By: Erica Carbajal Becker’s Hospital Review 40% of nurses eye exit by 2029: 5 findings from NCSBN’s new workforce report While the post-pandemic nursing workforce is showing signs of stabilizing, high levels of burnout, stress and dissatisfaction continue to threaten long-term workforce stability, according to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s biennial 2024 […]
— The notion isn’t new, but is “coalescing, now, around this phrase” by Jennifer Henderson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today The “medical freedom” movement that has gained traction in the U.S. since the COVID-19 pandemic could continue to push public health statistics in a troubling direction, experts told MedPage Today. They were in part
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Mariah Taylor (Email) – Becker’s Clinical Leadership A third of healthcare workers reported symptoms of PTSD related to the pandemic, but nurse aides and other lower-paid healthcare workers said they have been unable to get help for their conditions, KFF Health News reported Sept. 25. 1. COVID-19 killed more than 3,600 healthcare workers in the
Erica Carbajal – Becker’s Clinical Leadership A newly published review suggests even those in the healthcare industry find it difficult to access care for long COVID symptoms, and that in some cases, they do not believe physicians took their concerns seriously. Researchers conducted a rapid systematic review of 30 studies from December 2019 to December
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Reviewed by Megan Craig, M.Sc. Sep 25, 2023 Overly broad definitions, a lack of appropriate, or any, comparison groups, among other things, in studies looking at the incidence, prevalence, and control of the condition epidemiology have distorted the risks, say the researchers. This is further compounded by inclusion of poorly conducted studies into systematic reviews
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Erica Carbajal Concern is mounting among healthcare workers over draft CDC infection control guidance that puts surgical masks on par with N95 masks. Nurses and other clinicians are urging the advisory committee to reconsider the proposals to prevent “disastrous” effects on patient and healthcare worker safety, KFF News reported Sept. 16. The advisory committee released
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News Published: June 8, 2023 Original story from The University of Queensland Researchers at The University of Queensland have discovered viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 can cause brain cells to fuse, initiating malfunctions that lead to chronic neurological symptoms. Professor Massimo Hilliard and Dr Ramon Martinez-Marmol from the Queensland Brain Institute have explored how viruses alter
Joshua Fitch, Editor Recent data revealed a 110% increase in speech disorder diagnoses for children aged 0 to 12 years in 2022, compared to the pre-pandemic era. Pediatric speech disorders for children aged 0 to 12 years more than doubled amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with infants aged 0 to 2 years most affected, according to
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Tucked inside the Food and Drug Administration’s analyses of Moderna and Pfizer’s vaccines was a pleasant discovery: A single injection of either of the two-dose vaccines appears to provide strong protection against the coronavirus. With supplies of the vaccines limited — and hundreds of millions of people waiting for inoculation — this leaves epidemiologists grappling with a complicated question. Should
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