Creating a safe patient handling program can help reduce injuries and time lost due to injury. Working in healthcare poses many safety concerns, including exposure to illness, physical injury, and ...

A study published in the American Journal of Nursing examined nurses’ use of double gloves and nonabsorbent gowns when handling or administering antineoplastic drugs, which are known or probable human ...

Nurses will testify before Massachusetts’ Joint Committee on Public Health Oct. 29 in favor of legislation to improve patient handling practices in healthcare facilities. Hospital staff in ...

despite long-standing recommendations for the safe handling of antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs, many nurses, including pregnant nurses, reported not wearing protective gloves and gowns, the ...

PHITSANULOK: The management of Buddhachinnaraj Phitsanulok Hospital has apologised for a nurse's violent handling of a patient in his 90s in an intensive care unit. Her actions were videoed and the ...

Nurses often overestimate their manual handling skills, despite having previously received training in it, Australian researchers have warned. Subscribe today to access over 6,000 peer-reviewed ...

LSU Health New Orleans has secured a three-year, $1.3 million grant to increase access to certified sexual assault nurse examiners for people in 12 southeast Louisiana parishes. The grant from the U.S ...

A Pitt Meadows nurse has been suspended for mishandling of medication.Shana Novak/Stone/Getty Images A Pitt Meadows nurse has been suspended for two weeks over issues around benzodiazepine and ...

One of my nurse managers is great clinically but has an abrasive leader-ship style. Any ideas on how to handle this? Meet with your nurse manager and let her know ahead of time that you want to do ...