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The results of a new national study should come as no surprise to any seasoned nurse or healthcare worker. The study found out that a great majority of the medication errors arise from mislabelling of the safety syringes used in hospitals and medical facilities. The study which surveyed 1,039 nurses...
Read more →Nurses work hard yet most of the time they are also painfully aware that working hard in itself is not enough to communicate well with other actors within the healthcare system plus patients and their families, to avoid errors, administer the right medication and save lives. A major obstacle to prov...
Read more →Staffing ratio debates have been going on for a number of years now. States like California have already ratified such ratios but without adding any real teeth to the law. Massachusetts has been battling for more than a year trying to get legislation passed. So what are the issues, how does it impac...
Read more →The National Council State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) convened an Invitational Forum today to collaborate with more than a dozen organizations. The purpose, to discuss the role that state boards of nursing play in the regulation of nursing education. The NCSBN was armed with studies and research to a...
Read more →Connecticut's struggle to find multiple solutions to its crippling nurse shortage is worth keeping an eye on It's official – after Alaska, Connecticut has the worse nurse shortage problem in the nation, according to a study released by Connecticut Hospital Association back in April. Currently there...
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