Nursing

Lutheran Children's Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind., is set to begin construction on a pediatric emergency department, according to a Journal Gazette report.

Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., has opened the Dorothy B. Hersh Pediatric Emergency Department, according to a report by The Star-Ledger.

Anesthesiology may put some people to sleep, but the specialty is about to get a wakeup call.

While the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists issued a policy in 2012 asking operating room staff members to only use smartphones for medical purposes, the practice of recreational phone use continues to be a problem, according to NPR.

South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Vineland, N.J., announced the opening of its pediatric emergency department.

Lovelace Westside Hospital in Albuquerque, N.M., has announced that it will add a pediatric area to its emergency department.

Gary Fybel, MBA, has served as CEO of Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (Calif.) since August 2000.

The Health Research and Services Administration's NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program is accepting 2013 applications through the end of February, according to an AHA News Now report.

Nurses can have a significant impact on patients' hospital length of stay, according to a TeleTracking Technologies blog.

In a recent iVantage blog post, Michelle Gray-Benhardt identifies key issues that help nurses stay at hospitals.