The American Association of Nurse Practitioners is celebrating National Nurse Practitioner Week from Nov. 10-16 this year.

A nurse-led education and consultation program created at New York University improves care quality and patient safety for patients over age 65, according to a study published Nov. 4 in The Gerontologist.

Patients who developed an infection in the month after surgery were nearly twice as likely to die as patients who did not develop an infection 30 days after surgery, according to a study published in JAMA Surgery.

Hospital beds made of copper do not harbor as much bacteria during a patient stay as regular hospital beds with plastic surfaces, according to a study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

A Veterans Affairs hospital in Washington, D.C., uncovered significant delays in sending patients test results for mammograms and other breast cancer screening tests due to an employee error, reports NBC4 Washington.

Seattle Children's Hospital closed three operating rooms and two procedural areas after mold was discovered Nov. 10, the second time this year, according to ABC affiliate KOMO News. 

Only 25.9 percent of grants for prevention research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health involved leading causes of death, despite these conditions being linked to 74 percent of all deaths nationwide, according to a study published Nov. 8 in Jama Network Open.

A judge granted the family of a 9-month-old girl a temporary restraining order Nov. 10 to prevent physicians from taking her off life support at Fort Worth, Texas-based Cook Children's Medical Center, according to Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 

Hundreds of people waited outside the Somerset (N.J.) County Department of Health for a free hepatitis A shot Nov. 6, forcing the county to close the walk-in clinic early due to an "overwhelming public demand," according to NJ.com.

A pharmacist mistakenly administered insulin shots to 10 people at an Oklahoma care facility for people with intellectual disabilities, all of whom required hospitalization Nov. 6, according to the Tulsa World. 

No hospital-grade disinfectant can totally eliminate Clostridioides difficile, although some are more effective than others, according to a study published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

A record 9,933 cases of Legionellosis — including both Legionnaires' disease and the milder Pontiac fever — occurred nationwide in 2018, according to CDC data published  Nov. 4. 

The CDC on Nov. 8 identified vitamin E acetate as the chemical potentially causing the string of vaping-related lung illnesses that has sickened more than 2,000 people nationwide, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Medical Center identified contaminated equipment as the source of Pseudomonas bacteria that killed three infants and sickened five others in its neonatal intensive care unit this fall, reports The Daily Item.

Flu activity continues to increase in the U.S., but the CDC said it's too early to predict when flu season will peak or which strains will be dominant, according to the agency's most recent FluView report.

The National Quality Forum on Nov. 6 shared three recommendations to improve the CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating program.

Loneliness among cardiac patients is strongly associated with worse mortality rates and health outcomes, according to a study published in Heart. 

Researchers have discovered the first new strain of HIV since 2000, according to research published Nov. 6 in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.

Lakewood, Wash.-based Western State Hospital is experiencing recurrent sewage flooding, due in part to issues with the aging building and decreased funding, staff members told CBS affiliate KIRO 7. 

Upended and disoriented by healthcare reform that has restructured healthcare organizations and is transforming how care is delivered, the nursing workforce has felt the ramifications of maintaining an outdated care delivery model.