Nurses will use extreme measures to save patients and their parents. But they'd prefer less aggressive life-preserving methods for themselves, according to an international survey on nurses' end-of-life preferences. Findings from a cross-cultural survey of 1,089 nurses from five countries about...
Nurse-centred care of HIV patients can be just as safe and effective as care delivered by doctors and has a number of specific health benefits, according to a new study led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the University of Cape Town (UCT). Published today in The Lancet, the research...
Newly qualified nurses, midwives and allied health professionals who took part in an online course during their first year of employment reported increased clinical skills development and confidence. However the survey on the Flying Start NHS™ programme, published in the December issue of the...
My 2yr old son was recently admitted to hospital for asthma! I was blown out of the water by the service a particular gay male nurse gave us! Wow! Amazing! He was way better than the female nurses and my son LOVED him! My son was a bit cranky and cried most of the time but this guy remained...
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. This training includes...
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) launched a major new online campaign to celebrate Nurses' Day 2011 on 12 May. As part of the launch, writer and maternal mortality campaigner, Sarah Brown, speaks in a video on the campaign website of her support for nursing. In the run up to Nurses' Day on 12...
National Nurses United, the nation's largest union and professional association of registered nurses, praised 10 members of the District of Columbia City Council for pressing Washington Hospital Center to settle its ongoing labor dispute. The RNs have called a one-day strike for Friday, March...
A recent Oncology Nurse Advisor (ONA) readership survey found that nearly 60% of Oncology Nurses always read the journal, and almost half gave ONA the highest possible rating for overall quality; providing practical, useful information; and keeping readers abreast of the latest information...
Haiti needs about 1,000 additional trained nurses and at least 100 more physicians to control the cholera epidemic, Valerie Amos, the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said during a recent visit to the capital of Port-au-Prince, Reuters reports. "We clearly need to do more,"...
In an overwhelming and emphatic statement of support, registered nurses at Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, FL voted by 92 percent Monday night to join the nation's largest organization of registered nurses to build a stronger, unified voice for nurses in securing strong protections...
New data from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) show that graduates of entry-level baccalaureate (BSN) and master's nursing programs are much more likely to receive job offers at the time of graduation or soon after than graduates from other fields. A national survey of...
The Australian Nursing federation has welcomed an acknowledgement of the need for reform of the aged care and mental health sectors by the chair of Labor's caucus social policy committee. ANF assistant federal secretary Yvonne Chaperon said comments by chair of the caucus committee, Shayne...
The California Nurses Association offered congratulations to Gov.-elect Jerry Brown and returning U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer for their impressive, double-digit election wins, and to California voters for providing a national alternative to the conservative, corporate-oriented economic program that...
The MS Society has launched a UK wide survey to capture your experiences of MS nurses in order to protect these specialist posts. Take the MS nurse survey now (surveymonkey.com/s/SY5NP9T). We've learned MS nurses across the UK are under threat with many posts being cut, diluted (so they're...
One day after 780 registered nurses launched a three-day strike against Children's Hospital Oakland's attempts to slash their healthcare benefits, hundreds of RNs will rally outside the hospital and be joined by a broad committee of political and community allies this Wednesday, Oct. 13. The...
The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) has succeeded in its advocacy efforts seeking relief for nursing facility residents who encounter delays in access to prescribed medications subject to regulation under the Controlled Substances Act. In a Federal Register notice published...
"""Scrubs"" has been better for nurses than most current serial television, though it remains fairly poor overall. Scrubs features a major nurse character in Carla. She is often portrayed as strong and competent, and she is probably the most prominent Latina nurse character in modern US...