Emergency room waits for mental health care are still too long
As of 2024, there were fewer mental health patients stuck waiting in hospital emergency departments than in 2022.…
Kaiser made $9.3 billion last year. Critics say it has strayed from its charitable mission
Some employees called it the “dash for cash.” Months after Kaiser Permanente doctors saw a patient, federal prosecutors…
CT nurse has ‘unique connection’ with man who saved her life
Registered nurse Alison Cubbellotti has her “dream job” caring for the most fragile patients in a Connecticut hospital’s…
Family member turns in Sandy nurse accused of stealing patients’ medications
SANDY, Utah — Sandy police are crediting a family member for turning in a nurse accused of stealing…
Eastern Iowa nurse keeps her license after burglarizing a patient’s home
WATERLOO, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) – An Iowa nurse who was convicted of burglarizing a patient’s home last…
Report: More than 9K Alaskans could lose Medicaid access because of new work requirements
A patient room at a medical-surgical unit at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN…
Public fury as China mental hospitals recruit people to impersonate patients in insurance scam
A number of psychiatric hospitals in central China have been exposed over a scam in which they lure…
CT nurse admits to illegally distributing amphetamines, benzodiazepines
A Connecticut nurse has pleaded guilty to illegally distributing controlled substances. Michele Rene Muzyka, 61, of Cheshire waived…
Oregon hospital-acquired infections in 2024: What the data shows
Oregon hospitals recorded nearly 1,000 infections that patients picked up while receiving care in 2024, resulting in infection…
Tribunal bans senior nurse for trying to take patient’s medication, altering hospital records
A public hospital nurse tried to steal a patient’s ADHD medication, falsified that patient’s notes and then “manipulated”…
Stein urges feds to reverse nursing student loan cuts, citing shortage of nurses :: WRAL.com
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is calling on the federal government to reverse a change that could limit…
Opinion: An innovative solution to address Alaska’s nursing shortage
A board next to a nurse station in a medical-surgical unit at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage…