Surgical nurses, who typically spend more time in the operating room than the surgeons, are leading the push to eliminate the hazardous plumes. Already 18 states, including neighboring Georgia ...

continues to clash with management primarily over nurse-to-patient ratios in the hospital’s medical-surgical unit. The nurses are asking for a 1-to-5 ratio — or one nurse to five patients in ...

The National Institutes of Health website reported one eight-hour shift in contact with surgical smoke is the same as smoking between 27 and 30 unfiltered cigarettes. The issue has become more common ...

Medical-Surgical Excellence: Pioneering Virtual Care Standards The AMSN and MSNCB partnership establishes the industry's first virtual nursing certification pathway, addressing the critical need ...

There is no change in our ability to accept and care for patients.” Nurses state that they are asking for a one-to-five nurse-to-patient ratio in the Medical-Surgical unit. It’s a ratio that aligns ...

“It’s a slap in the face!” said Stacy Matsuyama, a nurse at the Medical Surgical unit for 17 years. “Management is giving the scab nurses one-to-two nurse-to-patient ratios while our usual ...

Sherrie Mannarino has been a registered nurse for more than four decades. She said it is all too common to know colleagues who have been medically impacted by surgical smoke exposure. This ...

The UAB School of Nursing MSN Nurse-Midwifery Pathway equips nurses for advanced nursing practice to provide a full range of women’s health services from adolescence through menopause. Patient care ...

Now, a team of Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University researchers has reported a significant advance, training robots with videos to perform surgical tasks with the skill of human doctors.

There’s no one-size-fits-all ‘mommy makeover’—here’s what it’s actually like to get different versions of this popular ...