Tagged: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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Nurse staffing shortages
12:01 am
Wed May 8, 2013

Cincinnati Children's study says nurse to patient ratios do matter

Just weeks after Senator Barbara Boxer, D-Calif, proposed federal legislation mandating nurse staffing levels, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is out with a study on the effect of nurse staffing ratios to hospital re-admissions.

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Cincinnati Children's Hospital
10:00 am
Thu March 28, 2013

Cincinnati Children's breaks ground on Family Pet Center

For young children fighting serious illnesses and practically living in a hospital, life can be very ruff, er, rough. Studies show interacting with animals boosts spirits and helps patients heal. Now Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is building a Family Pet Center to reunite long-term patients with the own pets.

The hospital says it is the first pediatric hospital in the country to build such a facility.

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Internet
12:01 am
Mon January 14, 2013

Thirty percent of teen girls report meeting up with somebody they've chatted with online


A new Cincinnati Children's Hospital survey finds one-third of teen girls actually have an in-person meeting with somebody they met online.


Psychologist Jennie Noll says abused or neglected teenage girls are more likely to present themselves in a more sexually provocative way online and therefore have more offline meetings. Noll studied the Internet and social media habits of 250 girls. About half were abused. She followed up a year later. Noll says the meeting part is scary for this age even though plenty of adults do it.

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