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Medical errors may occur in different health care settings, and those that happen in hospitals can have serious consequences. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which has sponsored ...

A case-based discussion navigates the decision-making process for a patient with chronic limb-threatening ischemia with poor ...

Registered nurse Janelvin VanBuren admits patients to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, teaches them how to use medical devices like feeding tubes and spirometers, and ...

Without warning, a psychiatric patient last summer struck a hospital employee in the face, landing a punch on the worker’s chin. But how security workers, nurses and other employees at the ...

Atpoure Saree, West Bengal: The Atpoure saree stands out with its distinctive draping style, where two pallus are brought from the back to the front, often adorned with a bunch of keys hanging over ...

While it is worth celebrating the improvements in patient safety and quality, such as reductions in hospital-acquired infections and early elective deliveries, it also is imperative that hospitals ...

Thousands of registered nurse members of National Nurses United (NNU) held actions, including marches, protests, and rallies, on Jan. 16 to demand the hospital industry ensure safe staffing levels and ...