To determine the reliability of an objective measure of pain, agitation and sedation using the Neonatal Pain, Agitation and Sedation Scale (N-PASS) compared with nursing bedside assessment. The ...

Primary care nurse practitioners were found to use low-value care at lower or relatively similar rates compared with the general clinician population. Results: Prevalence rates of NP use of low-value ...

Sepsis and Mortality: Sober Facts Elements of a Sepsis Screening Program Principles for a Successful Pilot Program References Elements of a Sepsis Screening Program At Sutter Health in California, ...

A Melbourne registered nurse faces a criminal charge and has had his license suspended by the Florida Department of Health over a “skin assessment” that a patient said extended to her genitalia. A ...

A nurse-led comprehensive geriatric assessment in the emergency department (ED) reduced hospital admissions by 11.6% for older adults, without extending ED stays or boosting return visits, a recent ...

For the study, researchers at Southampton University in England polled nurses at 31 National Health Service trusts about missed nursing care caused by understaffing. Missed nursing care was measured ...

Nurse-led telehealth follow-ups may increase emotional well-being for survivors of ovarian cancer, according to data from a ...

Anonymous Nurse is a column written by nurses around the United States with something to say. If you’re a nurse and would like to write about working in the American healthcare system, get in touch at ...

Determined to achieve meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR), hospitals and health systems will increasingly adopt clinical information technology between now and 2015. This is certainly a ...

“When hospitals are understaffed, people die,” one expert warned as the U.S. health systems reach a breaking point in the face of the Delta variant. By Andrew Jacobs Cyndy O’Brien, an emergency room ...