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Health care organizations should make significant technology investments to support safe and effective nurse staffing, and to build nurse confidence regarding staffing, according to a Nurse Leader article.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week announced the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience model to improve the quality of life for people living with dementia, enabling them to stay in their homes and reducing the strain on unpaid caregivers.
The National Institutes of Health this week opened enrollment for clinical trials to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of at least four potential treatments for long COVID in adults.
The American Hospital Association’s Rebuilding Health explores how hospitals and health systems have helped to build healthier communities and reimagine health care delivery after the pandemic.
A Joint Commission study identified characteristics associated with greater staff adherence to a standardized protocol during patient handoffs from the operating room to the intensive care unit.
Leaders should implement strategies to increase nurse engagement in quality improvement to attain high-quality outcomes, a study found.
Nurses should be involved in developing and testing any artificial intelligence used in the nursing process, according to a commentary published in July in Nursing Inquiry.
Integrating a therapy dog into the classroom improves mental health support for nursing students, according to a study from the St. Louis University Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing.
More than 5.6 million women live in counties with no or limited access to maternity care services, according to research from the March of Dimes.
The Nursing Community Coalition this week thanked Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., for introducing the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2023 (H.R. 3305/S. 1606).