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Many Hospital Emergency Department Visits Could Be Treated Elsewhere, Study Finds published
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
About 17 percent of all visits to hospital emergency departments across the United States could be treated at retail medical clinics or urgent care centers, potentially saving $4.4 billion annually in health care costs, according to a new RAND Corporation study...
Queen Meg & Princess Carly Prepare To Celebrate Labor Day Events Throughout The State published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Just days after leading thousands of people in a Sacramento march celebrating women's right to vote, and decrying those politicians who dishonor it, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United today announces that Labor Day festivities across the state will feature both Queen Meg and Princess Carly, the two satirical figures lampooning the Republican nominees for governor and senator...
Research Roundup: Heart Disease And Disability; Medicaid And Health Reform, Mental Illness published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Urban Institute/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: The Health Status Of New Medicaid Enrollees Under Health Reform - Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, authors of this paper found "strong evidence that those who will enroll [in Medicaid after 2014] are likely to be healthier than nondisabled adults currently enrolled in Medicaid ...
Colorado Society Of Anesthesiologists Disagrees With NPATCH's Support To Allow Nurses To Administer Anesthesia Without The Supervision Of A Physician published
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
"The Colorado Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) strongly disagrees with NPATCH's support for allowing nurses to administer anesthesia without physician supervision. Regrettably, their action was not unexpected. It is disturbing that NPATCH and others would support policies whereby a patient's life-and-death medical decisions would be made by nurses, not doctors...
Target Stores Join Field Of Retail Medicine published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT
Chicago Tribune: "Target Corp., renewing its push into retail medicine, will open eight new clinics in the Chicago area and Palm Beach, Fla., giving a boost to a form of health care delivery that has seen slower growth amid the economic downturn. The Minneapolis-based retail giant launched its first health clinic four years ago but has not been as aggressive as rivals CVS/Caremark Corp...
Medicinal Cannabis Review Highlights Dilemmas Facing Healthcare Professionals published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Nurses have a responsibility to respect and support patients who use cannabis for medicinal purposes, but must stay within the law and follow professional guidance at all times, according to a research review in the September issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing...
The Horizon Foundation For New Jersey Receives Grant To Increase The Number Of Advanced Degreed Nurses In New Jersey published
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT
The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey announced that it has been chosen as one of nine foundations nationwide to receive funding from Partners Investing in Nursing's Future (PIN), a unique national initiative to help find innovative ways to create an effective nursing workforce appropriate in size and equipped with the specific skills necessary to meet the changing demands of t...
Newest Edition Of Critical Care Nursing Procedure Manual Helps Hospital Units published
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
The latest edition of the "AACN Procedure Manual for Critical Care Nursing" increases the focus on patient safety and infection prevention, while continuing to emphasize evidence-based practice. Published by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), the 1,312-page manual presents procedures for the critical care environment in an easy-to-use illustrated and step-by-step format...
Foundation Names UIC Educator As Nurse Faculty Scholar published
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT
Shannon Zenk, assistant professor of health systems science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, was one of 12 nurse educators nationwide selected as a Nurse Faculty Scholar by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The three-year, $350,000 grant is presented to junior faculty members who show outstanding promise as future leaders in academic nursing, according to the foundation...
Physicians Assistants, Nurse Practitioners Take On More Primary Care Duties published
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:00:00 PDT
In the final part of a three-part series on primary care, NPR reports on physicians assistants and nurse practitioners taking the place of physicians as deliverers of primary care. "Unlike physicians in primary care, the number of physician assistants and nurse practitioners are on the rise...
Mandatory Flu Vaccine For All Health-Care Personnel: Recommendation By Nation's Leading Infectious Diseases Experts published
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 PDT
Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel is a professional and ethical responsibility and non-compliance with healthcare facility policies regarding vaccination should not be tolerated, according to a position paper released by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)...
Canadian Minister Travels To Mali, Mozambique To Start Rolling Out Canada's G8 Muskoka Initiative published
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
The Canadian government started rolling out its maternal health program in Africa as Minister of International Co-operation Bev Oda embarked on a seven-day visit to Mali and Mozambique, the Globe and Mail reports (York, 8/27)...
