CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Some South Carolina medical professionals are advocating a ban on the use of a device that create surgical smoke in operating rooms. Surgical smoke is a common chemical ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Dozens of nurses looking to protect themselves from surgical smoke that can cause respiratory illnesses like asthma and emphysema gathered on Beacon Hill Tuesday to promote legislation ...

As Drs. Jorge Lagares-Garcia and Anna Matrachisia bent over the open abdomen of the patient on the operating table, the tone of the electrical cauterizing device sounded and the room filled with an ...

Michaela Nuttal, MS, explores the complex culture of smoking among nurses, highlighting challenges and motivations for quitting within health care settings. Nuttal is a cardiovascular nurse specialist ...

Colleagues reported the woman to their bosses after she came back from work breaks smelling of cannabis.