If you’re thinking about going to nursing school and earning your nursing degree, you’ll want to check out these top nursing news stories and headlines collected from around the web.
Nursing News Collected 2/7
Ashland University College of Nursing Sponsors Cultural Competencies Conference
The Ashland University Dwight Schar College of Nursing is sponsoring a conference titled “Developing Cultural Competencies: A Life-long Journey for Nurses” to be held Friday, Feb. 17, at 1:30 p.m. in Redwood Hall on the Ashland University campus.
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Quinnipiac Nursing Graduates Ace Licensing Exam
Quinnipiac nursing graduates continued to pass the national licensing exam for nurses in high numbers last year.
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APS Needs More Nurses For Its Schools
Albuquerque Public School does not have enough nurses to take care of your kids if they get sick at school. APS says they are contracting with nurses to temporality fill some of the positions. But the are short staffed and need several full time nurses to fill plug the hole. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 2/6
A mystery illness that has caused Tourette’s-like symptoms in 15 students at LeRoy High School, in upstate New York, is spreading. Full Story>>
‘BSN in 10’ Bills Could Start a Trend
Another batch of statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor paints a sunny picture for people pursuing jobs in healthcare. Full Story>>
Special Nurse Days in February
The cascade of news this week about hospital sales has plunged New Jersey into one of the hottest controversies in healthcare today: the role of for-profit companies in patient care. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 2/3
Nurse Researchers Find Disparities in Pain Treatment
Pain is generally undertreated in the United States, but low-income and minority patients are even less likely to receive guideline-recommended pain treatment in virtually all healthcare settings, according to the authors of a new paper from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Full Story>>
‘BSN in 10’ Bills Could Start a Trend
If a bill currently under consideration by the New York state legislature becomes law, nurses in that state will have to obtain a bachelor’s degree within 10 years in order to retain their licenses and keep working. Full Story>>
Special Nurse Days in February
Here are some special days for you to celebrate and acknowledge each other this month, including, of course, February 14, Valentine’s Day. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 2/2
Hospitals, nurses grapple with overtime
State-mandated caps on nursing overtime hours improve patient safety and care quality, concluded a new study, reported Renal Business Today. The regulations prevented fatigue from long shifts and the associated errors that endanger the safety of patients and nurses alike. Full Story>>
What do the ‘nursing shortage,’ rise of digital health mean for the future of nursing?
Even compared with other jobs in healthcare — an industry that made it through the heart of the recession rather gracefully — the job outlook for registered nurses is strong, with the number of jobs growing at an above-average rate. But nursing schools are slow to change, and in order to graduate successful nurses who are prepared to enter the rapidly changing digital world of healthcare, there needs to be some changes in how nurses are trained and transitioned, says Beth Ulrich, Ed.D., R.N., FACHE, FAAN. Full Story>>
As the House and Senate conferees continue to hold meetings to reach an agreement to extend the payroll tax break and the Medicare “doc fix,” health care interests are offering input into the process and making pleas to ward off what they say would be deep and damaging spending reductions. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 2/1
Diagnostic imaging on iPads twice as slow
A study from the University of Maryland found that radiologists using iPad 2s to evaluate patients for tuberculosis (TB) took twice as long to make a diagnosis as they did when using a 27-inch LCD monitor. Full Story>>
iSirona Appoints Chief Nursing Officer in Support of Continued Growth
iSirona®, a provider of simplified solutions for medical device integration, today announced that Mary Carr, RN, BSN, CPN, has been
promoted to the position of Chief Nursing Officer. She will lead and strengthen the company’s deep understanding of the complexities and demands of clinical workflow in today’s healthcare facilities. Full Story>>
Nurses are spending more time on paperwork, restocking supplies
A new survey shows that nurses are spending more time on indirect patient care activities like paperwork, traveling to supply rooms and entering medication orders than in the past. One of the consequences of nurses spending less time directly caring for patients is that more than half of the nurses surveyed said they weren’t satisfied with the scheduling of staff at their facility, according to a Jackson Healthcare, a hospital staffing company. Full Story>>
News Collected 1/31
Mississippi Nurses Hold Statewide Summit this Week
More than 1,000 nursing students, nurses and nurse practitioners are expected to converge in Jackson on Tuesday for the 18th annual Statewide Nursing Summit. Full Story>>
Nurses Pack Hearing, Renew Call for Staffing Bill
Nurses from around the state, joined by a slew of legislators, urged passage of a nurse staffing law, saying they have battled too long for a bill they say would save patients’ lives.
Feeling Strain When Violent Patients Need Care
Nurses do encounter difficult patients on the job, and there are various ways to deal with the issue. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 1/30
Decorated RN joins RJWF board of trustees
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced the election of Linda Burnes Bolton, RN, DrPH, FAAN, to its board of trustees. She joins a diverse group of 13 other board members in leading the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the health and healthcare of all Americans. For more information>>
Medical Professionals Join Washington Square Demonstration
Doctors sporting white coats, nurses in their scrubs, patients and health care advocates are joining the ranks of the Occupy Wall Street movement to protest at Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village this afternoon. For more information>>
U. of I. nurses approve new contract
Nurses at University of Illinois Medical Center have voted to ratify a new three-year contract with the hospital.Nurses represented by the Illinois Nurses Association voted 490 to 68 in favor of the contract that takes effect immediately. For more information>>
Nursing News Collected 1/27
Illinois Receives $110 Million in Federal Funding to Prevent Nursing Home Abuse
On Tuesday, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced the creation of a $110 million federal fund to prevent nursing home abuse. The money will come from a tax on nursing homes and be used to help homes meet new state requirements that were passed last year in response to a string of nursing home abuse incidents. Full Story>>
Massachusetts’ ranks of insured reached 94.2 percent in 2010
A new report published recently online in the journal Health Affairs showed that 94.2 percent of the non-elderly population in Massachusetts had health insurance, a significant increase over the 86.6 percent who were insured prior to the state’s health reforms. Full Story>>
Long Shifts May Raise Some Nurses’ Odds for Obesity
Nurses who work long hours and have less physically demanding jobs are much more likely to be obese than other nurses, according to a new study. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 1/26
NCSBN Holds Successful World Café Education Meeting
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing(NCSBN®)www.ncsbn.org hosted “Shaping the Future of Nursing Education: A New Vision for Approval & Accreditation” which brought together more than 200 nursing educators, regulators and accreditors from across the country. Full Story>>
Health Department Urges Enrollment in WIC and Nurse Family Partnership
In the coming year, the City of Kansas City, Mo., Health Department encourages families in need with young children to apply for the Nurse Family Partnership program and for the Federal Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, otherwise known as WIC. Both programs work with families from pregnancy through the critical development years. Full Story>>
Graduate Nursing Program Receives High Rankings
Old Dominion University’s School of Nursing was nationally recognized by the U.S. News Survey for its online Graduate Nursing Program. The program was ranked number two in admissions selectivity and number 10 in student services and technology.
Nursing News Collected 1/25
Brock nursing team enters Alzheimer Society walk
A group of future nurses from Brock is entering a team in the Alzheimer Society of Niagara Walk for Memories this weekend. Under the banner of “Brock’s Future Nurses,” the team is led by student Michelle Richardson. Fourth-year student Samantha Micsinszki is participating, as is Lynn McCleary, associate professor of Nursing. Full Story>>
Nurses’ Union Approves Strike At Flushing Hospital
About 430 nurses at Flushing Hospital Medical Center in Queens may be walking off the job soon, as their union approved a potential strike. While the New York State Nurses Association approved the strike on Friday, federal law states that the union cannot start a strike until 10 days after the hospital has been notified. Full Story>>
NCSBN Holds Successful World Café Education Meeting
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing hosted “Shaping the Future of Nursing Education: A New Vision for Approval & Accreditation” which brought together more than 200 nursing educators, regulators and accreditors from across the country. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 1/24
Local Hospitals Sign Clinical Agreements to Support New Nursing Program
Laughlin and Takoma hospitals signed clinical affiliation agreements on Thursday, January 19, to serve as educational sites for the new Tusculum College Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.
At Loyola, Medical and Nursing Students are Learning Medicine Together
In the traditional practice of medicine, the physician is boss, and tells everyone else what to do. But at Loyola University Chicago, medical and nursing students are learning a new model, in which doctors, nurses and other health-care professionals work as a team. Loyola is among the first universities in the United States to teach such a collaborative model. Full Story>>
USM Seeks Autonomy for Nursing School Program
The University of Southern Mississippi has asked the state College Board
for college status to be returned to the School of Nursing for the first time since 2003.
Nursing News Collected 1/23
Flu Season 2012: Why Is No One Getting Sick?
Shouldn’t we all be dead by now? We have lived for a few years amid a torrent of reports about the clear and imminent danger of epidemic flu (avian, swine, novel H1N1, whatever). States have passed laws requiring vaccinations for some groups and have stockpiled antiviral flu medications. Full Story>>
FDA approves treatment for toxic methotrexate levels
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Voraxaze (glucarpidase) to treat patients with toxic levels of methotrexate in their blood because of kidney failure. Full Story>>
Massachusetts Nurses Given iPhones To Help Improve Work Efficiency
Nurses working in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston will be given iPhones to communicate and manage work while they are on duty. The staff will be using the Voalte communications system in the hospital’s newest
facility, the Lunder building, after testing the offering against Voice over IP (VoIP) and badge-based communications technologies during a pilot phase, Mobiledia report. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 1/20
The RN And The EHR – Better Together
In the first large study of its kind, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing determined that nurses working with EHRs consistently reported more improvements to nursing care and better health outcomes for patients than nurses working in hospitals without
this technology.
Governor’s Budget Allocates million for Veterans Nursing Home in Radcliff
Gov. Steve Beshear has proposed million in state bond allocations to go toward building a veterans nursing home in Radcliff.
Organization Speeds Up Certification for Foreign Nurses
An organization that helps nurses from other countries become certified more quickly in Ontario has come to Windsor. It’s called the CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses. It’s been operating for more than a decade in Toronto. More recently, it moved to Hamilton and London, and now to Windsor.
News Collected 1/19
Key Factors Affecting 3 Generations Of Nurses Identified By Retention Study
If organizations want to retain qualified nurses they need to tackle the different work factors that are important to the three key age groups and build on the strong attachment that many nurses feel to the profession. Those are the key messages to emerge from a large-scale survey of nurses published in the January issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Loyola University New Orleans School of Nursing Online Program Named Among Best
The 2012 edition of the U.S. News & World Report Top Online Education Programs rankings guide singled out the Loyola University New Orleans School of Nursing as one of the best online graduate programs in the country. Full Story>>
Accelerated nursing master’s degree program offered
The California State University, Fresno Department of Nursing will admit a new cohort of 30 students into its accelerated entry level master’s (ELM) nursing program in May.
Nursing News Collected 1/18
NMC faces challenge in replacing outgoing chief
The news of chief executive and registrar Dickon Weir-Hughes’ sudden exit from the Nursing and Midwifery Council couldn’t have come at a worse time for nursing. Full Story>>
Cleveland Clinic, healthcare employers to hire more outpatient staff in 2012
Following recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data that overall healthcare jobs are showing modest gains, hospitals and health systems in Ohio are looking to hire more outpatient workers this year, reported MedCity News. Full Story>>
Norovirus Causes Quarantine at New Jersey Nursing Home
This month, medical professionals at a Hopewell, New Jersey nursing home declared quarantine on the third floor of the center after 34 of the 55 residents came down with the norovirus. The virus struck quickly and resulted in four residents having to be transported to a nearby hospital. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 1/17
NHS Nursing: How to Look After Patients on Anticoagulant Therapy
Patients are given anticoagulant therapy for treatment and prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism, deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
Study: Patients Happy With Nurse-Delivered SBIRT
Hospital patients have high acceptability of and comfort with nurse-delivered alcohol screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment, according to a study. Full Story>>
Nurse Donates Her Kidney to Patient She Barely Knows
Nurses often go above and beyond the call of duty to help patients, but they usually don’t go to the lengths Allison Batson did. She donated a kidney to one.
Nursing News Collected 1/16
Most physicians anxious about end-of-life care
A nurse-led study found that physicians experience similar levels of apprehension to nurses when caring for dying patients. Full Story>>
ANA files brief in support of individual mandate
The American Nurses Association and five other healthcare groups representing millions of healthcare professionals have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Affordable Care Act’s minimum coverage requirement for most U.S. citizens. Full Story>>
Legislators, providers meet to discuss nursing home bill
A group of 25 people met at Latham Place Jan. 10 to discuss a proposed hybrid level of care that falls between nursing homes and assisted living homes. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 1/13
University of Utah unites with more than 100 med schools to help vets
The University of Utah’s medical school is among more than 100 nationwide uniting to improve health care for America’s veterans under an initiative announced Wednesday by First Lady Michelle Obama. Full Story>>
Task force tackles critical care research guidelines
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses was part of a task force that recently issued recommendations on making the field of critical care research less fragmented and more accountable for patient heterogeneity and the complexity of critical illness. Full Story>>
Dutch nursery cares for orphaned seals
Storms that have lashed the Dutch coast this year have created a wave of orphaned baby seals – some so young their umbilical cords are still attached – wrenched from their mothers and washed up on beaches and dikes. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 1/12
Nurse intervention aims to reduce readmissions
As hospitals continue to combat readmissions, facilities in Florida and New Jersey have found a successful tool: nurse intervention and communication. Full Story>>
Marie Phillips, Kathy Warren and Theresa Hook are Vanderbilt nurses, but they don’t clock in at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. They wear School of Nursing identification badges, but you won’t see them in the halls of Vanderbilt’s hospitals or clinics. Through a 17-year partnership between Metro Nashville Public Schools and the Vanderbilt School of Nursing, these women serve as on-site nurses at elementary schools in low-income neighborhoods – where families struggle to provide for the basic needs of their children. Full Story>>
HIMSS helps nurse informaticists make HIT work
A new website will pair nurses who want to learn more about e-health and informatics with experts who answer questions and offer professional advice. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 1/11
ACS, a Xerox company, helps Iowa modernize the way physicians share patient information
It used to be that sharing healthcare data amounted to patients taking paper copies of laboratory and radiology reports, medication histories, past diagnoses and immunizations from one doctor to another or relying on busy medical staff to fax records. But in Iowa, that will change as the state turns to ACS, A Xerox Company. Full Story>>
Pharmacists key to reducing infections, hospitalizations
Add pharmacists to the list of care givers, hospitals and consumer groups that will help the Health & Human Services’ national patient safety collaboration save more than 60,000 lives and up to billion in healthcare costs by the end of 2013. Full Story>>
Electronic health records improve nursing
U.S. nurses working with electronic health records consistently reported improvements in nursing care and better health outcomes, researchers say. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 1/10
Better Together: The RN and the EHR
With the prodding of new federal legislation, electronic health records(EHRs) are rapidly becoming part of the daily practice of hospital nurses – the frontline providers of care. Full Story>>
Chicago Nurses Overwhelming Vote for NNU
In landslide (94-16) victory Friday, registered nurses at Chicago’s Jackson Park Hospital voted to join National Nurses United. Full Story>>
UPMC McKeesport Nurses Ratify Three-Year Contract
UPMC McKeesport nurses voted to ratify a three-year contract, the hospital announced Monday.
Nursing News Collected 1/9
RN Side Table Reaches Agreement Over Nurse Specific Issues
The SEIU 721 RN bargaining team reached an agreement with Riverside county management on issues of recruitment and retention incentives for registered nurses at Riverside County Medical Center and Arlington Campus. Full Story>>
How Nurses Are Portrayed in Television Versus How They Are in Reality
Television is an incredibly powerful force. All too often, people will believe that the way things occur on television are accurate portrayals of these events in real life and will be influenced by what they see in television shows. Full Story>>
Longtime nurse wins $1 million in Arkansas lottery
A longtime Arkansas Children’s Hospital nurse from Cabot won $1 million on a scratchoff ticket she redeemed Thursday, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery said in a statement. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 1/6
All 2011 AU Nursing Grads Pass NCLEX on First Attempt
At the end of every nursing student’s baccalaureate career, he or she must face the National Council Licensure Examination, also known as the NCLEX. It is one of several examinations students must pass to obtain the licensing needed to become a registered nurse. Anderson University is proud to announce that 100 percent of the 2011 graduating seniors passed the test on the first try, a significant milestone for the AU School of Nursing. Full Story>>
San Jose Nursing Program at South Bay School of Nursing Announces CNA Classes
South Bay School of Nursing now offers Bay Area CNA program courses taught by bilingual Spanish instructors, who will help to translate portions of the curriculum.
