Archive for the ‘Nursing / Midwifery’ Category
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
A study published in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry suggests that the way in which professional care workers respond emotionally to substance abuse patients with personality disorders depends on the type of disorder.Birgitte Thylstrup and Morten Hesse of Aarhus University, Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, in Copenhagen, Denmark, ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
For those in the medical profession sleep is essential, for the care of their patients. But what happens after they head home is concerning the medical community. In a national online survey conducted by the American Society of Registered Nurses (ASRN.ORG), 32% of the Registered Nurses surveyed said they were ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
The combined authors of three health reports on South African maternal,neonatal, and child deaths have come together to launch a new report,entitled Every Death Counts, which analyzed the combined data andproposed key strategies to reduce this horrible mortality burden inthis country. This was published in a Public Health Paper in ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive & General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said: "We have always said we would only consider signing up to a three year pay deal if it was fair and offered nurses protection against future rises in inflation. We are delighted to put ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Organizations that want to improve employee loyalty and build a quality nursing program will hear from experts at Joint Commission Resource's (JCR) "Nursing Practice Symposium: Honoring the Past, Transforming the Future," scheduled for May 21-22, 2008, in Chicago, Ill. JCR is a not-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission. ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
In the last seven years, Mercy Jaiswal has been physically assaulted three times. She was beaten with pots filled with hot coffee. She was kicked so powerfully that her leg was covered with a massive bruise that would linger ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
The California Long-Term Care Reimbursement Act of 2004 increased nursing home costs, but failed to improve quality or access to care, according to a UCSF evaluation on the legislation's impact.Between 2004 and 2007, MediCal costs in California's free-standing nursing homes increased by $590 million, or nearly 9 percent, to a ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
African countries should increase health sector funding to mitigate worker shortages and prevent deaths from the continent's five leading causes of death, including HIV/AIDS, the African Public Health Rights Alliance said Thursday, Reuters reports. Rotimi Sankore, coordinator of the group, urged African countries to allocate 15% of their annual budgets ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
UNISON, the largest public sector union, will consult its members working in the National Health Service over a proposed pay deal worth 8% over the next three years. It includes a re-opener clause that will allow the pay increases in years two and three to be reviewed if inflation is ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
NHS staff and nurses have been offered wage rises totaling 8% over three years, starting at 2.75% this month, then 2.4% during the last quarter of 2009 and 2.25% during the last quarter of 2010. It has been labeled as the highest offer in the public sector. The offer sets ...
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