Nursing home staff retention may improve care quality, study finds
Caregiver retention is an important but nuanced metric for those looking to improve quality of care in nursing homes, an investigator has found.
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Nurses union to FDA: Mask decontamination never should have been OK’d
The reuse of N95 respirators and other single-use PPE is unsafe, according to the lead hygienist of National Nurses United. The union is heartened by President Joe Biden’s promise to use the Defense Production Act to increase respirator supply, believing it to be a better solution to ongoing supply shortages than authorizing repeated decontamination.
Multiple jobs held by nurses, direct care workers tied to coronavirus transmission
Many healthcare workers with secondary jobs move across health settings, and 15% of second jobs for personal care and nursing aides are in other essential occupations, investigators say.
Patient engagement prevents falls, nurse-scientists say
Patient engagement using low-tech tools is tied to fewer falls and a 48% reduction in fall-related injuries among patients over 65 years old, a nurse-led hospital trial has found.
Nearly half of COVID-positive workers lack symptoms; nurses’ infection rates highest
Fully 40% of healthcare workers who test positive for COVID-19 show no symptoms, and about half of those who test positive are nurses, according investigators.
Nurses ask feds to invoke Defense Production Act for N95 masks; survey finds ‘unacceptable’ reuse levels
One in three nurses remain short on supplies, an ANA survey has found. “Re-use and decontamination of single-use PPE as the ‘new normal’ is unacceptable, given the lack of standards and evidence of safety,” said ANA President Ernest Grant, Ph.D., RN, FAAN.
Nurses unsafely exposed to COVID-19 at work, nationwide survey finds
A survey of 23,000 nurses exposes the impact of unpreparedness by employers and government, according to National Nurses United.
False sense of security may heighten COVID-19 risk for nurses: study
Younger nurses in low-contagion hospital wards had greater infection incidence early in the outbreak, a study from China found. The likely culprit: asymptomatic patients and staff.
Red eyes a consistent sign of coronavirus in residents: nurse
A registered nurse at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, Wash., said her sickest COVID-19 patients all had red-shadowed eyes.
Better facility lighting can help prevent medication errors
Nurses with nearsightedness or the visual changes of aging were less likely to misread medication labels under optimized lighting conditions.
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