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More U.S. hospitals are using strategies to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections over the past 20 years, a JAMA Network Open cross-sectional survey study found.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced several initiatives to further study vaccine injuries, but public health a
The National Academy of Medicine is accepting applications through Nov. 20 for its Change Maker Accelerator 2027 cohort.
Workforce shortages, financial pressures and policy changes increasingly threaten rural hospitals’ ability to maintain essential services, an American Hospital Association report found.
The American Hospital Association will host a webinar Nov. 12 from 1:00-2:00 CT exploring its Economic Impact of Disparities in Health Outcomes Resource Guide.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a proposed rule that would establish fees for foreign nursing students and other healthcare students seeking Optional Practical Training.
A University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center study found that between 2007 and 2023, the percentage of midwife-attended births rose in rural and urban settings and was higher in full practice authority states, though trends did not change after states adopted these policies.
While artificial intelligence scheduling tools can reduce administrative work and improve efficiency and fairness, a Nurse.com blog says nurse leaders must retain meaningful oversight over them, including being able to override flawed AI-generated schedules easily.
A Health Affairs study found the RN workforce better represented the U.S. population’s racial diversity in 2022 than in 2018, indicating improved opportunities and support for attaining nursing education for people comprising certain groups.
In an AONL podcast, nursing leaders at Connecticut Children’s, Hartford, describe how they leveraged AONL’s Transition to Nurse Manager Practice program to strengthen leadership development, succession planning and workforce retention.