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Hospitals’ increased reliance on agency nurses and overtime shifts for in-house nurses appears to have implications for patient safety, a study published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open suggests.
RNs at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md., gave notice to their employer today that they will hold a strike for one day on July 24 to protest the Ascension management’s refusal to ...
Nurses at Salinas Valley Health are holding an informational picket line to address patient safety and staffing concerns on Thursday night.Dozens of people are lining the street, all wearing red ...
The American Academy of Nursing (Academy) recently selected five innovative care models to be named as Edge Runners. Edge ...
The Institute of Medicine concluded in To Err Is Human in 1999 that transformation of nurse work environments was needed to reduce patient harm. We studied 535 hospitals in four large states at ...
Aiken LH et al. Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction. JAMA 2002 Oct 23/30; 288:1987-93. Click here for Journal Watch subscription information.
— Over 800 nurses from three different Geisinger locations hit the picket line on Monday in Luzerne County. Those who walked out said staffing, fair compensation, and worker and patient safety ...
Good Morning, I’m Debbie Cruz….it’s Friday, October 11th. >>>> Nurses at Palomar Health yesterday rallied over patient safety and being understaffed.
A Champion for Patient Dignity. Wandaris “Wandi” Ortiz, is, simply put, an extraordinary healer and worthy of an award of that title. Ortiz is a special, rare type of nurse that Fox Chase Cancer ...
Friday morning, nurses at a Baltimore hospital held a rally to raise awareness about patient safety concerns. Registered nurses at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital, represented by the National Nurses ...
Source Reference: Yang P, et al "Nurse burnout and patient safety, satisfaction, and quality of care: a systematic review and meta-analysis" JAMA Netw Open 2024; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024. ...