`X Factor’ Winner Still has Dreams of Nursing – Boston.com
She’s got a $ 5 million recording contract, but Melanie Amaro still sees herself as a nurse someday. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 1/5
Happier Staffers at Nonprofit Nursing Homes
For years, researchers have reported that ownership status is one of the factors related to quality care. “Most studies show that nonprofits do a better job of caring for patients,” said JiSun Choi, a postdoctoral fellow in nursing and long-term care at the University of Kansas Medical Center School of Nursing. “But we’re not sure why that happens.” Full Story>>
Alum Earns Prestigious Nursing Award : Baldridge-Dumas Communications
Dr. Kathleen R. Stevens, a Northwestern State University alumna and a
professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, received the Episteme Award, one of nursing’s most prestigious research honors. Stevens received the honor during Sigma Theta Tau International’s 41st biennial convention. STTI is the international honor society of nursing.
NCSBN Launches New Resources on Social Media and Networking for Nurses
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN®) has created a variety of new resources to educate nurses about professional boundaries in a social networking environment. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 1/4
Tech Nursing Students Use Training to Help Community
Nursing students from Louisiana Tech took their skills to the community recently and helped out with two events in less than two weeks. First, the nursing students in Nursing 110 assisted Lowe’s and the Ruston Fire Department in helping families with safety and assisted the Red Cross with a health fair.
Informed Patient: Helping Nurses Cope With Compassion Fatigue
New programs are underway to help nurses cope with compassion fatigue, an occupational hazard for caregivers that also puts patients at risk of substandard care, today’s Informed Patient column reports. Full Story>>
Joanne Robinson Named Inaugural Dean of the Rutgers School of Nursing-Camden
The appointment of Marlton resident Joanne P. Robinson, a noted researcher in the area of nursing care for the elderly, as the inaugural dean of the Rutgers School of Nursing-Camden is announced by Richard L. McCormick, president of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Nursing News Collected 1/3
Breast Cancer Survivors Benefit From Meditation
Up to 50 percent of breast cancer survivors are depressed, according to researchers. But now scientists at the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing say a meditation technique can help breast cancer survivors improve their emotional and physical well-being. Full Story>>
Yesterday, Eric Bolling posted a scary note on his Facebook wall stating that his son, Eric Chase, had suffered a lacerated spleen during a snowboarding accident. Today he posted an update thanking his fans for their prayers and well wishes and saying that, fortunately, his son was recovering well. Full Story>>
A Lifelong Yearning to Help Others Becomes a Nurse’s Professional Passion
From an early age, Pat Thornton always yearned to help people or animals when they were sick to make them feel better. However, Pat Thornton’s career path became crystal clear when she was a teenager. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 1/2
AORN salary survey finds increase from prior year
The average perioperative staff nurse earned $67,800 in 2011, an increase of $1,400 from 2010, according to results of an annual salary survey by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses. Full Story>>
State lawmakers will reconsider a proposal in the new year that would require new registered nurses to earn a four year degree within 10 years to keep working in New York. Full Story>>
At 89, Michigan’s longest-serving nurse is finally retiring
Seven decades after she first slipped on a starchy white nurse’s smock and stockings, the woman believed to be Michigan’s longest-serving nurse is hanging up her stethoscope for good. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/30
Texas AFP Overcomes Attempts to Legislate Independent Practice for Nurses
A mostly rural state, Texas is experiencing a shortage of family physicians
and other primary care physicians. In response, both local and national organizations representing advanced practice registered nurses, or APRNS, have tried to obtain rights for these nurses to practice independently in the state, a move that has been strongly disputed by the Texas AFP, or TAFP. Full Story>>
Utahns encouraged to ‘adopt’ seniors in nursing homes
Pop your head into a nursing home this time of year and chances are you’ll run into a youth group singing Christmas carols or members of a nearby church delivering holiday goodies. Once the holiday season ends, the facilities “become unbearably quiet even before the decorations are put away,” says Deb Burcombe, deputy director of the Utah Health Care
Association. Full Story>>
Local nurse and owner of the medical esthetic practice No Lines By Design, Marcia Castro, RN, BSN, NNC, rMEP-C has become one of Dermaroller’s biggest fans. As a new provider of the Medical Dermaroller, Castro is now able to supplement the Collagen Induction Therapy Treatments her practice offers clients, guaranteeing more satisfactory results without the social downtime. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/29
The High Cost of Failing Artificial Hips
The most widespread medical implant failure in decades — involving thousands of all-metal artificial hips that need to be replaced prematurely — has entered the money phase. Full Story>>
Program lets New Tazewell man stay in own apartment
Norman Hotham finds the nursing home a nice place to visit, but he doesn’t want to live there. Because of a TennCare program that helps people with disabilities stay in their own homes, he doesn’t have to. Full Story>>
Healthcare workers question some ICU care decisions
Patients admitted to hospital intensive care units need high-tech, high-cost, lifesaving care, but the professionals who tend to them may not always agree with the decisions regarding that care. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/28
Dentists Could Screen 20 Million Americans For Chronic Physical Illnesses
Nearly 20 million Americans annually visit a dentist but not a general healthcare provider, according to an NYU study published in the American Journal of Public Health. The study, conducted by a nursing-dental research team at NYU, is the first of its kind to determine the proportion of Americans who are seen annually by a dentist but not by a general healthcare provider. Full Story>>
Early returns look positive for Maine’s health insurance reform
Good news came recently in the form of an actuarial report. Actuaries are the bean-counters for the insurance industry. They analyze statistics, crunch numbers and predict risk and rates. Gorman Actuarial, an independent firm based in Massachusetts, wrote the report at the request of Maine’s Bureau of Insurance. Full Story>>
Debate Persists on Deadly Flu Made Airborne
The young scientist, normally calm and measured, seemed edgy when he stopped by his boss’s office. “You are not going to believe this one,” he told Ron Fouchier, a virologist at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam. “I think we have an airborne H5N1 virus.” Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/27
WA nurses plan pay rise campaign
WA nurses are preparing to launch a major campaign against the state government in a bid for pay rises, in frustration over the fact their wages have fallen behind those of police and teachers. Full Story>>
Million-Dollar Nurses Show California’s Struggle to Cut Payroll
California (BCAX) has paid Lina Manglicmot $1.5 million since 2005, an average of $253,530 a year, to work as a prison nurse in the agricultural town of Soledad. Manglicmot is one of 42 state nurses who each made more than $1 million in those six years, mostly by tapping overtime, according to payroll data compiled by Bloomberg News. Full Story>>
AMR Brings Disabled Home For Christmas
A Canton nursing home resident is spending Christmas at home, and that is a special gift.For the past 20 years, American Medical Response has worked with local nursing homes to transport patients free of charge to be with their families on Christmas Day. This year eight of those residents made it home for the holidays. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/26
If nurses want to practice medicine, train them as doctors
A recent column in The News Herald written by a nurse practitioner (ARNP) student (“Health care system needs nurse practitioners,” Free-for-All, Dec. 10) complains about nurses’ inability to practice medicine independently in Florida and even goes so far as to suggest that ARNPs should be allowed to prescribe narcotics. Full Story>>
If bill passes, nursing mothers in Michigan excused from jury duty
Michigan moms may soon be automatically exempt from jury duty while nursing, if a circulating bill becomes law in 2012. The bill, HB 4691, would standardize a system where judges now decide individually whether a nursing mom that is summoned can postpone jury duty until her baby is weaned, said Rep. Kurt Heise, R-Plymouth, the bill’s sponsor. Full Story>>
Nurses Plan Strike in New York; Calif. Nurse Walkout Spurs Hospital Lockout
Nurses at one hospital in New York are planning a walkout in January unless they can hammer out an agreement with leaders there. In California in the meantime, nurses who staged a one-day walkout Thursday over a contract dispute and staffing issues will not be allowed back to work today, officials said. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/23
Better communication helps health outcomes
Efforts to increase physician-nurse communication and build teamwork help reduce surgery-related complications such as blood clots, U.S. researchers say. Full Story>>
Employment Issues: A Hot Topic Among Health Care Workers
In Connecticut, the issue of unionizing home care attendants has sparked charged debate. Meanwhile in California, nurses — in the midst of contract negotiations — plan to picket at Sutter Health’s Sacramento headquarters and nine of its hospitals. Full Story>>
Moderate exercise bolsters the immune system
Regular, moderate-intensity exercise enhances the immune system. Exhaustive exercise, on the other hand, lowers body immunity. By exhaustive, I mean on a par with marathon running. After such intensive exercise, it takes the body’s immune system a full week to restore itself. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/22
Discharge Summaries Play Key Role in Keeping Nursing Home Patients Safe
Sending thorough and timely reports to nursing homes when a patient is discharged from the hospital could help promote patient safety during the early days after a hospitalization. Full Story>>
Loyola Nursing Professor Receives Recognition for Innovative Teaching Model
Dr. Pamela Andresen, associate professor of Health Promotion Nursing at Loyola University Chicago Marcella School of Nursing (MNSON), has been recognized with a Certificate of Excellence from the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) for her efforts to advance the teaching of prevention, population health and public health. Full Story>>
Health Care Future Bright for Nurses, Stinks for Doctors
There are lots of losers in President Obama’s effort to remake the U.S. health care system, and chief among them are the doctors. But there are also winners, especially nurses and physician assistants (PAs). Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/21
New Approach to Nursing Education Gives Students the Chance to ‘Live Like a Nurse’
Since they were pre-teens, Kathrine McKay and Kathryn Lito had aspirations of pursuing a nursing career. So when they applied to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Nursing, they decided to take an accelerated approach to their education with the new Pacesetters program. Full Story>>
Patrick Announces $26.75 Billion Medicaid Waiver Agreement
Governor Deval Patrick today announced that the federal government will renew the Commonwealth’s Medicaid waiver, setting the stage for a new round of innovations that build on the success of health care reform in Massachusetts. Full Story>>
First study of emergency care for an entire state finds care isn’t always local
The first study to examine patterns of emergency care for an entire state has found that 40 percent of emergency department visits in Indiana over a three-year period were by patients who visited more than one emergency department. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/20
Nursing Visits Tied to Improved Environmental Health
Public health nursing interventions might help reduce environmental health risks, according to a recent study by researchers at Washington State University and Montana State University. Full Story>>
Catherine A. Lyons, RN, MS, Named Clinical Program Director at Smilow
Catherine A. Lyons, RN, MS, NEA-BC, has been named clinical program director, Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, and director of oncology nursing. Full Story>>
USD’s Larson Elected to NLN Board of Governors
June Larson, associate dean of the University of South Dakota’s School of Health Sciences and a national leader in nursing education, has been elected by the National League for Nursing (NLN) membership to serve on the Board of Governors for a three year term through 2014.
VERMILLION, S.D. — June Larson, associate dean of the University of South
Dakota’s School of Health Sciences and a national leader in nursing education, has been
elected by the National League for Nursing (NLN) membership to serve on the Board of Governors
for a three year term through 2014. She was installed as a governor during the annual business
meeting at the NLN Education Summit in Orlando, Fla. NLN promotes excellence in nursing
education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce to advance the nation’s
health.
Larson was named associate dean of the USD’s School of Health Sciences in 2009, having been
steadily promoted since she first joined USD as an instructor of nursing in 1980. She served
as chair of the department … Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/19
Study: Health Reform Will Not Overwhelm Colorado’s Medical System
Though Colorado will add 510,000 to insurance rolls under health care reform, the state will need far fewer new doctors than previously thought, in part because those patients will be shifting from emergency rooms and other existing care, a report says.
Nurses Threaten Strike at Three New York Hospitals
In New York, over 6,000 registered nurses are poised to walk out of three of the city’s most prestigious hospitals before the year’s end, mainly over changes to their health benefits and what they say are strains in staffing. Full Story>>
Numbers of Hispanics Studying Medicine on the Rise
A growing number of Hispanics are applying to and enrolling in medical school. Since 2004, the number of Hispanic applicants to American medical schools has increased 22.9 percent, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. There was a nearly 6 percent rise between 2010 and 2011, from 3,271 to 3,459. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/16
Philadelphia-area hospitals cut readmissions by 7 percent
Twenty-nine hospitals in Greater Philadelphia cut readmission rates by 7 percent and saved $3.8 million in the third quarter, according to Transitions of Care Survey Summary Report from the Health Care Improvement Foundation. Full Story>>
Physician shortage isn’t that bad
Despite reports that the supply of physicians is in dire straits, new research finds the doctor shortage may not be as great as people feared, at least on a national level, reports Scripps Howard News Service. Full Story>>
Father Turns Parkinson’s Diagnosis into Mission to Find a Cure
Nearly 1.5 million Americans are living with Parkinson’s disease, a slowly progressing neurodegenerative brain disorder. The disease, which has been linked to a lack of dopamine in the brain, causes symptoms including tremor, slowness of movement, muscle stiffness and balance problems. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/15
Vivian Littlefield: Making A Difference for the Red Cross
Vivian Littlefield has always been passionate about nursing. After all, she served as the Dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing for 16 years, and was active in local, state and national roles related to health and health care.
New York Times Honors Pinoy Nurse
A Filipino-American nurse received the “New York Times 2011 Tribute to Nurses Award” for innovation and leadership at the New York Times headquarters in Manhattan.
Grandmother, Granddaughter Share Common Bond in Nursing
A grandmother and her granddaughter share a common bond in nursing. Both graduated 30 years apart from Hillsborough Community College in Plant City.
Nursing News Collected 12/14
Michigan nursing home ombudsmen got the extra mile for residents
Just 23 ombudsmen in Michigan represent the interests of the nearly 40,000 nursing home residents in the state — helping families navigate the bureaucracy of nursing care, mediating conflicts and advocating for residents fighting for better care. Full Story>>
Female WWII Pilot Gives $2 Million to Flight Nursing Program
A pioneering female aviator who served her country during World War II has made a gift to Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing — a gift that combines her love of flight and her dedication to nursing. Full Story>>
HCA nurses win key gains in collective bargaining contract
Registered nurses at a Las Vegas hospital that is part of Nashville’s HCA Holdings Inc. finalized their first collective bargaining contract with important improvements, a move expected to influence negotiations at 16 other HCA hospitals in Florida, Texas and Missouri. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/13
Belgian nurse who saved GIs in WWII honored
A Belgian nurse who saved the lives of hundreds of American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge at the end of World War II was given a U.S. award for valor Monday – 67 years late. Full Story>>
Nurse Midwives Empower Patients With Delivery Options
Sarah Darby, RN, CNM, is a nurse midwife at The Women’s Healthcare Group. She delivers at Overland Park Regional Medical Center as well as the Shawnee Mission Medical Center. “Nurse midwives are more able to develop and bond with their patients,” said Sally Darby, RN and CNM at The Women’s Healthcare Group in Overland Park. “We’re going to enable them to be part of the decision-making process.” Full Story>>
Cooperative school nurse project goes live online
Silver Spring, Md.-School nurses now have easy access to comprehensive oral health information through the National Association of School Nurses’ new website, Oral Health Connections. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/12
Kentucky Christian University and Ashland Community and Technical College agreed Thursday on a plan that will allow nursing students to start their college career at ACTC and then transfer credits to KCU. Full Story>>
Health Care System Needs Nurse Practitioners
There are currently about 168,000 advanced registered nurse practitioners (ARNPs) in the United States (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2011); this is about one-fifth the number of physicians and about twice the number of physician assistants (PAs).
New Registered nurses’ Lack of Geographic Mobility Has Negative Implications for Rural Health
A study on the geographic mobility of registered nurses (RNs) recently published in the December Health Affairs magazine suggests that the profession’s relative lack of mobility has serious implications for access to health care for people in rural areas.
