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CMS eliminates HCW COVID-19 vaccination requirements

Editor's Note The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), on May 31, withdrew the COVID-19 healthcare worker (HCW) vaccination requirements, including removing the requirement for COVID-19 vaccination policies and procedures for HCWs, the May 31 AHAToday reports. The rule also eliminated long-term care facility COVID-19 testing requirements that required…

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By: Judy Mathias
June 1, 2023
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Is the ‘great resignation’ coming to a close?

Editor's Note March 2023 marked the lowest number of quits among US workers since May 2021, according to a recent survey from the Labor Department, as reported by CNBC. More than 50 million workers left their jobs in 2022, the highest number of quits since the government began tracking this…

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By: Lindsay Botts
May 31, 2023
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Effect of healthy sleep on risk of long COVID

Editor's Note This study by Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, Boston, finds that healthy sleep before and during the COVID-19 pandemic was linked to a substantially decreased risk of long COVID. A total of 1,979 women from the Nurses’ Health Study II were included in the…

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By: Judy Mathias
May 31, 2023
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US population growing older

Editor's Note The median age of the US population rose to nearly 39 years old in 2020, and the number of those aged 65 and older jumped nearly 33% between 2010 and 2020, according to US Census Bureau data. America’s two largest age groups spurred the changes—more baby boomers turning…

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By: Judy Mathias
May 31, 2023
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SHEA: Strategies to prevent SSIs updated

Editor's Note The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) has updated the Strategies to Prevent Surgical Site Infection in Acute Care Hospitals, which was published in 2014. The update highlights practical recommendations designed to assist acute-care hospitals in implementing and prioritizing their surgical site infection (SSI) prevention efforts. Among…

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By: Judy Mathias
May 26, 2023
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Surgeon-scientists represent less than 2% of all investigators awarded NIH funding

Editor's Note A new study led by Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, finds that representation of surgeon-scientists among investigators awarded grant funding by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) remains at 2% over 25 years, despite surgical diseases comprising 30% of the global disease burden. This cross-sectional…

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By: Lindsay Botts
May 25, 2023
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The Joint Commission: Licensed independent practitioner term eliminated from AHC, OBS accreditation programs

Editor's Note The Joint Commission, on May 24, announced that it was eliminating the term licensed independent practitioner from its Ambulatory Health Care and Office-Based Surgery accreditation programs, beginning August 27. The revisions are consistent with terminology used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Conditions for Coverage and…

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By: Judy Mathias
May 25, 2023
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Projected growth of nursing, OR-related occupations 2021-2031

Editor's Note According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the percent of employment growth from 2021 and projected to 2031 for nursing and operating room-related occupations include: Nurse practitioners—45.7% Physician assistants—27.6% Nurse anesthetists—11.8% Nurse midwives—7.5% Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses—6.3% Registered nurses—6.2% Surgical technologists—5.9% Nursing assistants—4.7 Surgeons—3.4% Anesthesiologists—1.1%.

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By: Judy Mathias
May 24, 2023
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Factors linked to protection from Omicron in vaccinated HCWs

Editor's Note This Israeli study finds that antibody levels were associated with protection against infection with the COVID-19 Omicron variant in vaccinated healthcare workers (HCWs). Participants included 2,310 HCWs who had received 3 or 4 doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. The odds of infection and substantial symptomatic disease caused…

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By: Judy Mathias
May 24, 2023
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State of perioperative workforce in 2023: Part 3

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Takeaways • Supporting nurse leaders is just as important as supporting staff to achieve optimal patient care and a financially healthy organization. • Organizations can support nurse leaders in many ways, including providing recognition, ancillary support, creative schedule options, and professional development opportunities. • Novice managers need structured programs to…

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By: Cynthia Saver, MS, RN
May 23, 2023
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