A study conducted in Brazil points to long-term functional abnormalities in their lungs two years after hospital discharge in most severe COVID-19 patients who had required intubation, and a return of pulmonary lesions after ...
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Older adults who suffer serious injuries from a fall or a motor vehicle accident often have impaired long-term functioning and diminished quality of life. A new study, published in JAMA Surgery by researcher-clinicians from ...
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Women over the age of 65 who require complex heart surgery are more likely than men to receive care at low quality hospitals—where they also die in greater numbers following the procedure, a Michigan Medicine study finds.
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Mortality rates after cardiac arrest are high, but there are important differences among patients who survive to receive hospital care before their death, according to a study published in American Journal of Critical Care.
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In the wake of a debilitating cyberattack against one of the nation's largest health care systems, Marvin Ruckle, a nurse at an Ascension hospital in Wichita, Kansas, said he had a frightening experience: He nearly gave a ...
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A study published in Medical Care shows that substituting registered nurses (RN) with lower-wage staff (e.g. licensed practical nurses, unlicensed assistive personnel) in hospital care is linked with more deaths, readmissions, ...
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In just a few months, hospitals and health systems nationwide will start working to vaccinate as many staff as possible against the flu. And a new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open suggests that more of those ...
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Changing the way antibiotics are given to adult patients with sepsis will save thousands of lives a year globally, according to research by The University of Queensland and The George Institute for Global Health.
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A new study published in the International Journal of Nursing Studies showed that individuals with COVID-19 were more likely to die in hospitals that were chronically understaffed before the pandemic. This study is one of ...
Jun 12, 2024
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Research has shown that, when nurses feel they are being prevented from taking a morally justifiable action or achieving an ethical outcome, it contributes to poor mental health, burnout, and intent to leave one's job. Surveys ...
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