Nurses receive new tool to help patients quit smoking
...ng cessation advocates," she added. "If each U.S. nurse helps just one person quit smoking per year, they could triple the current U.S. cessation rate." Smoking causes more than 440,000 deaths in the United States per year. Seventy percent of adult smokers express a desire to stop, yet research shows tha...New GP contract may not improve treatment for heart failure patients
... those who had access to a community heart failure nurse - around 44% - valued them highly. The authors conclude: 'The new contract may improve identification and diagnosis of CHF but there is a danger that it may fall short of ensuring optimal treatment for patients with CHF.'...Diabetes and pizza: Slow and steady insulin delivery wins the race
...hanks to Susan M. Jones, M.S., C.R.N.P., C.D.E., a nurse practitioner, and Jill L. Quarry, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., C.D.E., a dietitian, both of whom noted problems with their diabetes patients. "We noticed that it was very difficult for those with diabetes who were using insulin pumps to maintain good glucose ...Health-care ethics practical, smart: U of T study
...integrate and value ethical decision-making," says nurse and bioethicist Susan MacRae, the Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB) deputy director. MacRae, who also teaches at U of T's Faculty of Nursing, is lead author of a paper describing this ethics model, published today in the Journal of Medical Ethics. I...No evidence that calcium and vitamin D prevent fractures
...he treatment group received advice from a practice nurse on how to reduce the risk of fracture and were given calcium and vitamin D tablets to take daily. The control group received only a leaflet on diet and prevention of falls. All women were monitored for an average of two years. Over the monitoring per...Substituting nurses for doctors results in high quality care, few savings
...are traditionally done by doctors can be done by a nurse for less money." The evidence, however, shows that nurses' lower salaries do not necessarily equate to lower overall costs. The ANA advocates for removing regulatory and legislative barriers to increased use of nurses as health care providers. The sy...Breast cancer detector that uses electricity instead of X-rays under study
...eir mammogram report per usual, says Helen Fain, a nurse and study sub-investigator and coordinator....ANNA awards Nurse Researcher of the Year to Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member
... important because I was nominated by a nephrology nurse researcher peer. In addition, a majority of the association members are nurses in clinical practice, and I think it is important for them to see researchers awarded for their work and to value the use of research findings in clinical practice," she s...Hospitalized babies with severe breathing problems may benefit from lying on their stomachs
... says review lead author Deborah Wells, a clinical nurse specialist at The Children's Hospital in Westmead, Australia. Although the finding seems at first glance to contradict the "back to sleep" recommendation that has been prevalent since 1992, most of the studies in the review involved premature infants...NCI's Patient Navigator Research Program: Questions and answers
...lity care. A patient navigator can be a registered nurse or a social worker who functions as a "guide." Navigators help their patients move through the complexities of the healthcare system getting them more timely treatment, more information about treatment options and preventive behaviors. For example,...Easing the anxiety of pregnancy after miscarriage
...e baby while maintaining emotional stability." A nurse specializing in the care of childbearing families,... givers to the issue of miscarriage as a maternity nurse in the '80s and the topic became her passion. To her astonishment, she found only five studies on th...The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners hosts 20th Annual National Conference
...s 20th anniversary and the 40th anniversary of the nurse practitioner role. Join Dr. Loretta Ford, co-founder of the nurse practitioner role, for an informative and entertaining afternoon on Sunday, June 19 to Celebrate 20/...Study challenges current treatment for mild asthma
...heir asthma symptoms," said Audrey Plough, RN, the nurse coordinator for the UCSF site of the study. After one year, the three groups not only showed similar lung function and severity of symptoms, but also similar "quality of life" scores -- measures of physical, social and emotional impairments due to as......aterials. Nurses at the hospitals were trained by nurse educators to provide pamphlets, discuss them with parents and show a short video. Nurses were to specifically seek out fathers or father-figures who are more often involved in shaken baby syndrome cases. The parents were then asked to sign commitment...