Hospitals / Health Systems

There are 140 million+ Yelp reviews, with 8.4 million related to healthcare. Some are positive and others negative, but a new study found that certain words were common to both types of reviews.

With the pandemic still going on, it’s impossible to get a forest-level view of all the ways Covid-19 has impacted healthcare and nursing in particular.

Accidental opioid overdose due to secondary exposure has become an alarming phenomenon occurring among individuals who are often not even aware that they have come into contact with these agents.

As we honor National Nurse Practitioner Week, policymakers and stakeholders must acknowledge the urgency of granting full practice authority to nurse practitioners nationwide.

Every level of person in relation to a patient is in some way affected by the care that hospitals and nurses provide.

New research takes a stab at answering this perennial question.

What to do, and not do, when treating a burn patient. Plus, professional development opportunities to build your burn care knowledge, including the upcoming burn nursing specialty certification

Employment in the healthcare and social assistance sector will account for one-third of all new jobs in the US in 2026.

This comprehensive grading system for hospital safety found that patients at facilities with a D or F mark were 92% more likely to die of an avoidable error than those at A-ranked hospitals.

Here's how one health system tracked and offered support to Covid-19 patients who didn't require hospitalization.

Mix medical alarms with vomiting, coughing, telephones and blaring intercoms and you’ve got a sonic torture chamber, AKA a hospital.

Wearing your hair long can place your patients at risk. Here are the ways.

This multi-year undertaking called Project Joy has allowed nurses at the UCHealth system to spend more time at the bedside than they’d done in a year.

How can we understand nurses’ global reach? What is the global impact of nursing? Follow along as we unpack the historical usage of the word reach and its application to nursing.

Looking at nursing representation in the 118th Congress, the number of representatives identified as nurses is small – two in the House of Representatives, and a nurse has never served in the Senate

Hospitals need to promote occupational safety but doing so involves the cooperation of all the healthcare professionals on staff. But a new study suggests doctors and nurses don’t always see eye-to-ey

Medscape’s annual survey of the yearly compensation of registered nurses reveals that their full-time earnings don’t reflect what one would expect with the steadily growing job market.

Physician assistants (PAs) work in a wide range of healthcare settings, but the best paying jobs appear to be in hospitals, according to a new report.

The study tested the feature for cardiology patients, but it could benefit prescribers in a wide range of specialities.

N-95 face masks are the gold standard, but what protections do surgical and procedure masks offer against particles that could carry virus?

We like to think that our hospitals provide just about anything a patient might need. But in reality, malnutrition is an incredibly common problem in hospitals

Nurses of SEIU 121RN rally for enforcement of safe patient staffing ratios. These nurses call on CDPH to penalize offenders for violating safe ratios.

Primary and outpatient settings provide the bulk of health care — but do they account for the bulk of errors?

Outbreaks of Acinetobacter baumannii typically occur in intensive care units and healthcare settings with very ill patients. A new study has unlocked a key step in how one Acinetobacter bacterium is

Lately, PAs and NPs have been regularly ranked among the best jobs in the country — and it looks like it’s starting to catch on!

And why burnout is never just your fault…

With the increased need for excellent nurses across the country due to the coronavirus epidemic, not having to worry about insurance coverage is a huge relief for any travel nurse.

TNB's Advisory Board member, Fred Neis, reflects on the four Emory Nurses that lost their jobs after sharing their 'icks' on TikTok.

As nurses, we share a common thread of being required to work on the holidays

Is there really such a thing as a “mid-level provider”?

Think you’re too busy for evidence-based practice? Think again! EBP can actually save time by helping you focus on procedures that are proven to work.

I entered into the clinical field under unusual circumstances.

If you’re tired of all the depressing bad news lately in the healthcare sphere, we actually have some positive news for you today!

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that one in three patients who die in the hospital has sepsis.

Preparing for success is an excellent method to alleviate anxiety. When you start working, you’ll quickly realize that structure is crucial. Let’s talk about five things every new nurse needs to know.

Many healthcare employees have little to no education about workplace violence, from strategies to avoid it to how to report if it does happen.

Nurse bullying will only truly disappear when every single nurse makes an effort to eliminate it.

Helping mold the future of your profession might make you feel warm and fuzzy — but precepting can have financial and professional perks, too…

Simple steps such as chart review, open body language and reading emotional cues can help foster a better connection.

To stop the current measles outbreak, educating people about vaccine safety is crucial—and nurses and PAs have a unique platform to do so.

How do you know if you have what they want?

The last remaining group of people waiting for COVID vaccine eligibility is those under 5 years old, and the moment may finally have arrived.

Patients in the U.S. pay more per capita than any other industrialized nation in the world for prescriptions.

Even though it’s common knowledge that a person’s race influences their health — from the rates of certain types to cancer to social determinants — many providers prefer to avoid talking about it.

Systemic diseases often have a wide range of cutaneous manifestations. Here are 5 major systemic diseases where the first signs of disease appear on the skin.

As wearable health tech explodes in the market, questions remain about its accuracy and safety. Here’s what to tell patients.

A misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis is behind one-third of the malpractice cases that end in permanent disability or death.

RRTs that foster relationships with bedside nurses tend to be more effective. Learn about a few other strategies that can improve RRT success rates.

High stress, break room snacks, and limited time and energy to exercise are just some of the occupational (heart) hazards that HCPs face.

As millennials gain more and more power over the healthcare system, the way services have been provided will change. Consumer-centric models are inevitable.

Even though patients are the ones who ultimately download the app, some healthcare providers feel a responsibility to educate them about the risks.

These problems prevent both individual PAs from advancing their careers and limit the growth of the profession as a whole.

Here are a myriad of factors contribute to and drive nursing development and responsiveness to pandemics.

Emergency departments are under more pressure than ever to provide specialized care, but doing so can seem daunting. Here, 3 cost-effective ways to boost your quality of care.