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A quality improvement project at an academic medical center increased the percentage of obstetric patients undergoing a hypertensive emergency who received evidence-based treatment within 60 minutes.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released final guidance detailing reporting requirements for the hospital respiratory data condition of participation.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding clinicians and other health care workers to take necessary steps to keep themselves and their patients’ safe during respiratory virus season.
The American Hospital Association in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation released an issue brief and webpage on mitigating targeted violence in health care settings.
WVU Medicine in Morgantown, W.V., will open a hospital-based nursing school in August 2025 to ensure a steady supply of bedside nurses for its 24 hospitals.
The ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúEmpowering Nurse Leaders to Vote webpage contains voting resources to enable nurses to learn about the top nursing issues and candidate information for each state.
ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúand Laudio released their second report on nurse manager retention.
A soon-to-be-released Food and Drug Administration guidance to address inaccurate readings of pulse oximeters for people with dark-pigmented skin is unlikely to end racial bias, researchers say.
The Health Resources and Services Administration will award nearly $19 million to 15 states to identify and implement maternal health strategies.
Babies are more likely to be born at low birth weight when a pregnant mother’s average daily heat stress rises during the first trimester, according to a study published in the Lancet Planetary Journal.