Nursing News Collected 12/9
AACN and the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence Partner for Webinar Series on Nursing Advocacy
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence are partnering to produce a series of didactic Webinars for nursing students attending AACN’s 2012 Student Policy Summit next March. Full Story>>
Young Women Are Saving The Field Of Nursing
According to new research from the RAND Corporation, Vanderbuilt University and Dartmouth College, the number of people aged 23 to 26- the majority of them being women-who became registered nurses
has increased by 62% from 2002 to 2009. Full Story>>
School-Based Health Centers Receive Federal Grants
More than $14 million was awarded to 45 school-based health centers across the country, allowing the number of children served to increase by nearly 50%, announced Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, on Thursday. Full story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/8
Case Western Reserve Nursing School Receives $2 Million Gift
A former World War II pilot and Case Western Reserve University alumna pledged 2 million to her alma mater prior to her death last month, a gift that school officials say will take the university’s nursing program to new heights. Full Story>>
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has released preliminary survey data showing that enrollment in all types of professional registered nursing (RN) programs increased from 2010 to 2011. This includes a 3.9% increase in entry-level Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree programs.
All Children’s Pediatric RN Residency Program Welcomes New Nurses
A new group of nurses recently started their ACH careers in the All Children’s Pediatric RN Residency Program. Eleven nurses are enrolled in the 12-month program that is integrated into the existing clinical education structure. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/7
U.S. Seeing a Surge in Young Nurses
A surge in young nurses may ease forecasts of coming shortages as their baby-boomer coworkers retire. The past decade brought a 62 percent increase in the number of younger registered nurses entering the workforce, researchers reported Monday in the journal Health Affairs. Full Story>>
DIY Dialysis, And Other Stories About Improving Patients’ Lives
This morning, Maureen Bisognano, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement here in Cambridge, spoke movingly about the power of storytelling to help radically change the way health care is delivered to patients. Full Story>>
Informed Patient: Bringing Spirituality to Medicine
Hospital chaplains are bringing more scientific research to the practice of spiritual care, while physicians are learning to bring spirituality to the practice of medicine, today’s Informed Patient column reports. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/6
Rasmussen College Nursing Faculty Named National League For Nursing Ambassador
Rasmussen College is pleased to announce that Lynn Whitmer, full-time nursing faculty at the National League for Nursing (NLN) to serve as an ambassador. As a participant in this elite corps, Lynn will inform Rasmussen College faculty and administration about the NLN initiatives, grant opportunities, conferences, and workshops available to NLN members. Full Story>>
Study finds surge in young nurses over past decade
The past decade brought a 62 percent increase in the number of younger registered nurses entering the workforce, researchers reported Monday in the journal Health Affairs. A young influx is noteworthy because at least 900,000 of the nation’s roughly 3 million nurses are older than 50, meaning they’re nearing retirement. Full Story>>
Chamberlain College of Nursing and Missouri Nurses Association Establish Education Program
Chamberlain College of Nursing and the Missouri Nurses Association (MONA), the only professional organization for all registered nurses (RNs) in Missouri, announced a program that provides RNs with a special tuition rate to advance their education. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/5
Do Med Students Know When to Wash Their Hands?
Our personal handwashing rules: use hot water and soap, do it after potentially touching something yucky and sing “Happy Birthday” to be sure you’re scrubbing long enough. Physicians, though, need to know a lot more. And a small study of third-year medical students in Germany finds that they aren’t entirely clear on when handwashing is indicated. Full Story>>
Genes May Make Quitting Tougher for Smokers
Despite decades of public health efforts aimed at snuffing out cigarette smoking, 20 percent of Americans still light up. New research suggests it might be because of their genes. Full Story>>
HIV testing at Rockland Community College marks World AIDS Day
Until Thursday, Florayne Joseph, a college student and aspiring nurse, had never been tested for HIV.But the 18-year-old psychology major took a rapid HIV test that was being offered at Rockland Community College’s campus in Ramapo to commemorate World AIDS Day. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 12/2
Senators Ponder State Nursing Shortage
Nurses are in short supply in Nebraska, and that shortage is only expected to grow in severity in the next decade, right when the aging population requires more medical care than ever before.
Offered in eight-week sessions, the program is designed to provide a flexible format with the busy registered nurse at heart. Full Story>>
Commissioning Must Involve Nurses More
The Nurses in Commissioning Network told the NHS Alliance’s annual conference that unless nurse involvement in commissioning is increased, the potential to improve health care for patients will be wasted. Full Story>>
Culinary News Collected 12/1
Queens Nurses Approve Three-Year Raise – Honolulu News Story
At a time when other union members are facing pay cuts, furloughs and losing benefits, registered nurses at Queen’s Medical Center, Hawaii’s largest hospital, approved a contract Monday night with three years’ worth of raises.
U of L School of Nursing earns 10-year accreditation
The University of Louisville School of Nursing has been reaccredited for its bachelor’s and master’s degree programs for the next 10 years.
Pacific College of Oriental Medicine Launches Bachelor’s in Holistic Nursing
Registered nurses can advance their careers and earn a degree that prepares them for the future of healthcare through the new Bachelor of Science Completion Program in Holistic Nursing at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM) in New York. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/30
More patients seeing only allied health workers
A growing proportion of patients in hospital outpatient departments is receiving care from physician assistants and advance practice nurses without seeing a physician. Full Story>>
Workers at Montevideo, Minn., nursing home ratify agreement, avert strike
Workers at Luther Haven have ratified a new three-year labor contract that averts a possible strike at the skilled nursing facility in Montevideo. Full Story>>
Nursing is a profession which is always faced with changes, needing updates and needing the professional’s ongoing education, not only with the skills required to perform their duty but with the recent changes in the medical field in general. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/29
If the purpose of nursing school is to prepare students for real-life practice, then it must address the challenges of working with a multicultural population, says Sharon Grason, nursing instructor at Georgia Perimeter College. Full Story>>
MidMichigan’s nursing workforce efforts honored
MidMichigan Health recently received the Michigan Health Council’s Building Michigan’s Healthcare Workforce Award for its overall workforce strategies that promote advanced education of nurses. The award recognizes Michigan healthcare organizations and educators who are designing and implementing creative approaches to recruit and retain a skilled and diverse workforce. Full Story>>
Minnesota Nurses Association leader talks OccupyMN, strikes and Facebook
A report published last week in Health Care Management Review downplays the importance of nurse-patient staffing ratios in the quality of patient care. But Linda Hamilton, two-term president of the Minnesota Nurses Association, maintains that those ratios are still the 20,000-member organization’s utmost concern. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/28
For nurses, staff numbers are not necessarily top priority, survey finds
In a country facing a nursing shortage and healthcare cuts, a recent survey published by Health Care Management Review finds a link between nurses who rate the quality of their physical work environment high with a higher rating for the quality of patient care. Full Story>>
Health Care Is Inexorably Changing, Despite Legal Uncertainty
For the nation’s health care system, there may be no going back. No matter what the Supreme Court decides about the constitutionality of the federal law adopted last year, health care in America has changed in ways that will not be easily undone. Full Story>>
Optometry health IT company raising $600,000
RevolutionEHR, a Madison, Wisconsin health IT company that develops web-based optometric electronic health records maintenance software, is raising $600,000, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/25
ANA publicizes BPA hazards on Thanksgiving
With Thanksgiving approaching, the American Nurses Association has joined with the Breast Cancer Fund to warn consumers about the potential dangers of Bisphenol A in food and provide information about alternatives. Full Story>>
Gauging the Job Market for New Nurses
New nurses, take note: there are jobs out there for you. In fact, there are quite a few vacancies, just waiting for well-qualified nurses to fill them. They just might not be in your immediate vicinity. Full Story>>
Student nurses, new nurses and seasoned nurses: Take this quiz with these sample exam questions and see how you score (then post your score in the comments below)! Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/23
Three students – one from the University of Kansas School of Medicine, one from the School of Nursing and one from the School of Pharmacy – huddle around a conference table in KU Medical Center’s new family medicine clinic. Full Story>>
Up with nurses! Down with doctorates!
In light of growing health care costs and the demographic reality of an aging profession stories like this one in The New York Times are both depressing and hopeful. Calling the Nurse ‘Doctor,’ a Title Physicians Oppose. Full Story>>
Nurses at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Preparing for a Strike
Nurses at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center are preparing for a strike possibly next week due to some disagreements in a contract made between them and the hospital. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/22
Medical imaging spending drops 13%
Angling to keep Congress from cutting imaging reimbursement dollars, the Medical Imaging & Technology (MTIA) Alliance last week unveiled data indicating that spending on medical imaging tests within the Medicare program is on the decline, contrary to popular belief. Full Story>>
To promote a “culture of safety” in health care facilities and help protect health care workers from incidents of workplace violence in the state of Pennsylvania, the ‘Health Care Facilities Workplace Violence Prevention Act’ (House Bill 1992) was recently introduced in the Pennsylvania House, according to a report from HealthCanal.com. Full Story>>
East Valley residents divided on helath insurance requirement
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the challenge to the health care law passed in 2010. The law, President Barack Obama’s signature legislative accomplishment and ticket to the history books, requires most individuals to purchase health insurance, known as the individual mandate. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/21
Sepsis Education Program for Emergency and Critical Care Nurses
Every year in this country, over 750,000 people battle sepsis, a toxic and life-threatening medical condition caused by the body’s overblown response to infection or injury. Full Story>>
Nurse practitioners and doctors have often been likened today. In Alberta, nurse practitioners have been called to be “physician replacements” as the number of physician residents in the hospital have lowered. Full Story>>
Nursing Reference Center iPhone App Now Available from EBSCO Publishing
EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) is announcing the release of an iPhone application for Nursing Reference Center™. This new app from EBSCO represents the only evidence-based, point-of-care nursing mobile application available today. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/18
Loyola nurse practitioner reduces unnecessary emergency department visits
Adding a nurse practitioner (NP) to a busy hospital staff can decrease unnecessary emergency department (ED) visits, according to a study published in the latest issue of Surgery by researchers at Loyola University Health System. Full Story>>
Seniors turn to Medicaid for long-term care
By the time lung cancer and back problems forced Geraldine Woelke into a nursing home, they had consumed her savings and left her only one option: Get on Medicaid to help pay the $5,000-a-month bill. Full Story>>
We all have our nursing weakness. That one thing that we as a nurse have to ‘gear-up’ for just to make it through the experience.We have to ‘stomach’ some pretty disgusting things throughout our day, and for the most part we don’t think twice about it. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/17
Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants Help Manage Doctor Shortage
All three major health care providers in central Wisconsin — Marshfield Clinic, Ministry Health Care and Aspirus — have ramped up their use of physician assistants and nurse practitioners during the past decade as they look for ways to address a nationwide physician shortage that is projected to get worse in coming years. Full Story>>
NCLEX Reviewers 100% NCLEX Passing Rate for Northeastern Tech in 2011
NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination) takers from Northeastern Technology College made a history among NCLEX first time takers. They are the first school to garner a 100% passing rate in the recent examination. Full Story>>
Nurses Go on Lifetime Trip to Africa to Improve Medical Facilities
Two Wirral nurses have embarked on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Africa to help improve medical facilities. Nina Crombie and Chris Howell will spend two weeks in the Kenyan village of Makongeni.
Nursing News Collected 11/16
A five-year grant worth more than .4 million from the National Cancer Institute will enable City of Hope and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to train nurses working with cancer survivors who are transitioning from active treatment to survivorship care.
The nursing home tends to conjure up visions of big, institutional buildings with rows and rows of identical rooms, trays full of lackluster food and an acrid smell of disinfectant. But a new company is trying to change that – creating intimate homes for nursing home residents.
Should Nurses Be Paid to Put On Scrubs?
It takes approximately 15 minutes for a nurse to change into and out of her scrubs. Or so says a lawsuit filed by Natalie Fiore and Lisa Stransky, nurses at Colorado’s Aurora Medical Center. The nurses’ scrub lawsuit argues that the hospital’s nurses should be paid for changing their clothes. Employees are required to wear the hospital’s scrubs, but are not allowed to take them home. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/15
Here’s how you can effectively schedule rehab
When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services implemented its latest rounds of new and stricter regulations, the groan was heard throughout nursing homes across the country. The biggest impact is the emphasis on providing therapy services on an individual basis. Full Story>>
Healthcare assistant regulation plans ‘too weak’
Plans for a voluntary system of registration for health care assistants have been attacked as being too weak to significantly improve patient safety. A government plan, drawn up in response to growing national concern over safety standards, would see HCAs who have completed basic care training being allowed to opt-in to a voluntary register. Full Story>>
A safe working environment for nurses is also a safe environment for the patients in their care. According to a new study, patient and nurse safety may be linked outcomes. Read all about the new study here. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/14
Nurses bring coordinated care expertise to ACOs
With coordinated care at the heart of accountable care organizations (ACO), nurses are applauding the Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) final rule released last month, anticipating more opportunity to improve care. Full Story>>
Texas Tech University Breaks Ground on $12 Million Nursing Facility
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center’s School of Nursing began construction on a $12 million annex to its Abilene, Tex. facility last week, according to the Abilene Reporter-News and other local sources. Full Story>>
USD Military Nurses’ Contributions Celebrated
The second floor patio area of the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science building was brimming Thursday night with heroes and healers. It was here that the University of San Diego nursing dean and professor, Sally Brosz Hardin, PhD, and her staff, proudly held a reception to shine a spotlight on women and men who have always been a crucial component for any major military action or presence, yet rarely get their just due: military nurses. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/11
New Mothers, Newborns Happy with Home Visits
Home nursing visits are as safe and effective as office-based care for initial post-delivery well-baby check-ups, according to medical researchers. Full Story>>
Wal-Mart considers expanding healthcare services at its clinics
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is exploring ways to expand the kinds of healthcare services it offers at dozens of stores across the country, potentially setting the stage to turn the nation’s largest retailer into a major primary care service provider and drive down costs for millions of Americans. Full Story>>
Times have definitely seen changes when it comes to the profession of nursing. We see a lot of men taking up nursing at schools and universities and we see them more in number in hospitals than what could have been observed years back, say maybe 5-10 years ago, even rare past these given years. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/10
In recognition of the dedication and sacrifice of the nation’s veterans, the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence has established the Jonas
Nursing Scholars Program for Veterans Health. Full Story>>
Grant Given to Brandman University School of Nursing
A 0,000 grant was given to Brandman University School of Nursing by a private foundation under the name of Fletcher Jones Foundation. Full Story>>
Online Courses Becoming More Popular at NSU, PC
Deb Davies, a nursing instructor at Presentation College, is able to teach the students in her online classes anywhere she can take her laptop computer. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/9
Nursing Lab Receives Simulator
Washington State Community College nursing students will get a more personal experience in their classrooms. The Health Sciences department announced the addition of a wireless iStan human-patient simulator doll in its newly remodeled nursing lab during a dedication ceremony for the Dorothy Fouss Greacen Memorial Human Simulation Lab. Full Story>>
Profile of a Famous Nurse: Florence Guinness Blake
Nurses have come a long way since modern nursing was established about 150 years ago. A job that once was limited to applying bandages and changing bedpans has been transformed into a multidisciplinary profession. Full Story>>
Breast, Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise
Treatment with a recombinant poxviral vaccine showed a positive response in both metastatic breast cancer and ovarian cancer, according to results from a recent trial.
Nursing News Collected 11/8
U-M nurses union OKs 3-year contract
The union representing more than 4,000 University of Michigan Health System nurses has approved a new three-year contract that includes wage increases that could add to an hour in pay by the end of the pact, according to the nurses union. Full Story>>
Would you break up with coffee for this energy booster?
Here it is upfront: oatmeal! You probably ate it for breakfast as a kid,
and if you did, you probably had tons of energy. Now that you’re an adult, you should still eat it because it’s one of the best energy boosters around. Full Story>>
IOM to issue report on patient safety and health IT | Healthcare Finance News
As the federal government pours billions of dollars into the healthcare system to encourage the adoption rate of health information technologies, the Institute of Medicine is about to release a report this week raising concerns about the risks associated with electronic health records. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/7
Forensic Nurses are nurses with advanced education and training, giving them the skills to deal with the immediate health care consequences of violence. On November 7-11, the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) will celebrate “Forensic Nurses Week” to recognize these nurses who provide exceptional care to victims and perpetrators of abuse and violence.
