July 24, 2015
(ABC.net.au) – Nurses and doctors fear the consequences of giving terminally ill patients pain relief that might hasten their death, a Victorian parliamentary inquiry has heard. A cross-party committee is examining whether state legislation adequately allows people to make informed … Read More
July 24, 2015
(Stuff.co.nz) – Doctors and nurses are playing increasing roles in prescribing, supplying or administering drugs that may hasten a patient’s death, according to new research. A University of Auckland study anonymously surveyed 650 GPs. Sixteen reported prescribing, supplying or administering … Read More
July 15, 2015
(News-Medical) – Paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are trained to save lives. But they sometimes enter situations where a dying patient’s end-of-life wishes contradict their professional code. What do they do when faced with someone who is imminently dying … Read More
July 15, 2015
(Medscape) – Just as birth doulas help mothers bring their newborns into the world, end-of-life doulas can bring comfort and support to those who are dying. Depending on their training and background, an end-of-life doula can provide emotional, spiritual, practical, … Read More
July 7, 2015
(Nurse.com) – Increased public support of patients’ rights is driving new state laws. Legal decisions about health issues and national legislation on healthcare funding could change the way care in the U.S. is accessed and funded. To help keep readers … Read More
July 3, 2015
(New York Times) – Every few years, the National Alliance for Caregiving and the AARP Public Policy Institute survey the state of American caregiving; their latest report, published last month, focused in part on caregivers over 75. They constitute 7 … Read More
June 26, 2015
(Washington Post) – Sitting in his surgical gown inside a large medical suite in Reston, Va., a Vienna man prepared for his colonoscopy by pressing record on his smartphone, to capture the instructions his doctor would give him after the … Read More
June 25, 2015
(Medical Xpress) – Authorities in Sierra Leone quarantined three doctors and 28 nurses in the capital Freetown when a mother tested positive for Ebola after giving birth, the health ministry said on Thursday. Doctors were unable to stem the woman’s … Read More
June 22, 2015
(Nursing Times) – This is an excellent read for nurses who care for patients at the palliative stage of their illness and those who are at the end of their life. It is not a book for nurses who need … Read More
June 11, 2015
(Pan Am Post) – A new ruling by Colombia’s Constitutional Court means that public health institutions, and all the doctors who work in them, will be unable to refuse a patient’s request for assisted suicide — forcing them to carry … Read More
June 10, 2015
(Boston Globe) – The state is poised for the first time to mandate a minimum level of nurse staffing in hospitals, reigniting a debate over patient safety and health care costs. The Health Policy Commission, the agency that monitors medical … Read More
June 8, 2015
(The Guardian) – Women contribute around $3tn to global healthcare but nearly half of it is unpaid and unrecognised, according to a new study. The report, published in the Lancet, found that women’s involvement in healthcare is undervalued economically, socially, … Read More
June 5, 2015
(The Washington Post) – Nursing is bracing for what’s being called a “silver tsunami” — a graying Baby Boomer workforce entering retirement. On top of that, many other nurses are leaving the field out of frustration. Why? They don’t feel … Read More
June 1, 2015
(Huffington Post) – There’s a widely held belief that a doctor’s primary ethical obligation is to “do no harm.” The “no harm” principle, taught to all health care professionals, is important and meaningful, but it’s only part of a bigger … Read More
May 26, 2015
(Medical Xpress) – Previous work shows dramatically increased stress in cancer caregivers, directly impacting the caregiver and indirectly impacting the cancer patient via reduced quality of care. A randomized control trial funded by the National Cancer Institute by members of … Read More
May 25, 2015
(Washington Post) – Registered nurses protect and promote health, prevent illness and injury and alleviate suffering. We apply critical thinking and the latest evidence, and follow standards, policies and procedures and rules and regulations. Yet what’s central to our practice is ethics. … Read More
May 14, 2015
(Newsweek) – A Navy nurse who refused to force-feed detainees on hunger strike at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will not be discharged, his lawyer said Wednesday in a conference call. Instead, the Navy will reassign him to a … Read More
May 14, 2015
(JAMA) – In the United States, governing that interaction now comprises a labyrinthine network of myriad, complexly interrelated mechanisms. Those mechanisms can be seen to operate on 3 levels: (1) professional self-regulation through private sector organizations; (2) laws and governmental … Read More
May 6, 2015
(ABC News) – Nurses spent a lot of time in the news in the last year, and to celebrate National Nurses’ Day, we’re highlighting hero nurses. The National Nurses’ Union’s executive director, RoseAnn DeMoro, described nursing as a “caring public … Read More
May 4, 2015
(New York Times) – Of all the situations a doctor can encounter in a hospital, perhaps none is as nerve-racking as a so-called futility case. It has been estimated that there are at least 12,000 such cases in the United … Read More
April 20, 2015
(Eurekalert) – When a hospital patient’s heart stops, the drama starts, as doctors and nurses work furiously at resuscitation. And at many hospitals, that’s the cue for someone to pull a curtain and hurry the patient’s loved ones out of … Read More
March 27, 2015
(Medical Xpress) – Patients exposed to understaffed nursing shifts have a significantly greater chance of suffering conditions such as surgical wound infections, pressure injuries, urinary tract infections and pneumonia. This finding from an Edith Cowan University study that analysed two … Read More
March 24, 2015
(Newsweek) – A federal committee that advises the defense secretary on health policy matters has proposed that the Pentagon allow medical personnel to opt out of performing medical procedures they find ethically or morally questionable, Vice News reports. If the … Read More
March 10, 2015
(Medical Xpress) – International researchers together with local scientists have created a theoretical model to help nurses become less susceptible to stress. The International Collaboration on Workforce Resilience, initiated by Curtin University, identifies the psychological factors that influence nurses’ stress … Read More
March 4, 2015
(ABC News) – The Dallas nurse who survived Ebola after catching it from her patient last fall may have smiled for the cameras during the harrowing ordeal, but now she’s saying the hospital put its reputation above her needs. Nina Pham, … Read More
