Nursing

Visalia, Calif.-based Kaweah Delta Medical Center surgeons have voted against using certified registered nurse anesthetists to provide anesthesia in ORs, according to a Visalia Times Delta report. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on certified registered nurse anesthetists.

Female general surgery residents were twice as likely as men to be concerned about their competence after training, according to a study published in Archives of Surgery.

Pediatric neurologist Tamara Zach, MD, joined Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale, Ariz., on July 25, according to a yourwestvalley.com report.

The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland is beginning mandatory perioperative nursing courses for undergraduates, according to a news release.

The Cleveland Clinic is expanding its neurological services in Las Vegas with the opening of two new programs and the addition of two physician leaders, according to a local FOX5 news report.

The Oregon Health & Science University Hospital in Portland is performing vaginal breech births as part of an effort to reduce its cesarean section rate, according to an Oregonian report.

Neurology departments within hospitals and the overall practice of neurology have progressed a lot over the years, in both subspecialties and diagnostic tools. In a new-school/old-school combination, biotechnologies coupled with stable neurological philosophies are transforming today's neurologists. Paul Bendheim, MD,…

Many labor and delivery health professionals do not fully understand the anesthesiologist's role in managing pregnant patients, which could affect the quality of care mothers and babies receive, according to a Medical News Today report on a Canadian study.

Caroline Medcoff, RN, a nurse at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., has received an Oakland University Nightingale Award for her leadership in mentoring nurses.

A study of nurses on 12-hour shifts at a hospital in the South found they were chronically sleep-deprived, according to a report by the University of Maryland Baltimore.