While mannequins are used to model clothing, these manikins are models of the human body used to train medical professionals. Also known as “high-fidelity medical simulators,” they can cry, sweat, ...

Postdischarge adverse drug event risk is amplified by frequent medication changes, formulary substitutions, and insurance coverage gaps, with wide variability in published incidence estimates and ...

The Federal University of Agriculture (FUTA) Teaching Hospital, Akure, Ondo State, plans to establish a special support fund to assist indigent patients. The initiative is designed to support ...

Hospitalization reliably adds medications. Acute illness demands aggressive management, and each clinical turn — a fever, sleepless night, or drop in blood pressure — often prompts another order. Many ...

Horizon Health Network’s CEO is calling for “urgent systemic change,” saying the number of people in hospitals waiting for nursing home beds is at a “crisis point.” Margaret Melanson painted a bleak ...

A hospital patient who stabbed a nurse three times with a pair of scissors has been jailed for 28 years. Romon Haque, 38, stabbed 57-year-old Acheema Cherian in the head, neck and wrist at the Royal ...

A renewed focus on core nursing practices at Ascension St. Vincent’s Clay County in Middleburg, Fla., led to significant gains in patient experience. Patient feedback highlighted opportunities to ...

Mary Ellen Smith Glasgow is an AACN Board Member. The views, analyses, and conclusions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or ...

KASSON, Minn. — A Rochester nurse is facing assault charges for allegedly abusing a vulnerable adult under his care. James William Mackey, 63, faces felony charges of third-degree criminal sexual ...

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (WRIC) — A former Patient First nurse is facing dozens of felony charges after allegedly tampering with a stock of pain medications at a Colonial Heights facility. A spokesperson ...

A patient was in pain, frustrated because she felt like no one was listening to her. Emily Barksdale, a nursing student at UNC-Chapel Hill at the time, walked in and asked the patient to describe her ...