Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
As Southern California glowed in a conflagration of burning brush and buildings, residents were forced to flee their homes, leaving behind memories, and often, much needed medication. Among those most affected by the inferno were patients with chronic lung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
The recent Government announcements on general practice nurses will assist GPs in providing care for patients. AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said that this recognises that general practice nurses under the supervision of the doctor can enable patients to access services. The Government has promised to extend practice nurse grants to all GP practices - not just rural areas and workforce shortage areas. [click link for full article]
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
The scandal-ridden University of California Irvine Medical Center has fired 13 registered nurses and now put a key nurse leader on investigatory leave for standing up for her colleagues, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee said recently. [click link for full article]
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) HIV patients in South Africa have left the nurses who provide this vital community service exposed to continual emotional strain - leading to career burnout - causing these caregivers to eventually leave the service. [click link for full article]
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants could be some of the answers to the global healthcare industry staff shortage. If mobilized in a thoughtful way, they could well be an essential resource in alleviating the severe shortage of medical staff in Australia and around the world. [click link for full article]
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
The Australian Nursing Federation, Federal Secretary, Jill Iliffe called on the Minister for Health, Tony Abbott to clarify the government's position on the industrial relations arrangements that will apply to nursing staff at the Mersey Hospital in Tasmania after the takeover by the federal government. [click link for full article]
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
The first American College of Nurse-Midwives Women's Health Expo will be held May 24, 2008, in Boston in conjunction with the ACNM 53rd Annual Meeting & Exposition. The consumer-focused Expo will include an interactive women's health experience promoted through the local and regional media and medical community partnerships.More than 2,000 nurse-midwives, physicians, nurses, and other women's health care professionals from the U. [click link for full article]
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
Student nurses are an important part of the patient care team and can enrich patients' experiences during hospitalization-however, some circumstances may increase the chance of their involvement in medication errors. The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has analyzed medication errors by student nurses, and discovered that a distinct set of error-prone conditions or medications can make mistakes involving students more likely. [click link for full article]
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Sunday, October 28th, 2007
To date, only doctors (consultants and GPs) have been authorized to decide whether a patient is resuscitated, now new professional guidelines say experienced nurses should also be allowed to make this decision. These new guidelines were issued by the Resuscitation Council, The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the British Medical Association (BMA). The guidelines stress that the only nurses with this authority should be those that are suitably experienced. [click link for full article]
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
New estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that a deadly form of staph infection may kill more people per year than the AIDS virus. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a drug resistant form of staph infection, has been reported to kill approximately 19,000 Americans out of an estimated 94,000 people who contracted the infection in 2005.
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