AdventHealth Tampa has opened its first Dedicated Education Unit for nurses in partnership with Orlando, Fla.-based AdventHealth University, Spectrum News Bay News 9 reported Sept. 20. The program allows nursing students to gain consistent, hands-on clinical experience inside the hospital.…

Two UC Health emergency departments avoided more than 3,500 unnecessary head and cervical spine CT scans over 23 months with no missed injuries identified, according to a study published in the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. The quality improvement campaign…

Virtual nursing often serves as a natural pathway for nurses who want to continue practicing but are ready to step back from the bedside. But when Meka Douthit Ingram, DNP, RN, is hiring, she leans on a seven-letter acronym —…

With chronic diseases consuming 90 cents of every healthcare dollar spent in the United States, the focus on how we care for patients has to change.  Eighty percent of chronic disease is driven by lifestyle factors: what people eat, how…

Sixteen nursing schools were awarded the 2026 Best Schools for Men in Nursing Award from the American Association for Men in Nursing. The award recognizes nursing schools and colleges for significant efforts in recruiting and retaining men in nursing, providing…

Some 73% of medication reconciliation errors happen as patients move between care settings, patient safety organization ECRI said in a Sept. 16 report flagging care transitions as one of healthcare’s most dangerous moments. The figure comes from an ECRI analysis…

The U.S. cancer death rate declined 35% between 2015 and 2024, averting more than 4.8 million deaths, according to the American Association for Cancer Research’s 16th annual Cancer Progress Report, published Sept. 16. While the overall cancer death rate continues…

A cyberattack on the Alabama Board of Nursing’s online licensing system has taken it offline, affecting more than 80,000 nurses, WBRC reported Sept. 16. “Our number one priority is to protect the data of our licensees,” Honor Ingels, chief policy…

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed eight new members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, bringing the influential preventive care panel to 16 members. Mr. Kennedy made the appointments Sept. 17 through the Agency for Healthcare Research and…

Nearly three weeks after the FDA approved updated COVID-19 vaccines, about half of U.S. children still cannot access them through a federal program because HHS has not decided whether to distribute the shots through the Vaccines for Children program, according…