Vivian Van Gorder was expecting to give birth to triplets, but she was in for a surprise when a fourth baby unexpectedly arrived, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Massachusetts, Minnesota/New Jersey, and Texas.
Writing in the American Journal of Nursing's 'Off the Charts' blog, a nurse describes 'the disorienting experience of being awake for 40 hours' to draw attention to the importance of proper sleep for nurses, which the American Academy of Nursing addressed with five key strategies in a recent position statement.
While smartphones can help workers get their job done anywhere at any time, they can also be incredibly distracting in the workplace—leading some CEOs to ban their presence in meetings, John Simons reports for the Wall Street Journal.
Many Americans say the public does not get enough information from their doctors about vaccinations—and the public's overall confidence in the U.S. vaccine system is waning, according to a survey commissioned and release this week by Research!America and the American Society of Microbiology.
