Natalie Davies was getting ready to enjoy her spring break in New Orleans. The nursing student had just submitted a paper on the importance of CPR training. Then a man collapsed as she was waiting for ...

The decision to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on older nursing home residents can be fraught with uncertainty, but a new study from Japan suggests that the risk is worth the reward. Using ...

Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been linked to a 30% lower risk of nursing home admission and brain damage in survivors of cardiac arrest outside hospital in research presented at ...

Nursing homes will face survey citations for facility-wide policies that prohibit cardiopulmonary resuscitation for residents, according to a recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services memorandum ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (WPTV) - Jermya Adams, a certified nursing assistant, knew something was wrong when she heard someone banging on her door. “She was knocking on everyone’s door, screaming,” Adams ...

BENTON, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HD Nursing, the leading patient safety solution that combines predictive analytics with individualized fall and pressure injury prevention, announces its collaborative ...

The resident’s wishes were for resuscitation and life-sustaining efforts to be offered if found with no pulse or not breathing.

Nurses at a pair of Long Island nursing homes declined to provide potentially lifesaving CPR to two residents who were found unresponsive because of the mistaken belief that the patients, who were ...