Alberta nurses held rallies across the province Saturday to protest working conditions they say are on par with conditions that led to a historic 19-day illegal walkout in 1988.
Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of 2709 general, orthopedic, and vascular surgery patients, and 140 staff nurses (42% response rate) caring for these patients in a large Midwestern institution.
Labor and delivery units that are adequately staffed by nurses have lower cesarean birth rates, according to new research published in the journal Nursing Outlook. Labor and delivery units that ...
"Our findings highlight how crucial nurse staffing is for optimal maternal outcomes," said Audrey Lyndon, the Vernice D. Ferguson Professor in Health Equity and executive vice dean at NYU Rory ...
The staffing challenges limit access to care and have resulted in the closure of some nursing homes and assisted living facilities, she said. To fill some empty positions, the industry has ...
Fire broke out in the gynaecology ward of the Una Regional Hospital on Tuesday morning, causing panic among the family members and staff, health officials said. Hospital officials said all patients, ...
A ‘Perfect Storm’ For Nurses And Patients Throughout the past few decades, U.S. hospitals have faced cyclical shortages of nurses; in 2000 an estimated 126,000 hospital nursing positions were ...
Nurses from Red Deer and other communities in central Alberta joined their coworkers on the corner of Gaetz Avenue and 32 Street from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to show their support for safe staffing, safe ...
Rather than using ratios, Gay Landstrom, PhD, RN, senior vice president and CNO of Trinity Health, prefers what she calls the correct "dosage" of nursing staff per unit. Trinity's virtual nursing ...