Dmitry Vereshchagin – Fotolia.com A study reported in the January issue of the Journal of Professional Nursing shows a decline in an important nursing skill that is more about understanding a patient’s perspective and fears than about technical ability: empathy. Empathy improves patient outcomes and...
Read more →Alexander Raths – Fotolia.com Baby Boomers a Driving Force Behind Demand for Nurses In its biannual Employment Outlook report, the U.S. Department of Labor stated that the healthcare and social assistance fields would experience the highest growth for new jobs, with more than 5 million new workers n...
Read more →Jaimie Duplass – Fotolia.com A study indicates that the nursing shortage is over, but that it will likely come roaring back. By 2020, it might be more difficult than ever to fill nursing vacancies. An article in the Detroit News indicates that the the number of full-time nurses grew by about 386,000...
Read more →James Steidl – Fotolia.com Paying Hospitals Didn’t Improve Mortality Rates A study by the New England Journal of Medicine has cast doubt on a central premise of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA took inspiration from Medicare’s efforts to pay hospitals based on how they perform, which was thoug...
Read more →© Minerva Studio – Fotolia.com The nursing field is still dominated by women, but more and more men are joining their ranks. The stigma is fading, and the opportunities are beckoning. For students like Trevor Potts, interviewed in an article in the South Dakota State University newspaper, the chance...
Read more →An article in the New York Times explains a new type of health care practice called accountable care organizations, or A.C.O.s. The article takes the case of Fannie Cline as an example of how A.C.O.s work. Mrs. Cline, a 69-year-old retiree, was struggling to manage her Type 2 diabetes, suffering set...
Read more →© Lulla – Fotolia.com Nursing curricula today focus on the nurse-to-patient relationship, backed with heavy content and a plethora of facts to be memorized. Most nursing students graduate without a basic understanding of the entire healthcare system, team nursing concepts and quality and safety prac...
Read more →Physicians are resisting legislation that is geared towards allowing advance practice registered nurses (APRNs) like nurse practitioners to practice independently. This has been proposed as a solution to the problem of increasing health care costs. The main objection stated by physicians has been th...
Read more →The US News and World Report has published a list of the top ten jobs of 2012. At the very top of the list — above jobs such as web developer and pharmacist — is "Registered Nurse." All ten of the best jobs of 2012 fall one of two broad categories, either healthcare or computers. Each year, U.S. New...
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Image courtesy of University of Salford via Flickr The face of the nursing profession is changing as as healthcare morphs into a new paradigm of care for the twenty-first century. The number of nursing positions in hospitals has declined and there has been a shift to more community-based positions t...
Read more →People rarely want to leave home to enter a nursing home, even if their level of care requires it. A new emphasis on home health care is allowing more people to stay at home for longer, while also saving money, according to this article in the New York Times. In this new model of home health care, a...
Read more →An article in the Sacramento Bee examines the role that nurses have in the political sphere in California, especially in terms of their ability to use strikes effectively. There have been a series of strikes or threatened strikes recently, such as this one on January 31st, 2012. Rose Ann DeMoro is a...
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