Reports show Covid is overwhelming school nurses nationwide
As students are back at schools across the U.S., school nurses are confronting real challenges. Most obviously, they face a huge expansion of their already excessive workloads, as explained in a September 2021 piece in The Philadelphia Inquirer. But as the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported on the same day, some school nurses – like the one in Cheyenne who resigned over lax quarantine rules – also face bad Covid policies.
New York City settles benefits case about whether nursing is “physically taxing” The New York Daily News reported that the City had agreed to pay almost $21 million to settle claims that…
The key to saving more Covid-19 patients? Offload the clerical work. In the Covid-19 crisis, much has been said about the need for equipment like ventilators and PPE. But we also have…
The New Yorker on why we’re “perpetually short” of nurses James Ledbetter’s “Currency” feature from November 2015 examined the causes of chronic U.S. nursing shortages, rightly focusing on insufficient resources for education…
State senator says nurses don’t need rest because they play cards a lot of the day Washington state senator Maureen Walsh, seeking to exempt small hospitals from proposed rules that would limit…
Nurse understaffing remains widespread in U.S. hospitals, The Guardian reports A good February 2019 article paints a distressing picture of the state of U.S. nurse staffing, emphasizing the dangerous effects on patients…
Nurse explains reasons for strike in powerful Irish Times op-ed Senior nurse Ann Noonan tells why she and other members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organization have decided to strike: The…
Press items highlight nurse staffing crisis in Quebec The Montreal Gazette says understaffing is so bad that some nurses have reported themselves for unsafe care. A Public Radio International piece reports that 700 physicians…
Reports show understaffing remains a global threat May 28, 2015 – Media items from around the world in the last six months show that nursing continues to suffer from underfunding, with poor…
Reports highlight the dangers of nurse fatigue and burnout February 1, 2015 – In recent months several health news outlets have run helpful pieces about dangerously high levels of fatigue and burnout…
Nurses consulted, or not, about long-term care November 7, 2014 – Recent news items have shown the media consulting–or totally failing to consult–nurses for their expertise in managing serious long-term illnesses. Sometimes…