After a hospitalization, home health care enables patients to recover where they feel most comfortable: in their own home. Nurses visit patients there to provide care with the goal of keeping them at home, given that hospital readmissions cost the…
The COVID-19 pandemic magnified long-standing problems within nursing homes, including staffing shortages. However, a new study published in JAMA Network Open reveals that the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was effective in…
NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing is one of 16 academic institutions collaborating with Asian American community organizations across the U.S. and Canada on the Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease (ACAD) study, funded by a $40.6 million grant…
Nursing homes with the highest proportion of Black residents have the greatest number of hospitalizations and emergency department visits, according to a new study led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing.
Staffing levels likely…
People giving birth report more positive experiences when cared for by midwives in both hospitals and in community settings than by physicians, according to a new study published in the journal Reproductive Health. Additionally, those receiving…
Residents of Medicaid-funded assisted living have unmet mental health needs, according to a new study by researchers at NYU Meyers published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA).
One million older adults in the U.S…
Healthcare providers have historically focused on the health of individual patients and relegated the planet’s health to environmentalists and lawmakers. A new Viewpoint published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and co-authored by…
Recruiting internationally educated nurses to work in U.S. is one solution to address the shortage of nurses. A new article published in Health Affairs Forefront describes why a singular focus on bringing these nurses to the U.S. will not provide a…
NYU President Andrew Hamilton and Interim Provost Gigi Dopico today announced the appointment of Angela Amar, PhD, RN, FAAN, as the dean of the NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. She begins her new role on August 1, 2023.
An accomplished leader,…
In labor and delivery units likely to have more high-risk patients, nurse-to-patient ratios are often inconsistent with national staffing standards
Hospitals serving more patients at risk for complications during childbirth are less likely to…
