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According to the Oregon Center for Nursing, a steady growth in the demand for registered nurses indicates that the state will see an additional 15,700 RN job openings during the next decade and a half.
That's good news for the 27 inaugural students at the Oregon Health & Science University nursing program at Western Oregon University.
The flagship cohort (group of nursing students in a given class) took part in an open house recently in the new nursing facilities, dressed in their scrubs as visitors ranging from statewide public officials and curious locals got a look at the fledgling school.
The nursing program is OHSU's, while core curricula courses come through WOU in the bachelor's program. The mix can be a tricky one, but school officials are heretofore pleased with the smooth transition.
"It turned out that everybody, all the various levels from both universities, worked together," said Mike LeMaster, a WOU biology professor integrally involved with the core curriculum. "You never have a perfectly smooth transition, but I think the bumps we've had are minor."
One of the biggest challenges was scheduling and coordinating time consistencies between two separate entities. That will factor in more in coming years as new cohorts enter each year.
Despite the marketplace demand, entrance to nursing school is fiercely competitive.
WOU Dean of Arts and Sciences Stephen Scheck said there are 140 to 160 pre-nursing students enrolled at Western, and he expects that number to swell to 200 by next year.
This year's initial 27-member cohort is an eclectic lot selected from 140 applicants. Some already have earned a bachelor's degree in another discipline, and all students enter with a collective grade-point average above 3.8.
Those studious proclivities will arm them for a program that aims to shape their training around their specific interests, such as pediatrics, geriatrics, rural nursing, etc.
Rural nursing is an area of especially high demand and the duties more varied. According to the Oregon Office of Rural Health, half of the state's 58 hospitals are designated as rural hospitals, and there are an additional 56 rural clinics statewide.
LeMaster noted WOU's location as especially suitable for rural health training because of available nearby rural facilities for hands-on clinical applications.
As an example of interest-specific education and training, Scheck pointed out that training in rural care could augment courses from anthropology or sociology departments to broaden a student's understanding of civilization and cultural issues.
"It's more of a case of exposing students to some of these types of issues to make them more cognizant of them," Scheck said, citing issues of indigenous people or the growing Latino population in many rural areas. "This type of curriculum would empower that individual to be much more aware and prepared."
Scheck also paraphrased LeMaster in noting that physicians treat the disease or condition; nurses treat the patient, hence have a deeper need for understanding various environments.
Although those curricula are in place to fortify the nursing student, a more distant one may aim at nursing education training. One of the biggest hurdles in meeting the growing demand for nurses is meeting the concurrent demand for nursing educators.
There are two full-time OHSU staff educators at the WOU nursing school, overseen by a third, nursing academic program adviser Jean Donovan. The school is seeking more to accommodate the growth, but finding qualified faculty is difficult.
Scheck said nursing educators primarily are former nurses who have returned to school to earn a master's degree, a program that WOU may investigate in the future.
"We are still actively recruiting nursing instructors," Scheck said. "Normally, they have a clinical degree or may have gone on to get a master's degree in nursing and have quite a bit of experience in the lab coats so they can mentor students.
"In the long range, that (nursing master's program) is definitely on President (John) Minahan's radar screen, but that's still in the future," Scheck said. "It's a need nationwide. … With the future shortage of nurses in the state, training educators is certainly something that has to be addressed." source
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A Lee County nurse is being honored with a statewide award for her 19 years of service with the Lee County Health Department.
Robin McCutchen, R.N., the Lee County Clinic Coordinator, has received the Virginia C. Phillips Excellence in Public Health Nursing Practice Award, according Region 4 Director of Professional Services C. Suzette McClellan. “Ms. McCutchen received the award because of the many duties she has participated in during her tenure at the Lee County Health Department,” McClellan said. “She has mastered every program offered by the health department. She is proficient in laboratory procedures, pharmacy and vaccine management. She works collaboratively with other health department staff, local physicians and community agencies to enhance better outcomes for clients. Lee County also benefits by her involvement as a public health nurse with county nuclear and bioterrorism drills and mass flu clinics.”
The Excellence in Public Health Nursing Leadership Award was established in 2004 to recognize nurses who demonstrate excellence in practice as part of the annual Virginia C. Phillips Community Health Day, officials said. The annual event, held this year on Oct. 14, recognizes the many contributions made by Virginia Phillips as DHEC’s state nursing director from 1972-1979. She is recognized as the first public health nurse in South Carolina.
McCutchen said the statewide recognition is a credit to the entire staff of the Lee County Health Department.
“It’s a big thing for a small county to receive this state award,” she said. “I was overwhelmed. I knew I was the Region 4 representative, and I was proud of that. But to be the statewide winner was just overwhelming. I was really happy that my family was there for me to receive the award. They went to a lot of trouble to sneak my family in.” McCutchen also received the Virginia Phillips Scholarship Award, a separate recognition, which provided her $1,000 for college expenses. She is scheduled to earn a bachelors of science degree in nursing in May at Lander College.
McCutchen has earned respect from her colleagues and the community, McClellan said.
“She has served on several committees for the Junior Welfare League and has been a team captain for Relay for Life for several years,” McClellan said. “She also teaches the young pre-teens at her church in a group called the Junior Alliance Women. Each year, Ms. McCutchen teaches wellness and nutrition to seventh grade girls at Robert E. Lee Academy School as part of the physical education program. She works closely with the physical education teacher to provide a balanced view of nutrition and exercise.”
McCutchen is a positive health and wellness role model for colleagues families and friends, McClellan said.
“In 1990, she lost over 100 pounds by walking every day during her lunch hour,” she said. “She still continues this practice of walking two miles during her lunch hour.”source
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| Nurse Practitioners make up a very large and vital part of the medical care community
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Honoring National Nurse Practitioner Week! Nurse Practitioners make up a very large and vital part of the medical care community and it is only fitting to have a national week to honor their hard work and dedication.
San Clemente, CA October 28, 2008 - You’ve been there before. Sitting in a doctor’s examining room, holding together a wafer-thin way-too-revealing gown, paper crinkling under you as you shift uncomfortably and wait for what you assume will be a 10-minute exam (max) with a doctor juggling too many patients and too little time.
Then in she walks, wearing clinician scrubs, a lab coat, and a warm smile. She proceeds to do something you least expect: sit down and talk to you. More specifically, ask you — not just about your symptoms, but about your concerns, your goals, your job, your hobbies, your family, your life. Even more amazing: she actually listens! And not just with a stethoscope, but with her undivided attention.
Who is this competent, highly professional and genuinely concerned woman? You’re looking at a typical example of one of the approximately 120,000 Nurse Practitioners (NPs) practicing their unique approach to whole-person care in healthcare environments across the U.S. Increasing numbers of patients are choosing to receive their primary as well as specialty care from NPs, and for very good reason.
NPs are licensed advanced practice nurses who provide a wide scope of healthcare services similar to those provided by a doctor, in an equally wide range of clinical settings. And they’ve definitely earned the lab coats they wear. With advanced, clinical training and graduate education, on top of their training and often extensive real-world experience as registered nurses, NPs are exceptionally well qualified to diagnose and treat a spectrum of health conditions. They are also well respected as leaders in their medical fields, and as innovators in high-quality, cost-effective patient care.
But don’t expect to find them resting on their laurels. NPs are busy practicing wherever doctors do — and don’t — including hospitals, clinics, private practice, emergency rooms, urgent care, schools, nursing homes, to name a few. Many NPs hold master’s degrees and doctorates, as well as extensive training in areas of specialization such as cardiovascular, oncology, neurology, neonatal, pediatric, and an array of sub-specialties.
While equipped with the skills, knowledge and experience to diagnose and treat, NPs place equal emphasis on care and cure. This extends not just to ordering the tests, developing the treatment plan, and writing the prescriptions, but also to managing patients’ overall well-being. NPs collaborate with their patients in their own health and wellness, through disease prevention, health education and counseling. By treating the person as well as the patient, NPs become a valuable source of information and guidance in making healthy life choices.
This unique whole-person approach to medical care has defined and distinguished NPs dating back to 1965, the year the first NP program launched at the University of Colorado. Forty-three years later, this core philosophy remains intact even while the role of NPs has continued to evolve with the changing needs of patients. Today, around 6,000 new NPs join the nation’s healthcare delivery system every year — the vast majority of them women who have already been practicing as nurses.
As NPs continue to improve the quality of care, they’re also lowering costs for the patients who come to rely on NPs as partners in health. In fact, patients who see NPs for their primary care often have fewer ER visits, shorter hospital stays and lower medication costs.
In honor of their vital contributions to patient care and health, the medical community recognizes November 9 – 15 as National Nurse Practitioner Week. Medelitatm, makers of premium hand-sewn lab coats and scrubs tailored for female clinicians, is pleased to draw special attention to this extraordinary group of professionals largely comprised of women.
“Nurse Practitioners epitomize the competence and confidence of the women who inspire our lab coats and scrubs,” says Medelita founder Lara Manchik, a Physician Assistant who has had the pleasure of working alongside many NPs. “They deserve to be recognized and rewarded for their exceptional level of personalized care. We strive to do this by offering NPs a better alternative in female clinician apparel and lab coats — one that reflects the careful attention to detail they offer their own patients.”
