Category: Nursing Isues

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – PHILADELPHIA –Nurses often leave patients with their first and most lasting impression of their medical care.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Hospitals have always been looked upon as places of safety where people gather by choice or circumstances to heal.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – BUFFALO, N.Y. – Halting Syrian refugees from entering the United States will fuel terrorism, not curb it

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Over the last week, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, one of the world’s largest drug makers, has seen its stock price plunge amid allegations of questionable dealings with pharmacies.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Supreme Court handed a huge victory to about 6.4 million people in 34 states on Thursday, says University at Buffalo senior associate dean for health policy Nancy Nielsen.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Reducing short breaks between shifts helps nurses recover from work, according to a new study from Finland.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SILVER SPRING, MD – The American Nurses Association (ANA) applauds Senate passage of H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SILVER SPRING, MD – As the American Nurses Association (ANA) embarks on a yearlong campaign to highlight the importance of nursing ethics and their impact on patients…

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The prevention of osteoporosis in post-menopausal women is the focus of a $3.2 million grant recently awarded by the National Institutes of Health to the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing and the School of Allied Health Professions.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – AUSTIN, Texas, May 14, 2012 — With the United States facing a growing shortage of primary health care providers, theAmerican Academy of Nurse Practitioners(AANP) today announced a national campaign to increase public awareness of the critical role nurse practitioners (NPs) play in the American health care system.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Profile America — Sunday, May 6th. This is National Nurses Day — kicking off a week honoring the outstanding efforts of nurses in helping to keep Americans healthy.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Newswise — Matthew D. McHugh, PhD, CRNP, JD, MPH, an expert in nurse staffing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, is available to talk with media for stories during National Nurses Week, which runs from May 6 to May 12.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The nursing staff and associates at Porter Adventist Hospital put together this video to show our appreciation and to have a little fun in honor of nurses and everyone else who supports our caregivers. Enjoy!

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – If you’ve ever considered a nursing career, now may be the time to follow that dream. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that nursing job opportunities will grow by 26 percent, or nearly 750,000 new jobs, by 2020, making it the fastest-growing occupation, on average.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – AURORA, Colo. – March 23, 2012 – Pop quizzes, heavy books and all-nighters – for nurses who want to return to school and get advanced degrees, the glories of the old college days have been replaced by a new online adult learning model.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SILVER SPRING, Md., Feb. 27, 2012 — Swift responses save lives when a student experiences an episode of anaphylaxis. As evidenced by incidents in Tennessee and Virginia this past month, having a registered school nurse on site plus an Emergency Care Plan is a life-saving combination.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – AURORA, Colo. – February 27, 2012 – The predicted changes in health care resulting from the 2010 Affordable Care Act will open up many new career choices for nurses who are interested in new opportunities to build on their nursing wisdom and practice.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – BOSTON, Feb. 21, 2012 — From the dangers of tobacco and trans fats to the benefits of physical activity and whole grains, much of what we know about health today is thanks to the Nurses’ Health Study.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ATLANTA – The majority of nurses are spending one quarter of their twelve-hour shift on indirect patient care, which supports care delivery but does not require direct interaction with the patient.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Hospitals are fighting compassion fatigue–a mix of emotional stress and burnout–amid a shortage of nurses and concerns about patient care.