After receiving concerns about how noise negatively affected patient sleep and staff stress levels, nurses from Manhasset, N.Y,-based North Shore University Hospital created an initiative to reduce ...
Sleep is fundamental to health and well-being, but it is frequently overlooked in patient assessment and clinical education. Although poor sleep is strongly linked to chronic disease, mental health ...
Nurse-led interventions led to better sleep experiences for inpatients at St. Louis-based Barnes-Jewish Hospital, according to a study published Dec. 4 in JAMA Network Open. After HCAHPS data ...
Nurses do it all—advocating for patients, providing care under intense pressure and facing potential risks to their physical, mental and emotional well-being. Despite their crucial role, they don’t ...
When emergency rooms fill with trauma cases at 3 a.m., nurses remain the steadfast first responders who activate critical protocols without hesitation. While most professions operate within standard ...
Only 12% of the nurses providing patient care at hospitals and health clinics today are men. Although the percentage of nurses has increased — men made up just 2.7% of nurses in 1970 — nursing is ...