Pennsylvania hospitals report an average 14% vacancy rate for registered nurses. In rural areas it is much higher.
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Unhoused people are more likely to die in hospitals or on the streets.
An emergency physician and nurse scientist explain what medetomidine is and how to respond if someone is overdosing on it.
COVID-19 highlighted the need to plan for medical emergencies, but most people still avoid the issue.
Most people would prefer to die at home than in hospital. If dying at home could be made more feasible and well resourced, both the dying and the living would benefit.
Multi-patient rooms are the status quo for hospitals in New Zealand. But this breaches best practice for healthcare and infection control protocols, as well as the rights of vulnerable patients.
The combination of fentanyl and xylazine that dominates Philadelphia’s illegal dope supply creates agonizing withdrawal symptoms. This presents new challenges for doctors and nurses.
A government review into private hospitals has yet to be made public. In the meantime, here’s whether there’s a case for a government bail-out.
Too often, prescribing errors occur due to programming errors or poor design and have less to do with the health workers using the system.
Some IV fluids are in short supply due to higher-than-expected demand and manufacturing issues. But why do IV fluids contain different chemicals? And why can’t they be interchanged when one runs low?
Amid rising unemployment, inflation and poverty in the 1830s, Philadelphia taxpayers believed welfare scammers were bleeding coffers dry. Poor lists from 1829 show they were wrong.
Medical volunteering can damage important relationships between health professionals and patients.
A virtual ED is typically staffed by emergency doctors, nurses and support staff who can assess patients’ symptoms, provide medical advice, and direct care to the right place.
Surveying more than 5,500 nurses about the realities of their work lives highlights how a shortage of nursing staff could compromise Canadians’ ability to access safe, compassionate care.
This is a structural problem, not something one budget can fix.
Overworking junior doctors has been normalised for decades. And we all suffer.
Has your child fractured a bone? A new report shows it’s the leading type of injury for kids. But the causes of injury change as children grow older and differ between boys and girls.
A new study found that temporary assignments in new places reignited nurses’ passion to help others and helped them rediscover the meaningfulness of their work.
Keeping wounds clean and infection free has challenged people for thousands of years.
Standards are vague, and the IRS, which is tasked with enforcement, hasn’t provided much oversight.
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