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Subjective assessment estimates of postpartum blood loss likely underestimate its prevalence, finds a meta-analysis published in The Lancet: Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health.
An American Hospital Association podcast details how a mobile clinical education program at the University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, is delivering high-impact simulation training to rural hospitals and emergency medical service teams to prepare them for health emergencies.
The American Hospital Association issued a guide for hospital and health care leaders on how to prepare for, respond, mitigate and recover from mass violence incidents.
A public health official expressed concern with the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s work slowdown.
More than 230 organizations comprising clinicians, scientists, public health professionals and patient groups implored Congress to undertake “swift and robust oversight” of changes made to the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Physicians are seeing a 10-year high in the number of children who are visiting their offices for flu, with 17 pediatric deaths reported as of Jan. 3, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Intensive care unit clinicians can use a new, evidence-based tool to have a structured, meaningful discussion with a patient and their family after a patient’s ICU admission.
A report found 293 U.S. counties (8.6%) nationwide lost all hospital-based obstetric services from 2010-2023.
A nurse-led rapid response for patients experiencing a stroke at a Texas academic hospital improved time from symptom discovery to imaging and treatment, which is associated with better outcomes.
In a January Journal of Nursing Administration guest editorial, Press Ganey CNE and Senior Vice President Jeffrey Doucette, DNP, RN, writes the “volatile and complex” health care environment makes the traditional nurse manager role unsustainable.