Attack in Tacoma psychiatric hospital leaves woman near death, prosecutors say

A man is accused of beating a 63-year-old woman while she was unconscious in a Tacoma psychiatric hospital on Saturday.

Hundreds of health care workers from Washington, Oregon have immigrated to B.C. for jobs

More than 400 U.S.-trained health-care professionals have accepted jobs across British Columbia, nearly tripling the number ...
National Nurses United

Austin nurses to hold bake sale for safe staffing to protect patient safety

Registered nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin, in Austin, Texas, will hold a bake sale for safe staffing tomorrow, March 18, to highlight their patient safety concerns, including chronic ...

Critical training, equipment helps ER nurses prepare for emergency births

Thanks to critical technology and training, nurses in the Emergency Departments at Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield and CA Dean Hospital in Greenville are able to help deliver ...
UCSF Synapse

From Ideal Scenarios to Operating Room Chaos

I heard it in several settings from family medicine clinic to a thoracic surgery operating room, from different levels of the healthcare hierarchy including attending physicians, nurses, technicians, ...
WBUR

Health workers lobby for law change as they face increasing violence on the job

Rising concerns about violence in hospitals and emergency departments has led doctors and nurses to demand stronger legal protections for health care workers — and tougher penalties for those who ...
CURE

The Storm Within My Body After the Drumming Clinical Study

I was participating in a Drumming Clinical Study, which I really enjoyed. And I was so disappointed that I was unable to ...

After a series of deaths, traumatised families are left asking the same question at the Swanston Centre

The scene of a violent death inside the patient’s room had not long been scrubbed away when a man arrived to be admitted at the Swanston Centre with his worried family member by his side. “How do I ...
Becker's Hospital Review

How 3 hospitals are bringing nurses back to the bedside

Hospitals bringing nurses back use tiered skill models and flexible education to reengage bedside nurses and improve staffing levels.
The Tribune

'Hospital in worst state in 40 years'

BAHAMAS Nurses Union president Muriel Lightbourn says Princess Margaret Hospital is in the worst condition she has seen in more than 40 years as a nurse. Her comments echo concerns raised by ...
Romania Insider

New drug addiction treatment center for young adults opens in Bucharest

The Zi de BINE Association inaugurated the Center for Recovery and Education against Addictions for Adolescents and Young People (CREAATiV) in Bucharest on Monday, March 16. The body operates within ...
Derbyshire Times

Heartbreaking loss of 'bravest little boy' spurs Derbyshire mum to launch Teddy's Sleeping Bears charity aimed at improving children's end of life and bereavement se…

"Following the utter heartbreak and the unbearable pain of the loss of Teddy, I have to turn this so something positive is to ...