Nursing

Nurses from across Pa. call for action on bill that would set staffing minimums in hospitals, other health care facilities

Linda Aiken of the School of Nursing says that Pennsylvania is unique because it has 25 years of data to study on nursing staff ratios.

Expert breastfeeding diet and nutrition advice from registered dietitians

Diane L. Spatz of the School of Nursing recommends avoiding high-mercury-containing fish like swordfish, tile fish, and ahi tuna when breastfeeding.

How Ozempic warps our relationship with food and pleasure

Janet Chrzan of the School of Nursing and the School of Arts & Sciences discusses people’s fear of food and the negative impact of diet culture.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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