Adds Manchik, “NPs go out of their way to make people feel comfortable and confident with the care they’re receiving. We’re more than happy to return the favor.” To Nurse Practitioners caring for patients with equal parts compassion and knowledge, Medelita honors you. And thanks you.
Medelita clinician scrubs and lab coats, as well as an innovative line of nursing scrubs, are currently available online at http://www.medelita.com, and can be ordered by phone at (877) 987-7979. Group sales and custom embroidery are also available.
About Medelita
Medelita has one purpose: to reinvent the way women of all healthcare professions present themselves at work by offering the highest quality, best fitting, and most comfortable womens scrubs and lab coats available. Medelita caters to professional women who want their uniforms to embody the poise and confidence already displayed from within. After all, scrubs are square and women are not. For more information, visit the Medelita Website or call (877) 987-7979.source
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-- New funding is available for nurses seeking to improve treatment of patients with auto-immune diseases and cancer, through a series of grants being awarded by the DAISY Foundation. Applications are now being accepted for the foundation's J. Patrick Barnes Research Grant, which funds nursing research and evidence-based practice projects.
Two types of grants will be awarded: large grants of up to $5,000 for projects that can be completed within two years and small grants of up to $1,000 for projects completed within 12 months. The DAISY Foundation program supports registered nurses who continually evaluate their practice, seek answers to clinical questions in an effort to improve their practice and change their practice based on evidence and evaluation of that change.
The deadline for grant applications is March 1, 2009. Additional information and the grant application are available at www.DAISYfoundation.org.
The DAISY Foundation was established in 1999 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes, who died from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) at the age of 33. Having been touched by the remarkable care, clinical skills and compassion demonstrated by nurses during Patrick's illness, the Barnes family established the Foundation to recognize and support exceptional nurses around the country. The Foundation has two primary programs: the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, which recognizes the outstanding daily work of nurses in more than 280 hospitals throughout the United States, and the J. Patrick Barnes Research Grant. The Foundation also funds a limited number of other programs to support and inform people with ITP. source
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a division of Dominion Enterprises, has profiled the top profession-based search engine queries that health care job seekers used to find the Web site in the past three months. The most popular requests were queries for nursing jobs at 22.43% - a refreshing response to the widespread nursing shortage nationwide.
The next most popular queries were for pharmacy technician jobs at 17.40%, followed closely by medical assistant jobs at 16.76% and home health care jobs at 15.45%. Trailing behind, in consecutive order, were dental assistant jobs at 6.09%, health care management jobs at 4.32%, medical billing jobs at 2.17%, nuclear medicine jobs at 1.83%, art therapy jobs at 1.74% and phlebotomy jobs at 1.65%.
This popularity of nursing job searches supports an observation from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008-09 ed., "enrollments in nursing programs at all levels have increased more rapidly in the past few years as students seek jobs with stable employment." Another statement from the from the same source continues, "employment of registered nurses is expected to grow 23 percent from 2006 to 2016, much faster than the average for all occupations."source
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The State of Nursing: Third in a three-part series
When a nurse applies for a staff position at a hospital, he or she wants what we all want—a good, supportive working environment. They look at the people they might work with and check to see if the facility is modern and well equipped. Another key component is that they have opportunities to continue learning.
It's Sharon Kensinger's job to make sure that St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center is one of those attractive facilities.
A nurse since 1971, Kensinger is the hospital's chief nursing officer. She is also a board member of the Idaho Alliance of Leaders in Nursing, an affiliate of the American Organization of Nurse Executives.
"We have the ability to staff with a lower staff-to-patient ratio than urban or suburban hospitals can," she said. "Graduate nurses continue to learn over the course of two years. The staff here has embraced the learning environment. That's where the affiliation with St. Luke's Health System comes into play."
Registered nurses are the largest health-care occupation, holding about 3 million positions in the United States. About three out of five nurses work in hospitals. St. Luke's Wood River has 80 registered nurses and 36 doctors on staff. The majority of those nurses are in-state trained, and 25 of them worked at the now defunct Moritz Community Hospital in Sun Valley.
Nurses are the link that unites doctors, patients and families. It's nurses who provide the most patient care, carrying out doctors' orders, administering medications, supervising the use of medical equipment, and observing and directly caring for patients. They are integral to a hospital's success. As a rural hospital, St. Luke's Wood River faces particular challenges with the nursing shortage.
"It would be easy to assume that because it's small that it's easier," Kensinger said. "It's a mistaken assumption. The complexities stay the same no matter the size. This is a very robust community hospital. To have these services in a rural hospital is very unusual."
Nurse Manager for Medical/Surgery and Intensive Care Cindy Mosier said much of that is due to the commitment and investment from the community.
"They know what they want," she said. "Patient care is what people come to the hospital for. We want them to leave feeling they had the most positive patient experience. We work hard here. We have pride in our product."
Despite the fact that St. Luke's Wood River is currently "overfilled," the nursing shortage always looms in the future. To deal with it, St. Luke's Wood River Foundation has sought to support staff nurses when they return to school for more training and those who have a particular connection to the area.
"Shortages are normal," Kensinger said. "Every time they license a nurse in Idaho we fill out a survey on shortages. The average age of nurses is in their late 40s, so within 10 years we'll see a lot retire. But based on our experience, 9/11 made a difference. People changed careers, including those who became nurses. We have several on staff—Carrie Renner, Melissa Webb and Alison Smart. One of our grads, Cassie Shelly, has a degree in bio-mechanical engineering."
Both Mosier and Kensinger are career nurses.
"I went in at 17. I thought I knew everything—that it'd be easy to be a nurse," Kensinger said. "It was the perfect storm for someone just out of high school to go right into a nursing program, while simultaneously getting college credits. There's no longer a time when someone—like I did in 1969 with an associate degree, who went through a two-year program—can funnel into a wait list."
In the current environment, someone would need to complete basic college coursework prior to entering into nursing studies, but a shortage in nursing faculty is where the problem begins.
"Colleges and universities are really trying hard to work it out, but salaries for medical faculty don't compare with senior nursing salaries," Kensinger said. "Nursing faculty has not gotten the funding."
In fact, for certain faculty positions, a registered nurse must also have either a doctoral degree or a master's degree.
"It's much harder for a qualified nurse who is willing to accept the lower salary to be a faculty staff, because of those qualifications," Kensinger said.
Mosier has been a nurse for 22 years.
"I couldn't decide what to do so I tried numerous different things," she said. "Then I cared for a dying friend. I got over the queasy part. I worked as a nurse technician in Joplin, Mo. I really liked and thrived at it. So I went to school and was 18 years at Friedman Memorial Hospital in Joplin."
Before moving to Idaho to be nearer her grandchildren, she was at the Cleveland Clinic in the cardiothoracic department.
"I like being in a smaller facility," she said. "Here I bring in a new grad and take them through surgical, orthopedic, neuro, diabetic, pediatric, post-partum moms and ER. They have to be able to do everything. It's general versus specific."
Despite what Mosier called this "silo" training, it's important to continue building and maintaining a level of expertise even when the nurses don't see something on a regular basis.
"We frequently float nurses to other St. Luke's medical centers, for new employee training or to specialty training," Kensinger said. "Here we have a well-resourced education department and lab with a full-time educator, Karen Morrison, and Susanne Miller, who works part-time leading the preceptor task force. The education department is responsible for clinical and non-clinical information for the whole facility. We work in partnership at all times. This is not your average place. It's a learning environment for the clinical staff and because of this our patient care is stronger."
Nevertheless, between the long hours and constant state of change, nursing can be grueling work.
At one point Mosier was going to resign and return to Joplin.
"There was nothing local to make me stay," she said. "It was totally logical to move. My husband wanted to go. But I changed my mind. I formed really good relationships in this community and hospital. It's a family. I respect who I work with, the management, nurses, doctors, the community, the beauty. I had unfinished business. I wasn't ready. Pretty exciting things are happening around here." source
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Health Fair will feature various topics based on student health issues at Sonoma State
Keep your heart 'pumpin,' your 'body rockin', your 'mind flowin', and your relationships protected at the first annual Nursing Health and Wellness Fair.
On Oct. 29, senior Nursing students at SSU will be in the Darwin Quad from 11 a.m. -1 p.m, putting their future careers to practice.
Students will learn how to maintain their frame, eat healthy, manage their stress and feel great. Not only will students be able to learn many different avenues to keeping themselves healthy, but they will be able to receive advice from aspiring health care professionals that will cover topics ranging from proper nutrition to exercise to safe sex practices, helpful psychological services and stress reducing strategies
"Our hope is this fair will promote healthier lifestyles, and grab SSU students attention in a fun manner, to teach them the importance of health and wellness," said senior Amy Memmott.
As the Nursing seniors prepare to enter the healthcare field in the outside community, they felt compelled to reach out to their fellow peers upon departure.
"This project is part of our community health nursing clinical rotation. We needed to create a teaching plan with a focus on a high-risk population. College students are at risk for a lot of illnesses, diseases, and stressors, so we decided to focus on SSU," said Memmott.
Several booths will be set up in the quad featuring major organizations such as: Planned Parenthood, Student Health Advisory Committee, SSU Rec. Center, Food Addicts Anonymous, Casa Teen clinic, Counseling and Psychiatric Services, and Massage Envy.
