Category Archives: Cardiac Nursing

These are the incredible stories of coronavirus survivors - from a 102-year-old great-gran to a five-month-old baby. Vera Beeley, 102, received a standing ovation from hospital staff as she was discharged. A cardiac nurse, Tracey Whitcher, was sent home with a special guard of honour from colleagues after beating Covid-19 in intensive care at Bournemouth Hospital. Continue reading →

Emergency rooms are seeing more acute stroke and heart patients after people delaying care during the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading →

By Stephen Alexander 24 April 2020 Yesterday, Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon advanced plans for ending the coronavirus lockdown in Scotland. While noting that a return to normal is not possible, the First Minister said it is necessary to transition to a new normal which will see people living alongside this virus but in a form that keeps it under control Continue reading →

Romilly Weeks Political Correspondent Opened by Prince Charles to great fanfare, the first Nightingale Hospital in East London was a potent symbol of Britains ability to fight back against Covid-19. A miracle of fleet footed action and coordination between medical and military for a public starved of good news. But in the three weeks since it was opened doubt about the project has started to creep in Continue reading →

Monday, April 6, 2020 By Lorraine Joyce Erin Rose, B.S.N. '19 works at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in a cardiac unit that is now part of a COVID-positive floor at the hospital Continue reading →

The metro Atlanta nurse who died last week of COVID-19 worked at Piedmont Henry Hospital, two employees of the suburban facility said. Continue reading →

It was not until last Friday that the Department of Consumer Affairs, the governing body overseeing training, approved a rule to allow more virtual clinical training. Continue reading →

Lisa Crowley, whose mother and stepfather live at the Paramus Veterans Memorial Home, said staff members had previously been told not to wear masks, to minimize fear among patients. Almost all of her parents regular caregivers, she said, were home sick. Continue reading →

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- As the coronavirus (COVID-19) rages at hospitals on Staten Island and across New York City, nursing homes on the borough have become a new de-facto front line treating the communitys most vulnerable population in an effort to temper influx into the Islands two hospital systems Continue reading →

AUSTIN, Texas (Texas Tribune) A group of nursing home residents in Texas City who have tested positive for the new coronavirus are being treated with the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday Continue reading →