The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses announced revisions to its scope and standards guide for acute care clinical nurse specialists, according to a June 13 news release.
Category: Nursing
Nurses at Ascension Providence Hospital praised for saving life of co-worker
Nurses at Ascension Providence Hospital in Detroit performed CPR on a fellow nurse for more than 48 minutes after she passed out during a shift in April, WDIV-TV reported June 1.
Surviving the chaos: an inspiring journey of health care heroes
Calling all health care personnel: EMTs, paramedics, nurses, CNAs, respiratory therapists, police, firefighters. All of you. You’ve been cursed at, spat upon, hit, and scratched by fingernails. You never got that 30-minute break during those 12 l…
94% of health execs say nurse shortage is 'critical'
Among 100 health system senior executives, 94 said the nursing shortage is critical, and 68 percent said they do not have enough staff for another large-scale health crisis.
How Lurie Children's improved compassion satisfaction in the PICU
Compassion satisfaction scores improved significantly after the implementation of a tailored process to debrief critical patient events within a pediatric intensive care unit at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
Stop 'delaying access to healthcare,' pass ICAN Act now, nursing groups urge Congress
Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice nurses around the country — represented by more than 200 national, state and local nursing organizations — are making sure Congress hears their collective voices loud and clear. The American Association o…
What nurses of color want white nurses to know: 'We don't trust you and we don't have to'
Can you imagine going to work every day, determined to be your very best for your patients, knowing that you will likely encounter a patient — or colleague — who makes you feel like you don’t belong, like you are an unwanted outsider whose nursing expe…
U of Minnesota to develop framework for AI in nursing
A steering committee at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing in Minneapolis has been formed to explore the use of artificial intelligence in nursing and develop recommendations for its use in the profession, the university announced June 9.&nb…
Michigan nursing school boasts 100% NCLEX pass rate
National Council Licensure Exam pass rates have been steadily falling in recent years but one nursing school in Ohio is bucking the trend, according to The Weirton Daily Times.
Do nurses of color feel excluded in hospitals? 'Yes. Every. Single. Day.'
Nurses of color are exhausted by the racist behavior they see and experience in hospitals, and they are not surprised that diversity, equity and inclusion programs being instituted in health systems across the country are not making a dent in the probl…
