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A fatal medication error that led to criminal prosecution continues to influence discussions around patient safety, technology design, and accountability in nursing practice.

A 21-element enhanced recovery protocol implemented across 18 US hospitals reduced inpatient opioid use by 56% in children undergoing GI surgery, with patients receiving 13 or more protocol elements averaging one fewer hospital day and half the complication risk.

Participants who did not hear about the risk of PIs during their admission had 3.31 times higher odds of reporting having a PI.

Falls are considered a nurse-sensitive incident because fall prevention is impacted by the quantity and quality of nursing care.

The American College of Physicians Performance Measurement Committee reviewed the single MIPS quality measure tied to migraine and declined to support it, citing outdated guideline basis, missing exclusions, and lack of physician-level testing.

The AMA’s CPT Editorial Panel approved a structural overhaul of maternity care coding, replacing global obstetric codes with phase-specific reporting across antepartum, labor management, delivery, and postpartum care effective January 1, 2027.