Category: Nursing

Nurses vs. AI: What happens when nurses disagree with the AI's assessment

As artificial intelligence becomes more integrated into hospitals and patient care, questions arise as to when and how often nurses can override the algorithm and if disciplinary action should be given for wrong decisions, The Wall Street Journal repor…

Nurse residency program doubles-down on ED training

Training for the first cohort of Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare’s nurse residency program is underway at seven of its hospitals. The system adopted the program with an aim to improve retention of new nurses and better equip them for the demands of emerge…

AACN revises guidance for acute care nurses

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. 

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…