CDC Director Mandy Cohen, MD, detailed the agency's launch of a new hospital program focused on enhancing sepsis care and improving patient outcomes, during an Aug. 24 CDC press call. 

Morgantown, W.Va.-based MedExpress Urgent Care, owned by Optum, is laying off all registered nurses at nearly 150 facilities nationwide. In response, Morgantown-based Mon Health System says it welcomes those nurses to apply for "multiple opportunities" within the four-hospital system.

The Leapfrog Group, known for its annual hospital grade rankings, has announced the launch of a new hospital recognition program specifically for facilities and systems that exhibit a commitment to the care and safety of inpatients with diabetes.

Heading into fall, COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are rising, according to the CDC's most recent data, and that trend has already prompted several hospitals across the country to reinstate mask policies.

Alix Dorsainvil, the American nurse who was kidnapped in Haiti with her child for about two weeks, said she would provide care for her former captors if they entered her clinic. 

The FDA on Aug. 22 issued a consumer warning on two eye drop products contaminated with bacteria, fungus or both. 

A 57-year-old woman died Aug. 16 in a stairwell at New York City-based Montefiore's Family Health Center and wasn't found until Aug. 21 after someone reported a "foul odor," according to a Politico report. 

COVID-19 hospitalizations have gone up 21.6 percent and deaths have also risen by 8.9 percent from the week prior, according to the CDC's most recent data, which reflects updated numbers as of Aug. 12. 

Rapid advancements in technology have made nearly every facet of our day-to-day lives safer. 

This fall will mark the first virus season since COVID-19 emerged in which hospitals and health systems must independently determine when and how to implement universal masking, if at all. 

New research from Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine found that 41 percent of long COVID patients initially tested negative for the virus, which may have led to several not getting the care they later needed for persistent symptoms, according to an Aug. 23 news release shared with Becker's.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and his administration took key steps to begin implementing the Nurse Licensure Compact across the state, according to an Aug. 22 news release. 

The American Academy of Nursing has named six nurses as honorees of its 2023 annual "Living Legends" designation. 

Kaiser Permanente is reintroducing a mask mandate at its facilities in Santa Rosa, Calif., amid an uptick in patients testing positive for COVID-19, according to a statement obtained by The Press Democrat. 

Nurse practitioners are the most requested specialty by employers, AMN Healthcare found.

Clark Memorial Health in Jeffersonville, Ind., is notifying patients of a potential exposure to tuberculosis after one of its employees recently tested positive for the disease, the News and Tribune reported Aug. 22.

Addressing workplace violence against nurses and other healthcare workers requires a multi-pronged approach, and urgent action is needed from multiple stakeholders, seven nursing leaders wrote in an Aug. 23 Health Affairs report. 

Nurses are calling on the CDC to strengthen its infection control guidance for hospitals, which has not seen revisions for 16 years, because of concerns the agency might state surgical masks are equal to N95s in infection control measures.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has expanded its recommendations for HIV prevention, giving three medications its strongest endorsement, according to a policy statement published Aug. 22 in JAMA.

When Gina Batterman, RN, was pursuing her nursing degree with the goal of working in pharmacy, her professors thought she was crazy.