What are your day-to-day tasks? You’ve got basic patient care, making sure they are washed, their nutritional needs are met and that they are hydrated. You check the patient’s observations – this includes their blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, temperature and some people may need their blood sugar checked. […]
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At NYU Meyers, the first-year students who were accepted came despite the pandemic, Clarke said. “There’s been some wonderful positive attention on frontline nurses and physicians,” he said. Additionally, many individuals have been displaced from jobs in other industries, he said. Historically, health care has been a stable field. But […]
Sarah Bush Lincoln has joined more than 2,700 healthcare facilities by becoming a DAISY Award hospital partner. During the award presentation, Albert received a certificate, a DAISY Award pin and a unique, hand-carved serpentine stone sculpture from Zimbabwe, entitled, “A Healer’s Touch.” The DAISY Award was established in memory of […]
By Hilary BrownUniversity of Kentucky When your child is in the hospital, it can be a harrowing, life-changing experience. You learn not to take the days for granted and your child’s care team becomes family. For Jennifer Brinegar, the doctors, nurses and staff at Kentucky Children’s Hospital had such an […]
A Union City man pleaded guilty to a head-on collision on Paterson Plank Road that claimed the life of Adriana Riano, a 32-year-old nurse from North Bergen. Jonathan Guananga, 27, faces eight years in state prison after pleading guilty to one count of second-degree death by auto and one count […]
SASKATOON — Saskatchewan’s highest court has overruled a disciplinary decision and a $26,000 fine levied against a nurse who criticized her grandfather’s care on Facebook. © Provided by The Canadian Press The Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association had made a finding of professional misconduct against Carolyn Strom, a registered nurse from […]
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A nurse was fatally struck by a motorcyclist in Brooklyn while riding her bicycle home from an overnight shift over. the. weekend, officials said. © Provided by WINS Radio New York Clara Kang According to. police, 31-year-old Clara Kang was cycling east on 56th Street […]
A cyclist who was fatally struck by a motorbike rider in Brooklyn on Saturday has been identified as a nurse who was heading home from work at a nearby hospital, according to cops and a friend. Clara Kang, 31 — who had just left work at NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn […]
SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — A nurse at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn was fatally hit by a motorcycle while she was one her way home from an overnight shift on Saturday, according to police and reports. Clara Kang, 31, was cycling on 56th Street around 7:40 a.m. when a motorcycle riding on […]
A critical care nurse who lost her grandmother to Covid-19 is urging others to follow the guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus. Leisa Jones, who works on Ysbyty Gwynedd’s Intensive Care Unit, has seen first-hand the impact the virus can have on patients and their families. Sadly Leisa […]
New Brunswick is facing a shortage of doctors and nurses, with approximately 40,000 people in the province not having access to a primary care provider. The Nurse Practitioners of New Brunswick believe their members could help fill that gap — but need the provincial government to allow them to offer […]
In a heartwarming act of gratitude, tennis superstar Roger Federer has thanked an Australian healthcare worker in a surprise Zoom call. Melbourne-based critical care nurse Helen Richards has been combating the Victorian coronavirus outbreak at Monash Health Hospital. Richards was preparing for a work-related teleconference this week when the Swiss […]
DENVER (KDVR) – In Denver, there have been 100 more thefts from vehicles per month in 2020 than last year. Research shows that just in the the last three months, Denver has produced half as many thefts from vehicles as all of last year. The spike began at the start of the […]
Jana Bailey, Opinion contributor Published 6:19 a.m. ET Sept. 14, 2020 No one is a stranger to the crippling effects of COVID-19. And as hospitals around the country continue to deal with this pandemic, many nurse anesthetists like myself are on the frontlines, providing care for the surge of critically […]
The need for nurses is projected to grow in upcoming years, even after the surge in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. It could be a wise decision for aspiring nurses to highlight and refine certain skills to ensure they can successfully land the positions they want. Business Insider spoke […]
A critical care nurse who spent almost two weeks in the intensive care unit she runs and four months off work because of her Covid-19 diagnosis has now recovered enough to return to the frontline. Sue Snelson, a critical care outreach nurse specialist, was in Scunthorpe General Hospital’s intensive care […]
Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic image captionSue Snelson said she was determined she was going to return to nursing A nurse who battled coronavirus on the intensive care ward she managed for 20 years has returned to the front line four months after having the disease. Sue Snelson, a critical care […]
Matthew Bailen is a critical care educator at Mercy Hospital as well as as an experienced marathon runner. BUFFALO, N.Y. — At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, people across Western New York found a number of ways to show their support for the healthcare workers. Now there’s another opportunity […]
Cleaning has become a profession critical during the COVID-19 pandemic. Former Durham nurse assistant launches cleaning business, hires those left unemployed by COVID-19 pandemic Click to expand UP NEXT Around 1.7 million people in the U.S. are janitors, according to Brookings. ABC11 met a Durham woman who left her […]
Oscar Sánchez never imagined when he first arrived in Boston from his native Dominican Republic in 2004 as an international student to learn English that he would end up years later in one of the country’s largest and most prestigious hospitals — on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. […]