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Newsday
April 28, 2018
“Nurses are hardworking professionals entrusted with an essential role in our health care system, but this defendant allegedly betrayed that trust and stole medical devices to make a quick buck,” Singas said in a statement. “Stealing from medical providers drives up the cost of care for everyone, and thisÃâà...
Concord Monitor
April 28, 2018
Nurses are a very important minority percentage of substance abusers who were previously licensed, productive and now are addressing their rehabilitation and recovery so they can return to their trained profession. A professional nurse is a critical asset to the medical communities in New Hampshire,Ãâà...
Wichita Eagle
April 28, 2018
“We know we do prevent amputations.” Hermes hopes to move her Wichita clinic to a bigger location on West Street this year. “I've never been appreciated more in my life, in 35 years of being a nurse,” she said. “You look down a row of nurses, and all the nurses are smiling and all the patients are smiling.”Ãâà...
Dayton Daily News
April 28, 2018
https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/combat-rescue-helicopter-team-earns-dod-environmental-award/MS8nbzKCuj1YwA2p291SUI/. So it made sense for Philipp, who was already a preceptor for UC College of Nursing students, to teach U.S. Air Force nurses through the Nurse Transition Program just aÃâà...
Chron.com
April 28, 2018
“Save one life and you are a hero. Save one hundred lives and you are a nurse.” That is one of the most familiar quotes to describe nurses, the professionals who are critical to the medical field. Katy Independent School District has 74 campus nurses, and Kim Cromie of Bonnie Holland Elementary hasÃâà...
Sacramento Bee
April 28, 2018
In a news release, UC Davis registered nurse Melissa Johnson-Camacho stated: “UC Davis Medical Center nurses support our fellow UC workers in their demands for a strong contract and justice in the workplace. As nurses we know that in order to provide the safe patient care our communities need weÃâà...
National Catholic Reporter
April 28, 2018
Scholarships from the Rockefeller Foundation allowed her to continue her studies in Paris and Davos, Switzerland. Like her father, Chrzanowska had a talent for letters; she became an editor of the journal of the Polish Association of Professional Nurses in 1929. She also published poems and a novel.
Noozhawk
April 28, 2018
We all likely have interacted with a high-quality nurse, either directly or indirectly. What makes them so relatable to patients? What personal characteristics make them great at their jobs? Nurses are special people skilled in both fast-paced settings and more intimate moments with patients and their families.
WTVC
April 28, 2018
Raymond says the officer provoked the nurse. "She was way out of line," Raymond said. "I just know what I saw was the cop that's supposed to diffuse it and instead she was the aggressor from what I saw." The arrest report states during the commotion Davis was swinging his arms and fists, and punched one of the officersÃâà...
The Ledger
April 27, 2018
You really see that message of love and care come out through her.” And, Vanwie says, “There is never anything I have asked her to do she has not taken on” from filling in as relief charge nurse to leading new nurses through the 12-week orientation process. “She is there for the new nurses,” Vanwie says.
DailyNurse (blog)
April 27, 2018
Survey participants included chief nursing officers (CNOs) and other nurse leaders like chief nurse executive, director of nursing, clinical nurse leader, etc. ... 80 percent of CNOs reported that their organization had moderate, significant, or severe difficulty in recruiting nurses; CNOs said lack of access toÃâà...
The State Journal-Register
April 27, 2018
CHICAGO — A new amendment to proposed legislation in Illinois would require hospitals to train nurses in sexual assault care by 2021. The Chicago Tribune reports that a previous draft of the proposal gave hospitals until 2023 to have a specially trained medical provider present within 90 minutes of a sexual assaultÃâà...
Becker's Hospital Review
April 27, 2018
Three former nurses at Broome County jail in New York filed a lawsuit against Correctional Medical Care, the company hired by the county to care for inmates, claiming it forced them to falsify medical records to pass accreditation, according to Spectrum News. The nurses, Maggie McDonnell, JenniferÃâà...
Kankakee Daily Journal
April 27, 2018
The Kankakee native started her career at St. Mary's Hospital in Kankakee during a time when nurses and doctors used paper charts, not computers, to measure patients' ... The same year Wulffe became a nurse, she married Orville Wulffe, an Army veteran and building contractor, who died in 2014.
STLtoday.com
April 27, 2018
I never thought I would be a Mercy employee, and I couldn't be happier. Heather wasn't the only one that made our time in the NICU easier, it was the whole department.” This nurse is a nominee for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Nurses: The Heart of Health Care program. Look for the winners in print andÃâà...
Poughkeepsie Journal
April 27, 2018
However, Kennedy decided they did not have to pay him, a move that was finalized in March, according to court records. The decision ends lingering litigation that included a lawsuit the nurses brought against Kennedy. Pawling nurse charged with failing to administer medication: Attorney General.
