For registered nurse Kimberly Hiatt, the horror began last Sept. 14, the moment she realized she’d overdosed a fragile baby with 10 times too much medication. Stunned, she told nearby staff at the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Seattle Children’s Hospital what had happened. “It was in the line of, ‘Oh my God, I have [...]
Despite having to grab $49 million from reserves and make a multitude of cuts to help it eliminate an $82 million budget deficit, San Mateo County plans to give raises to its nurses this fiscal year and to sheriff’s sergeants later. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors is scheduled to consider approving new labor contracts [...]
NEW YORK — A network of fake nursing schools defrauded mostly Caribbean immigrants out of thousands of dollars and rewarded them with bogus certifications, New York’s attorney general said Thursday. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said the five schools in Brooklyn, Queens and on Long Island ripped off students for a total of $6 million. [...]
Closing the RN Engagement Gap: Which Drivers of Engagement Matter? Rivera RR, Fitzpatrick JJ, Boyle SM J Nurs Admin. 2011;41:265-272 Study Summary Background. It is well recognized that engaged employees are a benefit to their organizations, yet these employees appear to be in the minority. Studies of registered nurses’ levels of engagement, including the factors [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 14 – Epinephrine is a standard component of resuscitation for cardiac arrest, but in a controversial study from Australia it did little to increase patients’ survival. Researchers did find, however, that patients who received epinephrine were more likely to have pre-hospital return of spontaneous circulation, a result the researchers say [...]
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