February 21, 2018
(Reuters) – “In real life, we more often see relatively drawn-out recoveries that require long hospital stays, long-term inpatient care and ongoing management of pain, discomfort, and disability,” Weinberg said by email. “In an era where patient satisfaction is a major … Read More
February 12, 2018
(Nurse Oncology Advisor) – Modern medicine with its emphasis on cure frequently discovers itself struggling with an array of challenges in end-of-life care. Studies on the influence of compassionate silence in end-of-life care have indicated that clinicians’ focus solely on … Read More
February 2, 2018
(Scientific American) – As a neonatologist at a large children’s hospital, I frequently walk by a baby’s room and see no one by the bedside—day or night. The tiny premature babies spend entire days inside incubators without being held. Bigger … Read More
January 31, 2018
(STAT News) – Pay for performance, the catchall term for policies that purport to pay doctors and hospitals based on quality and cost measures, has been taking a bashing. Last November, University of Pittsburgh and Harvard researchers published a major … Read More
January 16, 2018
(Medical Xpress) – The huge numbers of sick people are also straining hospital staff who are confronting what could become California’s worst flu season in a decade. Hospitals across the state are sending away ambulances, flying in nurses from out … Read More
January 10, 2018
(New York Times) – In what has become an increasingly common business arrangement, owners of nursing homes outsource a wide variety of goods and services to companies in which they have a financial interest or that they control. Nearly three-quarters … Read More
January 9, 2018
(The Atlantic) – This moment was inevitable. It just wasn’t supposed to happen so soon. Due to the inexorable aging of the country—and equally unstoppable growth in medical spending—it was long obvious that health-care jobs would slowly take up more … Read More
December 28, 2017
Qualitative Health Research (vol. 27, no. 13, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Nurses as Antibiotic Brokers: Institutionalized Praxis in the Hospital” by Alex Broom, Jennifer Broom, Emma Kirby, and Graham Scambler “Myth, Manners, and Medical Ritual: … Read More
December 22, 2017
(Kaiser Health News) – Basic steps to prevent infections — such as washing hands, isolating contagious patients and keeping ill nurses and aides from coming to work — are routinely ignored in the nation’s nursing homes, endangering residents and spreading … Read More
December 13, 2017
(Reuters) – Shift-work nurses who have sleep problems are more likely to experience career burnout that has the potential to compromise their job performance, a small Italian study suggests. Researchers studied 315 nurses who worked rotating shifts in 39 wards … Read More
December 8, 2017
Nursing Ethics (vol. 24, no. 6, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Effects of Ethics Education on Moral Sensitivity of Nursing Students” by Hye-A Yeom, Sung-Hee Ahn, and Su-Jeong Kim “Religion, Judaism, and the Challenge of Maintaining an … Read More
December 8, 2017
Nursing Philosophy (vol. 18, no. 4, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Can Nursing Epistemology Embrace p-Values?” by Christine H. K. Ou, Wendy A. Hall, and Sally E. Thorne “Person-Centred Care Dialectics—Inquired in the Context of Palliative Care” … Read More
November 17, 2017
(STAT News) – That impulse — combined with the fact that health problems crop up outside of office hours, or that even daytime problems can present a transportation challenge — drive many older patients to turn to 911 for help. … Read More
November 8, 2017
Nursing Ethics (vol. 24, no. 3, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Nurse Ethical Awareness: Understanding the Nature of Everyday Practice” by Aimee Milliken and Pamela Grace “The Development of Ethical Guidelines for Nurses’ Collegiality Using the Delphi … Read More
November 2, 2017
(Wired) – So what can help? There is a category of jobs today that is critical to our society. Many of us will employ the services of these workers, but these positions are all-too-often held in low esteem with poor … Read More
October 30, 2017
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 43, no. 8, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Euthanasia Embedded in Palliative Care. Responses to Essentialistic Criticisms of the Belgian Model of Integral End-of-Life Care” by Jan L Bernheim and Kasper Raus … Read More
October 27, 2017
(Vox) – The nurses described doctors performing surgery in hospitals with light from their cellphones, children screaming from hunger, elderly residents suffering from severe dehydration, and black mold spreading throughout entire communities. “We cannot be silent while millions of people … Read More
October 17, 2017
(STAT News) – This view of post-human medicine may seem repulsive to those who see medicine as uniquely human. Some of that view is grounded in arrogance — surely nothing could ever do what we do as well as us. … Read More
October 17, 2017
Nursing Philosophy (vol. 18, no. 3, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Reconciling Concepts of Space and Person-Centred Care of the Older Person with Cognitive Impairment in the Acute Care Setting” by Carole Rushton and David Edvardsson “Against … Read More
October 12, 2017
Nursing Ethics (vol. 24, no. 3, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “What Is Dignity in Prehospital Emergency Care?” by Anna Abelsson and Lillemor Lindwall “Moving It Along: A Study of Healthcare Professionals’ Experience with Ethics Consultations” by … Read More
October 5, 2017
(STAT News) – Adults in the United States who are providing long-term care for aging relatives and friends have little training for their stressful roles, but plenty of commitment, according to a poll. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs … Read More
September 29, 2017
(Quartz) – In the past few years, thousands of Ugandans, mainly domestic workers and laborers have sought greener pastures, mainly in the Middle East. Many of them, particularly female maids, have ended up being mistreated and exploited by employers. Health … Read More
September 22, 2017
(The Atlantic) – Home-health and personal-care work is one of the country’s fastest-growing occupational sectors. But it is one marked by low pay and meager benefits, a problem that might become more urgent as the U.S.’s population continues to age. … Read More
September 20, 2017
(Associated Press) – The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday that challenges a Maine restriction common across most of the U.S. that abortions be performed solely by physicians. The two groups were joined by … Read More
September 19, 2017
(UPI) – Nurses now have a way to integrate genomics into patient care — an online toolkit launched by the National Human Genome Research Institute. The online toolkit of more than 100 resources is known as the Method for Introducing … Read More
