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Preventing Child Abuse for Healthcare Professionals
Whether a nurse in the emergency department or a school psychologist, healthcare professionals are often uniquely placed to…
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COVID-19 Updates: Long COVID, Declining Life Expectancy, and More
Diagnosis tracker More than 499.6 million cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been diagnosed worldwide as of Monday evening.…
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Trauma-Informed Care: Improving Lives and Outcomes for Everyone
Harry, an 86-year-old man admitted to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation after a hip fracture, could be…
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How to Encourage Physical Fitness for Seniors
As we age, our bodies need to stay more active to compensate for the loss of mobility and…
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Criminally Negligent Homicide and Patient Safety
In December 2017, RaDonda Vaught, a nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, administered a dose…
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ANA Statement Condemns Vaught Verdict, Penn Medicine Honors Nurses, and More Nursing News
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) announces this year’s Circle of Excellence awardees. A new Penn Medicine…
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Understanding and Improving Health Literacy
As the world begins its slow climb out of the pandemic, issues of public health remain top-of-mind for…
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Fighting COVID Complacency: A Public Health Challenge
After two years of enduring the worst pandemic in a century, the world is ready to move on.…
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AACN Launches Leadership Skills Program for Nursing, Nurse Anesthetist Earns Federal Award, and More Nursing News
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) launches an initiative to build leadership capacity among new nurses.…
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Nurse’s Discovery Leads to Syringe Recall, Alabama Launches Nurse Apprenticeship Program, and More Nursing News
Wisconsin nurse’s discovery leads to massive syringe recall Jeremy Sauld, RN, a nurse on staff at the Veterans…
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A New Era of Healthcare Burnout
Frank Aviles, PT, CWS, can remember a time before healthcare burnout. Today, though, the symptoms are all too…
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Recognizing the Signs of Domestic Violence
As healthcare providers, we have been trained to question new hospital patients about their safety in the home,…