August 28, 2018
(STAT News) – The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, for which I work, recently published a report examining hospice practices over a decade. It showed that hospices do not always provide the services that patients … Read More
August 27, 2018
(MedPage Today) – More than 80% of caregivers for patients with terminal cancer exhibited clinically significant psychological distress, a British survey showed. Survey responses from 1,500 adult caregivers showed that 83% had clinically significant psychological morbidity, as defined by scores … Read More
August 23, 2018
(Kaiser Health News) – A new analysis from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College is the first to document how often this happens. It found that 10 percent of adults ages 60 to 69 whose parents are alive … Read More
August 20, 2018
(U.S. News & World Report) – Still, there is one trend – borne of a gradual shift in public perception but grounded in economics – that underscores the potential leverage of family caregivers: the rise in multigenerational households. According to … Read More
August 9, 2018
(NPR) – Iezzoni graduated from medical school but didn’t end up becoming a practicing doctor. This was before the Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990, and she says she just didn’t have the support. In the decades since, court … Read More
July 20, 2018
Nursing Philosophy (vol. 19, no. 3, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Heeding Humanity in an Age of Electronic Health Records: Heidegger, Levinas, and Healthcare” by Casey Rentmeester “Nursing Knowledge: A Middle Ground Exploration” by Mariko Liette Sakamoto … Read More
July 13, 2018
(Kaiser Health News) – Most nursing homes had fewer nurses and caretaking staff than they had reported to the government, according to new federal data, bolstering the long-held suspicions of many families that staffing levels were often inadequate. The records … Read More
July 12, 2018
(The Atlanta-Journal Constitution) – Your doctor’s own well-being can have an effect on the care you receive. In fact, physicians who are burned out can cause major medical errors, according to a new report. Researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine … Read More
July 12, 2018
(Kaiser Health News) – This kind of caring is what older adults want when they become seriously ill and move back and forth between the hospital and other settings, according to the largest study ever of patients’ and caregivers’ experiences … Read More
July 11, 2018
Nursing Ethics (vol. 25, no. 3, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Nurse Ethical Sensitivity: An Integrative Review” by Aimee Milliken “Moral Distress of Nursing Undergraduates: Myth or Reality?” by Heloiza Maria Siqueira Rennó, Flávia Regina Souza … Read More
July 6, 2018
(Reuters) – Allowing robots to help care for the elderly – a job typically seen as requiring a human touch – may be a jarring idea in the West. But many Japanese see them positively, largely because they are depicted … Read More
June 25, 2018
(The San Diego Union-Tribune) – A Texas hospice nurse admitted she overmedicated two patients at the direction of her company’s CEO in order to speed their deaths, court records reveal. But at this point, no one has been charged with … Read More
June 13, 2018
(STAT News) – Nurses have made vital contributions to health and health care for generations and are essential players today. Nurses outnumber doctors by almost 3 to 1. So why are nurses missing in action when it comes to health … Read More
June 6, 2018
(STAT News) – It’s a judgment call. Heart attack symptoms can be ambiguous, and there are no clear guidelines on which test to try when. But a new study published Wednesday in JAMA Cardiology has found one factor that appears to … Read More
May 22, 2018
(TIME) – At least 10 people have died of Nipah since an outbreak began earlier this month in Kerala, health officials say, and two more people are in critical condition. There is no vaccine for the virus, which can cause … Read More
May 11, 2018
(The Atlantic) – I felt deflated. For hours, my attention had been consumed by challenges of coordination rather than actual patient care. And still the patient was at risk of experiencing delays for both of the things she needed—not for … Read More
May 8, 2018
(Medscape) – This study provides a unique perspective from these caregivers, obtained through qualitative research that included focus groups, during which the aides described their role in patient care and as members of the interdisciplinary team. After participating in focus … Read More
March 20, 2018
(Oncology Nurse Advisor) – I felt like a burden most of the time I spent in that room, as if I was constantly interrupting. Getting in the way of the goodbyes. Getting in the way of a family. After an … Read More
March 16, 2018
Nursing Ethics (vol. 25, no. 2, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Ethics Interventions for Healthcare Professionals and Students: A Systematic Review” by Minna Stolt et al. “Facilitators and Inhibitors in Developing Professional Values in Nursing Students” … Read More
March 16, 2018
Nursing Philosophy (vol. 19, no. 2, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Nursing as Concrete Philosophy, Part I: Risjord on Nursing Knowledge” by Kyriakos Theodoridis “Nursing as Concrete Philosophy, Part II: Engaging with Reality” by Kyriakos Theodoridis “Reconciling … Read More
March 15, 2018
(STAT News) – Hospice providers in the more remote western and southern parts of the state shared stories with STAT of nursing shortages, scheduling gymnastics, run-ins with wildlife, and the wear and tear of long days in cars for the … Read More
March 12, 2018
HEC Forum (vol. 30, no. 1, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Advance Directives and the Descendant Argument” by Jukka Varelius “From Paternalistic to Patronizing: How Cultural Competence Can Be Ethically Problematic” by Ruaim A. Muaygil “Same Principles, Different Worlds: A … Read More
March 7, 2018
Nursing Ethics (vol. 25, no. 1, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Concept Analysis of Moral Courage in Nursing: A Hybrid Model” by Afsaneh Sadooghiasl, Soroor Parvizy, and Abbas Ebadi “Ethical Competency of Nurse Leaders: A Qualitative … Read More
February 23, 2018
(NPR) – The automated system looks for patterns in symptoms like high temperature, low temperature, low blood pressure, fast breathing and high white-blood-cell counts. No single symptom signals sepsis, but certain patterns suggest this condition could be emerging. Rosemary Grant, … Read More
February 22, 2018
Nursing Ethics (vol. 24, no. 8, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Moral Courage in Nursing: A Concept Analysis” by Olivia Numminen, Hanna Repo, and Helena Leino-Kilpi Trends in Nursing Ethics Research: Mapping the Literature Production” by … Read More
