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Category: Nurses

Coronavirus, Healthcare Providers, Nurses

Nearly half of healthcare workers have considered leaving their jobs due to their pandemic experience, UW survey finds

December 17, 2021

Fifty-nine percent of nurses said that their experiences working during the COVID-19 pandemic had somewhat or significantly reduced their likelihood of remaining in their current field.

Healthcare Providers, Nurses

Nurses in Crisis Over Covid Dig In for Better Work Conditions

December 16, 2021

Union membership among U.S. nurses has inched up over the past 15 years and held steady, at about 17%, for five years. But 2021, a year of union organizing and holdouts in such disparate workplaces as Starbucks cafes and John Deere tractor plants, might well be a turning point for essential workers in health care.

Hospitals, Nurses

With Too Few Nurses, It Won’t Take Much to Overwhelm Hospitals This Winter

December 10, 2021

Hospitals nationwide are canceling nonemergency surgeries, struggling to quickly find beds for patients and failing to meet the minimum nurse-patient ratios experts recommend.

Child Health, Nurses

School Nurse Deficit Deepens as States Seek Relief

November 1, 2021

Since school doors opened this fall, school nurses have been working nonstop on COVID-19 contact tracing and quarantines.

Coronavirus, Healthcare Providers, Nurses, Public Health, Vaccines

Half of unvaccinated workers say they’d rather quit than get a shot – but real-world data suggest few are following through

September 27, 2021

But while it is easy and cost-free to tell a pollster you’ll quit your job, actually doing so when it means losing a paycheck you and your family may depend upon is another matter.

Hospitals, Nurses, Rural Health, Rural Hospitals

Rural Hospitals Can’t Find the Nurses They Need to Fight COVID

September 1, 2021

Across the country, thousands of hospitals are overwhelmed with critically ill patients, prompting many overburdened nurses to change careers or retire early. The shortages are particularly dire in rural areas, rural health experts say, because of the aging workforce and population, smaller salaries and intense workload.

Doctors, Healthcare Providers, Hospitals, Nurses

Court ruling may embolden healthcare workers to call out safety issues

July 12, 2021

Decision could mean that hospitals and other employers will need to revise their policies barring workers from talking to the news media and posting on social media.

Electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19
Coronavirus, Healthcare Providers, Nurses

More Than 3,600 US Health Workers Died in Covid’s First Year

April 8, 2021

Nurses and support staff members died in far higher numbers than physicians.

Doctors, Mental Health, Nurses

‘Why Do I Put My Life on the Line?’ Pandemic Trauma Haunts Health Workers.

March 15, 2021

Health care workers across the country say they feel underappreciated by their employers and disillusioned with the medical profession.

Coronavirus, Medical Education, Nurses

‘I Wanted to Go in There and Help’: Nursing Schools See Enrollment Bump Amid Pandemic

February 18, 2021

Enrollment in baccalaureate nursing programs increased nearly 6%.

Lieutenant (junior grade) Natasha McClinton, a surgical nurse, prepares a patient for a procedure in the intensive care unit aboard the U.S. the hospital ship USNS Comfort. The ship cares for critical and non critical patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with Javits New York Medical Station as an integrated system to relieve the New York City medical system, in support of U.S. Northern Command's Defense Support of Civil Authorities as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Healthcare Providers, Hospitals, Nurses

As Hospitals Fill With COVID Patients, Medical Reinforcements Are Hard to Find

December 3, 2020

The typical workaround for staffing shortages — hiring clinicians from out of town — isn’t the solution anymore

Doctors, Healthcare Providers, Nurses, VA

Health care workers wanted: A veteran needs you to work at a VA hospital

November 11, 2020

Huge vacancies in VA medical centers means that veterans are not getting the health care they need.

Coronavirus, Hospitals, Nurses, Nursing Homes

Hospitals, Nursing Homes Fail to Separate COVID Patients, Putting Others at Risk

September 14, 2020

Dozens of nursing homes and hospitals ignored official guidelines to separate COVID patients, as a result staff became infected and some died.

Electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19
Animal Health, Doctors, Nurses

Health Care Workers of Color Nearly Twice as Likely as Whites to Get COVID-19

August 6, 2020

Health care workers of color were more likely to care for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, more likely to report using inadequate protective gear,

Coronavirus, Doctors, Healthcare Providers, Hospitals, Nurses

Widely Used Surgical Masks Are Putting Health Care Workers At Serious Risk

April 28, 2020

The CDC recently said lower-grade surgical masks are “an acceptable alternative” to N95 masks, but critics say their use is almost certainly fueling illness among front-line health workers.

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