Tag: Nursing
Increasing Proportion of Visits Delivered by Nurse Practitioners, PAs
Proportion of visits delivered by nonphysicians varies across conditions, from 13.2 percent for eye disorders to 41.5 percent for respiratory infections
Subcutaneous Securement System Best for Reaching End of PICC Need
Subcutaneous anchor securement system better than adhesive securement device for reaching end of need with a single PICC
Nurses Report High Resiliency, Yet Many Want to Leave the Field
High resilience among nurses associated with better quality of care and contributes to job satisfaction
Exercise Intervention Beneficial for Health Care Workers
12-week app-based intervention reduced depressive symptoms, burnout, and absenteeism
Drug Overdose Death Risk Increased for Specific Health Care Workers
Significantly increased risk observed for social or behavioral health workers, registered nurses, health care support workers
Latinos With Advanced Degrees Underrepresented in Health Care Workforce
However, all Latino subgroups overrepresented in health care occupations requiring less than a bachelor's degree
Staffing, Safety Concerns Tied to Burnout in Hospital Clinicians
Both physicians, nurses rank improving nurse staffing as the most needed intervention
Review Outlines Issues Relating to Obtaining Surgical Consent
Junior doctors often obtain surgical consent, but the process is likely undertaken suboptimally
Nursing Homes With More Black Residents Have Higher Health Care Utilization
Authors say lower use of registered nurses likely drives differences in hospitalization, emergency department use
Stress-Management Interventions May Aid Health Care Workers
Review generally revealed low-certainty evidence, particularly for longer-term effects
