Nursing

Philadelphia Magazine

Where have all the nurses gone?

An analysis by Rachel French of the Perelman School of Medicine and Karen Lasater of the School of Nursing found that more than 40% of registered nurses reported high burnout, even before the pandemic. Nursing Dean Antonia Villarruel is also quoted about nurse practitioners.

Managed Healthcare Executive

The lonely have plenty of company

Nancy A. Hodgson of the School of Nursing says that social isolation and loneliness are tied to poor health outcomes.

The Atlantic

Medicine has a rat problem

Bart De Jonghe of the School of Nursing says that nausea’s subjectivity makes it difficult to measure in humans, let alone animals.

The Atlantic

The moms who breastfeed without being pregnant

Diane Spatz of the School of Nursing says that the idea that women can breastfeed without being pregnant isn’t widely known, even among nurses and physicians.

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Will hospital staffing legislation solve Minnesota’s nursing shortage, or make it worse?

Linda Aiken of the School of Nursing worries that states are opting for the “window dressing” of politically palatable staffing committees over California-style ratios that have measurably increased nurse staffing.

Image of a person laying in a hospital bed, with a pulse oximeter on their finger.

New insight into optimal protein dosing for critically ill patients

A study from Penn Nursing’s Charlene Compher and colleagues found that higher protein didn’t help this ICU patient population, and for those with acute kidney failure it actually caused harm.

Times of India

Drugs could replicate the long-term benefits of bariatric surgery

Heath Schmidt references results from an animal study that showed one benefit of weight loss was that GEP44 reduced the cravings for opioids.

Hindustan Times (Delhi)

Obesity diagnosis may cause weight loss without surgery

A study co-authored by Heath Schmidt of the School of Nursing finds that the peptide compound GEP44 reduces opioid cravings in rats.

The Washington Post

These women survived combat. Then they had to fight for health care

Caitlin “Cat” Clason is studying health issues specific to female veterans as a predoctoral student in the School of Nursing.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Five countries that produce the best nurses

The School of Nursing is lauded as the top ranked nursing school in the world, placing the U.S. at the top of an Insider Monkey analysis of the world’s top nursing universities.

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