Backus Nurse’s Union to Air Commercial as Contract Talks Continue
The Wiliam W. Backus Federation of Nurses plans to launch a television commercial in the Norwich area starting Monday outlining their role at the hospital as union talks with administrators drag into their fifth month.
Future Nurses and Doctors Train Together to Improve Patient Safety
Students training to become medical doctors and nurses at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa will take part in a collaborative training session on Monday, November 7, 2011 at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) campus in Kaka’ako. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/4
Southern Connecticut State University News: Nursing Ed.D Approved
Southern will offer the second doctoral program in its history next fall when it launches an Ed.D. in nursing education — an initiative designed to help address the state and national shortage of nurses and nursing faculty. Full Story>>
Thousands Storm White House in Nurses Protest
More than 1,500 nurses are rallying outside the White House in Washington DC today. They have travelled from across the US to march on the Treasury Department, calling on President Obama to tax wall street. Full Story>>
A Newsmaker You Should Know: Nurse of 19 Years Honored for Exceptional Care
Patty Barilaro of Monaca, a registered nurse at Heritage Valley Health System in Beaver, will be honored Saturday at the 13th University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing’s Cameos of Caring Awards Gala at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
Nursing News Collected 11/3
Kids in Rural Areas Face Distinct Health Challenges
Children in rural areas are more likely to face different challenges to their health and heave less access to care when compared with children in other areas, according to a new report from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. Full Story>>
Survey finds nurses are both mobile, social
The nursing community is embracing mobile health devices and social media tools at a high level, according to a new survey. Full Story>>
UCLA’s Laura Perry Receives Honor Society of Nursing’s 2011 Nursing Media Award
The UCLA School of Nursing is pleased to announce that Laura Perry, director of communications, has been named a 2011 Nursing Media Award winner by the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/2
Penn Hand Transplant Program gets its first dual transplant patient
The bilateral hand transplant performed at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia discussed at a press conference today involved an orchestra of 12 surgeons, three anesthesiologists and 15 nurses in an 11-hour procedure that Dr. L. Scott Levin hopes will eventually become a more common occurrence at the hospital. Full Story>>
Nursing home more like home, not boot camp
A couple of dozen of U.S. nursing home operators say they replacing institutional buildings with more home-like settings, with a great room and open kitchen. Full Story>>
AACN Honors Nurse Scientist Martha Curley With Research Award
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recently selected Martha A.Q. Curley, RN, PhD, FAAN, as its 2012 Distinguished Research Lecturer. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 11/1
A cure for hospital tunnel vision: Peeking into the OR
More than a semester into nursing school, I realized that I’d been talking about “hospital nursing” as if it’s this monochromatic, homogenous thing. Turns out it’s not. My first semester, I’d spent all of my clinical time on a medicine floor. In my second semester, I learned the Operating Room (OR) is a completely different world within the sphere of hospital nursing. Full Story>>
Indiana’s 1st Alzheimer’s-Only Nursing Home To Open
A nursing home billed as Indiana’s first dedicated solely to patients with
Alzheimer’s disease will have its grand opening this week in Indianapolis. American Senior Communities says Auguste’s Cottage at Harrison Terrace on the east side of Indianapolis will hold the event Thursday. Full Story>>
Construction Set for New Anna House Skilled Nursing Facility
The Sarah Community, a service provider of long term care and retirement options for older adults, is set to build a newly designed facility reflecting the latest innovative care trends in skilled nursing homes. St. Andrew’s Management Services along with architectural firm The
Lawrence Group, Hercules Construction Management Company and BSI Constructors have been selected to build the new Anna House, one of the nation’s top nursing homes. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 10/31
Nursing students explore career, continuing education options
Nearly 150 Louisiana Tech nursing students the annual Nursing Career Day Tuesday to find out career and educational opportunities after graduation. Full Story>>
Four Boards of Nursing Join NCSBN Nursys.com
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN www.ncsbn.org) announced that the California Board of Registered Nursing, the Guam Board of Nurse Examiners, the Michigan/DCH/Bureau of Health Professions and the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses (WVRN) have joined www.nursys.com, bringing the total number of full participating boards of nursing to 48.
Smart IM Injection Training Syringe Developed
“A “smart” training syringe developed by University of New Hampshire nursing and engineering faculty members will help nurses and other healthcare professionals learn how to give the most effective intramuscular injections by providing real-time feedback.
Nursing News Collected 10/28
CDC committee: Boys should receive HPV vaccine
In a significant step in the effort against complications from human papilloma virus, a committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has approved recommendations for routine vaccination of males ages 11 and 12 with three doses of HPV4. Full Story>>
Quality care is dependent on the total engagement of nurses
Six months after Congress passed the health reform law last year, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences issued a landmark report on nursing. Although seemingly separate events at the time, it’s clear now that they are integrally linked: Never has quality care been more dependent on the total engagement of nurses as well as other health professionals. Full Story>>
Nurses group to support ‘Occupy’ protesters
Members of the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses United plan to support the Occupy Maine protesters in Portland. The nurses union has supported protesters in other cities across the country associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 10/27
Pioneering Device Could Give Student Nurses a Shot in the Arm
Getting a yearly flu shot or other vaccination, while generally considered a wise health move, is hardly anyone’s idea of fun. Now, a breakthrough device from University of New Hampshire researchers aims to ensure that such shots are as effective – and painless — as possible.
‘Peace and Power’ Can Transform Disruptive Behavior Among Nurses
Bullying and other types of disruptive behavior in health care settings are common problems that can negatively affect patient care. An approach incorporating emancipatory education and community-building provides a way of addressing “horizontal violence” between nurses, according to a paper in the November issue of Wolters Kluwer Health.
Community Outreach Health Clinic Ensures Care for the Needy
Erika Kanning navigates between two very distinct medical worlds. By day, the registered nurse gives life-sustaining critical care to preemies in one of the area’s top neonatal intensive care units. But by night, she is just as dedicated to her work as a nurse practitioner in-training, delivering free or low-cost critical health care to another vulnerable population – the uninsured and underinsured.
Nursing News Collected 10/26
Patient Advocates and American Well join to bring online care to Maine
American Well announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Patient Advocates LLC that will result in the deployment of the Online Care For Providers telehealth solution forMaine clients. Patient Advocates is a health care management company that employers and patients count on to navigate the health care system. Full Story>>
Governor can’t waive law’s glitch, AG says
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal “cannot waive a law through executive order,” the state’s Attorney General advised Monday — even if the order would right a glitch in a law that is affecting as many as 100 people, among them — a military veteran. Full Story>>
New data shows nursing home workers suffer more injuries than construction, factory and mine workers
We’ve seen reality shows featuring dirty jobs, cops and coal miners. I wonder if it’s time for one showing a day-in-the-life of nursing home workers. Most of us don’t give much thought to what goes on inside of nursing homes, that is until a friend or family member needs to reside in one. What might appear as a quiet, slow-paced, restful setting is usually a stress-filled, physically-demanding environment for the people who work in them. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 10/25
Hospitals, nursing homes see readmissions drop with transitional care
With reimbursements on the line, hospitals are looking to improve their readmission rates. Hospitals, along with nursing facilities, across the country are using transitional care to keep patients from returning to the hospitals. Full Story>>
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing Center for Regulatory Excellence Grant Program recently awarded grants totaling more than $2.2 million to 11 U.S. organizations. Since the grant program began in 2007, it has awarded more than $8 million in grants for research related to public policy and building the science of nursing regulation. Full Story>>
Nurse’s union takes to Occupy Chicago for propaganda — or, ‘first aid’
The Occupy Wall Street protests continued in Chicago and the nurses unions are dispensing a new form of “first aid:” Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 10/24
U.S. healthcare employment to soar
The Bipartisan Policy Center Health Professional Workforce Initiative released a report that projects U.S. healthcare employment will soar through 2018. Full Story>>
CNCC nursing program moves closer to attaining accreditation
The nursing program at Colorado Northwestern Community College’s Craig campus is one step closer to attaining a nod from a national accrediting commission. Full Story>>
Nurses Condemn Chicago Mayor Emmanuel for Arrest of Nurses, Medical Aid Volunteers at Occupy Chicago
Registered nurses from across the U.S. today condemned Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel for his decision to arrest nurse volunteers, as well as peaceful protesters, in a late night crackdown Saturday night at the Occupy Chicago protest. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 10/21
Educating a New Generation of Nurse Scientists
With faculty and scientists in short supply in nursing schools across the nation, the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation have partnered for an innovative program to launch more nurse scholars faster. Full Story>>
Healthcare Jobs Drive Employment First Nine Months of Year
Just about everyone in America rubs elbows with healthcare. And
now with federal healthcare reforms aimed at granting millions of Americans improved access to quality care, American Traveler healthcare employers from hospitals to home health are on the hunt, once again, for skilled RNs. Good news for nurses looking for RN jobs and even better news for Registered Nurses looking to connect with travel nursing jobs.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Announces Six New Grants
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation today announced six new grants totaling more than $900,000 that focus on improving cancer awareness, prevention and care by developing cancer nursing skills and building nurse-community partnerships in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Russia.
Nursing News Collected 10/20
AAP Updates Guidelines on Safe Sleep for Babies
Deaths from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome have declined “dramatically,” according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, since it recommended placing all babies on their backs to sleep in 1992. But sleep-related deaths from other causes, including suffocation, entrapment and asphyxia, have increased. Full Story>>
Health News: Oregon Empowers Nurses
A recent article looked at how Oregon hospitals lead the U.S. in adopting a model of empowered nurses called “Releasing Time to Care.” Nurses are reorganizing their workplace to cut waste and improve care.
U.S. Moves to Cut Back Regulations on Hospitals
The Obama administration moved Tuesday to roll back numerous rules that apply to hospitals and other health care providers after concluding that the standards were obsolete or overly burdensome to the industry. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 10/19
NP Survey Examines Types of Estrogen Therapy
The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health conducted a national survey of approximately 900 nurse practitioners to explore which external factors affect the type of estrogen therapy prescribed for menopause symptoms. Full Story>>
25 Social Networking Sites for Nurses
Nurses, here are just a few of the social sites you’ll find on the Top 25 lists. You’ll want to see the complete list for the rest. We thought these were interesting. Some are directed at specific nursing populations.
Judith A. Halstead, PhD, RN, ANEF, took office this month as the president of the National League for Nursing (NLN) at the 2011 Education Summit in Orlando, Florida.
Nursing News Collected 10/18
SJSU and Fresno State Launch Joint Doctor of Nursing Practice Program
For the first time in the system’s history, prospective California State University graduate students may apply to Doctor of Nursing Practice programs planned to begin in fall 2012. Full Story>>
Interactive Video Games Help Patients in ICUs
Interactive video games, already known to improve motor function in recovering stroke patients, appear to safely enhance physical therapy for patients in the ICU, according to new research from Johns Hopkins. Full Story>>
Lynn Parker, a nurse and instructor at Intermountain Medical Center, talks about her career path as a nurse and what it took to get there. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 10/17
Genetics may influence ovarian cancer prognosis
A study found that among women with a certain type of high-grade ovarian cancer, having BRCA2 genetic mutations, but not BRCA1, was associated with improved overall survival and better response to chemotherapy compared to a reference group. Full Story>>
Judge halts state plans to privatize nursing jobs
An Ingham County judge ordered a halt Friday to the state’s plans to privatize nursing aide jobs at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans, saying she feared the change would cause “irreparable harm” to the more than 600 vets who live there. Full Story>>
Nursing home mixes disco and dancing to rally enthusiasm
Faced with flagging morale due to looming Medicare cuts, one nursing home operator came up with the answer: let’s dance. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 10/14
Cardinal Health Foundation to award $1M in healthcare grants
The Cardinal Health Foundation announced Wednesday that it will award more than $1 million in grants to help U.S. hospitals, health systems, community health clinics and other non-profit healthcare institutions improve the efficiency and quality of patient care. Full Story>>
WWU Nursing Graduated Receive Awards
Every June, during graduation weekend, there is a special pinning ceremony for those receiving nursing degrees from Walla Walla University, and the service includes special awards from the School of Nursing. The names of the recipients are displayed at the School of Nursing on the Portland, Ore., campus, along with all past award recipients. Full Story>>
Centene Corporation was awarded silver honors for health care consumer empowerment and protection by URAC, a leading healthcare accreditation organization, at the 2011 URAC Quality Summit and Awards Program held October 5-7 in Chicago. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 10/13
CSUSB-Humboldt partnership offers new nursing ed options
A new partnership between Cal State San Bernardino and Humboldt State University will help Northern California nurses earn a bachelor or master of science degree in nursing by taking distance education coursework through CSUSB. “We are pleased to make available our online nursing programs to the North Coast health care employers to meet that area’s demand for advancing their education and professional goals,” said Dwight Sweeney, chair of CSUSB’s nursing department. Full Story>>
Maryville University Introduces Graduate Nursing Programs
U.S. News & World Report as a Best National University-is now offering nurses the opportunity to advance their education through three online programs. The programs have been designed with practicing nurses in mind to offer convenient, flexible courses that can be completed while continuing to work. Full Story>>
California State University will begin offering a doctorate in nursing practice in the fall of 2012, a move expected to boost the number of practitioners qualified to serve as faculty in the state’s understaffed nursing programs. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 10/12
HHS Awards $82 Million to Strengthen Nursing Workforce
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced $82 million in awards to help bolster the country’s nursing workforce. Administered by HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the awards will provide financial support to nurses and nursing students in exchange for service at health care facilities with a shortage of nurses. Full Story>>
Registered Nurse Julie Minister Joins the Jupiter Medical Center Bariatric Surgery Team
The weight loss surgery team at Jupiter Medical Center, led by world renowned surgeon Jefferson Vaughan, is proud to welcome Julie Minister, Bariatric Nurse Coordinator, to the program. Julie began her nursing career in her native Ireland and emigrated to the United States 17 years ago. Full Story>>
Shepherd University to receive nursing grant
Senators Jay Reockefeller and Joe Manchin today announced $1,013,781 in federal funding for Shepherd University’s Department of Nursing Education which will provide scholarships, academic support services personnel, and faculty and student professional development. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 10/11
NAPNAP Signs on to the CMSS Code for Interactions with Companies
The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) has formally signed on to the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) Code for interactions with companies. The code is designed to ensure that societies’ interactions with companies are independent and transparent, and advance medical care for the benefit of patients and populations. Full Story>>
Two nurses at Rowan Regional Medical Center have been chosen among top 100 nurses in North Carolina.
Nursing and Midwifery Council Revises Referral Advice
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has reminded employers of nurses and midwives of their “vital role” when it comes to protecting the public and making referrals as quickly as possible if there is any risk to public health.
Nursing News Collected 10/10
Calif. law protects nurses from injury
California’s Gov. Jerry Brown said he would sign a law to protect registered nurses and other employees from disabling injuries from lifting patients. Full Story>>
Rockcastle Regional Hospital shares clinical data with Kentucky’s HIE
Healthcare Management Systems Inc.® (HMS) today announced that long-time customer Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care Center recently became one of the first hospitals to share clinical data with the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHIE). Full Story>>
Medco Wins 2011 URAC Award for Best Practices in Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection
Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MHS) today announced that its Medco Therapeutic Resource Centers® (TRCs) won the Silver Award for Best Practices in Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection from URAC, the nation’s leading healthcare accreditation organization, during the URAC 12th Annual Quality Summit in Chicago. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 10/7
Hospital expands brain tumor center
The Stanford Cancer Institute recently designated its long-standing program on brain tumor research to be the new Brain Tumor Center in response to the continued expansion of brain tumor research. Full Story>>
Hospitals support governor’s proposals to improve health, reduce costs
If anyone was unsure of health care’s role in the future of a reinvented Michigan, they received their answer Sept. 14 as Gov. Rick Snyder unveiled his health care policy agenda for our state. Full Story>>
Pediatricians join call for health study on gas drilling
The state is failing to measure how public health might be affected by natural gas hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, while creating new rules that govern gas drilling, a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed by 250 doctors, nurses and other health professionals claimed Wednesday. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 10/6
Indomitable Spirit: Raynham Hospice Nurse With ALS is on a Mission
As a hospice nurse, Laura Tuttle has come to see death as a natural part of the cycle of life, a time when families can heal old wounds, express their love or just be together in harmony.
