Archive for the ‘Nursing / Midwifery’ Category
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
The massive $300 wages gap between aged care and public hospital nurses is set to become an election year issue with the launch of a national advertising campaign by the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) and the NSW Nurses' Association (NSWNA)...
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
What This Wednesday, Registered Nurses and advocates for fair elections will deliver a case of "Prop. 15 disinfectant cleanser" to a group sworn to defeating the campaign-finance initiative...
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Members of the American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the US, joined President Obama today in Glendale, PA to demonstrate their strong support for the President and his goal of achieving meaningful health reform now...
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
The federal agency that oversees labor law has ordered St. Johns Health Center, located in Santa Monica and a part of the Catholic chain, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, to stand trial on charges that it violated the rights of its registered nurses...
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Sunday, March 7th, 2010
The NMC has revealed significant improvements to the length of time it takes to process fitness to practise cases, meaning better protection for the public...
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Sunday, March 7th, 2010
MPs from all the main political parties have rallied behind the RCN's General Election call to back specialist nursing. Almost sixty MPs have signed a cross party Early Day Motion calling for specialist nursing provision to be available to all patients with long term conditions - one of the six health priorities for the next government, according to the RCN...
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Registered nurses at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka have achieved a tentative settlement with hospital officials on a new collective bargaining agreement that nurses say bring significant improvements in patient care protections and economic gains for the RNs. Some 375 St. Joseph Eureka RNs are represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC)...
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
According to new survey data released by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), enrollment in doctoral nursing programs increased by more than 20% this year, signaling strong interest among students in careers as nursing scientists, faculty, primary care providers, and specialists...
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Soon after The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its proposed rules for "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHRs) on December 30, 2009, Siemens asked two prominent chief nursing officers (CNO) how the new guidelines support nurses' commitment to quality patient care delivery, enhance their care documentation capabilities, and can spur further health...
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Prime Minister's Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery in England sets out the way forward for the future of the professions. Nurses and midwives must renew their pledge to society to deliver high quality, compassionate care - and must be better supported to do so by their employers, according to a new report on the future of nursing and midwifery in England published today...
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