"Everyone needs this experience. This fair will be really beneficial to all students," said Clinical Professor Lynn McCloud.
The fair will be a prime opportunity for students suffering from the stress college life to escape and regroup.
Not only will the fair provide health incentives and information, but healthcare coverage, a hurdle that plagues most college students and their families, will also be featured at the fair.
"If a student doesn't have health insurance, this clinic will provide free medical services and couseling to anyone despite their financial abilities," said McCloud.
Social workers and nurses from the clinic will be accessible at the fair "to hook up people in the community with services they may need," said McCloud.
Complementary individual psychological services will also be offered at the fair from certified professionals, relieving built up anxiety, and promoting healthy living.
The event is an invitation to socialize with peers, soak up vital information on general health issues and score on some large raffle prizes.
"It's going to be a lot of fun, with a lot of goodies and an abundant amount of important information!" said Memmott.
The fair will also be a great place for prospective nursing majors to come observe, ask questions and consult with professors.
"Nursing is a wonderful, fulfilling, profession. If you are a very compassionate person, and have the ability to give a lot, you're fit for the job," said McCloud.
Nursing students and faculty hope to continue this event in the future, so that students will have the opportunity to take a break from their studies to focus on the health and wellness of themselves.
"This event is new this year. Everyone is encouraged to come enjoy, so it can be possible to carry on for years to come!" said Memmott.source
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Arizona State University plans to cut enrollment at its nursing school because of an anticipated drop in state funding this year, even as the state grapples with a shortage of nurses.
Officials say enrollment will be cut from 80 to 40 students at ASU's Polytechnic campus this spring and by the same amount at the West campus in fall 2009. Enrollment at the downtown Phoenix campus will remain the same.
The cuts apply to students coming into the program and not those currently enrolled
ASU has about 1,800 students in its nursing program, which officials say is the largest in the nation.
The planned cuts come as ASU officials anticipate the state may slice $25 million or more this year from the university's budget. That would be on top of $30 million in cuts the university already has made. State revenues are down again this year because of a sluggish economy, and the university relies on state funding for about a quarter of its budget.
Cutting back on nursing enrollment is one of several steps university officials are considering.
They also plan to cut 200 or more faculty associates, increase some class sizes, and encourage departments and schools to look for ways to bring in more revenue.
Cuts to the ASU nursing program would run counter to Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano's stated goal to boost the number of nursing and health-care professionals in Arizona.
Napolitano spokeswoman Jeanine L'Ecuyer cautioned that "the budget process is ongoing" and said no specific cuts have been finalized, but she acknowledged that some "hard, hard" decisions await. State agencies are mulling cuts of their own. The state is facing a shortfall as large as $1 billion for the remainder of this fiscal year, which ends June 30.
ASU is planning now so the school can avoid eleventh-hour cuts. If university officials were to wait until spring, they would be unable to make the cuts in time to help the budget, said Virgil Renzulli, ASU's vice president of public affairs.
The nursing cuts would come at a time when Arizona is struggling with a nursing shortage. Last year, the state had 681 registered nurses per 100,000 people, below the national average of 825 registered nurses per 100,000, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ASU officials on Monday said that the nursing program's total enrollment would stay the same, but on Tuesday, they said that total enrollment is expected to decrease by 80 students. Nursing was chosen because its programs are more expensive to run than those of many other majors.
ASU Provost Elizabeth Capaldi said she hopes it would be a temporary decrease in enrollment that can be reversed when the budget situation improves.
Also on Tuesday, ASU officials backed away from considering expanding lecture-style, general-education classes from 300 to 1,000 students. They said a review of existing classroom space now shows there is not enough room to accommodate that many students in one place. However, increases in size for some smaller classes are likely, they said. source
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NURSES at the Western General have complained of potentially dangerous staffing levels due to cost-cutting. They claim a management reluctance to use temporary – or bank – nurses in cases of sickness and holidays means they must work through breaks and is putting them under severe pressure.
They say it has led to some wards being short of two or three nurses at a time, piling extra work and pressure on remaining staff.
And while it was pointed out that no patients had suffered a significant loss of care as a result of this, nurses feel an incident may be around the corner
Patients' watchdogs said they were aware of the problem at hospitals across the country, and health chiefs have admitted staff have raised concerns.
A nurse at the hospital said: "The position seems to be if you're short-staffed, you're short-staffed. It is happening across all surgical wards in the hospital.
"In some cases the staffing levels have been dangerously low.We are working through our breaks and we aren't able to give the same attention to patients as we could when fully staffed."
The source said that nurses had tried to raise the concern with managers but claimed it hadn't been taken on board.
The worst affected ward seems to be the acute receiving unit for emergency patients.
Another nurse added: "Bank nurses are really well respected and very experienced, but if they're not being used like they should, they won't hang around to be called upon when they are needed."
The Scottish Government actively encourages health boards to cut down on the use of agency nurses. In 2004/5 NHS Lothian spent £10.2 million on agency nurses, who made up 416,000 hours of work time. But by this year the figure was only 83,000 hours at a cost of £1.8m. This is significantly below the Holyrood target of 140,000 hours.
NHS Lothian also has a "staff bank" which allows experienced nurses who may want a full-time post the chance to continue working. Around £19m was spent this year on paying nurses from the bank to fill in, nearly £3m more than the previous year.
Jane McCready, chairwoman of the Royal College of Nurses in Scotland, said: "It is important that health boards invest in the recruitment of permanent staff so that they can deliver the highest quality of patient care."
Margaret Watt, chairwoman of the Scottish Patients Association, said: "It is against the law not to have breaks. This obviously has a negative impact on patient care and they will suffer at the end of the day, but so will the nurses
Heather Tierney-Moore, NHS Lothian's director of nursing, said: "Patient safety is always paramount for NHS Lothian, and there is no evidence that patient safety has been at all compromised. However staff have raised concerns and I will personally look into this situation."source
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The University of Portland has been named the nation's "Best Nursing School for Men" by the American Assembly for Men in Nursing.
"The University of Portland has been recognized for the significant efforts in recruiting and retaining men in the school and providing a supportive educational environment," said Demetrius Porche, president of the nursing organization.
The university's School of Nursing was cited for its growth in enrollment of male nursing students (up 75 percent the past five years) and graduates (up 88 percent over five years) and its ongoing support for educating males in a field traditionally dominated by females. source
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Carla Mills, author and founder of Maverick Health, provides readers with practical information and tools to reduce health risks in this multiple award-winning medical reference book.
A Nurse Practitioner's Guide to Smart Health Choices, authored by Carla Mills, ARNP (Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner) and founder of Maverick Health, was recently named Award Winner in the Health: Medical Reference category of the National Best Books 2008 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. The book provides readers with practical information and easy-to-use tools to help reduce individual health risks with a focus on preventive care.
Written from the perspective of a nurse practitioner, A Nurse Practitioner's Guide to Smart Health Choices views wellness as a measurable and achievable goal that is within the reach of every individual. It is based on Ms. Mills' up-close and personal view of the struggles that patients face when dealing with different conditions and diseases. The book links risk factor management to early diagnosis and treatment, and delivers its message based on nursing's own unique brand of care (treating not just the condition, but also the patient's response to the condition).
Ms. Mills offers a common sense approach that helps individuals make smart choices and behavioral changes that can significantly reduce their risk for developing major diseases before symptoms appear. Ms. Mills includes tools for developing a personalized health risk profile, practical guidance to create a self-care plan, and a reference guide to understand risks, as well as common medications, tests, and treatments.
"Mounting stress caused by the current economic turbulence coupled with a healthcare system in crisis make it more important than ever for individuals to take control of their own health care," says Carla Mills, ARNP. "The book offers straightforward, easy-to-understand information and outlines practical steps that will help anyone identify, address, and reduce their health risks. I am honored that USA Book News has not only recognized the quality and breadth of my book, but has also validated the message that we need to take charge of our health and well being in order to lead more rewarding, full, and productive lives."
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Earlier this year, Ms. Mills' book was named the winner in the Health Category of the 2008 National Indie Excellence Book Award and a finalist in the Health/Wellness Category of the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. A Nurse Practitioner's Guide to Smart Health Choices can be purchased exclusively online for $16.95 (plus shipping and handling) at http://www.maverickhealth.com. For bulk orders, e-mail info @ maverickhealth.com for pricing.
About Maverick Health
Maverick Health, founded by Carla Mills, ARNP, is dedicated to creating a health care system to complement the country's current sick care system. Its mission is to reduce chronic diseases and prevent catastrophic health events in both individuals and populations. Taking a very practical and measurable approach, Maverick Health teaches people with no prior medical knowledge how to effectively and efficiently manage their own health and health care. The cornerstone of its approach is outlined in the award winning book, A Nurse Practitioner's Guide to Smart Health Choices. source
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Springfield outranks every other area of the state, except Kansas City, in reports of sexual assault. Springfield Police report 79 cases of rape just this year. But our area has a shortage of medical personnel specially trained in handling those cases. Southwest Missouri has the fewest number of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners in the state. At Cox Health, there are only three, and those three work in administration.
