In a few days, the winners of HCPro's 2010 Nursing Image Awards will be announced. Out of hundreds of nominees, two nurses will be selected as the embodiment of leadership and clinical excellence. I ...
In her hospital room, Mrs. Sanchez was in stable condition as her family gathered by her bedside, but within minutes she went into cardiac arrest and died soon after. Luckily, this health tragedy wasn ...
No one associated with nursing homes – as residents or their families, friends, staff or administrators – is unaware of the massive impact of the pandemic on these facilities which provide essential ...
Despite the compounding challenges of leading a team with upward of 93,000 nurses amid national staffing strains, an incessant pandemic and high burnout rates for the profession, Sammie Mosier, BSN, ...
BOSTON (State House News Service) – Care for seniors in nursing homes and across the entire continuum of services should be improved, and the COVID-19 pandemic could serve as an impetus for that ...
Northbridge Health Care Center in Bridgeport is one of four nursing home facilities in the state that were to serve COVID-19 patients who did not require acute care hospitalization. Credit: Cloe ...
When Dakota Wesleyan University's new two-year nursing program in Sioux Falls launched this fall, 21 students stepped into one of the most accelerated — and in-demand — career paths in South Dakota.
About one-third of Americans who reach age 65 will need nursing home care in their lifetimes — which can be a daunting thought if you recall the suffering of residents as the Covid-19 pandemic exposed ...
Federal officials say a plan to cut nearly $4 billion in Medicare funding to nursing homes is just a correction to curb unanticipated overspending. Critics say it’s a wrongheaded move that could force ...