Nurses: Guilty Verdict for Dosing Mistake Could Cost Lives March 31, 2022 By Travis Loller NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The moment nurse RaDonda Vaught realized she had given a patient the wrong medication, she rushed...
Health Workers Once Saluted as Heroes Now Get Threats October 1, 2021 By Heather Hollingsworth and Grant Schulte OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — More than a year after U.S. health care workers on the front lines against COVID-19 were...
Commission Ruling Adds to Pressure for National Workplace Violence Prevention Standard April 10, 2019 By Jim Sams A federal commission decision that an employer had a duty to protect a social services worker who was stabbed to...
Special Equipment for Moving Heavy Patients Reduces Injuries January 27, 2014 By DOLLY A. BUTZ, Sioux City Journal When Amy Derby started working at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s as a registered nurse 13 years ago, she had to lift...
Patient Death Puts Spotlight on Replacement Nurses October 4, 2011 In an ad on Facebook, a company seeking stand-ins for nurses planning a walkout encouraged applicants to what it termed...