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Nurses: The forgotten workforce
A new national survey of nurses' attitudes highlights a profession that sees itself as overlooked by management and constantly suffocated by too much red tape.
Sep 2, 2013
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News tagged with workload
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Nursing workloads multiply likelihood of death among black patients over white patients
Older black patients are three times more likely than older white patients to suffer poorer outcomes after surgery, including death, when cared for by nurses with higher workloads, reports research from the University of ...
Oct 16, 2012
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Australian cricket team uses guided missile technology to improve bowling
Australian researchers have developed a revolutionary algorithm using submarine and guided missile technology to reduce injury and improve performance in cricket fast bowlers. The "torpedo technology" is being used by the ...
May 25, 2016
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Paying attention to complaints can protect nurses from violence
Complaints from patients and their family members could signal future violence against nurses and should not be ignored, suggests new research from the University of British Columbia.
Feb 20, 2020
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Medical economics
Survey shows the pandemic was a tough time for pharmacies
Customers showing up even when they were sick, not agreeing with the restrictions, and many new tasks for staff. These are factors that contributed to heavier workloads and tougher work environments in pharmacies during the ...
Sep 15, 2023
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Attending physician workload linked to teaching effectiveness
(HealthDay)—Attending physician workload is associated with lower teaching effectiveness, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
Jan 11, 2016
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High workload for ICU nurses may increase risk of organ failure for patients
For patients admitted to the intensive care unit in a hospital in Finland, increased workload for nurses and understaffing of nurses were linked with a higher likelihood that patients would experience multiple organ failure. ...
Jun 3, 2020
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Pediatrics
Workload of NICU nurses linked to missed nursing care
(HealthDay)—The workload of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurses, and perceived workload in particular, is associated with missed nursing care for assigned infants, according to a study published online Nov. 12 in ...
Dec 4, 2018
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Increasing hospitalist workload linked to longer length of stay, higher costs
An increasing workload for hospitalists (physicians who care exclusively for hospitalized patients) was associated with increased length of stay and costs at a large academic community hospital system in Delaware, which may ...
Mar 31, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Physicians experience increased effort, uncertainty in cross-coverage of radiation oncology patients
Radiation oncology physicians who encounter an unfamiliar case when cross covering for another physician experience higher levels of perceived workload and may perhaps also effects on performance, according to research conducted ...
Sep 25, 2013
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