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The Department of Health and Human Services awarded more than $1.4 billion this week to support the development of the next generation of tools and technologies to protect against COVID-19.
Virtual multidisciplinary rounds combined with other interventions can reduce patient length of stay and observation hours, according to a study.
An American Hospital Association podcast discusses how St. Luke’s Health System in Boise, Idaho, provided respiratory care last fall during the triple threat of COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus.
Postpartum home blood pressure monitoring significantly lowered the risk of high blood pressure-related hospital admissions and reduced racial disparities in blood pressure data collection by nearly half, according to a study.
The National Institutes of Health awarded $24 million to establish 10 Maternal Health Research Centers for Excellence at universities, medical schools and Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Twenty percent of women surveyed reported experiences of mistreatment during pregnancy and delivery care, with approximately 30% of Black, Hispanic and multiracial women reporting mistreatment, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.
Oncology nurses who work at Karmanos Cancer Hospital in Detroit are attracted to the organization’s mission of cancer care, according to CNO Kathleen Carolin, MSA, RN. Many of the hospital’s nurses have a personal connection to a loved one with cancer or had cancer themselves.
The National Institute of Nursing Research seeks research studies to develop and evaluate novel organizational interventions to prevent and mitigate nurse burnout in hospitals and other settings.
Nearly 90% of CNOs believe virtual nursing offers an opportunity to recruit nurses who are either unable or unwilling to work at the bedside, according to a survey released this week.
In an interview with HealthLeaders Media, AONL CEO Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, describes how hospitals and health systems are pursuing near- and long-term solutions such as upskilling, collaboration and nontraditional support to recruit and retain nurses.