Reducing Unnecessary Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Residents
An FAU Professor’s commentary on reducing unnecessary hospitalizations of nursing home residents was ublished in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Loyola Nurse Receives Top Honor for Work to Assess Pain in Preemies
Until a decade ago, nurses had limited means to effectively measure whether a premature infant was in pain. Loyola University Health System(LUHS) neonatal intensive care nurse practitioner Patricia Hummel, NNP-BC, RN, cared for these fragile patients and became determined to develop a reliable tool that would evaluate pain and sedation levels to help improve care for babies.
Nursing News Collected 10/5
Collegiate Caregivers Combines College Students and Technology to Provide Superior Home Care
Collegiate Caregivers announced this week the launch of a new home care business that aims to revolutionize the senior care industry through an intelligent and unique use of college students and technology. Full Story>>
SF General Celebrates Certification For Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injuries
San Francisco General Hospital became the first acute-care medical center in the country to become certified for treatment of traumatic brain injuries, Mayor Ed Lee’s office announced Monday. Full Story>>
Nurses unite to train, recruit
Indiana nurses are forming a group to improve nursing education and draw more nurses to Indiana. The Indiana Center for Nursing started as a nonprofit organization last wee incorporating the groups Nursing 2000, Nursing 2000 North and the Indiana Nursing Workforce Development Coalition. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 10/4
Some Nurses Demand to Be Called ‘Doctor’
There is a battle brewing in the medical field as more nurses want to be referred to as ‘doctor’ after getting a doctorate degree, but are not physicians, according to the New York Times. Full Story>>
Safest Hospitals Have Higher Nursing Standards
Facilities that win the “Magnet Hospital” designation for meeting
high nursing standards were more likely to adopt safe patient care practices than their noncertified counterparts, researchers found. Full Story>>
First ‘Mama Mac’ Scholarship Recipient Chosen
Louisiana Tech senior nursing major Hillary Crymes has been chosen as the first recipient of the Myrtle “Mama Mac” McElduff Memorial Nursing Scholarship. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 10/3
With More Doctorates in Health Care, a Fight Over a Title
With pain in her right ear, Sue Cassidy went to a clinic. The doctor, wearing a white lab coat with a stethoscope in one pocket, introduced herself. “Hi. I’m Dr. Patti McCarver, and I’m your nurse,” she said. And with that, Dr. McCarver stuck a scope in Ms. Cassidy’s ear, noticed a buildup of fluid and prescribed an allergy medicine. Full Story>>
The state’s school nurse program could receive a big infusion of cash under a recommendation slated to go to the desk of the governor Friday. Full Story>>
Nursing students say life was changed by trip to Kenya
On a recent trip to Africa, Auroran Meredith Spearman admitted she took about 3,000 photos in 12 days. Spearman, however, wasn’t there on vacation. The 2005 Waubonsie Valley grad was in Kenya for an international nursing trip with her school, Chamberlain College of Nursing in Addison. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 9/30
Green Tree woman named Red Cross community hero
Kathy Zwier of Green Tree, a nurse supervisor at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, will be among seven Community Heroes who will be honored today at the third annual Red Cross Heroes Breakfast in the Consol Energy Center, Downtown. Full Story>>
Getting the Answers to “Will This Hurt?”
A new online tool to prepare patients for surgery and other invasive procedures aims to reduce the stress and anxiety that accompanies many medical decisions. Full Story>>
Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. (Unibased) recently completed an integration of an anesthesia information management system, with an EHR where the key linkage is the Unibased award-winning ForSite2020® periOperative Resource Management System (ORMS) at Monongalia General Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 9/29
Physician assistants providing more health care in Iowa
In clinics, doctor’s offices, nursing homes and hospital emergency rooms, physician assistants are playing a greater role in health care. Supervised by doctors, physician assistants are trained to provide diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive health care services. Full Story>>
Coffee linked to reduced depression risk
U.S. women nurses who drank four cups of caffeinated coffee a day
in a study had a 20 percent decrease in relative risk of depression, researchers say. Full Story>>
Palliative care comes to the emergency department
When Joseph Morelli’s medical history popped up on her computer screen early one Sunday this month, Meg Greene, a nurse case manager in Bryn Mawr Hospital’s emergency department, immediately recognized that he might benefit from her specialty: palliative care. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 9/28
Huge fall in nurses dropping out of nursing courses
There has been a dramatic fall in the number of student nurses dropping out of courses, figures obtained by Nursing Times show.
ENP Network Announces Significant Growth, Company Milestones
ENP Network, the largest web-based services provider to the nurse practitioner community and nurse practitioner associations, today announced several significant company milestones.
Every year, approximately 3 million children and adolescents are hospitalized, but when it comes to evaluating their care, parents are usually the ones who complete the patient satisfaction surveys.
Nursing News Collected 9/27
Homecare advocates in PA to urge support of two bills today
Home caregiving is a tricky subject. Many families across PA have reported in recent years that while they would like to receive and/or provide care for elderly family members in their own homes, sometimes time and money get in the way.
Stanford Hospital opens Brain Tumor Center
Last Wednesday marked the opening of Stanford Hospital & Clinics’ Brain Tumor Center, an initiative aimed at bringing specialized and collaborative care to address one of the hardest conditions to treat, according to Gordon Li, one of two specialists hired to supplement the center’s staff, and an acting professor in neurosurgery.
The Joint Commission has certified The Claremont Rehab and Living Center of Buffalo Grove and Forest Villa Nursing and Rehabilitation of Niles with The Gold Seal of Approval™ for their Disease-Specific Care Programs. The Claremont and Forest Villa are the first skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities in the nation to receive disease-specific care certification for demonstrating a commitment to excellence in providing quality patient care.
Nursing News Collected 9/26
Nurses at dozens of Calif. hospitals strike
Nurses in red union shirts carried signs and chanted slogans outside dozens of Northern and Central California hospitals into the night Thursday as part of a one-day strike over benefit cuts and other concessions sought by hospital management. Full Story>>
Funds Awarded To Improve Maternal And Child Health With Home Visits
In another round of grants funded by the 2010 health law, the Department of Health and Human Services provided resources to support efforts by nurses, social workers, or other health care professionals to make home visits to low-income families that agree to meet with them in their
homes. Full Story>>
The University of Kansas Hospital ranks second in quality and safety in a national study of 101 of the top academic medical centers. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 9/23
Thousands Of Nurses Prepare To Strike
Thousands of nurses are preparing to strike at hospitals in Northern and
Central California in protest of benefit cuts and concessions sought by hospital management. Nurses with three Kaiser Medical Centers in Sacramento and Roseville will be participating in a sympathy strike, although the contract negotiations do not directly affect them.
New Guidance Gives RNs a Social Media Safety Net
Given the pervasiveness of social media, the American Nurses Association (ANA) has released its Principles for Social Networking and the Nurse: Guidance for the Registered Nurse, a resource to guide nurses and nursing students in how they maintain professional standards in new media environments. Full Story>>
Nursing School Programs: Rasmussen College Launches New Practical Nursing Mobility Program
As the demand for registered nurses in Florida continues to grow, the Rasmussen College New Port Richey, FL college campus in is launching its first ever practical nursing mobility program in the state of Florida. The LPN to RN bridge program will enable practical nurses to become registered nurses in as little as nine months. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 9/22
Profile of a Famous Nurse: Hazel Johnson-Brown
In 1947, Johnson-Brown was rejected from the West Chester School of Nursing due to her race. Fast forward to 1979, when she rose to the pinnacle of military nursing. In that year, Johnson-Brown became the first black woman promoted to the rank of general in the U.S. Army and the first African-American chief of the Army Nurse Corps. Full Story>>
ECMC and Nurses to Discuss Plans to Improve Safety
A cooperative management/labor initiative to improve safety in the behavioral health and emergency psychiatric units at Erie County Medical Center was discussed Tuesday, Sept. 20, in front of the medical center at 462 Grider Street. Full Story>>
South Jersey Healthcare Hosts Sixth Annual Nursing Research Conference on Oct. 21
Leading national research shows that 1 in 4 American adults has used at least one form of complementary or alternative medicine technique, according to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). In response to the growing popularity and use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) techniques, South Jersey Healthcare’s Nursing Research Council is pleased to announce their 6th Annual Research Conference to be held Friday, October 21 at the Cumberland County College in Vineland, NJ. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 9/21
A Faculty Member Shares Her Story
If you’re looking for inspiration, we can’t think of anyone more inspiring at the moment than American Sentinel faculty member Debra Shipman. Debra currently leads the BSN 405 course (Professional Nursing Issues: Reflective Practice, Issues & Trends). She has an MSN from Old Dominion University and an MBA from Averett University — and at the moment is a PhD candidate. Full Story>>
Charter School in Providence, R.I., Focuses on Nursing
More than 4,000 new nurses will be needed in Rhode Island by 2018. Supporters say that’s why the state will benefit from a charter school that offers graduates a high school diploma, college credits and the possibility of nursing assistant certification. Full Story>>
2012 Nursing IT Award Nominations Sought
Health Data Management Nominations are now being accepted for Health Data Management’s seventh annual Nursing Information Technology Innovation Award. The deadline for submitting an essay is Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 9/20
MC Nursing Student Applies Skills to Real Accident
For Midland College nursing student Molly Nobles, helping people is her job — professionally and as a community member. When she saw a wreck Monday afternoon on the service road of I-20 near South County Road 1224, she pulled over to see if everyone was OK.
Seton Foundations Award $60,000 in Nursing Scholarships
The Seton Foundations have awarded Seton Nurse Scholarships to 20 outstanding Seton employees. Each recipient was selected from a competitive group of 100 applicants and received $3,000 to further his or her nursing education.
UMaine gets $80K to address national nurse shortage
The University of Maine School of Nursing welcomed a new Nurse Educator Certificate Program to its curriculum this fall to address concerns over a predicted national nurse shortage. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 9/19
Dementia Patients Seem to Benefit From Small Group Homes
People with dementia appear to be better off in small group homes rather than large nursing homes because they offer a domestic environment where patients can live as individuals, new research suggests. Full Story>>
Does Your Child Have a School Nurse?
Nurses are handling bigger caseloads as students’ medical needs become more complex. Parents should ask who is in charge of their kid’s health while at school, expert says.
The Current State of Nursing Education, Part I
Completing a nursing program to obtain licensure represents the beginning, not the end, of a nurses’ educational preparation. With a rapidly changing health care environment, more nurses are seeking specialty certification and baccalaureate degrees.
Nursing News Collected 9/16
National Day Recognized NICU Nurses
Standing watch over Medical Center Hospital’s tiniest patients, the nurses in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit are guardian angels in pastel scrubs.
“We call them our special angels,” Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals director Rachel Dobbs said. And those angels were recognized on national NICU Nurses Day Thursday.
University of Michigan Nurses Speak Out at Regents Meeting
The first University of Michigan Board of Regents meeting of the school year had an unusually high turnout when dozens of U-M nurses showed up
to protest cuts that U-M negotiators are trying to work into their contract. Full Story>>
Family Input Key to Good Patient Outcomes
The evidence is clear. Get the family involved in the medical care for a loved one’s chronic illness, and the chances of that patient living longer go up.
Nursing News Collected 9/15
UA Nursing Scholars Named American Academy of Nursing Fellows
Dr. Norma Cuellar and Dr. Susan Gaskins, professors in The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing, will be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing Fellowship during a formal ceremony at the AAN’s annual conference in Washington, D. C. in October. Full Story>>
Nurses Rally Outside Research Hospital
A group of nurses caused a scene outside Research Medical Center Tuesday night. Sick with frustration over idle contract talks, they did something to get attention. Dozens of nurses and union officials gathered outside the hospital to chant.
Universities interested in expanding their educational reach through online learning will want to stop by the Bisk Education booth at the National League of Nursing’s (NLN) 2011 Summit. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 9/14
Strong Leadership Necessary to Provide More Sophisticated Care for Aging Population
As the aging population increases, the effective use of technology resources — such as electronic medical records and telehealth — is essential to enacting health care reform and ensuring patients receive quality care. Full Story>>
URI Nursing Students Get Hands-On Experience in State Prisons
Nursing students at University of Rhode in Kingston, R.I., embarked on a clinical journey last year that took them outside the classroom and into the real world of nursing. Full Story>>
Medical Monday: Turning Mistakes into Trainable Moments
My Combined Joint Surgeon directorate runs the Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) Nursing Program which teaches Afghan nurses. It is taught over 3 semester timeframes for a total of 61 weeks and teaches student nurses from the Afghan National Army, Afghan National Police, and civilians community to initiate and manage nursing treatments in both fixed medical facilities or in the field. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 9/13
Irene Angsten: Labor and Delivery Nurse
Irene L. Angsten helped bring the equivalent of a small town into the world during nearly three decades as a nurse in the labor and delivery department of Resurrection Hospital in Chicago. Full Story>>
Flu Vaccines for Nursing Home Workers Effective in Reducing Outbreaks
Higher flu vaccination rates for health care personnel can dramatically reduce the threat of flu outbreak among nursing home residents, according to a study published in the October issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Full Story>>
Patients Could View Lab Results Under New Rules
Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, proposed new rules that would expand the rights of patients to access their health information through the use of health information technology. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 9/12
LHIN Announces $2 Million For Nurses
The North West LHIN is investing to hire nurses to deliver health care through telemedicine, improving access to high quality health care for people in the region.
Children’s Hospitals Could Struggle With Pandemic
A new study of children’s hospitals nationwide has found them under-equipped to handle a major surge of patients in the event of a pandemic, and urges healthcare institutions and government agencies to immediately review emergency preparedness plans as flu season approaches. Full Story>>
North Park University Opens High-Tech Nursing Simulation Laboratory
North Park University opened its state-of-the-art nursing simulation laboratory this week, enabling students in nursing and other disciplines to practice critical skills in a simulated, safe learning environment.
Nursing News Collected 9/9
Aims Nursing Program Earns National Accreditation
After an extensive site visit and review panel of 18 nurse educators from across the country, the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission unanimously granted accreditation to the Associate Degree Nursing program at Aims Community College. Full Story>>
Nursing School Offers New Nurse Educator Certificate Program
The University of Maine School of Nursing this fall launched a new Nurse Educator’s Certificate Program, which is expected to help ease the shortage of nurses by producing more nursing clinical instructors in Maine. Full Story>>
Ford Accepts Second Offer of Public Health Nurses
Mayor Rob Ford has accepted a provincial offer to pay for three public health nurses for the city’s fight against bedbugs. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 9/8
Genetic Screening by Nurses for Inherited Cardiac Diseases Could Reduce Referrals
Training hospital nurses to carry out genetic testing for cardiovascular diseases before triage could significantly reduce the number of referrals to specialist genetics services, research suggests.
Florida Nurse Receives Maternity Care Award
The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) presented the Hill-Rom/Celeste Phillips Family-Centered Maternity Care Research Award to Carol Lawrence, MS, BSN, RNC-OB, for her study entitled, “Development of an instrument to measure early mother-infant separation.” Full Story>>
Taylor Visiting Scholar to Address Chronic Illness
The first of two Taylor Visiting Scholars will be at South Central College this week to discuss the latest research showing how nurses can work with families to improve the health of chronically ill patients. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 9/7
Many Doctors and Nurses Embrace Alternative Medicine
Your doctor or nurse might be more likely than you to turn to dietary supplements and alternative therapies such as acupuncture and chiropractic care, according to a recent study in the journal Health Services Research. Full Story>>
Nurses Union Rally: Nurses Union Members Rally Nationwide for Wall Street Tax
The Orlando protest was one of 61 such rallies held in front of legislators’ offices across the country in a united effort by the National Nurses Union to “make Wall Street pay for the devastation it has caused on Main Street,” said rally organizer Rebekah Patnode.
