Why are nurses quitting health care?

At a time when hospital executives cite staffing issues as their most pressing concern, new research digs into why nurses are quitting.

Ed Federico-U. Pennsylvania • futurity
April 9, 2024 ~4 min

School nurses can identify kids at risk for absenteeism

School nurses can play a key role in identifying students who are at risk for chronic absenteeism, according to a new study.

Brian Consiglio-U. Missouri • futurity
Jan. 30, 2024 ~6 min


How nurse education could benefit breast cancer survivors

It's time to treat cancer survivorship as a chronic condition, such as hypertension or diabetes, say researchers.

Brian Consiglio-U. Missouri • futurity
Oct. 10, 2023 ~6 min

Immigrant nurses in long-term care hold more skills

Despite significant amounts of human capital, immigrant nurses are often hired for underpaid, entry-level positions and forced to work their way up.

Brian Consiglio-U. Missouri • futurity
Aug. 9, 2023 ~5 min

Home health nurses use harsher words for Black, Hispanic patients

Black and Hispanic patients are 14% more likely to have judgment language in their home health care notes than are white patients.

Sam Schotland-Penn • futurity
June 1, 2023 ~6 min

Awe-inspiring tutorials can ease health worker burnout

Watching awe-inspiring tutorials for just a few minutes a day can ease health care workers' feelings of depression and emotional exhaustion.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
Dec. 9, 2022 ~5 min

Nurses exposed to noise are more likely to face health problems

Nurses exposed to a lot of noise are more likely to report hypertension, heart disease, depression, anxiety, work stress, and burnout.

Laura Bailey-Michigan • futurity
Nov. 14, 2022 ~5 min

COVID hit health care worker well-being super hard

COVID exacted a huge toll on the well-being of health care workers who were already struggling with high levels of emotional exhaustion before the pandemic.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
Sept. 23, 2022 ~5 min


Pandemic health workers faced rates of ‘moral injury’ similar to combat vets

"Moral injuries can happen when health care workers’ values and beliefs conflict with their actions or the ways they witness others acting."

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
April 7, 2022 ~7 min

Nurses of color face a ‘dual pandemic’

The combined effects of COVID-19 fears and workplace racism is causing nurses of color to suffer through a "dual pandemic," researchers say.

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
March 25, 2022 ~6 min

/

5