Opioid prescriptions for U.S. nursing home residents dropped sharply between 2011 and 2022, according to UCSF researchers - ...

Since the height of the opioid epidemic, doctors have been prescribing fewer of these medications. A new study from UC San ...

The number of opioid prescriptions for United States nursing home residents sharply declined from 48.1% in 2011 to 33.5% in 2022, according to a November study published in the Journal of the American ...

The report focused on the ways in which caregivers benefit from calling helpline support, and it was published by the ...

Registered nurses and licensed practical nurses often have interchangeable responsibilities in nursing homes, which can lead to more medication errors, according to newly announced results of a study.

The now chronic problem of more expensive agency staff and potentially lower quality care in nursing homes needs to be addressed as part of calls for increased oversight of the sector, according to a ...

The critical nursing shortage in the United States is going to get worse — much worse — according to results of a comprehensive National Council of State Boards of Nursing and National Forum of State ...