On April 1, the National Council Licensure Examination for registered nurses will include more competencies in care management and basic care and comfort, while most of the exam structure, scoring and content distribution is unchanged.
Medical experts believe measles-related hospitalizations in South Carolina are significantly higher than reported, since the state does not require hospitals to report admissions for the virus.
If you’re a registered nurse who loves variety, adventure and making a difference, the VA Travel Corps could be your next career move.
“We have five senses, and computers only get input," one nurse described, among growing concern against AI protocols. A hospital adopted a sepsis protocol that flagged a patient for IV fluids.
San Francisco health officials have identified more than 200 latent cases of tuberculosis associated with an outbreak that was first reported at Archbishop Riordan High School in November — up from 50 cases identified as of late January.
I have been a nurse for almost 20 years, working in emergency departments, intensive care units, and eventually the back of a helicopter as a flight nurse. I have watched the best clinicians I know walk away from medicine, not because they stopped caring, but because the system stopped investing in the conditions that allow caring to be sustainable.
Researchers keep discovering more about the long-term neurological effects of SARS-CoV-2. Doctors call it Ondine’s curse—a catastrophic failure of the brain stem in which breathing no longer happens automatically, especially during sleep.
A narrative review reported that GLP-1s in adults with obesity and/or type 2 diabetes (T2D) were linked to an increased risk for nutritional deficiencies — especially vitamin D, iron, and B vitamins — highlighting the need for regular nutritional assessment.
Chris Carroll, a nurse and director of surgical services at Holy Cross Hospital–Mountain Point in Lehi, Utah, was vacationing in St. Croix when he rushed to aid a woman who had been attacked by a shark.
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