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Federal Government to Regulate Staffing at Nursing Homes for First Time
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 1, 2023
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Nursing homes will soon have to meet federal minimum staffing requirements, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Friday.
"Establishing minimum staffing standards for nursing homes will improve resident safety,” HHS Secretary
Nurses, Other Health Care Workers at High Risk of Drug Overdose
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- August 8, 2023
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As the United States wrestles with soaring drug overdose deaths, new research finds that nurses, social and behavioral health care workers and health care support workers are at particularly high risk.
Compared with employed adults who are not health care workers, ...
Are ERs Safe? Patients, Nurses and Doctors Say No in New Survey
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- May 26, 2023
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Emergency departments aren't perceived as safe for professionals or their patients, according to an international survey from the European Society of Emergency Medicine (EUSEM).
More than 90% of emergency professionals surveyed said they felt at times the number of patie...
About 100,000 U.S. Nurses Left Workforce During Pandemic
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- April 14, 2023
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During the pandemic, nearly 100,000 U.S. registered nurses called it quits, a new survey shows.
Why? A combination of stress, burnout and retirements created a perfect storm for the exodus.
Even worse, another 610,000 registered nurses (RNs) said they had an “int...
Burnout Levels High Among U.S. Health Care Workers
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 4, 2023
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Cafeteria workers. Receptionists. Pharmacists. Janitors. Administrators. Physical therapists.
Much has been made of burnout among doctors and nurses, but a new survey has found high rates of work fatigue in nearly every type of job associated with health care.
Phys...
How Phone Calls Could Boost Survival for Heart Failure Patients
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- February 2, 2023
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A phone call from a nurse may be the lifeline needed to help improve survival for heart failure patients.
New research from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles finds that check-in calls may help save lives.
“There's a lot of new technology ...
Home Drug Infusions Can Be Dangerous, But Many Home Care Staff Aren't Trained
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 23, 2023
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Intravenous (IV) lines are generally associated with medical centers — picture a patient in a hospital bed, an IV drip-dropping needed fluids, nutrients and medicines into their arm.
The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- December 1, 2022
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The nationwide shortage of health care professionals -- a so-called "Great Resignation" of providers -- is impacting patient care in ways large and small, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll shows.
One in four Americans (25%) have noticed or personally experienced the i...
Bedsores Can Cause Serious Harm — Are U.S. Nursing Homes Hiding Cases?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 17, 2022
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People might want to think twice before relying on federal quality ratings to help choose a nursing home for an elderly or frail relative, a new study warns.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established the Nursing Home Compare website in the 199...
U.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- August 15, 2022
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Staffing shortages at nursing homes across the United States are severe in disadvantaged areas where needs may be greatest, researchers say.
Nurses Key to Spotting Postpartum Depression in New Moms
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- May 13, 2022
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Nurses can be trained to detect postpartum depression in new mothers and could be crucial in spotting the condition early, researchers report.
Pandemic's Early Days Hit Nurses Hard: Report
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- April 28, 2022
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Frontline nurses were plagued by "moral distress" in the early days of the pandemic because they lacked the support to provide high-quality care, a new report reveals.
Between May and September 2020, researchers interviewed 100 nurses across the United States who cared f...
Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 19, 2022
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Placing hospitalized COVID-19 patients on their stomach is helpful if they're on a mechanical ventilator, but a new study suggests it's not a good idea for patients who are not intubated<...
Health Care Workers Were At Highest COVID Risk in Workplace
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- April 18, 2022
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U.S. health care workers were most likely to be infected with COVID-19 at work during the pandemic's first year, according to a new study that challenges previous research suggesting their risk was highest off the job.
Report Says Nursing Home Industry Needs an Overhaul
- By Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- April 7, 2022
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The nursing home industry is awash in ineffective care and staffing shortages, claims a new report that calls for sweeping changes in an industry whose failures have only been exacerbated by the pandemic.
Experts from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and ...
Overworked, Underpaid: Report Finds Wages Lag for U.S. Health Care Workers
- March 2, 2022
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Though they're on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health care workers' paychecks don't always adequately reward those efforts.
Wages for health care workers actually rose less than the average across all U.S. employment sectors during the first and second...
Biden to Propose Overhaul of U.S. Nursing Homes
- March 1, 2022
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Minimum staffing levels will be a main feature of a major overhaul of U.S. nursing homes that President Joe Biden is expected to announce in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night.
Staffing levels are considered a critical marker for nursing home quality, but the pa...
Most Vaccine-Hesitant Health Care Workers Change Their Minds, Study Shows
- Robert Preidt
- February 4, 2022
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Most health care workers at a large U.S. hospital who initially refused COVID-19 vaccines eventually went and got their shots, new research reveals.
Omicron Batters Already Strained U.S. Hospitals
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 26, 2022
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U.S. hospitals continue to reel from the pressure posed by the ongoing pandemic, facing critical workforce shortages and rising labor costs that amount to a "national emergency," hospital executives say.
