Opinion: More nurses: The smart way to save lives, money — and nurses
Although the 7,000 New York City nurses who went on strike this week reached a deal with their health systems on Jan. 12, nurse staffing levels will continue to be …
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Opinion: Certified nursing assistants do important work. They deserve to be paid a living wage for it
In mid-April 2020, as Covid-19 shutdowns and lockdowns were being put in place across the U.S., my grandmother’s health started to decline. With so many unknowns, the assisted living facility …
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Opinion: The health care industry’s lax approach to nurses’ mental health needs to change
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the dire state of nursing has been grist for endless headlines, studies, and think pieces, as has the epidemic of clinician mental health problems. …
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Opinion: Listen: The double standard of discipline between nurses and physicians
For two decades, nurses have been considered the most trustworthy professionals in the country, above physicians. Yet the rigid hierarchy within hospitals and health systems places physicians at the top, …
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Opinion: Medicare can help fix the nurse shortage in hospitals
There’s no polite way to say this: The U.S. health care system failed the American people during the Covid-19 pandemic. Unless we admit to the failures — like not having …
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Opinion: Primary care clinicians are the glue to health and wellness. Their shortage spells trouble
The pandemic has taught us about an economic and logistic concept that most people take for granted, if they’ve even thought about it at all: the global supply chain. Beginning …
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Opinion: Listen: Burnout at the bedside is causing a crisis in nursing
Two years into the pandemic and in the midst of the latest hospital staffing crisis, nurses have finally gotten the country’s attention when it comes to burnout and attrition within …
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Opinion: Building resilience and well-being: keys to avoiding the worst of a looming shortage of health care workers
During the marathon of Covid-19, nurses and other health care workers have faced unprecedented levels of work stress as the world approaches two years of this global pandemic — and …
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Opinion: Look to nurses to help accelerate the transformation of health care
The chaos and crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic have forced remarkable transformations in the U.S. health care system. Nurses — as they have done in public health emergencies from the …
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