Editor's Note According to a March 16 Politico article, titled “Some hospitals ask patients, visitors to remove N95s, citing CDC,” some US hospitals are asking patients and visitors to swap their N95 masks with surgical masks or wear a surgical mask over the N95, Becker’s Hospital Review reports. The staff…

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Editor's Note In this study led by researchers at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, increased age was found to be the greatest independent risk factor for COVID-19 associated mortality. Of 7,556 patients included in the analysis, 1,556 died, 949 were admitted to ICU, and 227…

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Editor's Note This retrospective cohort analysis led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, finds that a crisis standards of care (CSOC) scoring system designed to allocate scarce resources during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with racial inequities. A total of 498 adult patients…

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Editor's Note The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on March 16, designated the recall of SD Biosensor’s Standard Q COVID-19 Ag Home Test as Class I, the most serious. The recall was initiated because the test, which uses a nasal swab sample to detect COVID-19 antigens, is not authorized, cleared,…

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY FLASH SALE – SAVE 30%! Don’t wait…this rate expires on Friday, March 11 at 11:59 PM PST In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2022, we are proud to support this year’s theme #BreakTheBias which aims to create a world where all genders are equal,…

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Editor's Note This national study titled, “The Great Collide: The impact of children’s mental health on the workforce,” by researchers at On Our Sleeves finds that the children’s mental health crisis brought to attention by the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic is having a direct impact on parent’s work performance.…

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Editor's Note The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), on February 16, awarded New York City’s Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai a 3-year, $2.1 million grant to develop a new training initiative to help healthcare workers (HCWs) deal with the mental health…

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What happens to you when you become a new manager? “You become a jack of all trades and master of none. You need to practice true collaboration and rely upon your team members,” says Allan Sendaydiego, BSN, RN, interim director for anesthesia and interventional radiology at Kaiser Permanente. In this…

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Keynote Announced for OR Manager Conference Dr. Rose Sherman to speak at Afternoon Keynote Presentation  Rockville, MD – February 17, 2022 – Dr. Rose O Sherman, RN, EdD, NEA-BC, FAAN is confirmed to speak at the 2022 OR Manager Conference, ASC Leader Summit, and PACU Manager Summit this October in…

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The idea for a series on what I call the “Humble giants of leadership” came to me a couple of years ago. I wanted to present the management approaches of top leaders from around the country and describe the qualities that made them exemplary leaders. My articles are intended to…

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