Ulrich is the Lillian S. Brunner endowed chair in medical and surgical nursing, and professor of nursing and medical ethics and health policy, at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and ...

To reduce the risk of post-operative delirium in patients with dementia, a Macmillan dementia nurse consultant’s suggested approach was adopted, which avoided the need for general anaesthesia. This ...

Surgical smoke poses a health risk to everyone in the operating room. Perioperative teams exposed to surgical smoke report twice as many respiratory health issues as the general public. The smoke can ...

A paper in the British Journal of Surgery shows that nursing shortages result in longer hospital stays and worse patient outcomes, including higher mortality. The paper is titled "Associations between ...

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published draft guidance proposing the wider use of a drug to improve surgical safety and reduce blood transfusions. Subscribe today for ...