If you watch HBO's hit series "The Pitt', you'll actually see a real-life nurse on screen: Ned Brower. He plays nurse Jesse Van Horn. Brower is an actor with real-life ER experience. Two careers are ...

Duquesne University has opened a new nursing simulation center thanks to a $4 million gift from a financier and ...

A new quality improvement initiative demonstrates that evidence-based, clear liquid guidelines can safely reduce fasting ...

Long-term care beds are full, forcing some patients to be sent to a private facility that costs about $150,000 per patient per month.

A unique program at the Altoona VA Medical Center is helping new nurses build confidence, gain experience and better ...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia occurs in half of patients with traumatic brain injury and is an independent predictor of increased mortality.

While mannequins are used to model clothing, these manikins are models of the human body used to train medical professionals.

Karen Ann Quinlan fell into a coma in 1975. The high-profile legal case over her parents’ wish to remove her ventilator ...

When disasters strike, nursing homes face uniquely high stakes. Residents often depend on power, medications, mobility ...

Kathy Barnes-Lou cared for her mother for 14 years before her death. She learned that caregiving can bring life's purpose into focus, even as it grinds you down.

Bronchiolitis remains the leading cause of hospital admission in infancy and of paediatric intensive care unit use.1 Management of bronchiolitis has been largely limited to supportive care, reflecting ...

When doctors found out Ainsley Flynn had viral myocarditis, they leaped into action to save her. Now, Flynn is giving back.