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The United States is experiencing a resurgence in influenza, with the flu hospitalization rate at this early time in the season the highest in a decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
When providers and staff were asked to rate their unit/work area on patient safety, 67% considered their unit/work area “excellent” or “very good”, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s 2022 Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture.
In an American Hospital Association podcast, a manager at Children’s Minnesota in Minneapolis/St. Paul discusses how its Community Connect program uses check-ups at primary care clinics to identify unmet health-related social needs.
The DAISY Foundation opened applications last week for several grant opportunities.
As violence against health workers increases, Mass General Brigham Hospital implemented a patient code of conduct to curb abuse from patients and visitors.
Sandra Lindsay, MBA, RN, the first American to receive vaccination against COVID-19, recently became vice president of public health advocacy at Northwell Health.
Salaries for travel nurses are falling, according to a Nurse.com article.
The Nomination Consortium invites nursing leaders to apply for two federal committee leadership opportunities.
The American Hospital Association voiced support for the Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act (H.R. 7744).
To bolster new nurses at the bedside, Ochsner Medical Center in Kenner, La., started a virtual nurse program for its medical/surgical and telemetry units.