Hospital Medicine News

In this video, Teri Campbell, MSN, RN, CFRN, CEN, PHRN, discussed takeaways from her lectures focused on trauma in the emergency department at this year’s virtual Emergency Nurses Association annual conference.

Fist bump and elbow bump greetings both resulted in the frequent transfer of MRSA from colonized patients, although significantly more MRSA colonies were recovered from fists vs. elbows, according to a study.

The director of the CDC signed off on her vaccine advisory committee’s recommendations to allow booster doses of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines and emphasized that Americans can now choose their own booster shot.

A CDC advisory committee on Thursday unanimously recommended booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines made by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, aligning with an FDA authorization issued this week.

The FDA on Wednesday said it is OK for Americans to choose a different COVID-19 vaccine for their booster shot.

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices made new recommendations Wednesday for adult pneumococcal and herpes zoster vaccination.

In this video, Lisa A. Wolf, PhD, RN, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, spoke with Healio about the education and training of charge nurses.

In this video, Lisa A. Wolf, PhD, RN, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, discusses the major concerns of health care workers during the pandemic.

Lisa A. Wolf, PhD, RN, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, speaks with Healio about four studies presented at the Emergency Nurses Association annual conference which have “implications for knowledge and practice and education and impact.”

Combining the immunomodulator interferon beta-1a with remdesivir did not improve treatment among hospitalized adults with COVID-19 compared with remdesivir alone, data from a clinical trial showed.