Nurse Program Expands to Northern Idaho
A program designed to help low-income, first-time moms and their babies is coming to northern Idaho.
Nursing News Collected 9/6
Nurses Protest in 60 Cities, Demanding Tax on Wall Street
Thousands of nurses and supporters descended on their local Congressional offices nationwide Thursday, demanding that Wall Street pay for the crisis it created. Full Story>>
Intensive Care Nurses Have Doubts About Method for Establishing Brain Death
End-of-life care in an intensive care unit (ICU) also includes caring for patients who are brain dead and who by their death become potential organ donors. The thesis investigated attitudes and actions of ICU nurses in the context of organ donation. Full Story>>
Evidence-Based Nursing Practice: What’s In It for You?
Evidence-based nursing practice (EBNP) plays a major role in achieving Magnet status, that sought-after recognition awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center to hospitals that exhibit nursing excellence. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 9/2
Chickens Rule the Roost at Nursing Home
A nursing home in Hucknall has paid a visit to the farm to come up with an innovative tool to help its treatment of dementia sufferers — a trio of chickens. Full Story>>
Webchat: How to Engage Patients & Staff in their Health, Well-Being
Join us chatting live to Patrick Ladbury and John Bromley about how to encourage people to change their behavior in order to improve their health on September 6. Full Story>>
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces 12 New ‘Nurse Faculty Scholars’
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced the names of the 12 outstanding nursing faculty from across the country who were selected to participate in its prestigious Nurse Faculty Scholars program this year. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 9/1
The College Network Is Now Offering ANCC Accredited Continuing Nursing Education
The College Network™ is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to offer continuing education courses for nurses. Full Story>>
Nurses Plan Tax Rallies at Offices of Lawmakers
Nurses and their allies will rally at district offices of U.S. representatives Dan Lungren and Tom McClintock Thursday to urge them to
raise taxes instead of cutting programs. Full Story>>
Healthcare Workers May Find it Easier to Unionize
With state budget Medicaid reimburesement cuts leading to layoffs and layoffs leading to worker strikes comes news that it now may be much easier for healthcare workers to unionize.
Nursing News Collected 8/31
Calling Nurses to Exercise as Role Models for their Patients
Nurses, just like many of their patients, struggle to find time and motivation to exercise. But a new study may give these all-important caregivers some additional pressure and responsibility: nurses’ attitudes can influence whether their patients commit to a healthy lifestyle. Full Story>>
Grant to Bolster Geriatric Nursing in State
An Arkansas partnership led by the University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences has received 0,000 in funding to help increase the number and quality of geriatric nurses at nursing homes in the state.
You Have a Voice in Patient Care — Why You Need to Use It!
Nursing is the largest single profession in health care. Yet historically, despite their large numbers, nurses have remained in the background, exerting little influence on health policy or patient care as it has evolved through the years. Perhaps, like many nurses, you’ve never considered the idea that you could shape health care, rather than having changes handed down to you without your input. You may not be aware that you actually have great power. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 8/30
Guide Reveals Steps to Team-Oriented Diabetes Care
The National Diabetes Education Program has released a guide to encourage and support a multidisciplinary approach to diabetes care. According to the NDEP, a team approach can help reduce risk factors for type 2 diabetes, improve diabetes management and lower the risk for complications. Full Story>>
Improving Patient Safety Through Communication
Motorola’s Mobile Nursing Portfolio offers a variety of mobile devices that allow nurses to complete their tasks wherever they are–from the patient’s bedside to the nurses’ station. Full Story>>
NINR’s 25th Anniversary Concluding Scientific Symposium
Join the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) in commemorating 25 years of nursing science at the NIH. “Bringing Science to Life: A Healthier Tomorrow,” the NINR’s Concluding Scientific Symposium, will bring together scientists from multiple disciplines, clinicians, and members of the public for keynote and science presentations, a panel discussion, and a guided poster tour. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 8/29
Can Women Nurses Reduce ICU Staff Burnout?
A higher proportion of female nurses among intensive care teams may decrease individuals’ risk of professional burnout, according to Swiss researchers who studied the factors related to burnout in the high-stress setting of the ICU. Full Story>>
Nurses on Front Lines for Preventing Teen Suicide
Faced with a stressful world, teens often feel overwhelmed and depressed and then consider ending their lives. Thousands of them die annually, making suicide the third leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-olds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Full Story>>
5 Helpful Videos for Job-Seeking Nurses
Like any other industry, landing a job without having experience can be one of the most difficult parts of a career. Check out these five videos that provide advice for getting over the hump. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 8/26
HHS: Bundled Payments Plan Can Improve Healthcare
Doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers can now apply to participate in a new program known as the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative. Made possible by the Affordable Care Act, it will align payments for services delivered across an episode of care, such as heart bypass or hip replacement, rather than paying for services separately. Full Story>>
Half of Doctors Practice With NPs, PAs
Researchers at the National Center for Health Statistics found that 49.1% of U.S. office-based doctors have worked with nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified nurse midwives in 2009.
Nursing Students Journey to Jamaica
A group of Cal State San Bernardino nursing students willing to work hard and give back did some learning beyond the classroom and even outside the country. Assistant nursing professor Asma Taha took eight CSUSB nursing students on their first student outreach trip to Jamaica on July 15, where for nine days they had the opportunity to help and practice a number of different nursing techniques.
Nursing News Collected 8/25
When a Doctor Isn’t Enough–Nurse Navigators
Ms. Sullivan-Moore, at Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, N.M., heads a team of nurse navigators. Their job: to help steer cancer patients through the medical-system maze. Full Story>>
ANA Recognizes Emergency Nursing as Specialty
The American Nurses Association has announced its formal recognition of emergency nursing as a specialty practice. Full Story>>
National Nurses Director Rose Ann DeMoro On Most Influential Healthcare List for 10 Straight Years
For the tenth straight year, National Nurses United Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro has won national recognition from a major healthcare industry publication as one of the “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” which was announced this week.
Nursing News Collected 8/24
Nurses to Converge on 60 Congressional Offices in 21 States Sept. 1
From Maine to California, nurses, joined by others fed up with the ongoing economic crisis, will call on Congress members in their local district offices September 1 to support a tax on Wall Street financial speculation, a revenue source fast becoming an international norm, to pay for healing the nation. Full Story>>
Hondros College has launched an RN to BSN Program
In order to meet the growing need for Bachelor’s Degree-prepared Registered Nurses, Hondros College has launched an RN to BSN completion program. The RN to BSN program is designed with the working adult RN in mind, and can be completed completely online. Full Story>>
WBU Starts Fall Semester with New Online Master’s Degree Program in Nursing
Wayland Baptist University introduces students to their new online Nursing Master’s Degree program. Beginning in the fall term of 2011 the School of Nursing at Wayland Baptist University will launch its Master of Science in Nursing exclusive online degree program. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 8/23
Modern Magnet: Five Model Components Shift Focus to Outcomes
Magnet hospitals today are working from a simplified program model that has evolved to focus on proven outcomes, rather than simply theories of best practice. Full Story>>
Nurse Safety Measures Around Highly Toxic Drugs Needed
Nurse safety measures around highly toxic drugs are needed. Full Story>>
Because they don’t do acute care in emergency rooms, operating rooms and intensive-care units, the work of the Hub’s community health nurses is seen by some in the profession as an “easier” daytime job “giving out flu shots” as some applicants have told hiring managers. But
the reality is that nurses in neighborhood clinics have their own set of challenges.
Nursing News Collected 8/22
Governors from across the South are set to hear strategies on how the region can close the gap when it comes to so-called “middle skills.” Those are the types of trades that require a high school diploma but not necessarily a four-year college degree. Firefighters, nurses and computer support specialists are some of the people in the middle skills category. Full Story>>
Presenteeism: Sick and Tired at Work
“Wow! You look like death warmed over! What are you doing at work?” “What are you doing here today?” We frequently ask these questions of co-workers and receive answers such as, “I have to save my sick time for when my child or my elderly parent is ill,” or “We were really short, so I needed to work.” Statements such as these are made each and every day on nursing units throughout the country. Full Story>>
Medicine is a family affair for an Omaha family of five nurses. All are working at metro area hospitals. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 8/19
Ashland University Receives $1.58 Million HRSA Grant for College of Nursing
Ashland University has received a $1.58 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for “Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention” at the university. One hundred percent of the Ashland University project will be financed with federal grant dollars from HRSA. Full Story>>
IHI to Host Transforming Care at the Bedside Event
Redesigning processes of care in order to reduce inefficiencies and remove the barriers that prevent nurses from ensuring patients receive the highest quality care possible is imperative. Full Story>>
Study Examines Prevention of Intraoperative Awareness
A device approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reduce intraoperative awareness does not lower the risk of the problem any more than a less expensive method, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 8/18
Nurses Spearheading Innovative Hospice and Palliative Care Programs
Birth-life-death: the circle of life. While nurses continually find ways to improve care at all stages of life, death remains a taboo topic. Yet nurses strive to improve dying patients’ experiences through innovative programs, education about options and streamlining operations. Full Story>>
A weskit is an item of apparel that has worked its way into the scrubs marketplace. So what exactly is a weskit, and how can you wear one at work without looking weird? Full Story>>
Federal Grants Will Boost Public Health Infrastructure
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $49 million in grants, partly supported by the Affordable Care Act, to improve the quality of healthcare and strengthen the public health infrastructure. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 8/17
Patient Deaths Put Hospital Nurse Staffing Ratios Under a Microscope
Two patient deaths were linked to low nurse staffing levels at Carlisle
Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania, questions have been raised about hospital cuts to nurses’ jobs, as well as possible state-mandated staff ratios.
Lourdes Hospital held a raucous celebration Tuesday afternoon as it officially heard that it has once again been recognized for its excellent nursing. Full Story>>
School Nurse Oral Health Resource Project Progressing
School nurses nationwide will soon be able to log on for oral health information and support offered by a dozen expert organizations as a National Association of School Nurses campaign nears the launch of a new oral health resource website for its members. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 8/16
Starr County Mom Making Nursing Dreams a Reality
Starr County native Crystal Mireles says she knows she is not alone; that there are many more college students just like her. But to talk to her is to know that is simply not true. Her drive and determination to make a better life for herself and her six-year-old son make her truly unique. Full Story>>
Norwich Graduate School Announces Grant Funding for Nursing Students
Officials at Norwich University’s School of Graduate and Continuing Studies (SGCS) announced the award of two different grants that will support students in the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program. Full Story>>
Florida Hospital For Children Earns Big Award
Hundreds of nurses and caregivers at the Walt Disney Pavilion at Florida
Hospital for Children celebrate the announcement that the hospital has been recognized as a Magnet hospital, becoming the first hospital in Central Florida to receive the award.
Nursing News Collected 8/15
More than 1,000 Nurses Picket University of Michigan Health
More than 1,000 registered nurses at the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS), represented by the Michigan Nurses Association/National Nurses United, formed a picket line at noon Saturday stretching blocks in front of the health facility, sharing information with the community and hearing from local supporters and others from around the state and nation. Full Story>>
Ashland University Receives $1.58 Million HRSA Grant for College of Nursing
Ashland University has received a .58 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for “Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention” at the university. Full Story>>
School Nurse to Instruct Students at Career Center
For 14 years, with the past seven at North Aiken Elementary School, school nurse Teresa Hayden applied Band-Aids to hundreds of children and also strived to help them feel safe and secure. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 8/12
USI College of Nursing and Health Professions Receives $2.2 million in HRSA grants
The College of Nursing and Health Professions at the University of Southern Indiana is expanding its graduate nursing program offerings and student financial assistance with federal grants totaling .2 million recently received from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Full Story>>
Apple iPad Prepares Nurse Practitioner for House Calls
Hurricane Katrina survivor Dr. Scharmaine Lawson-Baker, a nurse practitioner in New Orleans, makes house calls with the help of her Apple iPad and Practice Fusion EHR application. Full Story>>
Alexian Brothers to Provide 0,000 Scholarship Fund to Train Bilingual Nurses at Harper
Alexian Brothers Health System has agreed to donate 0,000 to Harper
College to set up a scholarship program to train bilingual nurses. Demand for bilingual nurses has skyrocketed, especially for Hispanics, who represent about 15 percent of the country’s total population but only 2 percent of all registered nurses, according to the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. Full Story>>
Culinary News Collected 8/11
Rockefeller, Manchin Announce Nursing Education Funds
A grant for 5,704 will help expand nursing education, training and
diversity in West Virginia.
24 Nurses Begin the All Children’s Pediatric RN Residency Program
A new group of nurses started their ACH careers on August 8 in the All Children’s Pediatric RN Residency Program. Twenty-four nurses are enrolled in the 12-month program that is integrated into the existing clinical education structure. Full Story>>
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN®) met in Indianapolis Aug. 3 – 5, 2011, to consider pertinent association business with its member boards of nursing. There were 56 member boards represented by delegates.
Nursing News Collected 8/10
Get Kids Immunized Before School Starts, Nurses Urge
Wisconsin school nurses are urging families to have children immunized before the start of classes in September. The Wisconsin Association of School Nurses says getting the proper vaccines for school-bound children should be on every family’s to-do list as the summer winds to a close.
Nurse Shortages Result in Patient Deaths
Staffing shortages aren’t simply headaches for the medical staff. Staffing levels that can’t meet demand can cause strikes and, even worse, patient deaths.
Northeastern University and Orbis Education Partner to Tackle Nursing Shortage
Northeastern University, a global, experiential research institution, has teamed up with Orbis Education to help Northeastern’s Bouve College School of Nursing expand its baccalaureate and masters degree programs nationwide. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 8/9
Clinical Warning System Could Change Healthcare
A clinical warning system that uses wireless sensors to track the vital signs of at-risk patients is undergoing a feasibility study at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Full Story>>
University of Michigan Nurses Add to Unfair Labor Practice Charge
The University of Michigan nurses filed an amended complaint with the state that alleges bad bargaining practices on the part of their employer, they announced at a press conference today. Full Story>>
Bethel Returns Degree Completion Component to its Nursing Program
Bethel College has expanded its nursing program to serve practicing nurses with registered nurse (RN) status who want to earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 8/8
Robot Helps Nurses With Errands
Texas hospital estimates time-saving TUG device is like having 2.8 nurses.
Transitional Care Programs Reduce Readmissions
Programs designed to help transition care for hospitalized older patients to outside healthcare clinicians and settings are associated with reduced rates of hospital readmissions, according to two new reports in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Full Story>>
As a nurse, you witness the fear, pain and suffering of others every day. But when you get too immersed in the lives and trials of your patients, you can become a victim of “compassion fatigue.” Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 8/5
Independence Blue Cross Honors Future Nurses At Nurses For Tomorrow Event
Independence Blue Cross (IBC) today celebrates the next generation of nurses with a recognition event honoring 20 student nurse interns who participated in IBC’s Nurse Internship Program this summer. Full Story>>
Report Addresses Occupational Health Nursing Education
The Institute of Medicine has issued a report on ways to improve education and training for occupational health nurses. Full Story>>
Feds Update Website to Help Families Choose Nursing Home
The federal government recently overhauled one of its Web services to help families better evaluate nursing homes.