So some Cox staff decided to do something about the need, and get more nurses trained.
It's one of the most traumatic things a person can experience, but going to the emergency room after a sexual assault, can also be very difficult.
"It's really hard to relive that event over and over again, so we try to get the SANE trained nurse in with them right away," explains Cox Health Staff Nurse, Jennifer Burk.
Burk is working towards her certification as a SANE trained nurse. She knows it will give her more confidence and victims better care, and a better case. "SANE certified nurses know what evidence to look for, even if it's not obvious like a rip in a shirt or bleeding from a wound. We are trained to look at different areas that you might not suspect, like under the fingernails or even in the teeth if they've bitten their attacker," Burk says.
Of course, a victim's medical needs come first, but then comes the careful process of collecting evidence. When a victim tells their story, a police officer and a victim's advocate are often present as well.
Burke explains, "The big thing is to not make them tell their story 4 different times to 4 different people."
When a victim comes to the ER, They may be in an exam room for 2 to 5 hours while a SANE nurse processes the sexual assault kit. "If they get bit or spit on, or anything like that, you could swab that, and they can actually get DNA evidence off of that," Burk says.
The SANE trained nurse will also collect samples such as blood, urine, hair, and fingernail scrapings, fill out a report for investigators, and if the victim hasn't changed clothes, they too will be collected. " We'll lay a sheet on the floor, have them undress one item of clothing at a time, we bag it all separately, put evidence tape on it," says Burk.
Burk says she's already learned a lot, and she hopes other nurses will consider becoming SANE trained too. "It is a need that we have to address," says Burk.
St. Luke's Hospital from Kansas City, Springfield Police, the Highway Patrol Crime Lab, and the Victim Center are among those helping to make the upcoming training possible. The training will be November 3rd, 4th, 18th and 19th. Anyone interested can call (417)269-4094, (417)269-4117 or e-mail education@coxhealth.com
Cox Health is inviting all registered nurses and professionals who work with sexual assault victims, regardless of employer, from all over southwest Missouri. source
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A vicar came in once with a potato stuck up his bum. He was mid-fifties, with grey hair and well spoken. He walked in and said: 'I've had an accident.' He explained to me, quite sincerely, that he had been hanging some curtains, naked, in the kitchen, when he fell backwards on to the kitchen table and on to a potato. It's not for me to question his story but it was a big potato. More baked potato size than Jersey. He had to undergo surgery to have it removed.
Most people with these sorts of problems walk into A&E. But not many sit down when they get here.
Sex-related cases are relatively rare. They're known as 'foreign bodies'.
The vast majority of cases are men, although we do see a few women. Men tend to stick things up their bums and the items end up disappearing into their bowels and intestines. And they go on for miles. With women, there's only so far things can go.
Sometimes you can poke around and get the thing out. Other times, it requires surgery.
We had an Asian man come in. He was in his fifties, too. He said he'd been messing around with a deodorant. It was a big canister and it had gone right up into his large bowel. The thing is, people use lubricant to get them in, and they go in round end first. The other ends are never rounded and that's why they get stuck. We had to cut him open to get it out.
A young lad came in, in his early twenties. He had a long jacket on, opened it, and there it was. He had got a carnation stuck in his willy. He said he's been doing it for pleasure. I've never seen that before and doubt I'll see it again. All the nurses came round for a look.
One couple got suctioned together in the bath and had to call the paramedics to prise them apart.
We had a fatality where the man had been with a prostitute and died during sex. He was wearing a cock ring so still had an erection. That caused quite a stir. His wife came to the hospital and I remember she was very well spoken and we had to break the news to her. Well, she wasn't very happy about it.
Having someone come in with something stuck up themselves can be the highlight of a shift.
Some people are straight with us, others make up excuses. But it doesn't happen by accident, I can assure you of that.
My advice? Don't do it. It can be very dangerous and potentially life-threatening. The surgery can lead to infection, nasty scarring and possibly end up with the person having to use a colostomy bag as a result.
If you are going to do it, hang on. Or tie a piece of string to it.
A woman came in with a vibrator stuck up her. She had a large anatomy. She was a big woman, in every sense. The thing was, the vibrator was still on. source
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No one said opening a new 1.2 million-square-foot hospital was going to be easy.
It’s a massive undertaking that requires orienting and training thousands of employees, adding new staff and working out numerous technological glitches, all while caring for hundreds of sick and injured patients.
But the union representing nurses at Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend is raising concerns about the design of the new building, which opened Aug. 10. They say the sheer size of the building, and its long, linear hallways, combined with unanticipated high patient volume, is putting undue stress on nurses and their ability to care for patients.
Many nurses have found working conditions at RiverBend “to be the greatest challenge of their lives,” said Sue Davidson, assistant director of nursing practice, education and research for the Oregon Nurses Association.
Hospital administrators say they’re listening to the nurses’ concerns and are continually refining hospital processes. They also say that it will take months to fine-tune some of the new technology and processes, and for staff to become accustomed to a new work environment source
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The baby coos and breathes contently in its hospital bed.
But with a click of the mouse, the simulator also screams and cries or mimics a wide range of real-life scenarios for nursing students to safely practice everything from administering medication to delivering a baby.
The $60,000 baby simulator is part of the new three-member simulator family — a high-tech component of an effort at California State University, San Bernardino's Palm Desert campus to address the nursing shortage in the Coachella Valley.
With a 2,500 health-care-worker shortage projected in the next five years in the Coachella Valley, the Palm Desert campus is poised to help fill the gap in the nursing field and other crucial economic sectors, educators and community leaders say.
“We have a nursing shortage in the valley,” said Mary Ann McLaughlin, administrative director of patient care services at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. “We need various types of health-care providers. We look at this as a real boon. People don't have to go outside the valley.”
The university recently completed construction on its Palm Desert Health Science building and began offering a bachelor of science nursing degree last year. Four years ago, CSUSB's campus began offering a registered nurse-to-bachelor's degree in conjunction with College of the Desert.
Health -care officials point to these reasons for the state's nursing shortage:
Cost: A nursing degree is about twice as much as a typical degree.
Clinicals: All registered nurses must complete 350-plus clinical hours, which depend on the capacity at local hospitals to take on students.
Space: Most of the state's health care programs are at capacity and turn students away.
Teachers: Educator salaries are not keeping pace; nurses earn more money.
In the 2005-06 school year, the state had 7,500 new nursing graduates.
The Palm Desert nursing program has graduated about 100 students. Officials expect the number of graduates to double each year with the new degree program.
The degree at Palm Desert allows students to take coursework at College of the Desert and transfer for a four-year degree.
But will that be enough to meet the growing need?
The graying of health-care professionals means the shortage could intensify as nurses retire. The average age of the state's nurses is now 47.
With an average of 50 students graduating a year in both programs, it's hardly enough to quell the need for more than 2,500 health-care professionals in the next couple of years.
“We're still not getting close,” Jandt said.
But it is a start, and the joint efforts between the CSUSB extension campus in Palm Desert and College of the Desert are seen by some as key to growing the valley economy.
A longtime valley developer who helped spearhead the public-private partnership between the two schools more than 20 years ago said this sort of collaboration is critical to serving the wider educational needs of the growing Coachella Valley.
“It's probably the biggest deal that the valley can have,” Dick Oliphant said of the Cal State campus.
“The economic development side is critical because if we're going to continue to grow in the Coachella Valley, we're going to have to grow with education.” source
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Don't ever mix lemon juice with grated parmesan cheese. It’s something best left to the experts.
“It not only looks like barf, it smells like barf,” said Kaaren Harris as she held the stuff out for inspection.
Even better, or maybe worse, the longer the stuff sits around, the more it smells, said Harris, a simulation specialist in the Ridgewater College nursing program in Willmar
Harris and Jeanne Cleary, the program’s director of simulation, stir up the lemon juice/parmesan mixture and lots of other concoctions to bring authenticity to their classes using the lab’s sophisticated simulation manikins.
“We really try to jazz up our simulations,” Cleary said. “The more real, the better.”
The two have become experts in moulage, French for “to form.” It is the art of applying mock injuries for training purposes to manikins or to live volunteers.
The life-size manikins, which can cost in the neighborhood of $60,000 apiece, can’t bleed or do other unappetizing things on command. But clever use of moulage makes it look like they can.
The instructors can have patients “talk” to the student nurses using a microphone connected to a computer system. They do the patient’s talking and watch the action through a one-way window in the control center.
“We can’t have the doll throw up,” Cleary said. But they can have the manikin say, “I’ve been throwing up; it’s over there,” and wait for the students to find a container nearby.
Cleary joked that the “barf” recipe is a surefire method of identifying the pregnant students in the class. They’ll be the ones turning green when they smell it.
Obviously, they have to be careful how they handle some of the recipes, because the food coloring in them could stain the manikins’ skin.
“We have a few lessons we’ve learned,” Cleary said. One of their manikins has a permanent “strawberry birthmark” to show for a great idea that didn’t pan out.
The two instructors bring a combined 50 years of experience working in intensive care units. They call on that to help them introduce students to serious traumas and puzzling medical situations.
Adding sound, color, fluids and mocked-up injuries helps the students get a better feel for what they’ll see in real-life situations, Cleary said.
