The number of licensed nurses has been on the upswing, newly released federal figures show, which is welcome news for hospitals seeking relief from a shortage projected to worsen in coming years.
The paradigm in pain treatment is shifting in focus from undertreatment to overprescribing. Legislation and new media attention to overprescribing of opioids may make it more difficult for the older ...
UCLA nurse Paulo Montenegro left Los Angeles Monday afternoon for the Philippines to provide medical services to victims of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. The 24-year-old is the first UCLA nurse whose trip ...
On Fridays, Stephanie Johnson has a busy schedule, driving her navy-blue Jeep from one patient’s home to the next, seeing eight in all. Pregnant with her second child, she schleps a backpack instead ...
Unable to fill all their permanent nursing staff openings, California hospitals are tapping into a new source: traveling nurses. Commonly called “travelers,” the nurses pack their supplies and scrubs ...
On Fridays, Stephanie Johnson has a busy schedule, driving her navy-blue Jeep from one patient’s home to the next, seeing eight in all. Pregnant with her second child, she schleps a backpack instead ...