jersey health system launches several efforts to prevent and contain workplace violence against healthcare workers.
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