“We are getting feedback from employers that our students are coming in better prepared, because they did it here first,” she said. A group of students agreed that they have learned a lot in the program’s simulation exercises.
Gross out
It is an added benefit of their job that Harris and Cleary really like to gross people out.
“This is the most fun I’ve had in nursing,” Harris said, “and I’ve been in nursing for 45 years.”
Their work has led to a cookbook, “Moulage for Manikins,” that spells out how to make authentic-looking bodily fluids for use in simulations.
“Jeanne Cleary and I are the Martha Stewarts of moulage,” Harris said.
Proceeds from the $25 book are donated to the Ridgewater College Foundation to be spent on simulation efforts. Harris’s son David helped them start a Web site, www.sickkitchen.com, to promote their book and offer moulage tips.
Cookbook may seem to be an odd name for a book of recipes for artificial pus, mucus, vomit and bloody stool, but the book has been popular. They’ve sold about 200 of them, and are planning a second printing. The book includes tips and cautions on how to use the moulage, as well as information on cleaning manikins.
The women are actually gourmet cooks, and they have developed a knack for seeing potential in an ordinary kitchen cupboard.
Cherry pie filling can simulate postpartum blood clots. A combination of Alka Seltzer and ginger ale makes a nice foamy mouth. Salsa can imitate gastro-intestinal bleeding.
Jell-O helps add texture to other fluids. Canned peas could be mashed up to look like wound drainage or bile. A few peas, raisins or corn kernels can be added to artificial vomit or stool to simulate partially digested food. A stick of red licorice under the manikin’s skin feels like a distended neck vein.
Good quality makeup can be used to simulate bruises, chemical burns or wounds.
“I love Halloween,” because it’s a good time to pick up lots of fake gore, Harris said. The day after the holiday, she snaps up all she can at half price, but sometimes she just can’t wait.
This year, she bought tattoo sleeves as soon as she saw them, because she didn’t want to lose the chance. She thought they’d be useful to demonstrate some of the challenges in finding veins in heavily tattooed patients.
Harris is particularly proud of the help she receives from her grandchildren. When she shops with her 6-year-old grandson, he’ll see a new product and say, “Grandma, you’ve got to buy this.”
They love to visit Grandma at work to see what’s new. Her grandson has even helped her come up with some edible moulage-related treats.
“If a 6-year-old can do it, it’s gotta be good,” she said. “If you can gross out a 6-year-old, that’s great.” source
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What if your homework had a heartbeat?
For students in Sacred Heart University's nursing program, this is a reality faced though clinical. In the different fields of clinical settings, students get to take what they have learned in the classroom, and apply it to real-life situations.
"Nursing is a great field to go into, it's personally a fulfilling thing for me because it offers great job opportunities to work all over the world in different fields," said junior Amy Barnett.
Barnett said that being a nursing major now is a great opportunity because of the high demand of nurses in the job market. She also said it makes her feel great to be a part of the process of trying to save someone's life.
Sacred Heart's nursing program differs from many other schools with the fact that the clinical program is started sophomore year, earlier than most colleges. In 2000, both the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the Hartford Institute recognized the Sacred Heart nursing program for it's geriatric nursing curriculum.
"It's really the best place and way to take what we've been learning in class and apply in the real life setting," said Barnett.
Barnett said her favorite experience thus far working in the hospital the emergency room. She said it was "eye opening" to encounter what happens in these situations.
Junior Alice Kessler found inspiration to become a nurse in her uncle who is a volunteer firefighter and EMT. She said nursing was the closest thing she felt she was capable of doing to match her uncle.
"I enjoy nursing because you don't jump from patient to patient, you actually get to have time to get to know the person while you're helping them get better," said Kessler.
In addition to Kessler's full schedule of nursing work, she also is in the Sacred Heart ROTC program, and is on for the Sacred Heart women's bowling team.
Kessler said it's a great feeling to know you are a part of helping to improve the quality of life. She said she's had the opportunity to work in a nursing home for the elderly in addition to working in both a surgery and mental health wing of a hospital. source
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In addition to mandating fingerprints, the board is now requiring nurses who renew their license to disclose whether they have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony crime since their last renewal.
State officials are passing emergency measures to close a loophole that allows nurses with criminal convictions to go unnoticed by regulators.
The state Board of Registered Nursing voted unanimously Thursday to approve emergency regulations to begin fingerprinting all of its nurses. Ratification of the measure is pending.
A Tribune investigation published this month revealed that some 146,000 registered nurses and about 17,000 vocational nurses in California fall into a category that shields criminal activity from regulators. The problem stems from an exemption from being fingerprinted
The investigation found some nurses had criminal convictions — such as assault with a deadly weapon, child abuse, battery and driving under the influence with serious injury — that nursing regulators never learned about.
The Los Angeles Times, in conjunction with ProPublica, an investigative-reporting newsroom, also exposed cases of nurses who had multiple criminal convictions on their records and had delayed or no discipline.
Carrie Lopez, director of the state Department of Consumer Affairs, who oversees California’s two nursing boards, found the information disturbing and called such cases egregious examples of nurses falling through the cracks.
She is seeking statutory changes to allow all of the department’s boards and bureaus that fingerprint new applicants to fingerprint existing license holders.
“There has been a population of licensees that have been allowed to operate under the board’s radar,” said Lopez in a statement issued Thursday by the agency. “The people of California expect much more from our regulatory entities. Fingerprinting of licensees is an important tool to identify criminal behavior that may place consumers at risk.”
The state’s licensing system is designed to monitor nurses’ criminal records based on fingerprints taken when they are licensed. But for nurses licensed before 1990 by the Board of Registered Nursing and before 1997 by the Bureau of Licensed Vocational Nurses and Psychiatric Technicians, no criminal information is sent to regulators.
San Luis Obispo County has about 1,500 registered nurses who are not fingerprinted.
Before the Tribune’s investigation, regulators said they didn’t have the money or staff to fix the problem. Some said they didn’t see the errant nurses as a problem because there was no hard data to show that to be the case.
In addition to mandating fingerprints, the board is now requiring nurses who renew their license to disclose whether they have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony crime since their last renewal. Convictions that have been expunged must also be reported.
The emergency measure to begin fingerprinting registered nurses must be approved by the state Office of Administrative Law before it becomes effective March 1, according to department officials. Nurses would have to be fingerprinted when they renew their licenses.
Criminal convictions uncovered during the new fingerprinting process would be investigated for regulators to determine whether disciplinary action is warranted, Lopez said in an e-mailed statement.
Eight new positions in the enforcement program have been approved to handle work generated from fingerprinting thousands of nurses, according to board documents.
Lopez said in an e-mail that costs incurred from fingerprinting the nurses would be covered by existing and new revenue.source
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A nursing school co-owned by an engineer who was reported to have engaged city mayor Delfin Ting in a fisticuffs, has been ordered closed by the city government for operating without the necessary Mayor’s Permit.
According to Ting, the Medical College of Northern Philippines (MCNP), which has been in business since 1994, has also been found out to be lacking of a building permit, a basic requirement for it to legally operate.
Ting’s charges have been disputed by the school’s authorities saying that the institution is answerable only to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and not to the local government.
MCNP lawyer Ephraim Lasam said, “it is only CHED that can order the closure, besides under the law, we are exempted from taxes and declaring of dividends since we are a non-stock, non-profit institution."
Lawyer Edwin Pascua of the city government, however, refuted Lasam’s statement saying “Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) records show that while their claim is true that they are a non-stock institution, there’s nothing there that says they will not profit from the school’s income."
MCNP owner Dr. Raymund Guzman, who was Ting’s nemesis during the last local elections, believes that the order to close the school started after his younger brother Robert Guzman reportedly had a spat with Ting when they bumped into each other at the domestic airport in Manila.
Students of MCNP denounced Ting’s order saying that it’s obviously filled with political vendetta.
“We are dismayed by the Mayor Ting’s unfair and abusive decision; some of us are even set to graduate already, nadadamay kami sa personal niyang galit," one student said.
Ting, however, allayed the fears of the students.
“I’m just worried that these students will just fall victim to a fake school, “he said.
Some 6,000 students of MCNP will be affected once the closure order by the city government against the nursing school will be carried out.
Police tried to served the closure on Thursday but failed to carry out the order. source
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If someone would have asked Naomi Sheggeby a few years ago if she would have been able to get a certified nurses assistant certification and begin working on her GED, she would have likely said no.
But, she didn't know Pat Thomas and the staff of Marshall Adult Basic Education then.
Sheggeby, along with Carrie Jones of Marshall and 11 other students, recently completed their CNAs through a customized training program with Marshall ABE and Minnesota West.
Jones and Sheggeby met a formidable ally in Thomas and the ABE staff when they came to the office to apply for the CNA class.
Thomas said the customized program allows students to improve the skills they will need as they take the Minnesota West CNA course. If students need to improve math or other skills, they can do that while they study the CNA course, Thomas said. Students are assessed on skill levels such a literacy to identify need area and to ensure they can succeed in the CNA program, Thomas said.
"It relieved some of the stress," Jones said of entering the CNA program.
She has a learning disability which made school work tough in high school, Jones said.