Berkshire Eagle
April 27, 2018
PITTSFIELD — While "cordial," the first bargaining session in two months ended without a breakthrough for Berkshire Medical Center and its registered nurses. The two sides now plan to resume work on a contract in late May, after nurses hold at least one rally. Michael Leary, the hospital's spokesman, saidÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
April 26, 2018
The state attorney general's office offers free classes for nurses, who learn how to recognize trauma and collect evidence. Research shows that nurses trained in sexual assault care can help victims feel more comfortable going forward with what's known as a rape kit. A trained nurse collecting evidenceÃâà...
Noozhawk
April 25, 2018
National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6 and ends May 12, which was Florence Nightingale's birthday. As of 1998, May 8 was designated National Student Nurses Day, to be celebrated annually. And as of 2003, National School Nurse Day is celebrated on the Wednesday within National NursesÃâà...
Scranton Times-Tribune
April 25, 2018
Outside replacement nurses temporarily hired to fill the gap left by striking nurses typically require a multi-day contract. “There are rumors floating that it could be four or five days, maybe more,” said Judith Pont, a Moses Taylor labor and delivery nurse of 5Ãâý years. Anything beyond a three-day lockout wouldÃâà...
DailyNurse (blog)
April 25, 2018
“At Ivenix, we have designed an infusion system that helps to put the nurses' focus on their patients, with the guiding principles to simplify every step of the process, remove unnecessary and error-prone tasks, and inform care,” says Niemeier. This system, which is awaiting FDA approval, has a pump with anÃâà...
Citizens Voice
April 25, 2018
First Hospital in Kingston and Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton will be fully staffed and operational when registered nurses plan to strike on Wednesday, hospital officials said. They would not yet say, however, who will staff the hospitals. “We have received the union's strike notice and are prepared toÃâà...
The Guardian
April 25, 2018
Record numbers of nurses and midwives from EU27 countries quit Britain last year, fuelling fears that a Brexit brain drain will deepen the NHS's already chronic staffing crisis. A total of 3,962 such staff from the European Economic Area (EEA) left the Nursing and Midwifery Council register between 2017Ãâà...
NBC Bay Area
April 25, 2018
He eats and gets medicine through tubes, and is at constant risk of choking. He's 22 years old, and for most of his life he's needed a nurse by his side. He's eligible for 200 hours of nursing care each month, but for the past two years nurses could only fill about a quarter of those hours. Right now he doesn'tÃâà...
University of Wisconsin-Madison
April 25, 2018
Unfortunately, nurses — who often work long hours without many breaks — may not always be able to get the sleep they need. Scott and fellow members of the American Academy of Nursing are taking the initiative to change that in order to improve the working environment for the benefit of their colleaguesÃâà...
Nurse.org (blog)
April 25, 2018
ER nurses have personalities that work best amid a storm of disorganization. It's very hard to stress out an ER nurse. Because of the chaotic flow, ER nurses rely massively on teamwork and intuition. Ratios can be tough to manage depending on who walks in the door, and these nurses run around like livesÃâà...
The Independent
April 25, 2018
The government's “botched Brexit” caused 10 per cent of the NHS European nurse workforce to quit last year, meaning attempts to increase the nursing workforce have failed for the second year running. Official figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) show that in 2018, there were 3,000Ãâà...
CNN
April 24, 2018
They were fired last week by Vice President Chiwenga who said they refused to go back to work after $17m was released to improve their pay. Hundred of the nurses offered free treatment to the public in the country's parliament to protest their dismissal Friday. Zimbabwe's government said at the time thatÃâà...
Health Data Management
April 18, 2018
Mission Hospital, comprising Viejo and Laguna Beach hospitals in southern California and part of St. Joseph Health System in Anaheim, had a communication problem that was affecting patient care as the nurses were having difficulty coordinating activities. The nurses were being interrupted almostÃâà...
The Evening Sun
April 18, 2018
A Reading Township man was charged with sexually assaulting a nurse while she cared for him at Hanover Hospital, according to Hanover Borough Police. At about 8 p.m. April 7, Roy Francis Lease, 73, of the first block of Diana Drive, allegedly grabbed his nurse's genitals over her clothing, according toÃâà...
Tonic
April 18, 2018
Chichester, a 31-year-old runner from Brooklyn, is also a full-time nurse practitioner, and some of her big mileage weeks fell during this year's pandemic of a flu season. Just staying healthy seemed like its own victory. But then she took fifth place overall, bypassing many of America's most recognizable pros.
Wicked Local Malden (blog)
April 18, 2018
Stephanie was a single working mother with four children; times were tight and she loved the council on aging work, but she was determined to become a nurse. "All my life in the back of my mind, no matter what else I did, I was going to be a nurse if it killed me," she said. She took night classes while doingÃâà...
BBC News
April 18, 2018
Zimbabwe's government has sacked more than 10,000 nurses who went on strike on Monday, in an apparently hardline attempt to quell labour unrest. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga said the nurses had refused to return to work after $17m (Ãâã12m) was released to increase their pay. He chided them for not goingÃâà...
