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The Hopkins doc vs. the vaccine consensus

The School of Nursing’s Melanie Kornides says that it is hard to determine how much impact a professional basketball player’s anti-vaccine stance will have on vaccination rates.

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Addressing systemic inequities linked to readmission for minority stroke patients

Racial minorities are disproportionately affected by stroke. A new study reveals readmissions between Black and white stroke patients may be linked to the level of nurse staffing in the hospitals where they receive care.

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Penn Libraries opens newly renovated Biotech Commons

The Penn Libraries has transformed its former Biomedical Library into a newly renovated space with a new name, the Biotech Commons.

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Claims of anti-vax nurses fueling hospital staff shortages ignore the limited support and lack of mental health care for COVID's frontline workers

Eileen Lake of the Nursing School researched the impact of poor working conditions on nurse-staffing levels. The study, supported by additional data, revealed that staffing shortages reflect systemic problems with pre-pandemic origins.

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More intensive and personalized strategies may be needed for weight loss

In a two-year randomized clinical trial, researchers investigated whether financial incentives and environmental change strategies, together or separately, help employed adults with obesity lose weight and keep it off.

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Hospitals with more nurses linked to better outcomes, more satisfied patients

According to a new study published in Medical Care, hospitals that employ more inpatient nurse practitioners have lower surgical mortality, higher patient satisfaction, and lower costs of care.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Guess which states are best at requiring vaccines? Not the ones you might think

Alison Buttenheim of the School of Nursing says the success of vaccine policies can vary widely depending on how they are implemented.

Marketplace (NPR)

High pay for traveling nurses a symptom and cause of staff shortages

Karen Lasater of the School of Nursing said nursing jobs with good pay and reasonable staff-patient ratios are in short supply. “It’s not a nursing shortage,” she said.

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COVID-19 presents an understanding of nurses’ moral distress during crisis care

Researchers from the School of Nursing found that effective leadership and communication reduced moral distress for nurses providing patients with crisis care during the pandemic.

CBS News

With COVID-19 still a big problem nationwide, large percentage of nurses struggling with burnout

Linda Aiken of the School of Nursing is quoted on nursing shortages and how funded, permanent, full-time positions in the settings where they’re needed will help.

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