Sheggeby left high school before she graduated. School was tough because she found it hard to stay focused, Sheggeby said.
"Here, we'd read things together, we get our questions answered," Jones said of the customized CNA program.
"We studied in class," Sheggeby said. "They just didn't throw things on you and tell you to go home and study."
The combination of classroom study and the additional ABE help made them comfortable with studying at home, Jones and Sheggeby said.
And Thomas saw how the two women grew confident and began to think of more they could do.
Jones is thinking of additional coursework to be certificated to handle medications. Eventually, she'd like to pursue an LPN or RN nursing degree.
"I didn't think I'd ever get my CNA," Sheggeby said. "I just now started my GED in the last week-and-a-half."
The GED is another goal Sheggeby said wouldn't have happened without the ABE and Minnesota West program.
ABE and Minnesota West are offering another customized CNA program in February. Students must be customers of Marshall ABE, working in one of their skills programs such as GED, Thomas said.
To Thomas, the program opens doors potential students believed were closed or didn't even know existed - students like Jones and Sheggeby, she said.
The two women are now looking for jobs.
"We've got our foot in the door," Sheggeby said.
"We're halfway there," Jones said.
And that's much farther than before they started source
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Ongoing efforts by the Health Ministry to recruit nurses from abroad to complement those trained locally have resulted in 13 Cuban Nurses taking up duties in the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA).
The recruits began their tour of duty Thursday with two days of orientation by senior personnel of the region's human resource department and the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission.
Prior to that, they completed a three-week orientation session at the Ministry of Health.
The orientation covered areas such as Nursing Care, Quality Assurance, Managing Cultural Diversity at the Workplace, Departmental Inter-relationships and Industrial Relations issues.
The JCDC also exposed them to a taste of local culture.
The Cubans, who comprise both male and female Registered Nurses, will serve in hospitals and public health facilities throughout western Jamaica during their two-year contract.
In January, 22 Registered Nurses took up duties at the WRHA as part of a group of 50 new graduates.
In July the WRHA received an additional 59 staff to complement its health teams in Trelawny, St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland.source
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Thanks to a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pilot program, nurses may be able to enjoy new career opportunities while seeing a lot more of the U.S.A.
The Travel Nurse Corps was created by VA to address the nationwide shortage of nurses and enhance quality care for veterans, while enabling VA nurses to travel and work throughout the department's medical system.
"Those who join the VA Travel Nurse Corps will become key members of a talented group of professionals who are dedicated to providing the best care possible to our nation's veterans," said Cathy Rick, RN, VA's chief nursing officer. "The program assists VA medical facilities address supplemental staffing needs while ensuring there is a continued commitment to quality and safety."
VA travel nurses are compensated for their time on duty and their travel, receiving government per diem allowances, which include lodging, meals and incidentals.
"The program is competitive with the private sector," said Jacqueline Jackson, RN, Travel Nurse Corps director. "VA has state-of-the-art facilities, high-tech computer systems and professional colleagues second to none."
Cindy Cino, RN, is from a small town in Florida. After a tailor-made orientation program, she has traveled to Arizona and Tennessee, working in Long Term Care at VA medical facilities.
Helene Salahud-din, RN, got involved in travel nursing when her youngest child left home. "It is an exciting field to go into because you have the opportunity to see places you have read about and work in different clinical facilities. Plus, the VA has an absolutely wonderful computerized patient record system--the best I have ever seen."
For Cino, the travel corps provided an opportunity to travel for herself and her husband, but she also likes the idea of giving back to the men and women who have served the country. "When it comes to health care, this travel nurse program has made us both feel young and excited about my nursing career."
This special nursing program was designed to establish a potential pool for national emergencies and serve as a model for an expanded VA travel corps with nurses who have varying specialties.
To learn more about VA's Travel Nurse Corps, visit the Web site at www.travelnurse.va.gov, e-mail travelnurse@va.gov or call (866) 664-1030 toll-free.source
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Mary Ford sometimes jokes that she works for her patients and then The Medical Center pays her.
“I love taking care of people and helping them get better,” she said. “I really enjoy my job.”
A registered nurse in The Medical Center’s medical surgical unit for the past six years, Ford works with patients before and after surgery or those for whom surgery is a possibility, such as a person with a gastrointestinal bleed or involved in a car accident.
“I’m responsible for six patients,” she said. “I assess them several times a day and medicate them in a timely manner.”
Ford’s care goes beyond the basics. She believes patients need love and compassion in addition to care.
“I pray with them, hug them. I laugh and joke with patients,” she said. “I want be there for them.”
She also educates them on their illnesses. At times, she and other members of the staff have helped counsel patients.
“Sometimes we’ve had to be their voice to their doctors and family,” she said. “We help them have a say in their medical care.”
Although she knew she wanted to work at The Medical Center, Ford, who received a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Western Kentucky University six years ago and is a mentor for new nurses, didn’t know she would work in med-surg.
“It was through clinical rotation,” she said. “I decided this is what I like. It’s exciting, time flies and you see a lot of different patients with different backgrounds.”
Ford felt called to become a nurse after watching her mother take care of her grandmother as well as her own family. Later, as her grandmother’s condition deteriorated, she received home health care and then had to go into a nursing home.
“My grandmother had Alzheimer’s disease,” she said. “My mother took care of her at home.”
Other people encouraged Ford to continue her studies and career through her father’s diagnosis of mantle cell lymphoma and her daughter’s death from sudden infant death syndrome.
“I took care of (my father) until the end. (When my daughter died) I wanted to give up, but people wouldn’t let me,” she said. “Nurses encouraged me to keep on going. It’s always good for people to encourage you. (God has) got a lot for me share.”source
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Creighton University School of Nursing offers three acedemic programs leading to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. Our Masters of Science (MS) degree with a major in nursing offers several specialty track options. The School of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and approved by the Nebraska Board of Nursing. Accreditation is an indication of public approbation, attesting to the quality of the educational program and the continued commitment of the sponsoring institution to support the program.
The Traditional BSN program is designed for beginning or transfer college students.
The Accelerated BSN program is a rigorous one-year option designed for students who have already completed a non-nursing undergraduate or graduate degree
The RN to BSN program is an innovative one-year web-centered program for RNs who hold an associate degree or diploma in nursing.
The MS program prepares graduates for advanced practice competencies.
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The province's largest health care authority says patient care has not been negatively impacted by the nurses' actions. Nurses are refusing to do some non-nursing chores as a means of protest in the current contract dispute with the provincial government. On Friday the Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses Union announced that they would take a strike vote in January, and that their partial withdrawal of services would continue. Eastern Health says they are monitoring the situation very closely and will continue to do so.
Meanwhile, the President of the Treasury Board, Tom Marshall, says he would pay nurses a million dollars a year if he could, because they would be worth it. However, at this time he says twenty per cent over four years is a very fair offer. He does note that no offer can stay on the table forever.source
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The Jamestown College Department of Nursing is hosting a nursing symposium, “Caring in the Context of Crisis,” on Nov. 7 in the Reiland Fine Arts Center on the campus of Jamestown College.
“The event will be a celebration of the commitment and sacrifice of our military men and women, and it will provide critical information for nurses as they care for members of our military,” said Dr. Teree Rittenbach, professor of nursing at Jamestown College.
About 5.5 continuing education credits will be earned for nurses attending the symposium.
The keynote speaker, Col. Sherry Cox, is squadron commander to the 3rd Medical Group, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. She is a 1982 graduate of Jamestown College and has served in a variety of assignments in-cluding chief nurse of the 31st Medical Group at Aviano Air Force Base, Italy, and Air Force chief nurse at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany. Her topic is “Military Nursing: A Continuum of Caring.”
Other speakers and panelists are Dr. Linda Olson, director of the BORDERS Alert and Ready education and training program; Capt. James Dial, a critical care nurse with the Army Nurse Corps at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Maj. Grant Wilz, logistics officer for the 81st Troop Command with the North Dakota Army National Guard; and Susan Helgeland, executive director of Mental Health America of North Dakota.
The schedule includes the keynote address, an over-view of the BORDERS Training and Education program, lunch featuring a performance by the Jamestown College Choir, a presentation on critical care nursing in Iraq, and a panel presentation on post traumatic stress disorder.
The cost to attend the symposium is $25. Application for contact hours has been made to CNE-Net, the education division of the North Dakota Nurses Association. For more information or to register, contact Vicky Frigen at 252-3467,source
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It's often said that governments should run their departments like we run our home finances.
When you consider that lack of personal financial responsibility is a main factor in our current economic crisis, maybe it's not such a good idea. However, the sentiment behind contrasting household financing and running a government is worthwhile. It suggests our government leaders must set priorities that are founded in reality and compassion.
This is why Dwight Duncan's decision to delay hiring 9,000 nurses and 50 family health teams in response to Ontario's sagging economy is tough to take. Fathers and mothers will move heaven and earth to stay on top of the health care of their children. So should the government.
We appreciate the government is not touching its current health care budget, but surely, there are other areas of future savings to look at.
At the very least, let's consider hiring a portion of the nurses who were scheduled to be brought on board.
We risk having some of our best and brightest leave for the U. S. or another province, which will put us in a bind when the economy picks up.
