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Nursing leadership crisis: Who is ready to take their place?
Stacey Kram Healthcare AdministrationWhen we discuss the impending shortage of qualified nurses, we contemplate the effect this shortage will have on direct patient care and staffing. Lost in the discussion, however, is the fact that 75 percent of nurse leaders — the baby boomers — will retire by the year 2020. Who will be prepared to take their places?
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Emergency physician income increases, but issues remain
Chelsea Adams Healthcare AdministrationThe 2016 Medscape Physician Compensation Report indicates emergency physicians earned an average of $322,000 in 2015, slightly higher than 2014's earnings of $306,000. As part of the survey, nearly 20,000 physicians across 26 specialties were asked about earnings, job satisfaction and how much he or she works. In the survey, physicians provided their annual compensation for patient care.
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A matter of ethics and the law in hospice care
Ellen Jane Windham Healthcare AdministrationThe recent news articles involving an FBI investigation in the Dallas area of a hospice company has the potential to set hospice care back years. According to the report, the owner "regularly directed nurses to give hospice patients overdoses of drugs such as morphine to speed up their deaths and maximize profits."
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Organ transplant between donor, recipients with HIV opens new door
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareDoctors at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center recently transplanted organs from an HIV-positive donor to two HIV-positive recipients during landmark surgeries. To this point, people with HIV have not been eligible to donate organs. However, the development is significant for people living with the virus since they frequently need donor organs due to organ failure. Previously, HIV-positive patients were eligible to receive organs from HIV-negative donors.
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2 new devices advancing cardiac monitoring and treatment
Rosemary Sparacio Medical & Allied HealthcareThe advances in medical devices for monitoring, surgery and R&D have made cardiac care one of the most exciting and successful areas for the proliferation of medical gadgets. Let's take a look at two such devices that are changing the world of cardiac care.
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Study: Pesticides in food linked to Parkinson’s disease
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareConsumption of milk is usually considered healthy. For years, slogans like "Drink more milk," "Milk. It does a body good," and "Got Milk?" have promoted the beverage. For those drinking more milk in Hawaii before the 1980s, there were ingredients that were not doing the body any good.
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The nursing shortage reality: A clear need for more faculty
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationIn an era of nursing shortages, high nurse demand and qualified applicants being turned away from nursing programs, there is a need for action to stem the tide. Nursing has long been touted as one of the best professional career paths for those wishing to enter the healthcare sector. The Bureau of Labor Statistics extolls 16 percent job growth for registered nurses and 31 percent for nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists and nurse midwives between now and 2024.
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How can nurses help slow opioid abuse?
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationMost nurses today would quickly agree there is an epidemic of overuse and abuse of prescription pain medication. The public is also beginning to see the effects of liberal prescriptive practices and abuse of prescription medications.
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Researchers find new biomarkers for TBI
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareMild head injuries can be just that — mild. On the other hand, a blow to the head can cause serious injury and remain a threat to health after the brain injury appears to have been resolved.
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Brand and specialty drugs causing increased drug spending
Dr. Abimbola Farinde PharmaceuticalMost drugmakers have come to realize specialty drugs are where they can achieve the most money, and they have been seeking ways to take advantage of this in recent years. As a result, the associated costs of drugs in the United States have become a major topic of discussion, particularly as they relate to escalating drug prices that can be felt by consumers or payers.
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