A Trauma Nurse Reflects On 'Compassion Fatigue'
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.
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NC Weighs Community Colleges Offering Four-Year Nursing Degrees
North Carolina is considering allowing it's network of two-year community colleges to offer four-year nursing degrees in an effort to counteract a chronic shortage of nurses.
Suing A Nursing Home Could Get Easier Under Proposed Federal Rules
Many families must sign a binding arbitration agreement when a loved one is admitted to a nursing home, pledging not to sue if something goes wrong. Proposed rules would ban that requirement.
A Nurse Reflects On The Privilege Of Caring For Dying Patients
Palliative care nurse Theresa Brown provides in-home, end-of-life care to patients. "It's incredible the love that people evoke" at the end of their lives, she says. Brown's new book is The Shift.
OSHA Launches Program To Protect Nursing Employees
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will begin enforcing safe patient handling practices to prevent hospital workers from suffering debilitating injuries.
Teaching Nurses How To Speak Up — And Speak Gently
In all parts of the world, nurses deliver most of a patient's care — especially in countries with limited medical resources. But who will train these nurses? Partners in Health has a plan.