For each additional pt assigned to a med-surg nurse, 8% increase in fatality risk at 30 days, 4% increase in readmission. Safe nurse staffing based on national standards saves lives. In maternity care, that means AWHONN nurse staffing standards (2022). www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/pati...

Language matters! So much of the way things are framed are subtle but clear messages of inequality and subservience.

journals.lww.com/mcnjournal/f... 60 years of data on cesarean birth in the United States

This is a major cluster about to unfold and no one who can or should has the courage to stop him.

scotus hasn’t been real or legitimate since obama was blocked from naming a judge 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Why don’t more journalists point this out? They likely have all of the Epstein files including videos of trump, plus other atrocities we don’t know of yet, and massive financial crimes. I’ve always thought Putin and Netanyahu were blackmailing trump. That would explain a lot of his actions.

Don’t forget to include Melania !! share.newsbreak.com/hgfma5x0?s=i16

Wow, so very true!

Crushing the mRNA industry in the US also probably destroys a bunch of cures for various cancers just as an FYI.

U.S. Health Secretary RFK Jr: "I'm not scared of germs. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats." It shows.

it's wild to be rooting FOR big pharmaceutical companies. RFK Jr needs to be ground into a fine paste

What Do You Call a Nursing Home Without a Nurse? www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nurs... If you pay trump enough cash, rules that you don’t want to pay for can be rescinded. Ex: requiring an RN to be on site at nursing homes. Their name implies a nurse is there to give care, but now an RN isn’t needed

Anti-science, anti-vaccination policies will be harming our children for years after RFK Jr is gone.

It's completely insane to me that it's even up for debate among senators that Kristi Noem should resign. Every lawmaker and newspaper editorial board in the country should be calling for her resignation. She has entirely failed in this role. She is incompetent. She is a disaster.

At least a handful of times I’ve received reviews that told me I should be familiar with my own work and cite it to make my manuscript better. I guess it’s kind of flattering. Fortunately the editors overlooked these reviewer comments.

thehill.com/policy/healt... A little too late for concern from Cassidy. He voted to confirm RFK Jr knowing the risk. Harm and death of children who won’t be properly vaccinated is on Cassidy. As a physician, he was well aware of the risks vaccine-preventable illnesses.

Absolutely accurate prediction. Very tragic number of preventable deaths will occur.

Seriously messed up. Hopefully when sanity prevails they will fix it back to the correct name.

Got this text this morning supposedly from House GOP, though I doubt that. I have no idea who Kimberly is. Threatening texts imply desperation.

The RFK, jr effect.

He’s been that from the start. Unfortunately the magas just refuse to see it. They insist he wants to help them and they want to believe it because he says he hates all the same people they do.

One of the dumbest guys in the senate.

If they insist that’s not possible, they should be buying their coverage from the exchange. That would be them truly represent their constituents.

It should be a crime for government officials to lie to the American public about something as critical as vaccine safety. The disinformation coming from this administration is killing people.

More petty BS and hatred from the trump administration. Transgender health leader’s name changed on her official HHS portrait : Shots - Health News www.npr.org/sections/sho...

The Supreme Court has absolutely no credibility. They don’t deserve it. Allowing racial gerrymandering to silence voices of “unworthy” voters who lean democratic is more of the same from them. Racist, right-wing extremists put in power by Mitch McConnell manipulating the system to stack the court.

Not caring about nursing home residents is usual per trump administration. Vulnerable people not seen as worthy. The name nursing home implies there is a nurse there. Not requiring a nurse is misleading to their loved ones. Lobbyists for nursing homes won. www.medpagetoday.com/geriatrics/g...

Another poor choice for CDC leadership. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...

Bill Cassidy has done infinitely more for the antivaccine movement than he can ever claim he has done to promote vaccination. He is one of the worst antivaxxers to ever live.

Northern lights from my brother’s farm just west of Saint Louis.

This is a huge issue for access to care for pts in rural areas and their babies.

This headline is misleading. MO governor is looking out for himself since he owns a 700 acre cattle farm. MAGAs never expect trump will harm them, just the “others” they both hate. MO politics is lead by people like this. Hopefully change is coming. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

Missouri, with a Republican supermajority for 20+ years, is changing the requirements for SNAP/food stamps benefits for their 650,000 recipients making it harder to qualify. US Department of Agriculture funds the program. MO administers it so they can impose restrictions. Cruelty is their goal.

Nearly half of those who receive SNAP benefits are employed. Most who don’t work are older adults, have disabilities, or are busy providing care for others. The impending loss of SNAP benefits is exposing what happens when employers aren’t paying workers a living wage.

Embattled journal Cureus delisted from Web of Science, loses impact factor; be careful where you submit your work. retractionwatch.com/2025/10/27/e...

Stillbirth affects >21 000 US families each year, with rates elevated by clinical factors and social determinants, yet many cases lack identifiable risks, highlighting gaps in prevention and the need for targeted strategies. ja.ma/494gYaT

Who are the private donors funding the disgusting demolition of the East Wing of the people's house for Trump's $250M gilded ballroom?

omaha.com/news/state-r... I know a trump voting cattle rancher who is livid about this and was not making that much before the plan. Cutting prices will be a serious blow. More evidence that trumpers believed he would only harm the people they hated, never themselves.

This information should be shared with the American people.

No surprise. Continuing grift and no one has the courage or will to stop him. All it would take would be a handful of Republicans to say enough of this BS. They’re all afraid of him and want to stay in power. History will judge them poorly. Meanwhile, the criminal continues his corruption and harm.

www.cbsnews.com/news/histori... We respectfully urge the Administration and the National Park Service to pause demolition until plans for the proposed ballroom go through the legally required public review processes, including consultation and review by the National Capital Planning Commission…

COVID19 mRNA vaccines may improve response to some cancer treatments. It’s a shame that the Trump administration cut funding for mRNA vaccine research and that RFK Jr. and his minions keep lying about them.

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Travel ban separates Cuban families, divides community loyal to Trump. They voted for Trump but are surprised and disappointed he’s against non-White immigrants. They still “love him” though.

Is there a more beautiful city park than Forest Park in StL? Despite the loss of a thousand plus trees due to the recent tornado, it’s still such an amazing place. @forestparkforever.bsky.social

www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/pati... Finally, the Joint Commission is acknowledging that nurse staffing is key to pt safety! I’ve been writing about this for years. How can a hospital get an accreditation assessment without finding out if there are enough nurses based on census and acuity?