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Weekly news round-up

Weekly news round-up

March 7, 2020
Firefighters’ deaths lead to a lawsuit against a construction company; nurses get the recognition they deserve and new studies show what we’ve known all along: staying active can help you live longer.
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Preventing job burnout among nurses

January 12, 2017
Despite the fact that they cope with heavy patient loads and hazards like sharps injuries, MSDs and workplace violence, nurses receive no training on stress management and burnout prevention. That, says Elizabeth Scala MSN/MBA, RN, is leading to an “all-time high” in burnout levels in the nursing profession that is exacerbating the nursing shortage and affecting the nation’s health care.
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NLRB takes up nurses complaint against hospitals

October 4, 2016

Registered nurses are hailing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Office of General Counsel's decision to move forward with a complaint against healthcare giant Community Health Systems and Quorum Health Corporation for numerous alleged labor violations.


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Safe patient lifting bill on Congress' agenda

January 12, 2016
Congress is considering a bill that would force health care industry employers to develop safe patient handling policies.
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Cal. moves ahead with a workplace violence standard for healthcare industry

November 30, 2015
In October of 2010, a psychiatric technician was strangled by a patient at Napa State Hospital and a Registered Nurse working at a Contra Costa County jail in Martinez, California died as a result of being assaulted by an inmate.
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Higher nurse-to-patient ratio law improves nurse injury rates by one-third

May 8, 2015

California is the only state with a law governing minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios. The ratios vary depending on the type of hospital service but are in the range of one nurse for every five patients. (The ratios are available on the California Department of Public Health website.) The law went into effect in 2004.


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One third of skilled nursing patients harmed in treatment

A study by Medicare’s inspector general of skilled nursing facilities says nearly 22,000 patients were injured and more than 1,500 died in a single month — a higher rate of medical errors than hospitals
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Marshall Allen
April 4, 2014

One-in-three patients in skilled nursing facilities suffered a medication error, infection or some other type of harm related to their treatment, according to a government report released today that underscores the widespread nature of the country’s patient harm problem.


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Many health care worker injuries caused by patient transfers

Updated equipment could help
November 30, 2013

The majority of occupational injuries suffered by clinicians and nurses are due to patient transfers, according to a recent survey, which found that one in three clinicians and nurses report being injured while moving patients from a bed to a chair.


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Disruptive behavior in health care endangers workers, patients

February 22, 2013

When you think of disruptive behavior that occurs in a health care setting, you might think of patients or their family members. However, disruptive behavior among healthcare workers has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, to the point where the Joint Commission that accredits healthcare organizations now charges institutions who are seeking certification with the responsibility for addressing undesirable behaviors.


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Nurses say mandatory overtime leads to medical errors, endangers patients

November 7, 2012

Nurses in Massachusetts are backing a new law that will ban mandatory overtime – a strategy used by hospitals to cut costs.


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