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Patients are being ‘left to die alone’ due to lack of nurses
A nurse in a hospital in the West Midlands said: “I have not been able to sit with patients who are dying, meaning they have been left to die alone.” They added: “I have not had the time to ...
BBC23d
Student nurse thought patient was going to kill her
A student nurse has said she feels unsafe after prosecutors dropped a case against a man who strangled her while she was on shift. Katie, 20, told The Nolan Show she thought the patient "was going ...
Times Union24d
Commentary: New York is failing its nurses — and its patients
Forget the fact that nurses are exhausted from working long hours with denied vacation days, but now the worry over how to safely provide patient care in a system that is constantly trying to push ...
Nursing Times19d
Nurse shortages mean patients are ‘dying alone’ – RCN survey
The lack of registered nurses led to overworked staff and, the RCN claimed, patients “dying alone” and “being left in pain”. Just 32% of hospital and 36% of community nursing staff told the survey ...
The Washington Post1mon
Study: Subbing lower-paid staff for RNs could cause patient deaths
If hospitals substitute lower-wage staff for registered nurses, patients may suffer, a new analysis suggests. Published in the journal Medical Care, the study coincides with a nationwide RN ...
The Globe and Mail23d
B.C. becomes first Canadian province to implement minimum nurse-patient ratio policy
British Columbia’s government announced a plan this past March to implement minimum nurse-to-patient ratios, aiming for at least one nurse for every four patients in medical and surgical units ...
TribLIVE.com29d
Nurse accused of diverting nursing home patients' medications for personal use
A nurse is accused of taking prescription painkillers and medication for anxiety and panic disorders from 13 nursing home patients in Baldwin, North Huntingdon and McCandless. Monica Blackwell, 41 ...
In These Times10d
“Patients should not be treated like commodities”: Baltimore Nurses Are Fighting for a Transformative First Contract
you’ll hear the nurse to patient ratio, which is how many patients are assigned to one nurse. And we have so much research data that shows that high nurse to patient ratios lead to worse patient ...
The Baltimore Sun29d
Saint Agnes nurses rally for better pay, more patient protections
Throughout her career, she’s watched staffing shrink at hospitals, even as her patients have gotten sicker. And nurses are always the people who pick up the slack, even when they have nothing ...
The Independent1mon
Nurses in Oregon take to the picket lines to demand better staffing, higher pay
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Patients at Nepean Hospital given counter bells to replace faulty nurse buzzer system
Patients with broken bones and those recovering from surgery have been relying on counter bells to get the attention of nurses at Sydney's Nepean Hospital due to a faulty alert system. An ...