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The nursing shortage is global according to 2022 World Health Organization fact sheet. [2] The nursing shortage is not necessarily due to the lack of trained nurses. In some cases, the scarcity occurs simultaneously with increased admission rates of students into nursing schools. Potential factors include lack of adequate staffing ratios, lack ...
Labor shortages affecting nursing homes are not confined to the homes themselves. A high vacancy rate at the state Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is hindering the ability of its ...
The issue of concentration of power by the insurance industry has also been a focus of debate as in many states very few large insurers dominate the market. Legislation which would provide a choice of a not-for-profit insurer modeled on Medicare but funded by insurance premiums has been a contentious issue.
As the coronavirus pandemic surges across the nation and infections and hospitalizations rise, medical administrators are scrambling to find enough nursing help — especially in rural areas and ...
Healthcare reform in the United States has had a long history.Reforms have often been proposed but have rarely been accomplished. In 2010, landmark reform was passed through two federal statutes: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed March 23, 2010, [1] [2] and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (), which amended the PPACA and became law on March ...
Four North Texas nursing homes have “overwhelming” safety and quality issues as their parent company navigates bankruptcy proceedings, according to a report from an independent patient care ...
Nursing Times has regularly run campaigns on issues affecting nurses including most recently Time Out for Training (2008), A Seat on the Board (2010–2011), Speak Out Safely (2013–2014) and Covid-19: Are You OK (2020–). In 2018, Nursing Times was inducted into the International Academy of Nursing Editors’ Nursing Journal Hall of Fame. It ...
The discovery by a local newspaper of “confused” Texas Republican Representative Kay Granger, 81, living in an assisted care facility after she dropped out of sight last month has retriggered ...