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UPMC Magee ICU Nurses Injured in Patient Attack Amid Union Safety Fight
Three nurses were involved in a violent patient encounter in the intensive care unit at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh…
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We Asked 600 Nurses Their Worst Patient Ratio Ever. Their Answers Are Wild.
Nurse-to-patient ratios have been debated in hospital boardrooms, state legislatures, and nursing school classrooms for decades. But the raw reality…
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Trapped in a Blizzard With a Dying Patient: Flight Nurse Claire Barnett’s Survival Story
When Claire Barnett first stepped into a helicopter as a new flight nurse, she knew the risks. What she didn’t…
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Hospital Fires Staff After Allegations of Sharing Patient Photos and Using AI to Mock Them
A Florida state investigation into an alleged Jay Hospital patient privacy breach documented allegations that hospital staff photographed vulnerable patients, shared…
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Every Extra Patient Raises Death Risk by 8%: Penn Study Fuels PA Staffing Fight
Pennsylvania hospital patients are more likely to die when their nurse is stretched too thin, and a sweeping new study…
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Patient Beats Nurse with Cell Phone, Leaves Them Concussed—Felony Charges Filed
A 28-year-old man is facing a felony charge after he allegedly put a nurse in a headlock and beat them…
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Patient Dies in Telehealth ICU With No Doctors Present—Only on Video, Family Lawsuit Says
A wrongful death lawsuit alleges that a 26-year-old dental student died in a Connecticut ICU that had no on-site doctors, relying…
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Nurse Builds AI Patient Advocacy App Inspired By Her Own Misdiagnosed Brain Condition
“HEARD is deeply rooted in my own experience,” founder Rachell Dumas says. “I had a neurological condition that was initially…
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Cedars-Sinai Study Finds ICU Nurses + Barcode Scanners Help Prevent Potential Patient Harm
A new study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety (JQPS) finds that bedside nurses, often…
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Nurse Stabbed in Chest by Elderly Patient at TX Hospital, Suspect Facing Felony Charges
A nurse at CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas was stabbed in the chest by an 85-year-old patient early Tuesday…
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