Many nurses are reevaluating their commitment to direct patient care given the demands of the coronavirus. Now, during a time of unprecedented need, what can health systems and other employers of nurses do to prevent losing this backbone of the healthcare workforce to the Great Attrition? Continue reading →

In a new study, researchers have found evidence that indicates that the reported recent reductions in the prevalence of CHD are beginning to slow down. The study, which appears as a research letter in the journal JAMA Cardiology, lays the ground for researchers to investigate the findings Continue reading →

Report Ocean presents a new report on Mobile Cardiac Telemetry (MCT) market size, share, growth, industry trends, and forecast 2030, covering various industry elements and growth trends helpful for predicting the markets future. Continue reading →

Almost two years after working in a temporary Covid intensive care unit at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Kim Bishop, a critical care nurse, can still remember which patients were in which rooms. When you walk back on these units, you know which patient survived in which room and which ones didnt, said Bishop, who still works at the Philadelphia hospital and moves among different units. I thought we closed that chapter once we closed that unit, but now walking back into it, its almost like a slap in the face. Continue reading →

She said more beds were always welcome, and there was $644 million increase in funding to hospitals and ICUs from the government to cope with Covid-19, that wasannounced in December. But there was real concern it would not be enough, and there were not enough intensive care nurses. "In intensive care we're actually struggling to cope with business as usual," Mitchell said. Continue reading →

MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Four Northwell Health hospitals with cardiothoracic surgery programs Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore University Hospital (NSUH), Lenox Hill Hospital (LHH) in Manhattan, Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) and South Shore University Hospital (SSUH) in Bay Shore earned prestigious three-star quality overall ratings in the several cardiac surgical categories analyzed by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). The latest report included data from 906 cardiothoracic surgical programs across the United States and Canada. The Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital (SABHH) at NSUH has achieved three-star overall quality ratings the highest possible performance rating in all five cardiac surgical categories analyzed by the STS. Continue reading →

This article was originally published here G Ital Med Lav Ergon. 2021 Dec;43(4):321-327. ABSTRACT Background and Aim. Continue reading →