Nurses

Primary care doctors and NPs, rather than specialists, are more likely to provide care for early-onset dementias in rural areas.

Higher staffing levels in long-term care facilities are linked with lower rates of antipsychotic prescribing, a new study representing most U.S. nursing homes has found.

Researchers from Penn Nursing have created a new scale that can help nurse leaders assess their colleagues’ well-being and identify areas for intervention.

Despite an overall increase in salaries, registered nurses report glaring differences in pay and concerns about equity and overwork that could affect already troubled pandemic-era staffing levels. 

The pilot program at a post-acute care hospital in Toronto successfully brought physicians and nurses out of their silos and revealed an opportunity to correct inefficiencies, geriatricians say.

The effects of poor sleep shouldn’t be overlooked in nurses — especially those who work night shifts, investigators say.

Nurses have lost a lot of sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic, and their sleep problems are closely tied to mental health issues that can affect well-being, a new investigation finds.

Investigators have found a persistent assumption among nursing home clinicians, administrators and other staff that Black residents’ families prefer more intensive end-of-life interventions.

Trust is such a wonderful thing. It’s a compass that ultimately gets us where we’re going. Either we’re trying to create trustful bonds with friends and colleagues, or we’re busy trying to figure...

As a group, primary care providers and RNs misclassified UTIs about one-third of the time, an investigator tells McKnight’s. Nurses had greater odds of an incorrect assessment.