I know what you’re thinking: She’s cold-hearted, cruel, and unkind. But am I? Or are you? Grandma Lilly is 87-years-old and in…
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To err is human, and in the health care arena, avoiding errors is crucial. Efforts to address communication-related or “soft skill” failures…
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Corporate health care mentality set up nurses up to be inhuman while holding us to superhuman expectations. We’re told to be caring…
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Should there be mandatory state enforced nurse-to-patient ratios?
by Suneel Dhand MD October 30, 2018On November 6th voters in Massachusetts are facing a very important health care-related question. In addition to voting for political parties in the…
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Enlarge this image While Baby Duke Brothers stayed in the NICU, his parents could watch over him via web cam. Blake Farmer/WPLN…
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Shortly after the publication of “Independent practice: Both nurse practitioners and physicians should be outraged,” the nurse practitioner (NP) leadership responded with…
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Dear hospital administrators: Please value your amazing nurses
by Suneel Dhand MD January 16, 2018In my travels up and down the East Coast, I have been fortunate enough to work with some fantastic nurses. From what…
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Why nurse practitioners train on the backs of physicians
by Lynn McComas ANP-C December 19, 2017“Nurse practitioner (NP) education is seriously underfunded. The profession is attempting to saddle private physicians with this cost.” That is how “Dr.…