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Research Supports Improving Nurse-to-Patient Ratios
Patricia Pittman, PhD, Director of Health Workforce Research Center at George Washington University, discusses the research behind improving nurse-to-patient staffing ratioson KUOW radio station. Transcript here. ************************************* A healthcare researcher weighs in on the nurse-to-patient ratio debate KUOW is the Puget Sound region’s #1 radio station for news. Our independent, nonprofit newsroom produces award-winning stories, Read more
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Life Review?
Yesterday, I sat on the floor of my office skimming through one of my journals. The other 19 5-subject wide ruled notebooks with 200 sheets lay scattered on the floor around me. Okay, a couple were only 3-subject notebooks. The notebook on my lap spanned from May 2002 to May 2004. I had randomly pulled Read more
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The root cause of the nursing “shortage” is hospital greed
An essay in the Opinion Today section of the New York Times stated that the real cause of the nursing shortage is hospital greed. It’s a bleed (nursing shortage) that began many years ago. The root cause? Hospital greed. It is the result of decades of mismanagement in a money—driven hospital system that prioritizes profit Read more
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What does 2022 hold for Nursing?
The nursing profession has been riding a roller coaster these past two years as we lived with the pandemic. In the beginning: The World Health Organization designated 2020 the Year of the Nurse and Midwife spotlighting the profession internationally Nurses were applauded by New Yorkers who stood on their balconies or hung out the windows Read more
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