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18 Sep
Therapy Dogs Can Ease Nurses', Doctors' Stress, Too
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 18, 2024
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Therapy dogs can help boost the spirits of health care workers in the same way they brighten the moods of hospital patients, a new study shows.
The furry, four-legged friends reduced emotional exhaustion and
23 Apr
Biden Administration Sets Nursing Home Staffing Minimums
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- April 23, 2024
- Full Page
The first-ever minimum staffing rule has been set for nursing homes, the Biden administration announced Monday.
01 Mar
Staffing Shortages at Nursing Homes Continue: Report
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- March 1, 2024
- Full Page
Although the pandemic has ended, staffing shortages and employee burnout still plague U.S. nursing homes, a new government report finds.
26 Feb
Women Working in Health Care Face Burnout at Higher Rates Than Men
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 26, 2024
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Women working in health care endure significantly more stress and burnout compared to their male co-workers, a new review concludes.
Gender inequality, a poor balance between work and life and a lack of workplace autonomy all create pressure on female health care profess...
27 Nov
Long COVID Now Common in U.S. Nursing Homes
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- November 27, 2023
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Repeated COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes have had a stark and lasting impact on vulnerable older residents, a new study reports.
Long COVID has left many residents of these facilities relying more and more on staff to help them months later with basic, everyday activ...
09 Nov
Majority of Workers at America's Nursing Homes Unvaccinated Against Flu, COVID
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- November 9, 2023
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Health care workers at America's nursing homes are woefully under-vaccinated for both flu and COVID-19, threatening their own health and that of the frail elderly patients under their care, a new report finds.
Looking at 2023 data collected at nearly 14,000 nursing homes...
01 Sep
Federal Government to Regulate Staffing at Nursing Homes for First Time
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 1, 2023
- Full Page
Nursing homes will soon have to meet federal minimum staffing requirements, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Friday.
"Establishing minimum staffing standards for nursing homes will improve resident safety,"HHS Secretary
08 Aug
Nurses, Other Health Care Workers at High Risk of Drug Overdose
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- August 8, 2023
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As the United States wrestles with soaring drug overdose deaths, new research finds that nurses, social and behavioral health care workers and health care support workers are at particularly high risk.
Compared with employed adults who are not health care workers, ...
26 May
Are ERs Safe? Patients, Nurses and Doctors Say No in New Survey
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- May 26, 2023
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Emergency departments aren't perceived as safe for professionals or their patients, according to an international survey from the European Society of Emergency Medicine (EUSEM).
More than 90% of emergency professionals surveyed said they felt at times the number of patie...
14 Apr
About 100,000 U.S. Nurses Left Workforce During Pandemic
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- April 14, 2023
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During the pandemic, nearly 100,000 U.S. registered nurses called it quits, a new survey shows.
Why? A combination of stress, burnout and retirements created a perfect storm for the exodus.
Even worse, another 610,000 registered nurses (RNs) said they had an "inten...
04 Apr
Burnout Levels High Among U.S. Health Care Workers
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 4, 2023
- Full Page
Cafeteria workers. Receptionists. Pharmacists. Janitors. Administrators. Physical therapists.
Much has been made of burnout among doctors and nurses, but a new survey has found high rates of work fatigue in nearly every type of job associated with health care.
Phys...
02 Feb
How Phone Calls Could Boost Survival for Heart Failure Patients
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- February 2, 2023
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A phone call from a nurse may be the lifeline needed to help improve survival for heart failure patients.
New research from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles finds that check-in calls may help save lives.
"There's a lot of new technology an...
23 Jan
Home Drug Infusions Can Be Dangerous, But Many Home Care Staff Aren't Trained
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 23, 2023
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Intravenous (IV) lines are generally associated with medical centers -- picture a patient in a hospital bed, an IV drip-dropping needed fluids, nutrients and medicines into their arm.
01 Dec
The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- December 1, 2022
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The nationwide shortage of health care professionals -- a so-called "Great Resignation" of providers -- is impacting patient care in ways large and small, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll shows.
One in four Americans (25%) have noticed or personally experienced the i...
17 Aug
Bedsores Can Cause Serious Harm -- Are U.S. Nursing Homes Hiding Cases?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 17, 2022
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People might want to think twice before relying on federal quality ratings to help choose a nursing home for an elderly or frail relative, a new study warns.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established the Nursing Home Compare website in the 199...
15 Aug
U.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- August 15, 2022
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Staffing shortages at nursing homes across the United States are severe in disadvantaged areas where needs may be greatest, researchers say.
13 May
Nurses Key to Spotting Postpartum Depression in New Moms
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- May 13, 2022
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Nurses can be trained to detect postpartum depression in new mothers and could be crucial in spotting the condition early, researchers report.
28 Apr
Pandemic's Early Days Hit Nurses Hard: Report
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- April 28, 2022
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Frontline nurses were plagued by "moral distress" in the early days of the pandemic because they lacked the support to provide high-quality care, a new report reveals.
Between May and September 2020, researchers interviewed 100 nurses across the United States who cared f...
19 Apr
Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 19, 2022
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Placing hospitalized COVID-19 patients on their stomach is helpful if they're on a mechanical ventilator, but a new study suggests it's not a good idea for patients who are not intubated<...
18 Apr
Health Care Workers Were At Highest COVID Risk in Workplace
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- April 18, 2022
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U.S. health care workers were most likely to be infected with COVID-19 at work during the pandemic's first year, according to a new study that challenges previous research suggesting their risk was highest off the job.