Nearly 1,400 hospitals -- 31% of the nation's total -- are on the v...
Crowded Emergency Rooms Cost Lives: Study
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- January 19, 2022
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A seemingly endless wait in an emergency department can be taxing for many reasons, but new research suggests that long delays in being admitted to the hospital may even raise a patient's risk of death within the following 30 days.
Why? One possible reason: A crowded ER ...
Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages
- Robert Preidt
- January 13, 2022
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President Joe Biden plans to announce Thursday that a "surge" of U.S. military medical personnel will soon be deployed to hospitals struggling with staff shortages amid soaring COVID-19 cases.
More than 1,000 will begin arriving at hospitals nationwide starting next week...
Quality of Home Health Care Varies Between Urban, Rural Areas
- Cara Murez
- January 10, 2022
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Need in-home health care? Know this: The quality of your care may depend on where you live.
That's the takeaway from a new study from New York University that gave agencies in urban areas high marks for keeping patients out of the hospital. It found that home health agen...
Pandemic Stress, Exhaustion Weigh on Health Care Workers
- Robert Preidt
- December 2, 2021
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The pandemic is taking a toll on health care workers' sleep, which can put both their mental health and patient care at risk, researchers warn.
Their study of more than 800 New York City health care workers found that compared to those with no sleep problems, those with...
Biden Plan Will Spend $1.5 Billion to Boost Health Worker Supply
- Robert Preidt and Robin Foster
- November 23, 2021
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Vice President Kamala Harris announced Monday that the Biden administration will spend $1.5 billion to tackle a health care worker shortage in underserved communities.
The money from the COVID-19 recovery program, called the American Rescue Plan, and other sources will g...
Guard Dogs, Panic Buttons: Nurses Under Threat From Rising Violence
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 1, 2021
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Emergency room nurse Grace Politis was catching up on paperwork during her shift when she suddenly realized her head hurt badly. Then she blacked out.
"Later on, I found out I was hit in the head twice with a fire extinguisher by a patient," said Politis, who works at Lo...
Nurses Have Suicidal Thoughts More Often Than Other Workers: Study
- Robert Preidt
- October 25, 2021
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U.S. nurses think about suicide more often than other workers do, but are less likely to tell anyone about it, new research reveals.
For the study, the researchers analyzed the responses of more than 7,000 nurses and nearly 5,200 other general workforce members who took ...
Biden Administration to Invest $100 Million to Ease Health Worker Shortage
- Robert Preidt and Robin Foster
- October 15, 2021
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The National Health Service Corps will receive $100 million to help tackle the U.S. health care worker shortage, the White House announced Thursday.
That's a five-fold increase in funding from previous years for a program that helps find primary care doctors for communit...
Despite Pressures of Pandemic, U.S. Nursing School Enrollment Climbs
- Robert Preidt and Robin Foster
- October 15, 2021
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Even as large numbers of U.S. nurses leave their jobs due to the stress of the pandemic, there's been a big uptick in applications to nursing schools, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing says.
Enrollment in bachelor's, master's and doctoral nursing programs i...
Most Older Americans Believe Health Care Workers Should Be Vaccinated: Poll
- Steven Reinberg
- September 14, 2021
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Eight in 10 older Americans think health care workers should be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a new poll.
Among 50- to 80-year-olds, 61% of respondents said the vaccine should be required for all health care workers. Another 19% said vaccination should probab...
Americans Have High Trust in Health Care Providers: Poll
- Robin Foster and Robert Preidt
- August 11, 2021
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News ) -- Doctors, nurses and pharmacists are highly trusted by most Americans, a new survey shows.
Those health professionals do what's right either most or all of the time, said at least seven in 10 respondents in the poll from the U...
All Health Care, Long-Term Care Workers in California Must Get COVID Shots
- Robert Preidt
- August 6, 2021
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All 2.2 million health care workers and long-term care workers in California will now have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Sept. 30, the California Department of Public Health said Thursday.
Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom said health care workers would have the...
Nursing Home Staff Closest to Patients Are Least Likely to Get COVID Vaccines
- Robert Preidt and Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster
- July 30, 2021
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Aides in long-term care facilities are less likely than other staff to be vaccinated, even though they have the most contact with vulnerable patients and could infect them with COVID-19, a new federal study shows.
Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Major Medical Groups Call for Mandatory COVID Vaccination for Health Workers
- Robert Preidt
- July 26, 2021
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All health care workers should be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, dozens of major U.S. medical groups said in a joint statement released Monday.
"Due to the recent COVID-19 surge and the availability of safe and effective vaccines, our health care organizatio...
Keeping Same Nurse for All Home Health Care May Be Crucial for Dementia Patients
- Robert Preidt
- June 29, 2021
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Dementia patients who have the same nurse for all of their home health care visits are a third less likely to be readmitted to the hospital, a new study finds.
"While continuity of nursing care may benefit every home health care patient, it may be particularly critical f...
