Groundbreaking guidelines promote early detection
...rom PAD and for physicians, physicians assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurses who are now offering car...ial disease, but also for primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, all of whom make the initial diagnosis and initiate therapy...Making the most of our precious nursing resources
...arrangements". Dr Plummer said the introduction of nurse patient ratios to Victoria had allowed nurses to r...bservers were now keen to see a closer analysis of nurse patient ratios and dependency systems in a stable health service, she said. This information could b...Fast-tracked sexual health screening offered with morning-after pill
...rther schemes which are this convenient." Research nurse Grace Thomas, who is running the study has worked in a busy sexual health clinic in Manchester, agreed: "This is also a great help for women who may be concerned about sexually transmitted infections. Looking at the number of young women going to pha...Radiation treatment prolonged liver cancer patients' lives, U-M study finds
...essor of radiation oncology; Suzette Walker, N.P., nurse practitioner; Daniel Tatro, radiation therapy dosimetrist; Randall K. Ten Haken, Ph.D., professor of radiation oncology; James Knol, M.D., associate professor of surgery; Laura Dawson, M.D., clinical assistant professor of radiation oncology; and Cha...Nearly half of people with diabetes are not using aspirin to reduce risk of heart attack and stroke
...ve of their respective populations in the U.S. The nurse data are unweighted and are therefore only represe...cian results is +/-7 percentage points and for the nurse results it is +/- 10 percentage points. This online sample is not a probability sample....SLU research on teen moms refutes conventional wisdom: Early motherhood may not ruin their lives
...ities of parenthood. "The responsive presence of a nurse can help a teen to imagine and carve out a meaningful future," she says. Nurses also must intervene when educational, health or social policies make it even tougher for teens to succeed as mothers, SmithBatte says. "Clinicians can play a key role in ...Grant to advance MCG/Emory nursing partnership
...o preparing a critical mass of doctorally prepared nurse clinicians through increased collaboration with ot...duate school admissions test, current professional nurse licensure and specialty certification as appropriate. Emory University will offer a 12-credit hour p...Case Western Reserve University's Noelker to receive GSA's 2005 Distinguished Career award
... increase job retention and job satisfaction among nurse assistants and home health aides who form the backbone of long-term care. She currently serves as editor of The Gerontologist, one of GSA's peer-reviewed periodicals. To be eligible for the Career Contribution Award, papers must have been published w...Dogs ease anxiety, improve health status of hospitalized heart failure patients
... C.C.R.N., lead author of the study and a clinical nurse III at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. To determine the potential benefits of animal-assisted therapy on health, the researchers studied 76 hospitalized heart failure patients and their reactions to a visit from either a human volunteer and ...Fewer heart failure patients die when hospitals make efforts to improve care
...the toolkit cooperatively, the lead physicians and nurse liaisons from each hospital met several more times to share successes and problems, and learn from one another. The goal, Koelling says, was to have as many of the tools used in the treatment of as many patients at each hospital as was possible. Toda...Reducing barriers to exercise can save women's lives
... The study also found that women with access to a nurse practitioner had fewer perceived barriers to CHD risk modification, suggesting that these perceived barriers can be reduced or eliminated through effective strategies for health promotion behaviors. "Traditionally, health care providers have focused ...Mayo Clinic Tobacco Quitline to provide Minnesota QUITPLAN Helpline service
...ss programs, including the Ask Mayo Clinic 24-hour nurse line and Mayo Clinic Advisor programs for pregnancy, disease management and lifestyle coaching. MMSI also provides health benefit management services, making it a one-stop service for health care benefit programs. For more information about MMSI pro...Computers can teach patients about screening for cancer
...e randomly assigned to learn about the test from a nurse or from an educational computer program. The two groups were similar: half of the patients had not graduated from high school and few had ever used a computer. Most of the patients (65 percent) had never received any screening tests for colon cancer....OHSU studies program that converts patient wishes into medical orders
...orm. The form is then signed by their physician or nurse practitioner, turning preferences into medical orders. POLST forms provide specific instructions about treatments that are wanted and those that are not. These treatments may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hospitalization, antibiotics, and fe...Limiting resident physician work-hours might save money
... hours by shifting work to other employees such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants would be much less, $673 million to $1.1 billion per year nationwide; thus, if this shift lowers harmful errors by more than 5 percent to 9 percent, the reforms would pay for themselves or save money for society......ushing herself down into her chair as Kurlan and a nurse tried to convince her to attempt to stand up. With enough persuasion, though, and with several people available to help her up, the woman finally did rise. At first she took short, tentative steps, sure that she was going to fall. Upon hearing that s...Inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics by NPs and MDs continues
BOSTON - Oct. 6, 2005 - Both nurse practitioners and physicians are prescribing inapp...ners, further found that antibiotic prescribing by nurse practitioners to patients with Medicaid insurance was more appropriate than that of physician prescr...Nursing Resource Teams can recruit and retain nurses
...Master University study says. Over the past decade nurse staffing has been a challenge for hospitals. One r... team is the range of units to which an individual nurse can be assigned. In a traditional float pool, a nurse is regarded as a generic worker who is able to...Breast cancer, a man's illness?
... the Cross Cancer Institute as a clinical research nurse for the Northern Alberta Breast Cancer Program found a wide range of reactions to the diagnosis - from those who felt they could tell no-one what they were facing to those who became advocates. One man made it his mission to educate people, going so ...Supportive spouse may reduce effect of job strain on blood pressure
...Tobe said. "An example might be an operating room nurse who has high job demand, meeting physical and mental demands and low latitude for making personal decisions while on the job such as going for a lunch break," he said. Marital cohesion was evaluated by administering the Dyadic Adjustment Scale, a...