Medical protocols are the bedrock of our modern health care system. A protocol is a carefully crafted plan. It contains references and steps on how to follow through a medical procedure or treatment. Hospitals, doctors, and nurses rely on these protocols to minimize any chance of errors. The information is always reviewed and updated because…

British Columbia’s regulatory body for nurses and midwives has dropped a charge against a nurse that accused her of making “medically inaccurate” statements in her advocacy for sex-based rights. In November 2020, the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) began investigating Amy Hamm, a registered nurse in Vancouver, following public complaints about her…

The owner and resident of one of the two oldest, continually inhabited houses in Britain tells the story of her mother-in-law’s epic restoration of the 900-year-old home to its original Norman state. The home is now a beautiful, tangible record of times past, and a tourist attraction in eastern England. Diana Boston’s mother-in-law, Lucy Boston,…

Captain Augustus Vignos of the 107th Ohio Infantry was so determined to find and thank the nurse who cared for him at the XI Corps Union hospital after the Battle of Gettysburg that he carried a photo of Rebecca Lane Pennypacker Price for 40 years. Vignos was wounded in the right arm on July 1,…

At least four nurses from a Shanghai hospital went on strike to defy management, who told them to keep working despite testing positive for COVID-19. This and other chaotic pandemic measures have recently come to light. “We four all tested positive, but leaders told us to go to work, which we refused,” said one of…

Thousands of nurses in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have taken the streets of Sydney’s CBD to urge the state government to accept their demands for a pay rise, improved maternity staffing, and mandated nurse-to-patient ratios. The 24-hour state-wide strike began at 7 a.m. on March 31 for most nurses and midwives…

PHILADELPHIA—A former nurse at a Philadelphia senior care facility has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor neglect of a care-dependent person and tampering with records in the 2018 death of the father of former Trump national security advisor H.R. McMaster Jr. The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office announced Tuesday that 34-year-old Christann Gainey had pleaded guilty in a…

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A former Tennessee nurse is guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a patient who was accidentally given the wrong medication, a jury found Friday. She was also found guilty of gross neglect of an impaired adult in a case that has fixed the attention of patient safety advocates and nurses’ organizations…

Commentary I’ve always loved the holidays, but last year was bittersweet. As 2021 came to a close, I walked away from a comfortable career where I once did good in the world. Unsure of how we would make ends meet and wondering if I’d just made a huge mistake, I knew only that I couldn’t…

LOS ANGELES—A homeless man was charged with murder on Jan. 18 for allegedly punching a 70-year-old nurse in an unprovoked attack at a downtown bus stop, causing her to fall down and strike her head on the pavement. Kerry Bell, 48, was arrested a short time after the Thursday attack on Sandra Shells, who died…