Nurses are often the first provider seen by patients, particularly in the hospital setting. Unfortunately, nurses make mistakes that cause serious harm or death. These mistakes can include failing to properly monitor a patient post-operatively, failing to give necessary medication, failing to prevent a patient from falling, and failing to properly communicate important clinical findings to doctors and other nurses.
In spite of our apparent prosperity, mothers die in childbirth at greater rates in the United States than in any other developed nation.
A CDC study was just released confirming what we already knew: healthcare workers are experiencing burnout. Healthcare workers have high rates of depression and anxiety, and many
The coronavirus pandemic is unsettling to all of us. I have been pleasantly surprised with the reaction from our community (particularly Washington State) to the
