Hopkins experts highlight strategies to raise levels of so-called good HDL cholesterol
... In the NEJM report, Blumenthal and fellow expert, nurse practitioner Dominique Ashen, Ph.D., C.R.N.P., an assistant professor at Hopkins' School of Nursing, provide a comprehensive review and summary of the 50 most significant research studies on how best to manage peoples' HDL-cholesterol levels through ...Univ. of Cincinnati receives $17.4 million grant to lead stroke study
...l Disorders and Stroke, will involve physician and nurse investigators from four UC departments--neurology, emergency medicine, neurosurgery and radiology--with Drs. Broderick and Tomsick as principal investigators. Data management and statistical analysis will be coordinated at the Medical University of S...At Johns Hopkins: Emphasis on improved care and faster access to services shortens hospital stays
... include discharge planning, for more than a dozen nurse practitioners and physician assistants. This planning includes assistance and counseling for the family as they prepare for the patient's return home. According to Hopkins' chief of surgery, Julie Freischlag, M.D., "Heading home from the hospital ...NJIT entrepreneurs demonstrate their inventions for science commission
...rocedure performed in a physician's office or by a nurse in a patient's home. It contains a metal valve which opens whenever the user wants. A pocket-sized magnetic wand carried by the user activates the device. Since 1988, the EDC has helped inventors move innovative products out of the lab and into the...New study examines impact of nurse-patient ratios law
...the journal Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice , nurse staffing levels have increased significantly in Ca...tion (CalNOC), which collects and analyzes data on nurse staffing and outcomes from participating hospitals. In 1999, California became the first state in t...LSUHSC innovation in patient safety training to improve surgical outcomes
... residents, anesthesiologists, circulating nurses, nurse anesthesia students, and medical students, will be thrown into a scenario where their patient develops a potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmia during a gallbladder operation. Other crises may occur as well, depending upon how the surgical team perform...Hey doc, do I still need this catheter?
...ds used the reminder system and two did not, but a nurse checked the records of every patient each day. Th...hs on the two wards where reminders were used, the nurse attached a pre-written order and a sign-here sticker to each patient's chart every day after the cat...Experts on global nursing shortage provide recommendations to stem crisis
International nurse migration experts convened on July 9, 2005 at the ... examine the causes and consequences of the global nurse shortage and to consider strategies to mitigate its negative impact on the health of people around t...$1 million grant from John A. Hartford Foundation awarded to UCSF geriatric nursing center
...tford Foundation to continue its work in educating nurse scientists. Through a grant from the Foundation i...e its mission of preparing an exceptional cadre of nurse scientists who will provide academic leadership in the teaching, research and practice of geriatric ...Massachusetts second state to consider nurse staffing ratios; experts to appear at public hearing
...the nation to seriously consider mandatory minimum nurse staffing ratios. California enacted such requireme...irector of MHPF, will share the latest findings on nurse staffing research before the Committee on Public Health on Wednesday, July 13, Massachusetts State H...Time is running out for Mississippi's HIV-positive Medicaid beneficiaries
...long run," said Deborah Konkle-Parker, PhD, FNP, a nurse practitioner at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and a member of the HIVMA Board of Directors. "If you deny people medication to control HIV infection, they progress to full-blown AIDS and have to be hospitalized. That's much more expensi...Home care managers should implement strategies to reduce high nurse turnover
...izing organizational traits to create a culture of nurse retention and reduce high nurse turnover, according to a study conducted by Linda Flynn, a Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member...May/June 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...eam approach to care wherein physician assistants, nurse practitioners and health educations assume some of...s assert that COGME fails to account for exploding nurse practitioner and physician's assistant workforces combined with a physician workforce that is growin...Psychosocial aspects of genetic testing for hereditary cancers meeting at Jefferson June 9-10
...based, says Susan Miller-Samuel, advanced practice nurse in genetics at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and a symposium speaker. Doctors will prescribe drugs based on an individuals profile....College of Nursing faculty member honored for excellence as nurse educator
...vernor's Nursing Merit Award for excellence in the nurse educator category to Mary Ann Scoloveno, a Rutgers...ishments and service in the areas of patient care, nurse education, nursing research and administration. "Mary Ann is a superb teacher and she has touched th...Study shows even limited training improves communication with patients from other cultures
...ies and whites. "Communicating with a physician or nurse from a different ethnic background, someone with d...kely to better communicate with their physician or nurse after the provider had taken just 20 hours of language training. According to Beach, the evidence co...Breathing disorders during sleep are common among asthmatics, may help predict severe asthma
...f internal medicine; Ann Durance, R.N., a clinical nurse at UMHS; Kevin Weatherwax, a project associate in the Department of Neurology; John Palmisano, clinical coordinator in the Department of Neurology; Peter Mancuso, Ph.D., assistant professor at the School of Public Health; and Jesica Pedroza, all from...UCLA study tackles aging issues of adults with developmental disabilities
...t a geriatric evaluation and follow-up visits by a nurse practitioner can detect and reduce health problems...the research suggests that a health screening by a nurse practitioner and follow-up home visits can significantly lower the number of health risks experience...Sonic flashlight puts ultrasound images in physician's line of sight for catheter placement
...dy. The difficulty occurs because the physician or nurse inserting the catheter has to look away from the patient to see the ultrasound monitor, he said. On the other hand, the sonic flashlight--which is an ultrasound probe with a two-inch monitor and a semi-transparent mirror--puts everything in front of ......ful." Dr Prior, from Chapel Hill, has worked as a nurse and academic for more than 25 years, specialising in palliative care for the last 15 years. She said she chose this topic because she wanted to explain why Aboriginal women didn't use palliative care and cancer and palliative care were linked. She ...