Archive for June, 2009
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
The Australian Nursing Federation joined other unions in celebrating the end of WorkChoices. Lee Thomas, ANF Assistant Federal Secretary said the Fair Work Act will bring improved access for all workers to collective bargaining and union representation. "It is great for us to be able to say to the 170,000 ANF members 'as of tomorrow you will have access to more complete union representation and therefore better working conditions.
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
For the first time RCN members can get a unique insight into the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress care of a daily blog. Chair of the Association of Nursing Students (ANS) Naomi Baker has already started sending back daily reports from Durban, South Africa, where the 24th Quadrennial ICN Congress is being held. The ICN represents more then 130 national nursing associations, working together to promote the global advancement of nursing.
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Fox News examines a U.S.-supported program in Iraq that is equipping women with the skills they need to become nursing aids.
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
The RCN has responded to the recent (29 June) publication of Building Britain's Future with Director of RCN England, Tom Sandford, saying of the two week target to see a cancer specialist: "Two weeks can seem like an eternity when waiting for a diagnosis, and cancer patients will be reassured that they should be seen in this short time.
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
The Scottish Government has announced a new approach to the modernisation of community nursing in Scotland, but having listened to the grave concerns of the Royal College of Nursing in Scotland, the specialist skills of health visitors, district nurses and school nurses will not now be lost. RCN Scotland and other trade unions have reached agreement with the Scottish Government to work together to modernise community nursing within a team setting throughout NHS Scotland.
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Registered nurses and hospital employees will hold a patient care vigil Tuesday night, at UC Irvine Medical Center (UCIMC), to protest the administration's retaliatory actions against Ethel Mark, an RN who has worked in the hospital's cardiac care unit for the last seven years as a model patient advocate. Ms. Mark was informed that she could expect to be terminated by the beginning of July.
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
In an unprecedented move today, millions of midwives, nurses and doctors across the world delivered a message to G8 leaders to take urgent action to prevent women dying needlessly in pregnancy and childbirth. With more than half a million maternal deaths every year, health workers have joined forces to ask world leaders to put the issue of maternal mortality at the top of the agenda at next month's G8 Summit.
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Frances E. Likis, DrPH, NP, CNM, of Nashville, TN, received the 2009 Kitty Ernst Award, one of the most prestigious honors awarded by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), during ACNM's 54th Annual Meeting & Exposition in Seattle, WA. "Francie's energy and enthusiasm are clearly evident in her day-to-day work.
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
The American Nurses Association (ANA) announced its support for President Obama’s United We Serve campaign being launched on June 22. The ANA also urges the nation’s 2.9 million registered nurses (RNs) to be “disaster ready” by taking action now and pre-registering with one of the many disaster registries and response organizations that already exist.
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced June 19 that $6 billion in new federal funds will be made available to states and U.S. territories for fiscal year 2009 to provide health care to millions of children across America through their Children’s Health Insurance Programs (CHIP).
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