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3 Sep 2010 at 7:00am
Chicago Tribune: "Target Corp., renewing its push into retail medicine, will open eight new clinics in the Chicago area and Palm Beach, Fla., giving a boost to a form of health care delivery that has seen slower growth amid the economic downturn. The Minneapolis-based retail giant launched its first health clinic four years ago but has not been as aggressive as rivals CVS/Caremark Corp...
3 Sep 2010 at 4:00am
Nurses have a responsibility to respect and support patients who use cannabis for medicinal purposes, but must stay within the law and follow professional guidance at all times, according to a research review in the September issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing...
2 Sep 2010 at 7:00am
The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey announced that it has been chosen as one of nine foundations nationwide to receive funding from Partners Investing in Nursing's Future (PIN), a unique national initiative to help find innovative ways to create an effective nursing workforce appropriate in size and equipped with the specific skills necessary to meet the changing demands of t...
2 Sep 2010 at 3:00am
The latest edition of the "AACN Procedure Manual for Critical Care Nursing" increases the focus on patient safety and infection prevention, while continuing to emphasize evidence-based practice. Published by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), the 1,312-page manual presents procedures for the critical care environment in an easy-to-use illustrated and step-by-step format...
1 Sep 2010 at 7:00am
Shannon Zenk, assistant professor of health systems science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, was one of 12 nurse educators nationwide selected as a Nurse Faculty Scholar by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The three-year, $350,000 grant is presented to junior faculty members who show outstanding promise as future leaders in academic nursing, according to the foundation...
1 Sep 2010 at 6:00am
In the final part of a three-part series on primary care, NPR reports on physicians assistants and nurse practitioners taking the place of physicians as deliverers of primary care. "Unlike physicians in primary care, the number of physician assistants and nurse practitioners are on the rise...
31 Aug 2010 at 7:00am
Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel is a professional and ethical responsibility and non-compliance with healthcare facility policies regarding vaccination should not be tolerated, according to a position paper released by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)...
31 Aug 2010 at 5:00am
The Canadian government started rolling out its maternal health program in Africa as Minister of International Co-operation Bev Oda embarked on a seven-day visit to Mali and Mozambique, the Globe and Mail reports (York, 8/27)...
31 Aug 2010 at 3:00am
Registered nurses at Kingston Hospital filed a petition for election Friday afternoon with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The nurses are seeking to join their Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley colleagues at Benedictine Hospital in being represented for collective bargaining by the New York State Nurses Association...
30 Aug 2010 at 5:00am
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) commented on media reports that telephone advice service NHS Direct is to be scrapped. Dr Peter Carter, RCN Chief Executive & General Secretary, said: "NHS Direct has developed over recent years into a service that many patients really value...
28 Aug 2010 at 4:00am
Nurse-Family Partnership®, a leading non-profit organization addressing the needs of low income, first-time parents and their children, has received a $210,000 grant from the WellPoint Foundation. The WellPoint Foundation, a private, non-profit organization wholly funded by WellPoint, Inc...
27 Aug 2010 at 8:00am
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is pleased to announce that five new Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars have been selected through a national scholarship program funded by the Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future...
27 Aug 2010 at 7:00am
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) called for sustained investment to make 24-hour district nursing a reality in all areas, as they responded to the Second Annual Report on the End of Life Care Strategy...
27 Aug 2010 at 5:00am
In a statement issued earlier today, the American College of Nurse-Midwives calls for concerted efforts to expand access to vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) in the U.S. ACNM's statement comes in response to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' (ACOG) recent revised practice bulletin on VBAC, which is likely to play a key role in continuing to limit access to VBAC in the U.S...
26 Aug 2010 at 6:00am
On the eve of a major gathering of thousands of registered nurses, joined by women's, labor, and community members in Sacramento Thursday, August 26, California Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman Tuesday night renewed her attack on registered nurses' collective voice, workplace protections, and retirement security...