"If the economy doesn't improve, then you have to delay it again. We've seen that happen. Any delay is not good for the patients, or for the profession," said Ann Marie Sutherland the Algoma president of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario.
Taking steps backward on health care costs us in the long run. We're still digging ourselves out of health care holes created over the past number of decades.source
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Lourdes College has appointed a new dean of its school of nursing.
Judy Didion, who has taught at Lourdes and a number of other colleges, replaces Cheryl Schriner, who stepped down at the end of last year to focus more on teaching.
Ms. Didion most recently served as chairman of the department of nursing at Lourdes, to which she returned in 2006. She previously was an associate professor of nursing at the college from 1988 to 1999.
Ms. Didion also has taught nursing locally at the former Medical College of Ohio and Owens Community College.
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The Carol Strawn Center announced Billie Tender, a registered nurse, and Deborah Szauter, a licensed practical nurse, completed dementia care training from Dementia Care Professionals of America, a branch of the national Alzheimer's Foundation of America.
The training earns the nurses the distinction of being AFA-qualified providers.
The Carol Strawn Center, a United Way partner agency, serves Licking County families affected by Alzheimer's disease and related dementias through adult day service, family care planning and family caregiver education class.
For more information about the Carol Strawn Center, call (740) 345-5190
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The School of Nursing at Whanganui UCOL celebrates its fifth birthday this year.
The birthday will be marked with a tea party next week at the Whanganui UCOL campus, for past and present students, and health sector and community supporters of the school.
Acting Site Coordinator Bronwynne Anderson says a highlight will be a large cake in the star shape (and colours) of the New Zealand Registered Nurse (NZRN) badge.
Over the last five years the school has trained and graduated more than 85 nurses. Bronwynne says most of them have remained in Wanganui and contribute daily to the health sector in the region.
The school is also celebrating a remarkable track record over the five years, with a 100 per cent pass rate in the Nursing Council of New Zealand State Final examinations.
Enrolments for the 2009 Bachelor of Nursing programme are strong and UCOL’s Director of Nurse Education Brian Gilchrist says the school can look forward to an even brighter future.
“As part of our continuous improvement, a new curriculum for Nursing is going through our approval process. Last month we hosted a successful visit by members of the Nursing Council and the Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics Quality (ITPQ) panel, to discuss and assess the proposed changes. They visited the Whanganui UCOL Nursing site – and were particularly impressed with the brilliant new facilities there.”
Brian says if the new curriculum is approved, it will be introduced next year, adding that it is an important time to be making positive changes. “We want to ensure our programme continues to produce excellent graduates who in turn contribute to the national nursing workforce at a time when there is an acute shortage of skilled registered nurses.”
The birthday celebrations will be held at Whanganui UCOL in Rutland Street at 3.30 pm on Wednesday 29 October. Dr Nick Nicol, Dean and General Manager of UCOL’s Faculty of Health, Science and Technology, will welcome guests.
Whanganui UCOL’s three year Bachelor of Nursing programme equips graduates with the knowledge and skills required for a nursing career in acute medical/surgical facilities, community health, and mental health and child health agencies. Most graduates take up career opportunities in hospitals, community agencies, Maori health education, iwi-based health centres, pharmaceutical companies, government departments and employment overseas.source
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Fewer public health nurses will work at the Fresno County Jail and juvenile justice campus under a cost-cutting plan approved Tuesday by county supervisors.
Faced with a loss of state revenue because of the slumping economy, supervisors need to make up a $1.6 million shortfall in the Department of Public Health. Earlier this month, they approved part of a budget-cutting plan that scaled back services in the department.
On Tuesday, they made even more cuts. But county officials warned they may not be done.
"The unfortunate thing is we'll probably be here again," board Chairman Henry Perea said. "The revenues will likely go down next year, too."
The county relies on state sales tax and vehicle license fees to pay for health services. Those revenues are lagging this fiscal year, which began July 1.
Supervisors have struggled for two months to reduce health services. Tuesday marked the fourth time that Dr. Ed Moreno, director of the Public Health Department, came before the Board of Supervisors with a proposal for reducing costs in his department. Previously, supervisors balked at his suggestion to cut the night medical shifts in the jail and juvenile justice campus, saying the cuts would shift costs to other county departments.
On Tuesday, Moreno proposed to continue night shifts in both facilities, but to reduce the number of nurses working in the jail at night and shorten the time nurses staff the juvenile hall in the evenings. He also proposed cutting another three nursing positions at juvenile hall and reducing the staff at a health clinic, which may lead to longer waits for patients.
Supervisors agreed to that proposal, deleting a total of 19 positions. Of those positions, eight are vacant and 11 are filled.
Moreno said the department will likely find jobs for seven of the employees. Another four will receive pink slips as of Nov. 17, but Moreno said they could be transferred to vacant jobs in other departments.
Some of the nurses and other medical personnel who work the night shift in the jail attended Tuesday's meeting and pleaded with supervisors not to cut their jobs. They said the cuts being proposed will jeopardize the health and safety of jail inmates.
"I don't think what they're proposing is doable," said Peggy Dockum, a licensed vocational nurse. "It would be like closing a major wing of a hospital."
County supervisors acknowledged the value of the work done by the medical staff in the jail, but said their options are limited.
"I do this sadly because I don't like to reduce services," Supervisor Judy Case said. "But I realize we have a $1.6 million hole to fill."
Supervisor Susan Anderson was the only one to vote against the cuts. She said reducing the number of nurses in the jail and juvenile hall could end up costing the county more money.
"This will increase the liability to the county," she said. "We will have cases where we're going to pay out hundreds of thousands of dollars because we're not doing what we're supposed to be doing by law."
But public health administrators assured the supervisors that they will still have the staff in the evenings to provide basic medical services to jail inmates and juvenile offenders source
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Action rather than more research is needed to solve the unsustainable drain of nurses from Australia's healthcare system, the authors of a new report say.
The Australian Health Workforce Institute (AHWI) and management company Kronos Incorporated on Wednesday released the findings of a three-month research project into nursing in Australia.
The research showed the average age of nurses had increased from 40 to 45, while the percentage of registered nurses over the age of 55 rose from 11 to 20 per cent between 1999 and 2005.
The trend was complicated by the fact that 14 per cent of the workforce retires every five years, with 90,000 nurses expected to retire between now and 2020.
The research also found one in five nurses worked 45 hours or more a week, 49 per cent of nurses were working part-time and only 70 per cent of qualified nurses were actually working as nurses.
AHWI interim director Peter Brooks said researchers had identified a set of consistent findings across all research and data in Australia from 1986 to 2007.
"In this project, we found that Australia has sufficient information, both at a national and state level, on the key nursing workforce indices to progress to an action phase," Professor Brooks said.
"Rather than further studies into the nursing workforce problems, the focus should now be squarely placed on orchestrating solutions."
Prof Brooks said solutions needed to include a range of coordinated policies to recruit and maintain the nursing workforce in order to meet Australia's needs.
The second part of the project will be a stakeholder workshop to develop a sustainable solution, to be held early in 2009.
"It is not a simple matter to reconcile a growing demand for high quality health services with financial constraints and a shrinking workforce," he said.
"New thinking on how to achieve improved productivity, innovation, workforce management, stakeholder collaboration and resources will be required if Australia is to successfully address Australia's predicted workforce issues."
The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) said the report provided further evidence of the inadequacies of national nursing workforce planning.
ANF national secretary Ged Kearney said nurses were being driven out of the workforce by excessive workloads, inadequate staffing and a failure to properly remunerate and value their role.
"Up until now we have seen a piecemeal approach in addressing the nursing and health workforce shortages," he said.
"What we need now is action from all governments to ensure that the nursing and midwifery workforce is better supported so nurses continue to enter the profession and stay there."source
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Palliative care nurse Catherine Mayers heard Premier Dalton McGuinty say the Liberal government would deliver on a promise to hire 9,000 nurses to help shore up the health system last April when he spoke to an annual meeting of nurses.
Now that promise, along with the rollout of an additional 50 family health teams, is on hold because of shrinking government revenues and a fiscal crisis that has forced the Ontario government to run a $500 million budget deficit this year.
"We are completely disappointed," said Mayers from the 16th floor of the University Health Network's Princess Margaret Hospital. "We need these 9,000 nurses now."
The slowdown in health-care spending is billed as a restraint initiative by the Ontario government. Delaying the hiring of 9,000 nurses saves $50 million in 2008-2009, and deferring the addition of 50 family health teams by one year saves $3 million.
But those working in the hospitals daily say the nursing shortage causes overcrowded emergency rooms, beds to be closed and it compromises infection control.
"We understand these are harsh economic times but we need nurses to deliver the care," she said.
When the province doesn't hire full-time nurses, more contract nurses are hired to fill the positions. With no full-time jobs opening up, new nursing graduates will go elsewhere for work.
"Nurses will go wherever there are jobs. They don't have to go south of the border. They can go to Alberta," said Mayers, who is also on the board of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario.
More contract nurses could also translate into the spread of infection as they move from one hospital to the next.
"When you have more contract nurses you increase the risk of infections. Decreasing the spots they work decreases cross-contamination from hospital to hospital," said Mayers, a nurse for 27 years.
"This is clearly a step backwards in the treatment of our ailing health system."
