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Ideal Nursing Homes: Individual Rooms, Better Staffing, More Accountability

5:01am May 21, 2020

by Ina Jaffe

Nursing home experts say priorities need to change, emphasizing quality of life over profits. The stunning COVID-19 death toll brings scrutiny to an industry that many believe is due for an overhaul.

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Retired nurse Ruth Owens, left, told her grandson James Taylor why being a nurse "is the most rewarding profession," at their StoryCorps recording in April 2019, in Cookeville, Tenn.

93-Year-Old Retired Nurse: 'It Takes A Special Person' To Go Into The Profession

8:43am March 20, 2020

Ruth Owens worked for four decades as a nurse in Tennessee, inspiring family to go into the profession. "I love people, and I love to help them — physically, mentally, spiritually," Owens said.

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Frontier Airlines jetliners sit at gates on the A concourse at Denver International Airport. Lawsuits filed on Tuesday accuse the airline of discriminating against pregnant and nursing women.

Flight Attendants, Pilots Say Frontier Discriminated Against New Moms

5:59pm December 10, 2019

by Sarah McCammon

In a pair of lawsuits filed in federal court, a group of pilots and flight attendants says Frontier Airlines failed to accommodate the needs of pregnant and nursing women.

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Health & Safety

Greensboro Project Aims To Improve Nurse Workload And Patient Experience

4:12pm July 10, 2019

by Bethany Chafin

A project in Greensboro has just received a grant to change the way nurses work and patients receive care.

RaDonda Vaught appears at a court hearing with her attorney, Peter Strianse, in February. Vaught, a former nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was charged with reckless homicide after a medication error killed a patient.

Health & Safety

When A Nurse Is Prosecuted For A Fatal Medical Mistake, Does It Make Medicine Safer?

11:50am April 10, 2019

by Mara Gordon

A nurse was charged with reckless homicide and abuse after mistakenly giving a patient a fatal dose of the wrong medicine. Patient safety experts say this may actually make hospitals less safe.

Belmont University's nursing program started hiring actors like Vickie James to help with their end-of-life simulations for students.

Health & Safety

Morphine, And A Side Of Grief Counseling: Nursing Students Learn How To Handle Death

12:23pm January 19, 2019

by Blake Farmer

Research has found that university curriculum often goes light on one of life's universal experiences — dying. So some colleges have gone to new lengths to make the training more meaningful.

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Science

Playing The Gender Card: Overlooking And Overthrowing Sexist Stereotypes

5:59pm January 17, 2019

This week on the Hidden Brain radio show, we tell the stories of two people who defy gender stereotypes in their jobs.

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While Baby Duke Brothers stayed in the NICU, his parents could watch over him via web cam.

Health & Safety

Cameras On Preemies Let In Families, Keep Germs Out

5:02am May 28, 2018

by Blake Farmer

Some hospitals are putting cameras in their neonatal intensive care units to reduce the number of people — and germs — from entering. But some NICU staff may not want to be watched around the clock.

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Education

UNCG Is First In The World To Use New Birthing Simulator

11:50am July 20, 2017

by Associated Press

The University of North Carolina-Greensboro's nursing school has unveiled its new high-tech, full-body childbirth simulator.

Turning to poetry, a trauma nurse explores the idea of compassion fatigue in a semi-autobiographical poem.

A Trauma Nurse Reflects On 'Compassion Fatigue'

5:10pm April 30, 2017

by Meredith Rizzo

Years of treating grievously injured people starts to wear on a person, a trauma nurse in Minneapolis says. She explores "compassion fatigue" in a semi-autobiographical poem.