Editor's Note A survey from the American Nurses Foundation and marketing firm Joslin Insight, published on March 1, shows that many Generation Z and Millennial nurses are struggling with their mental health at work, and that about 60% say they will leave or are considering leaving their positions, Becker’s Hospital…

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Editor's Note At the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), UAMS Health, Little Rock, Arkansas, a half-day retreat for frontline nurses got instituted by Trenda Ray, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, UAMS Health's chief nursing officer and associate vice chancellor for patient care services, Health Leaders March 14 reports. The retreat…

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Editor's Note The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), on March 7, announced a short-term increase in highly focused inspections directed at hospitals and skilled nursing care facilities that care for COVID-19 patients. OSHA’s goal is to ensure continued mitigation efforts to control the spread of COVID-19 and future variants…

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Editor's Note Pleas by some states to be kind to healthcare workers (HCWs), who are exhausted and burned out from caring for COVID-19 patients, have expanded to bills that would offer protection for HCWs against physical or verbal assault as well as other forms of abuse like doxxing, the March…

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Editor's Note This study from the UK finds that primary immunization with two doses of COVID-19 vaccine provided limited protection against the Omicron variant. A booster substantially increased protection, but that waned over time. Included in the analysis are 886,774 Omicron variant infected patients, 204,154 Delta variant infected patients, and…

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Editor's Note According to a March 4 notice filed by NYC Test & Trace Corps, New York City's (NYC’s) initiative for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing, the city is ending universal contact tracing by the end of April, Becker’s Hospital Review March 10 reported. This means that NYC Health +…

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Editor's Note According to ASC Focus, the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association journal, new research was recently published that supports older data pointing to the cost savings of orthopedic procedures being done in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) compared to hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs). Past research cited by ASC Focus included an…

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Editor's Note Based on data submitted by Janssen Biotech Inc., a pharmaceutical company wholly owned by Johnson & Johnson, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized on March 7 the extension of the shelf life for refrigerated Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, the American Hospital Association March 14 reported. The…

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Editor's Note ECRI, on March 14, issued its annual list of Patient Safety Concerns, which is dominated this year by staffing shortages and healthcare workers’ mental health that have been made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past, the top concerns were typically associated with clinical issues caused by…

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Editor's Note The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) announced on March 8 that it had joined with 14 leading medical specialty organizations to establish seven guiding principles to address the treatment of acute perioperative pain in complex surgical patients. The new principles were developed during a second landmark pain summit…

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