The last element of the 5 Rs -- right time -- has often been governed by the "30-minute medication rule." For as long as many nurses can remember, every hospital, unit, and nurse has passed ...

HARMAR TOWNSHIP, Pa. — What began as a routine traffic stop spiraled into what State Police are calling a sophisticated, multi-state scheme. Shannon Womack is accused of stealing the identities of and ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Health officials are rolling out regulations to implement a 2024 law legalizing the use of certified medication aides in long-term care facilities, rules that supporters say will help ...

Current and former employees at Jefferson City Correctional Center say the nursing shortage is causing unrest. They blame the state's contractor, Centurion Health. When Steven Caldwell-Bey wasn't able ...

The ISMP guidelines are not designed to be adopted unchanged by hospitals to represent the hospital's medication administration policies. Instead, the ISMP believes that each hospital (through an ...

When Steven Caldwell-Bey wasn't able to get a regular refill for his blood thinners, he began taking one pill a day instead of two to stretch them out. The problem, he said, is that it's been ...