When health care organizations don’t establish effective measures to prevent violence and protect nurses, the result is compromised quality of care for patients. Establishing a zero tolerance policy for violence is the first step, according to Jean Henry, a health science researcher at the University of Arkansas. Henry and colleague Gregory O…
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The National Association For Continence (NAFC) awarded Leslie Saltzstein Wooldridge, MSN, RNCS, GNP-BC, and Francie Bernier, PhD, MSN, RNC with the Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award at the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA) Annual Symposium on March 12, 2010…
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CNN reports that specialist nurses last year were paid higher average salaries than primary care doctors…
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The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomed the Chief Medical Officer’s focus on physical fitness in his final annual report and called for all children to have access to advice from school nurses…
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Welcoming the publication of the Health Select Committee report on Social Care, Janet Davies, Executive Director of Nursing and Service Delivery at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said: “Nurses have told us that they would prefer a comprehensive model of funding - the only option where everybody would pay collectively for social care, sharing […]
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The massive $300 wages gap between aged care and public hospital nurses is set to become an election year issue with the launch of a national advertising campaign by the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) and the NSW Nurses’ Association (NSWNA)…
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What This Wednesday, Registered Nurses and advocates for fair elections will deliver a case of “Prop. 15 disinfectant cleanser” to a group sworn to defeating the campaign-finance initiative…
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Members of the American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the US, joined President Obama today in Glendale, PA to demonstrate their strong support for the President and his goal of achieving meaningful health reform now…
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Members of the American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the US, joined President Obama today in Glendale, PA to demonstrate their strong support for the President and his goal of achieving meaningful health reform now…
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Reversing a 15-year trend, the percentage of infants born at home rose slightly in 2005 and remained stable in 2006, according to a report published Wednesday in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Vital Statistics Reports, USA Today reports. Marian MacDorman, a demographer at CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, said it is […]
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