Nursing News Collected 8/4
ASPAN’s Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing Accepted by Thompson Reuters
The American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses announced today that its Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing (JoPAN) has been accepted for coverage in Thompson Reuters’ abstracting and indexing services, including the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). Full Story>>
Ashland University Receives .58 Million HRSA Grant for College of Nursing
Ashland University has received a .58 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for “Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention” at the university. Full Story>>
Ga.’s Wesleyan College Plans to Add Nursing Program
Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga., plans to start a nursing program to help offset the nursing shortage in Georgia, reports the Macon Telegraph. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 8/3
Oregon Nursing Shortage on the Horizon
A new report reveals that one quarter of Oregon nurses plan to retire within 10 years. The report Oregon Health Professions: Occupational and County Profiles noted that while nurses are the state’s largest health care professional group, nearly two-thirds are older than 45 years old. Nurses outnumber doctors by a 3-1 count. Full Story>>
Minority Groups an Increasing Percentage of Nursing Home Clients
At the Charlesgate Nursing Center, some 40 staff members are bilingual, speaking Spanish, Creole and Ghanaian, to name a few. Full Story>>
Jacksonville University (JU), renowned for nursing education online, wishes to thank the thousands of registered nurses who honed their skills by earning nursing continuing education (CE) credit for free during a recent promotion. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 8/2
Ohio Public Health Nurse Earns ANA Immunity Award
Denice Abbot, RN, a public health nurse at Columbus Public Health in Ohio, has earned the American Nurses Association (ANA) Immunity Award for July 2011, “for her perseverance in ensuring that high-risk clients, including the homeless and drug addicts, receive the vaccination as part of the Ohio state initiative. Full Story>>
NSU to Open High-Tech Nursing Laboratory in Miami
Nova Southeastern University will open a new high-tech nursing simulation lab at its Miami Student Educational Center (SEC) on Tuesday, Aug. 9 to better prepare students for a profession that’s in high demand. Full Story>>
St. John Fisher College’s Wegmans School of Nursing Receives Grant for Program Expansion
St. John Fisher College’s Wegmans School of Nursing (WSoN) has received a grant from the Federal Health Resources and Services Administration, which will be used to continue to develop and expand the College’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program.
Nursing News Collected 8/1
UMaine Student Takes an Insider Look at Nursing Home Care
University of Maine social work student Kara Janes spent more than a week at Lakewood Continuing Care Center in Waterville in the role of an elderly resident. Full Story>>
HHS Awards .3 Million to Strengthen Nursing Workforce
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced .3 million in grants to expand nursing education, training and diversity. Full Story>>
Grants Help Nursing Programs at Minnesota Schools
Minnesota schools have been awarded nearly $830,000 dollars to enhance their nursing programs.
Nursing News Collected 7/29
Throughout the year, ADVANCE for Nurses receives news of nurses who go above and beyond for their patients, their families, their communities and their co-workers. We like to recognize these nurses who embody outstanding compassion and critical-thinking skills in our annual Essence of Nursing package. Full Story>>
Pediatric Care Grant for University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jean Ivey, D.S.N., C.R.N.P., associate professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, has received a three-year, $772,143 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop pediatric nurse practitioners qualified to sit for national certification exams. Full Story>>
Review Finds APRNs May Outperform Physicians
Patients of advanced practice registered nurses have similar or better results in many outcome measurements compared with physicians and other healthcare teams without APRNs, according to a new study. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 7/28
The Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future, as part of its ongoing campaign to support nurses and nursing education, is honored to sponsor the “Amazing Nurses”national contest to celebrate and reward the important role that these valued caretakers play in our communities.
Nephrology Nurses Week To Celebrate Life-Saving Work on ADVANCE for Nurses
Rowena Elliott, president of the American Nephrology Nurses’
Association (ANNA) and a leading nurse educator and role model, has never been satisfied with the status quo for herself or her nursing students. That’s why she chose “Soaring to New Heights” as this year’s theme for Nephrology Nurses Week (NNW).
Rural Oaxaca, Mexico Health Clinic Welcomes SON Students for Summer Externship
The School of Nursing at UNC Chapel Hill encourages students to develop the knowledge and skills needed to provide quality care in global environments and to recent immigrants to the United States. Students can do this by taking a summer course and meeting requirements by volunteering with a nongovernmental organization or local health care agency in a global health setting. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 7/27
SD Board of Education Approves New Nursing Program
Students at Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls will soon be able to earn a registered nursing degree. The South Dakota State Board of Education approved the school’s request to develop an RN program on Monday.
Former CSB Nursing Student Gives $500K to improve program
In the almost 30 years Sharon Ridgeway has been involved with the education of Minnesota nursing students, she has seen firsthand the need for hands-on, broad-based curriculum. Full Story>>
RI to Use Student Loans to Encourage Nursing
Rhode Island will offer nursing students zero interest student loans if they agree to work in the state after graduation. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 7/26
Tailored Exercise Programs Help Pediatric CF Patients, Study Shows
A small Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study of children and teens with cystic fibrosis shows that simple exercise, individually tailored to each patient’s preference and lifestyle, can help improve lung function and overall fitness. Full Story>>
University of Michigan Nurses Union Plans Informational Picket Over Contract Negotiations
The University of Michigan nurses union is making plans to picket, even as halted negotiations are scheduled to resume Aug. 3 and nurses are staying on the job without a contract. Full Story>>
Nursing Science Program to Open Santa Ana Clinic
With support from a $1.5 million federal grant, UC Irvine’s Program in Nursing Science will establish Orange County’s first nurse-managed clinic in downtown Santa Ana. Full Story>>
Nursing News Collected 7/25
BRHC Auxiliary Awards Scholarships
The Bothwell Regional Health Center Auxiliary recently awarded its annual scholarships to Kathy Beasley and Leanna Dedman. Beasley and Dedman, both of Sedalia, will each receive a ,000 nursing scholarship, according to a news release from Bothwell Regional Health Center.
5,595 Grant Awarded to Samford University Nursing School
Samford University’s Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing has received a
federal grant to help ease the national shortage of nursing educators.
The 5,595 grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, will provide loans for graduate and doctoral students pursuing an advanced degree with the intent to serve as faculty in a school of nursing.
El Paso College Expanding Healthcare, Nursing Programs
Anamarc College cut the ribbon on it’s new East El Paso campus. It’s the college’s third location around the area with one location in Santa Teresa and one on Dyer in Central El Paso. The new campus will help students get started in the healthcare industry, including programs specifically for careers as a nursing assistant, medical assistant. There are also programs in vocational and practical nursing or medical billing and coding, among others.
Nursing News Collected 7/22
Pearson VUE and the NCSBN Bring Nursing Exams to Harlingen, Texas
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), Texas Board of Nursing and Pearson VUE today celebrated the opening of a Pearson Professional Center in Harlingen, Texas. Full Story >>
A Nursing Student Shares Her Experience of Studying Abroad in South Korea
Nursing junior Viviana Juarez said the emotion of traveling to South Korea did not process in her mind until she walked off of the plane in Seoul, the nation’s capital. Full Story>>
Nurse Education Day to be Held
About 110 nursing educators are expected to take part in a faculty/educator development conference Aug. 4 at the Bethany Village retirement community, 6445 Far Hills Ave. Full Story >>
Nursing News Collected 7/21
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) invites clinicians and researchers to apply for its grants, with awards ranging from $1,500 to $50,000. Full Story >>
Okla. Nursing Student Receives ‘Hero’ Award
A nursing student from Tulsa is being honored by emergency officials after she performed CPR on a boy who nearly drowned in a backyard swimming pool. Full Story>>
HIV Patient Care by Clinic Nurses Rather than Hospital Doctors Clinically Successful, Cost Effective
Transferring care of HIV patients from doctors in hospitals to nurses in primary health clinics is both clinically successful and cost effective, new research shows. Full Story >>
Nursing News Collected 7/20
Wesleyan, Shenandoah Create New Partnership
West Virginia Wesleyan College leaders joined with those from Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va., on Friday to announce a partnership that will bring maternity and psychiatric nursing services to some of the most underserved communities in Appalachia. Full Story >>
More Nurses and EMT’s Needed in the Valley
Even with a tight economic budget, nurses and EMT’s are in a shortage here in the Valley. Full Story>>
UIW Offers Doctoral Degree in Nursing
The University of the Incarnate Word is offering a new doctoral degree in nursing practice for advanced practice registered nurses. Full Story >>
Nursing News Collected 7/19
In a comprehensive analysis comparing nurse staffing in California hospitals to similar hospitals in the U.S. over nearly a decade, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing have found that controversial legislation setting nurse-to-patient ratios added more registered nurses to the hospital staffing mix, not fewer as feared. Full Story >>
Hospitals Add Higher Skilled Nurses in Response to Mandate
California hospitals have added registered nurses and increased access to professional nursing care since the state’s landmark nurse-to-patient staffing law was implemented, a new study concludes. Full Story>>
Chamberlain College of Nursing Students Travel to Brazil on Service Project
In an effort to expand nursing education and clinical experiences, Chamberlain College of Nursing recently introduced its International Nursing Service Project to Chicago area nursing students. Full Story >>
News Collected 7/18
Review Examines Prevention of Unneeded C-Sections
A meta-analysis by researchers with The Cochrane Library provides insight to the effectiveness and safety of non-clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean sections. Full Story >>
A $10,000 Gift Will Assist With Advanced Nursing Degree
Scholarships mean opportunity, and the van Amerongen family of Cincinnati feels strongly that nursing students at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing be given the opportunity to advance in his or her career. Full Story>>
HCCS Partners With American Association Of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) To Offer Nurse Training
Health Care Compliance Strategies, Inc. (HCCS) announced a partnership with the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), to deliver a series of critical care nursing and nurse management online training courses delivered on HCCS Learning Management Systems. Full Story >>
News Collected 7/15
Women’s Club Donates to CSUSB Palm Desert Campus Nursing Program
Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert Campus has awarded scholarships to four of its nursing students for the 2011-2012 academic year with funds donated by the Palm Desert-Indian Wells Women’s Club. Full Story >>
New Nurse Continuing Education Course to Help Families Coping with Infant Death
More than 28,000 infants in the United States die before their first birthday each year, according to the most recent national statistics. Now, nurses can get the latest information and expert guidance on coping and grief issues for families from a new March of Dimes training module. Full Story>>
Timberland PRO® Renova Series Offers Comfort and Style on the Job
The Timberland PRO® Renova™ series is in full bloom this summer, offering new work shoe options for nursing professionals that are both comfortable and stylish. Full Story >>
News Collected 7/14
UTEP Top Nursing School for Hispanics
As Texas and El Paso County deal with a shortage of professional nurses, UTEP has been placed as the top nursing school for awarding bachelor’s degrees to Hispanics in the United States by the Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine. Full Story >>
Survival Outlet: Residency Helps First-Year Nurses Manage Frontline Trials
The one-year Nurse Residency Program is a concept established by the University HealthSystem Consortium and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to help new nursing graduates adjust to the stressful daily grind of frontline health care. Full Story>>
Nurses: Is it Stress, Burnout, or Compassion Fatigue?
Nursing is hard emotional, physical, and spiritual work—it is also very rewarding and satisfying. Full Story >>
News Collected 7/13
Nurses Should Shape More Health IT Decisions: HIMSS
Nurse informaticists play key role selecting health IT that’s interoperable, user-friendly, and focused on quality outcomes. Full Story >>
UMaine Nursing School Receives Tuition Offset Grant
The University of Maine School of Nursing has received a $17,381 Advanced Nursing Education Traineeship Grant from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration. The grant will help offset tuition and expenses for nursing graduate students in 2011-2012 who agree to practice in underserved or rural areas in Maine. Full Story>>
South Village Helps Residents Get Connected With Software System
The South Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center recently was awarded a grant to purchase a It’s Never 2 Late Adaptive computer system. Full Story >>
News Collected 7/12
A Big Recognition for SCCC Nursing Program
A nursing shortage on the East End spurred Suffolk County Community College to launch a licensed practical nursing program at its downtown Riverhead center in 2008. And the program is about to gain accreditation from the National League of Nursing. Full Story >>
‘Frontier Nursing University’ Moniker Becomes Official
Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing, Hyden, KY, on July 1 officially became Frontier Nursing University as of July 1, 2011. Ranked among the nation’s top 15 schools for top 15 of nurse-midwifery education and the top 50 institutions for graduate nursing education by U.S. News & World Report, the school is also credited with having created the first family nurse practitioner program in the U.S. in 1970. Full Story>>
Daytona State, UCF Unveil Signs, Agreements
Daytona State College and the University of Central Florida are renewing their commitment to work together with new joint signs on campus and new agreements to help nursing students. Full Story >>
News Collected 7/11
Videos Go Viral: Hospitals Take Lesson from Hollywood
You’ve probably seen it – the popular “Pink Glove Dance” music video on YouTube that was created to raise awareness of breast cancer. Full Story >>
Administration Offers Health Care Cuts as Part of Budget Negotiations
Obama administration officials are offering to cut tens of billions of dollars from Medicare and Medicaid in negotiations to reduce the federal budget deficit, but the depth of the cuts depends on whether Republicans are willing to accept any increases in tax revenues. Full Story>>
Covenant HealthCare Foundation Awards $17,000 in Scholarships to Area Students
Eight area graduating seniors and one Covenant HealthCare nurse just got a boost to their future with college scholarships awarded by the Covenant HealthCare Foundation. Full Story >>
News Collected 7/08
Travel Nurse Solutions is Now Jackson Nurse Professionals
Travel Nurse Solutions, a Joint Commission Certified RN staffing company is now Jackson Nurse Professionals. The change stems from the company’s recent expansion in services and opportunities and the higher standard of customer service the company provides. Full Story >>
Moms, Nurses Working Together; Partnership Aids Low-Income, New Mothers
The Nurse-Family Partnership is a home-visitation program that helps first-time, low-income parents and their children to improve pregnancy outcomes. Full Story>>
The thought of caring professionals acting aggressively toward their peers seems counterintuitive. However, studies show more than a quarter of nurses surveyed report being bullied at work, by supervisors as well as peers. Full Story >>
News Collected 7/07
Review Examines Prevention of Unneeded C-Sections
A meta-analysis by researchers with The Cochrane Library provides insight to the effectiveness and safety of non-clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean sections. Full Story >>
Lovell Center Nurse Named National Award Winner
When Navy and other military personnel at Naval Station Great Lakes are deployed overseas, they can thank Immunization Nurse Specialist Stephen Dolak for protecting them against vaccine-preventable diseases that are prevalent worldwide or endemic to certain lands. Full Story>>
Pulse Uniform Adds New Webpage Devoted to Male Nurses
After the creation of a dedicated student page last month, Pulse Uniform again made another dedicated webpage, this time for male nurses. Full Story >>
News Collected 7/06
Baltimore – Franklin Square Names Nurse of Year
Jennifer Emuna, RN, was recently named 2011 Nurse of the Year at Franklin Square Hospital Center. She was honored at the hospital’s annual Nursing Awards Ceremony held during Nurses Week. Full Story >>
DeSales to Start Doctoral Program
DeSales University will launch its first doctoral program — a doctor of nursing practice degree — in January 2012. Full Story>>
Federal Labor Board Finds Merit to Charges against Union for Forcing Nurses to Join, Pay Full Dues
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), a federal agency responsible for administering private sector labor law, has found merit to charges filed by two Virginia Mason Medical Center nurses against the Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA) union. Full Story >>
News Collected 7/05
Growing Number of Churches Hiring Nurses to Motivate the Faithful
Now, a growing number of congregations are hiring nurses to help inspire churchgoers to eat better, exercise, manage chronic medical conditions and in general regard their physical bodies as a gift from their creator. Full Story >>
ANA Endorses Home Healthcare Legislation
The American Nurses Association has put out a statement urging lawmakers to support new home healthcare legislation, saying the bill would ensure better patient access to care and remove barriers for nurses as qualified providers. Full Story>>
Wanted: Iowa Nurses With Advanced Degrees
As millions of new patients are expected to enter the nation’s health care system following the implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act and older patients continue to demand more services, the need for nurses, especially those with advanced degrees, is expected to increase dramatically, said Rita Frantz, dean of the U of I’s College of Nursing. Full Story >>
News Collected 7/01
Westchester Nurse Leads Audio Podcast ‘Nurse’s Station’
Jim DeMaria, RN, BSN, vice president of Renal Care Registered Nursing Services in Nanuet, N.Y., is host of The Nurse’s Station, a weekly audio podcast that discusses current events and issues that affect the nursing community. Full Story >>
UMMC’s Rowen Wins Top Regional Nursing Award
Lisa Rowen, senior vice president of Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer at University of Maryland Medical Center, recently received the top award from Nursing Spectrum magazine for “Advancing and Leading the Profession” in the Maryland/District of Columbia/Virginia region. Full Story>>
