Archive for June, 2008
Monday, June 30th, 2008
The following summarizes articles related to addressing racial and ethnic health disparities. Clinton County, Ohio: Premier Community Health has created the "My Sister's Keeper" program, which offers no-cost breast cancer education parties, the
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
The College of Nursing says that the Federal Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, is in a better position than any of her predecessors to take on health reform in Australia, Tracey Osmond, Chief Executive, said. "Australia's health workforce has never been as skilled as it is today," said Osmond.
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
A study released today by the Washington D.C.-based National Association for Home Care and Hospice shows that the nurses, therapists, home care aides and others who serve elderly and disabled patients in their homes drive, on average, more miles annually than many driving professionals including UPS drivers.
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Rush University College of Nursing has implemented a new master's degree program, the Generalist Entry Master's in Nursing or GEM program. The GEM program prepares students for generalist practice, while also providing them with clinical leadership education that is not available in bachelor's degree nursing programs.
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
The College of Nursing congratulates the Federal Minister for Health, Nicola Roxon, on her no-nonsense response to the Australian Medical Association's claims that they are the gatekeepers of Australian health care, Tracey Osmond, Chief Executive, said. "We are seeing a paradigm shift in the delivery of health care in Australia," said Osmond. "One that is long overdue." "Minister Roxon has seen through the AMA.
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
When patients began presenting at the emergency department complaining of diarrhea and fever, experienced public health nurses at the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico, instinctively knew they were about to get very busy. They did indeed, within hours the team was working to pull together food diaries and questionnaires to pinpoint the cause of a Salmonella outbreak that began in April and has since spread across the country.
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
In nearly every health care setting, the uniform of choice is surgical scrubs. Nurses, physicians and even front desk clerks don the comfortable attire while they work and even wear them out of the office on lunch breaks and after work. But is it safe to wear the same scrubs on and off the job? Some experts say no.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
The nation's largest organization of registered nurses, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. In announcing its endorsement, the 80,000-member CNA/NNOC (AFL-CIO), which has members in all 50 states, cited "a stark distinction between Sen. Obama and Sen.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Representatives from more than 50 European governments met Wednesday at the opening of a World Health Organization meeting aimed at addressing health worker shortages in developing countries, AFP/Independent Online reports. According to WHO, there is a global shortage of more than 4.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday in a 5-2 ruling reinstated a law permitting midwives to work in the state without fear of potential criminal charges, the
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