Planning a patient’s discharge the day they are admitted is important — but not enough to fix the complex bottlenecks that slow hospital throughput and lead to emergency department boarding. These ...

As the owners intentionally understaffed two New Jersey facilities and diverted Medicaid money for their own use, residents in the homes “suffered unnecessarily,” the state comptroller said. By ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The patient — a man in his mid-60s with advanced cancer — had been in severe pain despite being on a high dose ...

A handful of pro players are choosing careers in nursing after leaving the football field. By Jancee Dunn A few years ago, D’Brickashaw Ferguson, a former offensive tackle with the New York Jets, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A former nursing assistant has been indicted by a grand jury for negligent homicide, according to Louisiana State Attorney General Liz Murrill. Authorities said the ...

Over the past three years, more than 40 people have been charged with selling about 15,000 fake nursing school diplomas to South Florida students who paid more than $220 million to take shortcuts in ...

Nina Kravtsov, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor, was beaten to death inside of a New York City nursing home last weekend, police say. A 95-year-old woman who also lived at the facility is now facing ...

A 95-year-old woman with dementia was arrested Tuesday two days after she allegedly beat a fellow Brooklyn nursing home resident to death with a metal wheelchair piece. Galina Smirnova was cuffed ...

A new investigation finds that abuse rates are higher at nursing homes with more mental illness. There’s a financial reason behind why folks end up at nursing homes instead of other institutions in ...

Developing and continual growth as a professional is an important part of most careers, but it plays a pivotal role if you’re a registered nurse (RN). Depending on the state you practice in, ...

The new service, covered up to 70 hours in some cases, aims to improve the lives of caregivers and patients. Erika Kengni is a former Times intern. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but ...

A Wisconsin nurse avoided jail time after amputating a hospice patient's foot without consent. Mary K. Brown pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of patient neglect, with original felony charges ...