Prior COVID Infection May Shield You From Another for at Least 10 Months
- Robert Preidt
- June 4, 2021
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In some good news for those who have already suffered through a bout of COVID-19, a new study finds they may have a much lower risk of reinfection for at least 10 months.
For the study, the researchers analyzed rates of SARS-CoV-2 infections between October 2020 and Febr...
Stressed, Burned-Out Nurses Make More Medical Errors: Study
- Robert Preidt
- May 3, 2021
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Critical care nurses with poor mental and physical health are more likely to make mistakes, but a more supportive work environment could improve the situation, a new study suggests.
"It's critically important that we understand some of the root causes that lead to those ...
Nurses Are Dying From Suicide at Higher Rates
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- April 14, 2021
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Before the pandemic began, suicide risk was twice as high among female nurses compared with American women as a whole, a new study warns.
Even within the health care community itself, female nurses were found to be roughly 70% more likely to die by suicide than female do...
Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic
- Robert Preidt
- April 9, 2021
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Doctors, nurses and other frontline health workers in U.S. emergency departments have struggled with significant mental health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new poll reveals.
"As the nation moves into what many believe is a fourth wave of COVID, this study i...
Strain of COVID Care Has Many Health Professionals Looking for an Exit
- Cara Murez
- April 6, 2021
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After the pandemic, the next great health care challenge in the United States could be retaining highly trained doctors, nurses and scientists, a new study warns.
Up to one in five employees at an academic medical institution are considering leaving their professions ...
Too Few Minorities in U.S. Health Care Workforce: Report
- March 31, 2021
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Blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans are significantly underrepresented in U.S. health professions, with little indication that diversity will improve, a new study says.
In 2019, Black people made up about 12.1% of the U.S. workforce, but their representation in 10 hea...
In Rare Cases, People Can Get COVID After Vaccination
- Steven Reinberg
- March 25, 2021
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It's very rare, but it is possible to catch COVID-19 even if you've been vaccinated, a new study finds.
Looking at vaccinated health care workers at two University of California campuses, researchers found a tiny number tested positive for the virus. This finding highli...
Study Finds Growing Acceptance of COVID Vaccine by U.S. Health Care Workers
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 23, 2021
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Health care workers were just as uneasy as everyone else when COVID-19 vaccines were about to be approved in the United States, with large numbers hesitant to take the shot in early December, a new study reveals.
But that hesitancy dwindled over the next few weeks, as he...
Health Care Workers More Likely to Catch COVID at Home, Not Workplace
- Robert Preidt
- March 16, 2021
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Health care workers are more likely to catch COVID-19 at home or in their community than on the job, a new study finds.
"The news is reassuring in that it shows the measures taken are working to prevent infections from spreading in health care facilities," said study co-...
Pandemic Is Hitting Hospitals Hard, Including Their Bottom Line
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 26, 2021
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U.S. hospitals are expected to lose billions again in 2021, leaving them in dire financial shape as the COVID-19 pandemic guts the industry for a second year.
Hospitals could lose $53 billion to $122 billion in revenue in 2021, between 4% and 10% of their total revenue, ...
Bedside Manner Even More Important for Hospital Patients Admitted Via the ER
- Robert Preidt
- February 4, 2021
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Being rushed into hospital care can be an emotional experience. So, what a surgeon says to trauma or emergency surgery patients plays a role in how satisfied they are after their operations, a new study finds.
Researchers analyzed data from nearly 187,000 patients discha...
Giving Back: Once a Lung Transplant Recipient, Now a Surgical Nurse
- Denise Mann
- December 30, 2020
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Nurses are known for being kind, caring and sympathetic, but Brianna Fogelman brings an uncommon empathy to her nursing job at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore.
Fogelman, 27, underwent a double lung transplant last year to treat a rare lung disease and returned this f...
Blood Pressure Often Differs Widely Between Two Arms: Study
- Amy Norton
- December 28, 2020
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Blood pressure readings between the two arms can be different, and that disparity can sometimes be a warning sign of heart trouble down the road.
That's the finding of an analysis of 24 past studies: When people have at least a 5-point difference in blood pressure betwee...
Pandemic Taking Big Mental Health Toll on Health Care Workers
- Cara Murez
- December 23, 2020
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Frontline health care workers have been through tremendous challenges this past year while treating COVID-19 patients throughout the world.
It should come as no surprise that many are having trouble emotionally.
A new study looked at the impact of the pandemic on s...
Nurse Practitioners Key to Opioid Treatment in Rural U.S.: Study
- November 26, 2020
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In isolated areas of the United States, nurse practitioners are filling an important role in helping people access treatment for opioid addiction, according to a Washington State University (WSU) study.
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants have only been authoriz...
COVID CPR Safety Measures Don't Lessen Survival: Study
- Robert Preidt
- November 9, 2020
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The effectiveness of CPR isn't compromised when EMS crews and others take recommended safety precautions against the new coronavirus, researchers say.
Interim guidance issued by the American Heart Association and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says h...