A West Dunbartonshire nurse has been struck off after he failed to report scalding a patient with boiling water resulting in the agonising injury remaining undiscovered for four years.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A nurse who worked for 16 years as an anesthetist in Hampton Roads was ordered by state regulators to surrender his license, according to a report from the Virginia ...

Mr. M, the patient, had the LVAD for 4 years prior, but many other factors were in play, including chronic kidney disease, worsening right ventricular failure, acute kidney injury, cirrhosis and ...

Fatigue among nurses and other healthcare workers puts both patients and staff at risk, safety investigators have warned. A report published today by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body ...

Responding to the report, Patricia Marquis, executive director of the Royal College of England, said it “lays bare the daily reality for nursing staff”.

A nurse who stole morphine from a Kentucky nursing home and replaced it with colored water was sentenced to five years in prison. Abigail Hall, 51, of Lexington, pleaded guilty to tampering with a ...

AUTHORS: Ayman Al-Nafea, Omer Zayyan Alshargi, Mohammed Muawwadh Algethami KEYWORDS: Patient Satisfaction, Healthcare Quality, Patient Involvement, Healthcare Process Improvement, Patient Satisfaction ...

A female nurse confidently strides through the corridors of a hospital ward at night. During her hectic night shift, she has to attend to patients of all kinds: confused elderly people, wealthy ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A nursing home patient in Cumberland County had to be taken to the hospital after being assaulted by a caretaker, according to police. Joseph Ikoghode, 47, of … ...

Approximately 25% reported accidental over-drainage, some with negative outcomes. Many (79.3%) reported caring for patients with LDs, 47.4% to diagnose normal pressure hydrocephalus. The nursing care ...

By the time he graduated from rehab, Pitkin was walking two laps around the track and walking up and down a 23-step staircase by himself. “They told me I was ready to be released,” he said. “I didn’t ...

Nationwide, the average full shift for a nursing home RN was 10.5 hours per day in the first quarter of 2024, compared to 10 hours in 2021, the staffing agency noted.