Loyola Nurses Partner with Vietnamese Schools
The Loyola University Chicago School of Nursing has partnered with Yersin University School of Nursing in Dalat and the Lam Dong Province Nursing Association in a unique Masters of Science in Nursing programme. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/30
Nurses Extend Contract Negotiations with University of Michigan Health System
The University of Michigan Health System’s 4,000-member nurses union will go to work Friday without a new contract, though talks will continue through that day. Full Story >>
Missouri Nurses Attend Summit for Improved Healthcare
More than 200 nurses and nursing stakeholders gathered Tuesday, June 28, to discuss plans for the future of nursing in Missouri. The Missouri Teamwork Summit, led by Missouri Nurses Association, Missouri Health Advocacy Alliance and Missouri League of Nursing, was created in response to a 2010 Institute of Medicine Report, Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Full Story>>
Bellin College Camp Introduces Teens to Nursing
Bellin College in Bellevue has begun its ninth annual four-day summer nursing camp that introduces nursing careers to high school students. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/29
Red Cross Volunteer Nurses Selected For Florence Nightingale Medal
Four American Red Cross volunteer nurses have been selected by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to receive the Florence Nightingale Medal, nursing’s highest international honor. Full Story >>
Infection Rate Drops at Nebraska Hospital After Initiating New Protocols
Nurses, occupational and physical therapists, case managers and education staff, all working together at a 300-bed Nebraska rehabilitation hospital, have successfully implemented a team approach to dramatically reduce infections from urinary catheters, the most prevalent type of infection acquired in healthcare settings. Full Story>>
Fresh Scrubs Designs for Summer
Scrubs designers are vying for your attention this summer with some light and airy prints to carry you through the hot days ahead. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/28
Federal Bill Introduced to Improve Patient Care & Curtail Nurse Shortage
Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) has introduced legislation to address increasing hospital mortality rates and preventable medical errors caused by nurse understaffing. The Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2011 would establish a federal minimum standard in all hospitals for direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratios. Full Story >>
Rowan University Partners with Gloucester County (NJ) College to Offer BSN Degree
An educational milestone connecting Sewell, N.J.’s Gloucester County College’s nursing program with Rowan University, Glassboro, N.J., got the nod on Monday, June 27, making the transition for students from RN to a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN) achievable without leaving GCC’s campus. Full Story>>
Nurses Week Fashion Flashbacks to Profession’s Past
Every May during National Nurses Week, nurses across the nation celebrate their careers and rededicate themselves to their profession. A popular way to showcase the evolution of nursing is to host a fashion show during which nurses dress in the uniforms of the past, present and future. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/27
Promising PTSD Research at USF College of Nursing
University of South Florida researchers briefed Tampa Congresswoman Kathy Castor Thursday afternoon on a wide range of scientific studies she helped to get funded through Congress. One of the research projects Castor was updated on is called Accelerated Resolution Therapy or A-R-T for short. It’s a therapy for people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that uses one-on-one therapy and rapid eye movement to replace disturbing images from the traumatic event. Full Story >>
Elsevier Collaborates with the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
Elsevier, a pioneer in providing e-learning and performance solutions to more than 1,300 healthcare organizations, announced today its collaboration with the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) to review and update the Maternal-Newborn Skills within Mosby’s Nursing Skills, providing users with the highest quality content possible. Full Story>>
Newman Program Earns Continued Accreditation
Newman University has received a 10-year accreditation extension for its nurse anesthesia programs. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/24
UMMC Residency Helps First-Year Nurses Manage Frontline Trials By Fire
The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s hospitals are the first in the state to offer new nurses a one-year residency program to help nursing graduates adjust to the stressful daily grind of frontline health care. Full Story >>
Drexel University Launches MSN Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
This new MSN program prepare practitioners who will take advanced nursing roles as clinicians, educators, researchers, and leaders in the rapidly changing healthcare environment. Full Story>>
SANE Program Prepares Nurses to Assist Victims of Most Under Reported Crime
The Wellness Center of Door County, Inc. is prepared to assist victims of sexual assault with comprehensive care through the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/23
Nurse Practitioner Counsels Lifestyle Changes as Key to Heart Health
Braun, who works as a nurse practitioner at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and teaches at the university’s College of Nursing, helps counsel people who are at risk for coronary heart disease as well as those who’ve had a heart attack or stroke and hope to avoid another occurrence. Full Story >>
UT Med Schools Could Require Less Undergrad Time
Six University of Texas campuses are partnering on plans to shorten the time it takes to earn a bachelor’s degree, a medical degree or both. Full Story>>
Drexel University Launches Doctor of Nursing Practice Program
Drexel University Online, a leader in online degree programs, has added a new online nursing program to its offerings, the Doctor of Nursing Practice, from Drexel’s College of Nursing and Health Professions (DrNP). Full Story >>
News Collected 6/22
Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners (MICNP) President MaryLee Pakieser, MSN, RN, NP, today praised state Senator Mark Jansen (R-Grand Rapids) and state Representative Lesia Liss (D-Warren) for introducing legislation to update regulations concerning nurse practitioners. Full Story >>
Nurses Association Vows To Fight Back Against Cuts To Healthcare Benefits
The employer trustees of the NYSNA Benefits Fund have prevailed in their efforts to decimate the health insurance coverage offered by the fund, a move that the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) sees as part of the coordinated attack on unions and the middle class. The Nurses Association will now take its fight to preserve quality healthcare benefits for registered nurses to the bargaining table. Full Story>>
Area Nurse Leaders Complete First Phase of Extensive Leadership Training
Kendal Outreach, LLC and Widener University have partnered to administer an extensive three-year nursing education, practice and retention initiative called Leading Nurses with funding from a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/21
Study: Send Kids Home After Minor Head Trauma
A large, national multi-center study of thousands of children taken to EDs with minor blunt head trauma has found that most of those with normal computed tomography scans do not require hospitalization for further observation. Full Story >>
Nursing Home Advocacy Groups Protest Industry’s Exemption Request
The outcry following a New York Times story in May about the nursing home industry trying to get an exemption from the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employers offer their employees health insurance continued last week when a number of nursing home advocacy groups sent a letter of protest to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Full Story>>
TTCS Nursing Students Participate in the Bedford County Emergency Disaster Drill
The TTCS nursing students participated in the Bedford County Emergency Disaster Drill on April 14, 2011. The drill was held at Heritage Medical Center. In addition to the students, the drill included Heritage Medical Center employees, EMA, Bedford County EMS, and the Shelbyville Fire Department. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/20
BSU’s RN-to-Bachelor’s Nursing Programs at Capacity for 2011-12
Bemidji State University’s registered nurse to bachelor of science in nursing degree completion programs at each of its three locations — at Bemidji State University and on the campuses of Lake Superior College in Duluth, Minn., and Anoka-Ramsey College in Cambridge, Minn. — are full to capacity of 40 students each for 2011-12. Full Story >>
Local Red Cross Starts Classes to Train Nurse Assistants
The Birmingham chapter of the American Red Cross is starting classes to train nurse assistants. Full Story>>
House Bill 223, signed by the Governor in front of more than 900 students attending Missouri Boys State, also puts additional resources in Missouri’s nursing programs to meet the growing demand for nurses. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/17
Nurse Author Paints Honest Portrayal of the Profession
Any nurse who has worked in a hospital knows that caring for patients involves much more than just attending to their physical needs. Full Story >>
Bringing Health to the Airwaves: Nurses on the Radio
As patient educators, nurses field questions all the time. The nurses hosting radio shows such as Nurse Talk, Childhood Matters and Health in 30 say they’re just expanding on their roles as educators for a broader audience—by providing information and answering questions over the radio. Full Story>>
Lake Area Tech Nursing Program to Continue
Despite the budget cuts imposed by the University of South Dakota that will affect the Lake Area Tech 1+1 nursing program, administrators at the tech are confident that they will find solutions to continue the registered nursing program on its campus. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/16
Merrill Nurse Receives Jefferson Award
Heidi Duley of Merrill, started a Safety Day Camp for Kids and is honored with a Jefferson Award. The award was established in 1972, and it recognizes businesses, schools, and individuals who answer the call to action for volunteers. Full Story >>
School of Nursing Receives $497,000 from E. L. Wiegand Foundation
E. L. Wiegand Foundation of Reno, Nevada, has approved a major grant in the amount of $497, 000 to Chaminade University, awarded to Chaminade’s school of nursing to support the acquisition of additional, high fidelity simulators and the related control system and software. Full Story>>
ALSF Seeks Pediatric Oncology Nurses to Participate in Grants Program, Researcher Workshop
In a continuing effort to improve the quality of care and life for childhood cancer patients, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) is seeking the applications of pediatric oncology nurses for the 2011 Nurse Researcher Grants cycle and the 2011 Nurse Researcher Workshop. Emerging from the firsthand experiences of foundation creator Alexandra “Alex” Scott, the Nurse Researcher programs have been designed to capitalize on the unique view pediatric oncology nurses have into the lives and treatments of childhood cancer patients. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/15
Are Nurse Practitioners the Solution to Shortage of Primary-Care Doctors?
As more Americans become covered by health insurance, the need for primary care is on the rise, but there is a shortage of primary-care physicians. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports from Philadelphia on the growing role of nurse practitioners as primary caregivers. Full Story >>
UH Hilo School of Nursing to Offer Doctoral Degree Beginning Fall 2012
The University of Hawai?i Board of Regents approved at its May meeting a Doctorate of Nursing Practice program at the University of Hawai?i at Hilo School of Nursing. The new program will begin August 2012 for post baccalaureate students and will be open to post masters-level students in 2013. Full Story>>
Nurses Prepare for Changes in Healthcare at AAACN Annual Conference
With a focus on health care reform and how it will affect ambulatory care nursing, the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) 36th Annual Conference drew more than 600 ambulatory care and telehealth nurses to San Antonio, TX, in April. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/14
Researchers: Hypnosis Can Help During Surgery
Using a combination of hypnosis and local anesthesia for certain types of surgery can aid the healing process and reduce drug use and time spent in the hospital, anesthesiologists have found. Full Story >>
Nursing Education Perspectives to Publish Special Edition on Educating Students for Geriatric Care
Nursing Education Perspectives, the National League for Nursing’s respected peer-reviewed research journal, has issued a call for manuscripts to be considered for publication in a special edition slated for spring 2012. Full Story>>
Three Gene Variations Linked To Migraine
Scientists have identified for the first time three gene variations that are linked to an increased risk for migraine headache in the general population, and although there is more work to do to reveal their role, they hope the discovery will shed light on the biology of this poorly understood and debilitating condition. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/13
Colorado Program Aiding Refugee Doctors Also Benefits Underserved Areas
A Colorado group is now working with foreign-trained medical professionals to qualify them for U.S. work. The Spring Institute’s “Welcome Back” initiative has helped more than 45 doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other medical professionals train for U.S. licensing exams since October, adding language skills and cultural training to acclimate their ambitious clients. Full Story >>
Nurse Legislator Advocates for Mental Health Bill
In April, Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther, RN, (D-98) introduced A-06987, a bill that proposes changes to Kendra’s Law, which provides for assisted outpatient treatment for certain people with mental illness who require supervision while living in the community. Full Story>>
Twitter Networking Tips for Travel Nurses
Whether you use it or not, you’ve probably heard what a powerful tool Twitter can be when it comes to boosting your career. Even travel nurses can leverage this micro-blogging platform to expand their professional network and broaden their career horizons. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/10
Doctorate of Nursing Practice to be Offered in Fall 2012
The School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene at the University of Hawai‘i at M?noa will offer a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree beginning in Fall 2012. Full Story >>
UTEP’s Nursing School Recognized As ‘Best In The Nation’ For Hispanics
The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine has named UTEP as the top school in the country for bachelor’s degrees awarded to Hispanics. Full Story>>
National League for Nursing Announces 2011 Academy of Nursing Education Fellows
Twelve distinguished nurse educators will join the National League for Nursing’s Academy of Nursing Education when they are inducted as fellows at the 2011 NLN Education Summit this fall in Orlando, Florida. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/9
Mothers Make Case for Nurses in Schools
Mothers of children with serious medical challenges urged lawmakers yesterday to require school districts to fund school nurse positions, saying it saves lives. Full Story >>
Health Sentinel Column: Nurses put FACE on Elder-Abuse Victims
Allen County has benefited for years from the professional work of the Fort Wayne Sexual Assault Treatment Center, where specialized nurses do forensic medical exams of victims. Their expertise in collecting evidence helps prosecutors put perpetrators behind bars and helps clear the innocent. Full Story>>
1,000 Nurses, Activists Protest Chamber Of Commerce
At a major conference Monday, the RNs, members of National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union and professional association of nurses, heard compelling and disturbing accounts of how the enduring economic crisis is prompting broad declines in health and living standards for substantial segments of the U.S. population. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/8
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) announced a collaboration with the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University College of Nursing and the Pioneer Network to create a new honor recognizing creative student learning experiences offered in a nursing home setting. Full Story >>
CSUSB Students Get Glimpse into Swedish Healthcare System
In a CBS “Eye on the Desert” news story, five nursing students from Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert Campus are featured in a story about their experience at a Swedish hospital. Full Story>>
NCW Celebrates its 2011 Nurses of the Year
Last month, to honor the vital role that nurses play in the community, and in conjunction with International Nurse Day on May 12 (Florence Nightingale’s birthday), health care providers from across North Central Washington gathered to recognize six women as the 2011 NCW Nurses of the Year. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/7
$15M Gift to Allow for Nursing School Expansion
J. Michael Pearson, chairman and CEO of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. and Pratt ‘81, donated a $15 million gift to the School of Nursing in the name of his wife Christine Pearson, Nursing ’84. Full Story >>
Economic Crisis Putting More Americans in Peril, Say Nurses
The U.S. economic crisis has severely accelerated a health emergency for more and more Americans, says the nation’s largest professional organization and union of registered nurses which will bring more than 800 RNs from 31 states to Washington this week to propose a new agenda to heal the nation. Full Story>>
Saint Mary’s Center for Cancer Enhances the Continuum of Care with Nurse Navigators
Saint Mary’s Center for Cancer continues to enhance patient-centered care, including expanding its gastrointestinal (GI) and lung cancer services to include a nurse navigator, Don Moore, MSN, RN, FNP. In his role, Moore will be responsible for providing care coordination specifically for GI and lung patients, ensuring timely delivery of care, and supporting patients during cancer treatment. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/6
Preparation Pays Off in Joplin
Those countless hours of preparation saved lives May 22 when the country’s eighth deadliest tornado, with winds of more than 200 mph, slammed into St. John’s Regional Medical Center. Full Story >>
U of C Medical Center Nurses to Get Raises Under Approved Deal
Registered nurses have voted to approve a new contract with the University of Chicago Medical Center. Full Story>>
Suburban Philly Nurses Rally as Contract End Looms
Nurses at a suburban Philadelphia hospital are warning that they may go out on strike if no agreement is reached to replace the current contract, which expires Wednesday. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/2
Are Nurse Practitioners the Solution to Shortage of Primary-Care Doctors?
Betty Ann Bowser reports on the growing role of nurse practitioners as primary caregivers. Full Story >>
Pet Therapy Programs Benefit Patients Physically and Emotionally
When Cynthia Ingram, RN, walks into the room, people pay attention. But that attention might be more focused on Tori, the four-year-old Labradoodle with soft white fur who’s walking next to her. Full Story>>
U. of C. Nurses Voting on Contract
Voting results are likely Friday on a proposed contract between registered nurses and the University of Chicago Medical Center. Full Story >>
News Collected 6/1
STCC President Ira Rubenzahl said nursing is a field that is critical to every American’s well being. Full Story >>
Nursing Program Benefits From Bill Hannon Foundation
The HNU nursing program will soon provide students with the latest in patient simulation technology, thanks to the Bill Hannon Foundation. Full Story>>
USC Reaches Tentative Contract Agreement With California Nurses
Officials with USC University Hospital and USC Norris Cancer Hospital have reached a tentative contract agreement with the California Nurses Association (CNA). Full Story >>
