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As cases of COVID-19 surged in the spring of 2020, nursing leaders at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, recognized the need to prepare for shortages of staff, space and supplies, according to an article in the March issue of Nursing Management.
Patients enter hospitals with multiple comorbidities and acute-on-chronic conditions. Late detection of deterioration in these patients can increase length of stay in the intensive care unit and result in poor outcomes.
Reliance on pulse oximetry to determine a patient’s oxygen status came under question with the release of a study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggesting the practice results in poor outcomes for people of color.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) released data showing increased enrollment in nursing programs in 2020.
A recent study in The Journal of Nursing Administration highlighted the efficacy of a brief health care professional support program called GRACE.
As the tumultuous events of 2020 came to a close,10 nurse leaders spoke with the American Journal of Nursing about how their thoughts and expectations for the future of nursing had shifted during the past year.
Mary Beth Kingston, PhD, RN, chief nursing officer at Advocate Aurora Health in Milwaukee and immediate past president of AONL, welcomed more than 150 health care providers
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization for the Tiger Tech COVID Plus Monitor, the first machine learning-based COVID-19
The American Hospital Association (AHA) released the first poster in its People Matter, Words Matter poster series to combat behavioral health stigma in health care settings.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health instituted a virtual intensive care unit (ICU) to increase critical care capacity in the 13-hospital health system, Allegheny Health Network.