07 Apr
Report Says Nursing Home Industry Needs an Overhaul
- By Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- April 7, 2022
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The nursing home industry is awash in ineffective care and staffing shortages, claims a new report that calls for sweeping changes in an industry whose failures have only been exacerbated by the pandemic.
Experts from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and ...
02 Mar
Overworked, Underpaid: Report Finds Wages Lag for U.S. Health Care Workers
- March 2, 2022
- Full Page
Though they're on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health care workers' paychecks don't always adequately reward those efforts.
Wages for health care workers actually rose less than the average across all U.S. employment sectors during the first and second...
01 Mar
Biden to Propose Overhaul of U.S. Nursing Homes
- March 1, 2022
- Full Page
Minimum staffing levels will be a main feature of a major overhaul of U.S. nursing homes that President Joe Biden is expected to announce in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night.
Staffing levels are considered a critical marker for nursing home quality, but the pa...
04 Feb
Most Vaccine-Hesitant Health Care Workers Change Their Minds, Study Shows
- Robert Preidt
- February 4, 2022
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Most health care workers at a large U.S. hospital who initially refused COVID-19 vaccines eventually went and got their shots, new research reveals.
26 Jan
Omicron Batters Already Strained U.S. Hospitals
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 26, 2022
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U.S. hospitals continue to reel from the pressure posed by the ongoing pandemic, facing critical workforce shortages and rising labor costs that amount to a "national emergency," hospital executives say.
Nearly 1,400 hospitals -- 31% of the nation's total -- are on the v...
19 Jan
Crowded Emergency Rooms Cost Lives: Study
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- January 19, 2022
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A seemingly endless wait in an emergency department can be taxing for many reasons, but new research suggests that long delays in being admitted to the hospital may even raise a patient's risk of death within the following 30 days.
Why? One possible reason: A crowded ER ...
13 Jan
Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages
- Robert Preidt
- January 13, 2022
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President Joe Biden plans to announce Thursday that a "surge" of U.S. military medical personnel will soon be deployed to hospitals struggling with staff shortages amid soaring COVID-19 cases.
More than 1,000 will begin arriving at hospitals nationwide starting next week...
10 Jan
Quality of Home Health Care Varies Between Urban, Rural Areas
- Cara Murez
- January 10, 2022
- Full Page
Need in-home health care? Know this: The quality of your care may depend on where you live.
That's the takeaway from a new study from New York University that gave agencies in urban areas high marks for keeping patients out of the hospital. It found that home health agen...
02 Dec
Pandemic Stress, Exhaustion Weigh on Health Care Workers
- Robert Preidt
- December 2, 2021
- Full Page
The pandemic is taking a toll on health care workers' sleep, which can put both their mental health and patient care at risk, researchers warn.
Their study of more than 800 New York City health care workers found that compared to those with no sleep problems, those with...
23 Nov
Biden Plan Will Spend $1.5 Billion to Boost Health Worker Supply
- Robert Preidt and Robin Foster
- November 23, 2021
- Full Page
Vice President Kamala Harris announced Monday that the Biden administration will spend $1.5 billion to tackle a health care worker shortage in underserved communities.
The money from the COVID-19 recovery program, called the American Rescue Plan, and other sources will g...
01 Nov
Guard Dogs, Panic Buttons: Nurses Under Threat From Rising Violence
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 1, 2021
- Full Page
Emergency room nurse Grace Politis was catching up on paperwork during her shift when she suddenly realized her head hurt badly. Then she blacked out.
"Later on, I found out I was hit in the head twice with a fire extinguisher by a patient," said Politis, who works at Lo...
25 Oct
Nurses Have Suicidal Thoughts More Often Than Other Workers: Study
- Robert Preidt
- October 25, 2021
- Full Page
U.S. nurses think about suicide more often than other workers do, but are less likely to tell anyone about it, new research reveals.
For the study, the researchers analyzed the responses of more than 7,000 nurses and nearly 5,200 other general workforce members who took ...
15 Oct
Biden Administration to Invest $100 Million to Ease Health Worker Shortage
- Robert Preidt and Robin Foster
- October 15, 2021
- Full Page
The National Health Service Corps will receive $100 million to help tackle the U.S. health care worker shortage, the White House announced Thursday.
That's a five-fold increase in funding from previous years for a program that helps find primary care doctors for communit...
15 Oct
Despite Pressures of Pandemic, U.S. Nursing School Enrollment Climbs
- Robert Preidt and Robin Foster
- October 15, 2021
- Full Page
Even as large numbers of U.S. nurses leave their jobs due to the stress of the pandemic, there's been a big uptick in applications to nursing schools, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing says.
Enrollment in bachelor's, master's and doctoral nursing programs i...
14 Sep
Most Older Americans Believe Health Care Workers Should Be Vaccinated: Poll
- Steven Reinberg
- September 14, 2021
- Full Page
Eight in 10 older Americans think health care workers should be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a new poll.
Among 50- to 80-year-olds, 61% of respondents said the vaccine should be required for all health care workers. Another 19% said vaccination should probab...
11 Aug
Americans Have High Trust in Health Care Providers: Poll
- Robin Foster and Robert Preidt
- August 11, 2021
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News ) -- Doctors, nurses and pharmacists are highly trusted by most Americans, a new survey shows.
Those health professionals do what's right either most or all of the time, said at least seven in 10 respondents in the poll from the U...