Poor ward care is harming patients
...e Teale. Common complaints include never seeing a nurse except when drugs are being handed out, days going by without any contact with senior medical staff, having to virtually beg for help moving up the bed or getting to the toilet, and repeated requests for pain relief. It's these experiences, and not ...Hospital death rate study reveals wide variations
...body of evidence linking hospital death rates with nurse staffing levels" says Professor Alison Tierney, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Advanced Nursing. "Its observations about the nursing skill mix and use of care protocols is particularly relevant and we hope that hospitals worldwide will study thes...Emory University announces new Global Health Institute
...lude extensive HIV/AIDS work in Rwanda and Zambia; nurse training in Ethiopia, the Caribbean, Kenya, India, Bangladesh and Russia; diabetes efforts in India; nutrition research in Central America and Eastern Europe; improvements in emergency room services in the Republic of Georgia, and infectious disease ...Hopeful nurses are more comfortable, confident in caring for dying children
...the more hours of palliative care education that a nurse receives, the more comfortable the nurse is in providing palliative care and in talking about death and dying with patients and families. We ...Clinical simulation technology used to improve communication of medical teams
...or misses the blood pressure number and orders the nurse to inject a drug that may cause the blood pressure to drop even lower. This example is only part of a clinical simulation scenario, but such miscommunications between members of a medical team during actual treatments can lead to bigger problems. ...Nursing home or hospital: State policy has big impact on elderly
...afford to keep more medical professionals, such as nurse practitioners, on staff," Mor said. "With more staff, and more skilled staff, homes are better able to treat residents on site and theyre better able to practice preventive care to head off problems such as pneumonia, bed sores or urinary tract infec...Nonprofit hospitals, more nurses and greater availability of technology equal better patient care
...); and pneumonia. Hospitals with higher registered nurse staffing levels, more advanced technology, and fed...ed an index to assess how the number of registered nurse staffing levels affected quality of care. Hospitals with more registered nurses performed better on ...Low impact aerobic exercise reduces fatigue in auto-immune conditions says multi-study review
...based Journal of Advanced Nursing. A team led by nurse researcher Dr Jane Neill from Flinders University in Adelaide, examined 162 research studies published between 1987 and 2006, analysing 36 in detail. They discovered that there was evidence that people with conditions like multiple sclerosis, rheum...Iowa's Maas wins GSA's 2006 Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Award
... also integral in the establishment of HomeSafe, a nurse case management service for elders living in their own homes to forestall institutionalization....Healthier preemies and parents, thanks to a new early intervention program
... This study demonstrates the important role that nurse scientists can play not only in helping families cope during a highly stressful period in their lives, but also in contributing to a family's long-term quality of life and well being, said Patricia Grady, RN, FAAN, director of National Institute of N...Federal government needs to take closer look at assisted living facilities
...ctivities. About half report having a registered nurse on staff either full- or part-time. But a number of differences exist between ALFs and nursing homes, Patrick A. Bruce, a former editor at the journal, noted in the article. "In contrast to assisted living facilities, nursing homes are subject to f...For crying out loud -- pick up your baby
...l" their baby to pick them up. Riverton clinical nurse and co-researcher Claire Halle said parents felt picking up their crying baby would create "bad habits" which would impact negatively on their child's behaviour in the future. "Parent's felt torn between what they thought and what they felt was the...The AGA Institute releases report on the future of gastroenterology
...mong others. Furthermore, increased utilization of nurse practitioners and physician's assistants will be necessary. Philosophically, gastroenterologists may need to position themselves as the coordinator or manager of all digestive health care a gastroenterology patient needs. AGA should continue a...Plastic surgery patients honored for courage, altruism
... educator for breast cancer patients. Originally a nurse in the neurosciences department, she is currently the administrative director at the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center, and will soon be the first non-physician to be named president of the National Consortium of Breast Centers. Ashley Mc...Drug prevents postpartum hemorrhage in resource poor settings
...from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College recruited 25 nurse midwives who serve the rural villages of the Belgaum District in Karnataka State. The nurse midwives were instructed how to administer the 3 tablets of misoprostol and how to measure blood los...Rutgers College of Nursing to host Preparing for Natural Disasters Forum November 3
...Center for Public Health Preparedness; Betsy Todd, nurse epidemiologist, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center; Anie Kalayjian, board certified expert in traumatic stress and adjunct professor of psychology, Fordham University; and Doris G. Brown, deputy assistant secretary and...Study calls for 39 percent more family physicians
...cian providers, such as physician's assistants and nurse practitioners limiting their practice to subspecialty areas. "We know that a health care system based on primary care leads to better overall quality of care for patients, as well as more affordable health care services," said Perry Pugno, M.D., M....Music helps patients tune out test anxiety
... the colonoscopy, the attending doctor, fellow and nurse evaluated pain, anxiety and comfort levels for each patient. A non-participating medical provider conducted a second, later interview. Results revealed that those who listened to music required less sedation (3.8 mg of midazolam vs. 4.4 mg, and 87 m...Stroke survivors and caregivers to benefit from Kent State study
...et, are a prime population for the intervention. A nurse will oversee and facilitate components of the online intervention including video education modules designed to increase caregiving skills, a chat room for caregivers, and Web-based information individually tailored to meet the self-identified needs ...Rutgers College of Nursing professor to be inducted into RAAA Hall of Fame
...of Pennsylvania in 1994. Atkins, a former school nurse at East Camden Middle School, has an extensive record of community service. He is co-founder and president of the STARR program (Sports Teaching Adolescents Responsibility and Resiliency), a community-based youth development program and co-founder a...