Kingston Hospital Nurses Seek To Join Their Health Alliance Colleagues In The Nurses Association published
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Registered nurses at Kingston Hospital filed a petition for election Friday afternoon with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The nurses are seeking to join their Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley colleagues at Benedictine Hospital in being represented for collective bargaining by the New York State Nurses Association...
RCN Comments On NHS Direct, UK published
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) commented on media reports that telephone advice service NHS Direct is to be scrapped. Dr Peter Carter, RCN Chief Executive & General Secretary, said: "NHS Direct has developed over recent years into a service that many patients really value...
Nurse-Family Partnership Receives $210,000 Grant From WellPoint Foundation published
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Nurse-Family Partnership®, a leading non-profit organization addressing the needs of low income, first-time parents and their children, has received a $210,000 grant from the WellPoint Foundation. The WellPoint Foundation, a private, non-profit organization wholly funded by WellPoint, Inc...
AACN Selects New Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars Through Joint Program With The Johnson & Johnson Campaign For Nursing's Future published
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:00:00 PDT
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is pleased to announce that five new Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars have been selected through a national scholarship program funded by the Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future...
RCN Responds To End Of Life Care Strategy Report, UK published
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 PDT
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) called for sustained investment to make 24-hour district nursing a reality in all areas, as they responded to the Second Annual Report on the End of Life Care Strategy...
American College Of Nurse-Midwives Responds To ACOG's 2010 VBAC Recommendations published
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
In a statement issued earlier today, the American College of Nurse-Midwives calls for concerted efforts to expand access to vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) in the U.S. ACNM's statement comes in response to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' (ACOG) recent revised practice bulletin on VBAC, which is likely to play a key role in continuing to limit access to VBAC in the U.S...
Whitman Renews Attack On Nurses As Thousands Head To Honor Suffrage Anniversary In Sacramento And Challenge Whitman For Dishonoring Women's Progress published
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
On the eve of a major gathering of thousands of registered nurses, joined by women's, labor, and community members in Sacramento Thursday, August 26, California Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman Tuesday night renewed her attack on registered nurses' collective voice, workplace protections, and retirement security...
University Of Southern Nevada And St. Rose Dominican Hospitals Join Forces To Meet Nevada's Future Demand For Nurses published
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
The University of Southern Nevada (USN) and St. Rose Dominican Hospitals (St. Rose) have partnered to help shape Nevada's workforce by preparing qualified registered nurses to meet the state's future healthcare demand...
New Online Compliance Training Course For Nursing Facilities published
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Health Care Compliance Strategies, Inc. (HCCS), the leading provider of online healthcare compliance and competency training, announced the release of a new online compliance training course designed specifically for nursing facilities including nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities and other long term care providers. Nursing facilities are facing increased government scrutiny...
Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School Of Nursing Earns Grants For School-Based Health Center published
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing recently received two grants to support the School-based Health Center (SBHC) at Proviso East High School. Loyola faculty and students have provided health education and services to high school students at the SBHC for more than 10 years...
'Village' Movement And Community Health Clinics Offer Alternative Models Of Care published
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
NPR: "The village movement dates to the 2001 founding of Beacon Hill Village in Boston. This year, the Village to Village Network launched to help other communities create their own senior support groups...
ANA'S Patton, Other Nurse Leaders Recognized In Modern Healthcare's 100 Most Powerful People In Health Care published
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Demonstrating the American Nurses Association's continued influence in shaping discussions on health care policy, ANA is pleased to announce that past President Rebecca M. Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR, made this year's list of Modern Healthcare's 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare...
RCN Response To Consultancy Services Expenditure, UK published
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Commenting on reports of consultancy services expenditure by Strategic Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts, RCN Chief Executive & General Secretary Dr Peter Carter said: "These figures are shocking and nothing short of a scandal. It is extremely difficult to see how spending more than £313m on consultancy services in one year can be justified...
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