Category: Nursing

(HealthNewsDigest.com)  – Hospitals are not off limits to tragic shooting events, and with these incidents on the rise in public places, more than half of the general public expects that physicians and nurses will protect them from harm if an active shooter event erupts while they’re in the hospital.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DES PLAINES, Ill., July 20, 2017 — The opioid epidemic ravaging communities across the United States is posing a new threat to those on the front line who are working to combat it.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – AUSTIN, Texas, June 6, 2017 — More than 234,000 nurse practitioners (NPs) are licensed in the United States, according to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), which today released its latest count.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DANVILLE, Pa., May 8, 2017 — As part of its commitment to outstanding patient care, overall nursing excellence and innovation in nursing practice, Geisinger Health System announced today the creation of the Geisinger Nursing Institute.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SALT LAKE CITY, May 4, 2017 — Western Governors University (WGU) is kicking off National Nurses Week by offering up to $200,000 in scholarships for nurses across the nation who wish to pursue a bachelor’s or master’s degree program in WGU’s College of Health Professions.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SILVER SPRING, Md., May 4, 2017 — The American Nurses Association (ANA) is proud to continue its commitment to help improve the health and wellness of nurses and the patients and communities they serve….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – While in nursing school, it’s difficult for students to find time for things aside from studying, exams, and clinical hours.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., May 1, 2017 — Vinca alkaloids such as vincristine, are important chemotherapeutic agents that are highly effective at blocking the growth of cancer.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, the state’s oldest publicly-supported nursing college, will celebrate its 100th anniversary beginning in October.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 23, 2017 – Nurse practitioners are increasingly providing house calls for frail and elderly patients

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Earlier this year a study and analysis by industry experts at Johns Hopkins revealed that medical errors are the third-leading cause of death

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ALBANY, N.Y. (October 12, 2016) —  Fewer nurse practitioners practice per capita in downstate New York compared to upstate, a recent study conducted by the University at Albany’s Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS) finds.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA (June 21, 2016) – UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica has attained Magnet recognition as part of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – BUFFALO, N.Y. – Nearly 75 percent of hospitalized patients receiving opioids for pain management are not monitored according to hospital guidelines.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In a U.S. health care climate challenged by more patients, older patients and fewer physicians, there’s one particularly bright spot:America’s nurses.

(HealthNewsDigest.com)- Nurses are on the front lines of hospital care, implementing each patient’s treatment plan and tending to patients’ needs.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DETROIT – More than half of nurses who work with organ transplant patients in the United States experience high levels of emotional exhaustion, a primary sign of burnout

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Many patients at hospitals everywhere think of their nurses as heroes because of the health-restoring care and personal kindness they provide as part of their everyday work.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SILVER SPRING, MD – A bill passed by the U.S. House March 26 would alter the Medicare payment system to provide incentives for quality, efficiency and innovation, and would include certain registered nurses as part of the incentive payment program.