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Cureus
November 2024
Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, USA.
Background The effects of tobacco use create a significant burden on the American healthcare system. The U.S.
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January 2025
Author Affiliations: Nurse Scientist (Dr Robinson), Clinical Nurse (Holland, Dr McDaniel, and Ferguson), and RN Program Specialist (Bartelt), Sanford Health, Fargo, North Dakota; Associate Professor (Dr Gierach), Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Nurse Scientist (Dr Gramlick-Mueller), Pediatrics Nurse Practitioner (Dr Hickman), and Nursing & Clinical Services Consultant (Wiik), Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; LEAD RN Educator (Dr Smith) and Clinical Nurse (Stow), Sanford Health, Bismarck, North Dakota; and Quality Improvement Advisor (Tverstol), Sanford Health, Bemidji, Minnesota.
Objective: The aim of this study's phase 1 was to determine the current wellness levels of RNs in rural America settings, including barriers to maintain and recommendations for wellness.
Background: Nurses are experiencing more anxiety and burnout currently than prepandemic. A review of literature revealed a gap in describing nurses' wellness and strategies to maintain wellness in rural American healthcare settings.
Med Care Res Rev
February 2025
University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA.
This study describes trends in the number of administrators in Pennsylvania hospitals from 1991 to 2020, and in the proportion of administrators to other hospital staff. Data are from the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the American Hospital Association. We find that between 1991 and 2020, the average number of administrators increased by 102% (60% when adjusted for patient volume).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Nurs Scholarsh
October 2024
Digital IT and Services, Office of the OCIO at Northwell Health, Lake Success, New York, USA.
Health Econ
December 2024
American Institutes for Research (AIR), Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Our study examines the causal effect of rural hospital closures on nearby hospitals' nurse staffing levels and health care utilization. We use data from the 2014-2019 American Hospital Association Survey on nurse staffing level outcomes including licensed practical or vocational nurses (LPNs), registered nurses (RNs), and advanced practice nurses (APNs); and health care utilization outcomes, including inpatient and outpatient surgical operations and emergency department (ED) visits. Using propensity score matching and difference-in-differences (DID) methods, we find that rural hospital closures lead to an average increase of 37.
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