Health
Pedometer health boost lasts four years
Wearing a pedometer to count your daily steps can keep you healthier and more active for as long as four years after using it, a new study shows.
Mar 13, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Using Tetris to reduce intrusive memories associated with caring for COVID-19 patients
A team of critical care specialists and psychologists affiliated with institutions in the U.K. and Sweden has found that the video game Tetris can prevent intrusive memories in nurses who have cared for patients with COVID-19. ...
Health
UK nurses strike latest crisis for health service
With record waiting times, staff shortages, financial black holes and now a nurses strike over pay, the UK's state-run National Health Service is facing an unprecedented crisis.
Nov 25, 2022
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OPTIMISTIC study: Unique nurse practitioner role leads to safer care in nursing homes
Transfers of nursing home residents to and from the hospital frequently expose these frail, older adults to medication errors and poor follow-up care resulting in near or serious harm to one in four nationwide.
Oct 24, 2016
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Health
Interest in child-specific nurse practitioner programs dwindling
While the number of graduates from family or adult nurse practitioner programs continues to rise, student applications to pediatric nurse practitioner and neonatal nurse practitioner programs are falling. Yet there is capacity ...
Jun 29, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
A potential cure for sleeplessness
New research from Queen's University's Judith Davidson (Psychology) has shown insomnia can be treated effectively at the family doctor's office without the use of drugs.
Aug 1, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Fake bus stop calms Swedish dementia sufferers who want to go home
In a Swedish nursing home, residents wait for a bus that never comes.
Oct 18, 2023
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Health
Nurses can apply science of caring to combat compassion fatigue
The heart of healthcare is stressed. With longer shifts, staffing shortages and healthcare changes taxing our nurses, it's no surprise that up to 80 percent report suffering compassion fatigue at some point in their ...
May 26, 2016
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Biomedical technology
Nurse develops technology to detect bruises on dark skin
Detecting bruising on darker skin can sometimes be difficult, limiting a nurse's ability to document wounds and testify to them in court.
Dec 8, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Improving diagnosis of asthma-COPD overlap
A University of Texas at Arlington faculty member and nurse practitioner (NP) said she hopes to bring more attention to an underrecognized condition.
Apr 4, 2022
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