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5:59pm Jan 17, 2019

Science Science

Playing The Gender Card: Overlooking And Overthrowing Sexist Stereotypes

This week on the Hidden Brain radio show, we tell the stories of two people who defy gender stereotypes in their jobs.

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5:02am May 28, 2018

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Cameras On Preemies Let In Families, Keep Germs Out

by Blake Farmer

Some hospitals are putting cameras in their neonatal intensive care units to reduce the number of people — and germs — from entering. But some NICU staff may not want to be watched around the clock.

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11:50am Jul 20, 2017

Education Education

UNCG Is First In The World To Use New Birthing Simulator

by Associated Press

The University of North Carolina-Greensboro's nursing school has unveiled its new high-tech, full-body childbirth simulator.
Chris Nickels for NPR

5:10pm Apr 30, 2017

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A Trauma Nurse Reflects On 'Compassion Fatigue'

by Meredith Rizzo

Years of treating grievously injured people starts to wear on a person, a trauma nurse in Minneapolis says. She explores "compassion fatigue" in a semi-autobiographical poem.
11:09am Jan 15, 2016

Education Education

NC Weighs Community Colleges Offering Four-Year Nursing Degrees

by Neal Charnoff

North Carolina is considering allowing it’s network of two-year community colleges to offer four-year nursing degrees in an effort to counteract a chronic shortage of nurses.

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6:34pm Oct 19, 2015

National National Science Health & Safety

Suing A Nursing Home Could Get Easier Under Proposed Federal Rules

by Ina Jaffe

Many families must sign a binding arbitration agreement when a loved one is admitted to a nursing home, pledging not to sue if something goes wrong. Proposed rules would ban that requirement.

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3:47pm Sep 28, 2015

Books Books Arts Health & Safety

A Nurse Reflects On The Privilege Of Caring For Dying Patients

Palliative care nurse Theresa Brown provides in-home, end-of-life care to patients. "It's incredible the love that people evoke" at the end of their lives, she says. Brown's new book is The Shift.

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3:06pm Jun 29, 2015

National National Health & Safety

OSHA Launches Program To Protect Nursing Employees

by Daniel Zwerdling

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will begin enforcing safe patient handling practices to prevent hospital workers from suffering debilitating injuries.

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Rebecca E. Rollins / Partners in Health

12:41pm Jan 07, 2015

World News World News Health & Safety

Teaching Nurses How To Speak Up — And Speak Gently

by Diane Cole

In all parts of the world, nurses deliver most of a patient's care — especially in countries with limited medical resources. But who will train these nurses? Partners in Health has a plan.