Tag: Nursing
Men Now Comprise ~10 Percent of RN Workforce
About half of increase due to educational attainment, rising demand, liberalizing gender attitudes
Increase in Growth Rate of Nurses Set to Drop to 1.3 Percent
Registered nurse workforce expected to grow 36 percent between 2015 and 2030
Critical Care Nurses Should Be Prepared for Open Abdomen
Continuing education article outlines patient management strategies
AAP: Epinephrine Admin Training Needed in Many Schools
In 2015 to 2016, 2.7 percent reported that epinephrine was administered by unlicensed staff
Are Physicians Obligated to Help on Planes?
One administrative physician explains his sense of obligation to help
Nurse-, System-Related Factors Analyzed in Wrong-Patient Events
In 77 percent of wrong-patient incident reports, the process of identifying the patients was not described
Online Nursing Education Can Up Patient Use of VTE Prophylaxis
Online training aims to make sure those hospitalized get treatment to prevent venous thromboembolism
Statin Use Among Nursing Home Residents Varies Significantly
Between-physician variability accounted for 9.1 percent of unexplained variation in statin use
Digital Recording in Skills Lab Helps Nursing Students Learn
May aid in the transition from theory-based learning to practice
Non-Specialists Can Expand Hepatitis C Treatment Access
Primary care providers, nurse practitioners achieve same response rates as specialists