May 22, 2019
Nursing
May 20, 2019
Escalating Workplace Violence Rocks Hospitals
May 10, 2019
The Rise of the Nursefluencers
(Vox) – On the other hand, regular influencers don’t usually have to worry about whether promoting, say, CBD oil violates medical ethics. HIPAA, the law that protects patient privacy and medical records, is also presumably not a high-priority consideration. But … Read More
May 7, 2019
Doctors Need to Regain Patients’ Trust. Nurses Can Help Them Do That
(STAT News) – Physicians, once among the most trusted professionals in the United States, now face a credibility crisis. Only one-third of Americans say they have a great deal of trust in physicians, down from around two-thirds in the 1970s. … Read More
April 1, 2019
A New Edition of Nursing Ethics Is Now Available
Nursing Ethics (vol. 25, no. 7, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Direct-to-Consumer advertising Effects on Nurse–Patient Relationship, Authority, and Prescribing Appropriateness” by Anna A Filipova “Nurse Participation in Legal Executions: An Ethics Round-Table Discussion” by Linda … Read More
February 21, 2019
I’ve Seen Countless Deaths in My Time Nursing, But I’ll Never Forget My First
(The Guardian) – Our teachers tried teaching us about death during nursing training, but it’s impossible to prepare for your first experience of it. You can learn about the theories, about the principles of pain and symptom control, but that’s … Read More
February 6, 2019
New Voices at Patients’ Bedsides: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Apple
(STAT News) – At first it was a novelty: Hospitals began using voice assistants to allow patients to order lunch, check medication regimens, and get on-demand medical advice at home. But these devices, manufactured by Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and … Read More
January 18, 2019
A New Edition of Nursing Ethics Is Now Available
Nursing Ethics (vol. 25, no. 6, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Ethical Competence: An Integrative Review” by Kathleen Lechasseur, Chantal Caux, Stéphanie Dollé, and Alain Legault “Ethical Climate and Missed Nursing Care in Cancer Care units” … Read More
January 16, 2019
Call the Midwife! (If the Doctor Doesn’t Object)
(Kaiser Health News) – Every morning at Watsonville Community Hospital in Northern California, the labor and delivery team divvies up its patients — low-risk ones go to the midwives and high-risk ones to the physicians. Then, throughout the day, the … Read More
January 15, 2019
Hospital Replaces Leadership after Blood Transfusion Mistake
(ABC News) – A Houston hospital has removed its president and several other leaders following an unusually high number of patient deaths, a loss of some federal funding and a recent case in which a patient died after receiving a … Read More
January 11, 2019
A New Edition of Clinical Ethics Is Now Available
Clinical Ethics (vol. 13, no. 3, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Ethical Concerns of Seeking Consent from Critically Ill, Mechanically Ventilated Patients for Research – A Matter of Possessing Capacity or Surrogate Insight” by Avelino … Read More
January 4, 2019
Study: Low Wages, Poor Benefits Leave Many Female Health Care Workers Below Poverty Line
(News Medical) – A study carried out by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania finds that low wages and poor benefits leave many female health care workers living below … Read More
December 14, 2018
Nurse Denied Life Insurance Because She Carries Naloxone
(Kaiser Health News) – “That was my first warning,” Isela said. She contacted her insurance agent and was told her application was denied because something on her medication list indicated that Isela uses drugs. Isela, a registered nurse who works … Read More
December 5, 2018
Sierra Leone Doctors Strike Over Conditions, Nurses May Follow
(Reuters) – Doctors in Sierra Leone’s public hospitals were on strike on Wednesday to protest against low wages and poor working conditions, and nurses said they may follow suit. Sierra Leone is one of Africa’s poorest countries and its public … Read More
November 9, 2018
On the 100th Anniversary of WWI’s End, Lessons on Life in Health Care’s Trenches
(The Conversation) – As a practicing physician, I believe that many contemporary health professionals can relate to this experience. Though trained to focus on direct patient care, many find that they spend a remarkably high proportion of their time on … Read More
October 30, 2018
A New Edition of Nursing Ethics Is Now Available
Nursing Ethics (vol. 25, no. 5, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Moral Distress in Critical Care Nursing: The State of the Science” by Natalie Susan McAndrew, Jane Leske, and Kathryn Schroeter “Relationships among Moral Distress, Sense … Read More
October 15, 2018
As Doctors Working on Nauru, We Thought We Were Helping. Now I Know We Were Not
(The Guardian) – When I worked on Nauru as a medical officer for refugees and asylum seekers, I never saw myself as part of the problem. But since I returned to Australia I have increasingly come to question my role … Read More
September 27, 2018
What’s the Dollar Cost of Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer’s?
(U.S. News & World Report) – Almost $200,000 over the course of two years. That is the cost of the care that a family member typically gives a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease. That’s according to a new study that … Read More
September 18, 2018
Needless Treatments: Antipsychotic Drugs Are Rarely Effective in ‘Calming’ Dementia Patients
(The Conversation) – Excessive use of antipsychotics in older people does not appear to be confined to the residential aged care sector. A 2013 district nursing study of 221 people with dementia living in their own homes found that 18% … Read More
September 18, 2018
AbbVie Is Accused of Paying Kickbacks, Using a Stealthy Network of Nurses to Promote Humira
(STAT News) – Over a five-year period, the drug maker offered physicians a familiar menu of tempting items, from cash, meals and drinks, to gifts and trips, along with patient referrals, in hopes they would write more prescriptions for its … Read More
September 13, 2018
Health Officials Rush to Protect Seniors, the Most Vulnerable Group, from Hurricane Florence
(Scientific American) – Perhaps no other population is as vulnerable during a hurricane as frail, older adults, especially those who are homebound or living in nursing homes. With Hurricane Florence predicted to slam the North Carolina coast Friday, health officials … Read More
September 6, 2018
Assisted Living Kicks Out the Frail ‘Cause ‘We Can’t Take Care of You Any Longer’
(Kaiser Health News) – Evictions top the list of grievances about assisted living received by long-term care ombudsmen across the U.S. In 2016, the most recent year for which data are available, 2,867 complaints of this kind were recorded — … Read More
September 5, 2018
Nurse Practitioners Could Be Poised to Fill Primary Care Gap
(Reuters) – With the U.S. lurching toward a severe shortage of primary care physicians, nurse practitioners may be poised to fill the void – but only if more can be convinced to live in underserved areas and laws in some … Read More
September 5, 2018
Avoidable Sepsis Infections Send Thousands of Seniors to Gruesome Deaths
(Kaiser Health News) – Year after year, nursing homes around the country have failed to prevent bedsores and other infections that can lead to sepsis, an investigation by Kaiser Health News and the Chicago Tribune has found. No one tracks … Read More
September 4, 2018
Creating Rituals to Honor the Dead at Long-Term-Care Facilities
(Kaiser Health News) – Death and its companion, grief, have a profound presence in long-term-care facilities. Residents may wake up one morning to find someone they saw every day in the dining room gone. Nursing aides may arrive at work … Read More