Modesto Bee
April 18, 2018
Events like this are common in a nation with a growing shortage of nurses needed for patient care in hospitals and health facilities. For some time, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has predicted more than a million vacancies for nurses in the U.S. by 2022. And nursing schools are not turning out enoughÃâà...
MyPalmBeachPost
April 18, 2018
THEY LISTEN: “A good nurse is a good listener,” Forsythe says. “You must listen to ... “The patient is our reason for being, and good nurses work together to make things happen. We have a saying (among the nurses at The Birthplace at JFK Medical Center): 'Nobody sits till everybody sits.' We help eachÃâà...
HollandSentinel.com
April 18, 2018
ZEELAND — Six nurses have filed a lawsuit in federal court against a Zeeland healthcare center for allegedly honoring patients' requests for white-only nurses. The nurses, who are all African American and work or did work for Providence Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 285 N. State St. in Zeeland.
Business Insider
April 15, 2018
A study by AMN Healthcare found 83% of nurses say they are satisfied with their choice of nursing as a career. Business Insider spoke with two nurses, Nancy Whitt and Liz Watkins, to find out what it's really like to be a nurse. Whitt is a gastrointestinal nurse in California with 45 years of experience. She works in OutpatientÃâà...
Foothills Sun Gazette
April 4, 2018
“I am excited to represent professional nurse leaders in Central California for the next two years on the ACNL board of directors. It is essential for our leaders in health care policy and nursing education to have their voices heard at a time when expanding roles for nurses are emerging, patient access toÃâà...
Berkshire Eagle
April 4, 2018
Alex Neary, a co-chairwoman of the MNA's local bargaining committee, said in a statement provided by the union that the NLRB's finding of "merit" in the complaints shows that the hospital "has been withholding information they are legally required to provide and has tried to intimidate nurses from standingÃâà...
Loma Linda University Health
April 4, 2018
According to Storfjell, Nurses are the healthcare team members closest to patients, making them the best situated to recognize needs. They are educated to assess their patients' social and physical environments as well as their physical status. Frontline nurses can assure care continuity by participating inÃâà...
Tribune-Review
April 4, 2018
When the SS Hope pulled into port in Sri Lanka — it was then called Ceylon — people lined the docks, waiting to be treated by the visiting doctors and nurses. ... Ms. Damato lived in Greensburg most of her life, except for a brief stint as a nurse in California and the trip to Sri Lanka. She spent much of herÃâà...
The Root
April 4, 2018
Black Lives Matter protesters stage a demonstration in front of Sacramento City Hall on March 30, 2018 in Sacramento, California. Hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters marched through the streets of Sacramento demanding justice for Stephon Clark, who was shot and killed by Sacramento police onÃâà...
DailyNurse (blog)
April 4, 2018
Our Nurse of the Week is Jamie Miller, a licensed practical nurse (LPN) from Marshalltown, IA, who saved a child from drowning while off duty at a local pool. Many people who are CPR certified never find themselves in a real emergency situation, but Jamie jumped to the challenge when faced with anÃâà...
KAAL
April 4, 2018
(ABC 6 News) -- It had several parents upset. Last month, a Byron Public School District "Operation Committee" floated the idea of replacing a licensed school nurse (LSN) with two health aides. The move would save the district $5,000 a year. Many parents wrote the School Board. One woman sent a letterÃâà...
Belleville News-Democrat
April 3, 2018
The nursing home took statements from at least 10 nurses as a part of their investigation into Vancil's death. McCall, a licensed nurse at the facility who was on-duty in Vancil's wing the afternoon of her death, was suspended after the incident and later fired. Staff members said McCall "failed to thoroughlyÃâà...
Forsyth County News Online
March 30, 2018
Gregory said that she and nurses from other schools in Forsyth County received their training with the emergency tourniquets in January as part of the Stop the Bleed School Response Program. Stop the Bleed, a $1 million dollar program funded by the Georgia Trauma Commission, was approved in MarchÃâà...
Madison.com
March 30, 2018
3, the parent of a baby in UnityPoint Health-Meriter's newborn intensive care unit told a nurse about scratches on the baby's left wrist, saying the markings were new. The nurse ... Doctors “took a wait and watch position,” the nurse who photographed the baby told federal inspectors, according to the report.
Newark Post
March 30, 2018
“We do what we do because we like being nurses and most of us are pretty uncomfortable with the attention piece.” Economos, who holds a bachelor's degree, master's degree and Family Nurse Practitioner License from Wilmington University, started her career with the district in 1998. At first she workedÃâà...
Albany Times Union
March 30, 2018
Roughly 2,100 nurses are eligible to vote in an election on April 12 and 13. They'll be asked to vote for or against joining the New York State Nurses Association, a union that represents approximately 40,000 nurses around the state and recently negotiated a contract for nurses at Westchester MedicalÃâà...
Indianapolis Star
March 30, 2018
The board also confirmed school nursing services would remain free for families and that all school nurses would be hired by Community, as long as they pass a background check. The district currently has a nurse in each of its 21 buildings. None of the district's 19 full-time and 14 part-time nurses wouldÃâà...
