March 9, 2010
Lack of Space Sees Patients in Kitchen: Survey
A new survey published in a nursing magazine has revealed a desperate need for extra hospital beds with a number of hospitals now treating new patients in kitchens and mop cupboards.
A new survey published in a nursing magazine has revealed a desperate need for extra hospital beds with a number of hospitals now treating new patients in kitchens and mop cupboards.
A new tool can help physicians predict the likelihood of death or readmission to hospital for patients within 30 days of discharge from hospital, according
Patients at a British hospital were left to lie in filthy, soiled bedding, without food or water and little or no basic nursing care, a report found.
Four in ten junior doctors are now working on understaffed rotas as UK hospitals struggle to cope with the introduction of the European Working Time Directive
Hospital intensive care units (ICUs) nationwide are struggling to staff units with critical care teams led by intensivists, even though the presence of
A report in the February 22 issue of IArchives of Internal Medicine/I, one of the JAMA/Archives journals says that the costs that hospitals incur
A study has shown that many nurses consider violence to be a part of the job.
The study showed that three-quarters of nurses who provide
Popular hospital rating systems can help identify high-quality hospitals for cardiovascular operations, but patients can achieve similar outcomes by seeking
US experts are suggesting that more and more hospitals go for risk calculators. At the moment only 250 hospitals are equipped with such calculators derived
Ponseti method has been found to be more effective in treating clubfoot than surgical treatment, say researchers.
Clubfoot is a complex deformity