Most people shop more for a pair of shoes than they do a surgeon. Whether you are in the market for an elective surgery, cardiac surgery or general surgery, it is important that you shop for the right ...

Surgery patients do better when nurses have better working environments, according to a new study. Hospitals with well-staffed, top-notch nursing departments had fewer deaths after surgery than ...

A day at the 24-capacity inpatient Surgical Ward at William Beaumont Army Medical Center is action-packed with patients transported to and from appointments, plenty of visiting family members and 24/7 ...

Nurse understaffing on surgical wards results in higher mortality, longer hospital stays, and more adverse patient outcomes, according to a study led by the University of Southampton. The researchers ...

Linette Iloh was hospitalized in 2007 to undergo an open heart surgery at 18. Linette Iloh is graduating with a degree in nursing from Bowie State University on May 23, 2017. She was inspired to ...

For Jennifer Bolognani, the variety and close contact with patients make medical-surgical nursing her ideal career. Bolognani, the assistant clinical manager for trauma, orthopedic, neurosurgery and ...

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery has appointed Paul Coyne, DNP, APRN, senior vice president and chief nurse executive. Dr. Coyne joined the hospital’s nursing team in 2017 and most ...

On a Thursday evening in early October, Jennifer Fina, a registered nurse at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, received an unexpected phone call. A department in the hospital had been ...