While the nursing shortage has been a glaring problem nationwide for the last few years, the nursing faculty shortage may be an even bigger issue. Nearly 50,000 qualified applicants were denied ...

As I read Amy Jastrzebski’s recent guest column about specialty nursing shortages (“NJ oncology nurse: ‘We’re gambling with people’s lives’ ”),I felt empathy as well as outrage. Being an oncology ...

New strategies are needed to provide safe and supportive options for when nursing home residents with serious mental illness are eventually discharged back into the community, new research finds.

Assuming that infusion nursing, as a profession, is founded on specialized knowledge, and that specialized knowledge is the basis of evidence-based practice, then infusion nursing is founded on ...

Newly released guidance is helping long-term care providers gain clarity on enhanced barrier precautions that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued earlier this year. A collaboration ...

As AI and virtual nursing become industry standards, CNOs must develop strategies to overcome obstacles and ensure the sustainability of the technology. In the latest edition of HealthLeaders' The ...

More than 50% of nursing home residents may be colonized with multidrug-resistant organisms, CDC says. Nursing home residents are at increased risk of developing infection with multidrug-resistant ...

The 2018 Florida Legislature made it much more difficult for Florida families and caregivers of frail elders and younger people with catastrophic disabilities who are facing long-term care decisions.

The updated guidelines include additional rationale for the use of enhanced barrier precautions and an expansion of residents that the guidelines are applicable to. Any resident with an “indwelling ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Many nursing homes around Rochester still haven’t been able to welcome visitors back. When the state announced new guidelines, many hoped visitation would go back to normal.

Although vascular access is one of the most common invasive procedures performed in US healthcare, the science is lacking to support many aspects of infusion therapy. Nurses specializing in infusion ...