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SPOTLIGHT: Nurses spend one-fourth of shift bogged down with paperwork
Roughly three-fourths of nurses spend at least three hours of a 12-hour shift focusing on tasks such as redundant paperwork, entering and reviewing orders, and walking to equipment or supply areas... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Hospital fires 21 staffers for missing work due to a blizzard
A total of 21 employees at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. --15 nurses and six supporting staff--lost their jobs after failing to arrive at work during a blizzard last month that... Read more...
Nurses in ICUs get worse sleep, may make more errors
A group of U.S. researchers have concluded that nurses working in ICUs frequently get less regular sleep than their counterparts in other units, possibly leading to higher medical error rates. Using... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Nurses use art to brighten up rooms
What do you do when hospital rooms turn gloomy? In the case of nurses Mary Cohn and Annette Bargmann, the answer was brightening up windows with attractive paintings made by their own hands. Article... Read more...
Schwarzenegger vows tougher regulation of misconduct among health pros
Admitting that the state's system has been prone to long-standing delays, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vowed to reform professional disciplinary systems to keep better watch over medical... Read more...
Web 2.0 increasingly included in medical, nursing curriculum
Maybe you're not big on using social networks, but it seems that next-generation nurses and doctors likely will be. A new study by the Journal of the Medical Library Association concludes that a... Read more...
Institute of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson examine role of nurses in health reform
As health reform efforts steam forward, what role should nurses play in remaking the health system? It's about time that someone asked this question, and the Institute of Medicine has come together... Read more...
PA bans mandatory nurse overtime
Until recently, nurses in Pennsylvania could be required to work "mandatory overtime," a practice that added additional hours to long shifts and--nurses argued--endangered patient care by forcing... Read more...
Bullying in the hospital workplace
Hospital Impact's Nick Jacobs discusses the issues associated with bullying in the hospital workplace. "With 20-plus years in healthcare executive management, I've seen all levels of this practice,... Read more...
Case study: Beth Israel Deaconess uses 'tag' game to boost hand washing
Seeing to it that nurses, doctors, techs and attending physicians all wash their hands is a monumental task. Often, sanctions against those who violate hand washing rules aren't effective, as busy... Read more...