Ontario needs to delay the implementation of and slow down some new spending in order to manage expenses during this time of economic uncertainty, Finance Minister Dwight Duncan said.
"We will continue to hire more nurses but not as quickly as we would have liked," he said.
Early yesterday, Health Minister David Caplan defended his governments record on health care. In the past five years, there has been a 37 per cent increase – of $11 billion – in health spending, he said.
"That has meant we've been able to lower wait times and over 600,000 Ontarians today have access to a family doctor who did not previously," he said.
Progressive Conservative health critic Elizabeth Witmer said that back in 2003, the Liberals promised to hire 8,000 nurses, and that never happened.
"Nursing positions are not being filled," she said. "We've never seen an additional 8,000 nurses, according to the college. The truth is we can't hire the nurses we desperately need."
MPP Andrea Horwath (NDP-Hamilton Centre) said the family health teams beef up the system and the Liberals are not "putting the meat on the bones" by implementing more teams quickly. "It doesn't make sense. It is completely opposite of their stated goals."
The Ontario Medical Association, which just ratified a four-year, $1 billion deal with the province, said it has worked with the government to implement the teams. "We are hopeful the Ontario government will move forward as quickly as possible, despite the delay," said Dr. Ken Arnold, OMA president.
Family physician Dr. Douglas Mark, who practises in Scarborough, said every day he turns away people who are looking for a family physician. He already cares for 1,400 patients.
"The biggest problem the government faces is health care. It is the biggest expense they have and health care won't take a holiday in an economic downturn," said Mark, president of the Coalition of Family Physicians. "The demands will continue to be there."source
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Bremer Conference and Workforce Development Center at Danville Area Community College was a celebratory gathering for the local nursing profession Wednesday.
The Lakeview College of Nursing “Power and Passion of Professional Nursing” conference is one of two planned for this week. Today, a similar all-day conference is at the college’s Eastern Illinois University location.
The day is intended to promote pride in the profession, which suffers a substantial shortage as more professionals retire and those newer to the profession leave the field.
The conference addressed these issues with a packed auditorium at Bremer that included current Lakeview students, graduates and veteran nurses.
The conference served as a celebration of Lakeview’s 114-year history of educating nurses in Danville. The school has offered a baccalaureate degree for 20 years.
Leading the day’s program was Karen Stefaniak, a 1965 graduate of Lakeview and current faculty member of the University of Kentucky nursing program.
She talked with students about the importance of the profession and celebrating its impact on society. Stefaniak also facilitated discussions among the conference attendees, in which they shared stories of their work.
“We need to do more celebrating if we’re ever going to do anything about this shortage,” she said.
The nursing field faces a shortage for a number of reasons.
Chief among them, Stefaniak says, is the public image of what nursing is.
“Society has a traditional view of who a nurse is,” she said.
Many people think of nurses as doing menial work in hospital wards.
The profession also is changing because it was traditionally considered one of the few professions suitable for women.
“So many of us are getting older,” she said. “Now there are so many other professions for women.”
When she was going through school in the ’60s, Stefaniak’s family gave her two choices: she could be a nurse or a teacher.
Many women her age faced similar choices.
As a result, much of the field is in her age group. The average age of a nurse is 47 to 48. Nursing faculty are in their 50s on average.
Now, the main task facing Stefaniak and others like Lakeview nursing dean Sara Rich-Wheeler is letting current and prospective students know what opportunities abound in the field.
Most people don’t know that industries like insurance or pharmaceuticals require a nursing staff, she said.
“It’s not just someone who works in a hospital. There are a lot of things we’re involved in,” Rich-Wheeler explained.
Nurses can spend their careers as traveling nurses, or go into home health care. They might also gravitate toward education.
“I don’t know of another field of study where you can get a bachelor’s degree and the world is your oyster,” Rich-Wheeler said.
Nurses are guaranteed a job anywhere and can work any hours they want, they added.
Nurses with bachelor’s degrees can choose any specialty, but they also can change fields easily.
Rich-Wheeler began in the medical-surgical field, and then moved into obstetrics. She decided she loved working with families and eventually began specializing in paranatal mood disorders, the most common of which is known as postpartum depres-sion.
Reasons for leaving
Many nurses leave the field quickly after entering because they’re not prepared for the intensity of the long hours they put in.
The criticality, or intensity of illness, of today’s patients also influences many nurses’ on-the-job stress levels.
Today’s hospital intensive care units are full of people who suffer from complications from smoking and obesity, such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and others.
The number of nurses to care for this growing number of patients is shrinking, the women said.
But those who stay in the field are rewarded far more than they expected to be.
“You’re with people at the best and worst times of their lives,” Stefaniak said.
From birth, through illness and even at death, nurses are present.
“It is a privilege to be able to participate in people’s lives like that,” she added.
One thing that will help young nurses is support and mentoring during the transition year, or first year of work.
“Schools and healthy care agencies will have to work together,” Rich-Wheeler said. source
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SOME mental health nurses feel their profession is dying with inappropriately trained staff filling job vacancies, according to Australian researchers.
Mental health nurses in rural and remote New South Wales have told researchers from Charles Stuart University their concerns for the future of their profession as part of a study into the unique challenges and experiences of mental health nurses in rural and remote areas of the state.
In the study headed by Dr Andrew Crowther, associate head of the CSU School of Nursing and Midwifery in Orange, five focus groups were conducted across central and far west NSW in a variety of locations to find out what MH nurses really think about their career.
In the preliminary results released during a public lecture in Temora this week, entitled “Current Perspective in Rural and Remote Mental Health Nursing”, Dr Crowther revealed the response of an ageing remote and rural MH nursing workforce who said they were experiencing a lack of support and resources, limited professional opportunities and a range of issues related to remote area nursing.
The study looked at the experiences of 37 rural and remote MH nurses in direct care settings across NSW who responded to the study via questionnaire.
The results showed that 57% of respondents were aged over 45 years with 63% working in both a community and hospital setting. While 78% worked full-time, 11% had a second job, mainly farming.
Nearly half of the nurses worked long hours, with 49% of respondents working more than 40 hours a week and 5% working over 50 hours.
Of the respondents, 11% were seriously looking for work outside of nursing and were willing to leave the profession.
The researchers also gained insight into the world of the remote and rural MH nurse, with respondents offering their perception of what the job is like. In general, MH nurses reported a lack of training, support, staff and resources.
Ongoing shortage and lack of support
One of the main concerns expressed by respondents was that there is an ongoing shortage of MH nurses in remote and rural areas. A compounding problem appeared to be that MH nurses were often replaced with generalist nurses who were not adequately trained in MH nursing. This means that staff may not have the necessary skills to do the job, patients may not get the care they need and there can be pressure on the MH nurses who remain.
Another area of concern for MH nurses was a perceived lack of support and recognition from other health professionals and by the legal system. Some MH nurses reported feeling as though they were part of a “pool” to be used by “real nurses” to fill gaps in the health care service but there was a lack of training to equip them to do it.
Not dying, evolving
The changes being faced by remote and rural MH nurses led some to say they felt that their profession was dying. While this may be an exaggeration, according to Dr Crowther the profession is definitely changing and the challenge is to equip nurses to deal with those changes.
“Mental health nursing is evolving just as every other part of health care is evolving,” he said.
Change in education
One of the main problems identified by Dr Crowther is the need for better education in MH nursing at both the undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education levels.
“The perception of the respondents was that [the current undergraduate course] isn’t really a generalist degree because it has such a strong focus on acute medical and surgical nursing and the mental health component is very weak,” he said.
“We have two mental health subjects [in the undergraduate nursing course] – one is in the first year and the other in the third year.
“They are mandatory subjects for everybody whether you want to work with children or in operating rooms, so everybody has the same theme running all the way through their undergraduate degree.
“That’s one of the reasons why the federal government has just put out tenders for a mental health major to run throughout the nursing degrees.”
Mental health major
According to Dr Crowther, a MH major would not add time onto a degree or replace existing subjects, rather different versions of the same subjects could be offered.
“Nothing will be dropped,” he said.
“For example, we have a research subject and the choice would be to do nursing research or nursing research in mental health.”
While the MH major and the existing MH graduate nursing programs will help to upskill the nursing workforce in mental health, Dr Crowther said experienced generalist nurses needed to be catered for with short courses.
The federal government has also acknowledged the need for improved MH training, with this month’s announcement of funding for 75 existing and 230 new MH postgraduate scholarships across Australia.
“Nurses who shared their experiences with us said that they tended to do mental health later in their careers,” he said.
“Therefore there is no option to take a graduate program because they graduated a decade or more ago.
“CSU is working with the Nursing and Midwifery Office of NSW Health and we are putting on some psychosocial intervention short courses which will count as credit towards the graduate certificate.
“So that puts a greater onus on the employer to provide appropriate education and training.”
Way of the future
According to Dr Crowther, a combination of strategies is needed in order to ensure there is a skilled workforce of MH nurses for the future.
“What we are trying to do is to upskill traditionally trained nurses and at the same time give them an incentive to come to university,” he said.
“Together, upskilling and the mental health majors are the way forward.”source
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BAHRAIN could triple expatriate nurses and doctors' salaries, to combat a shortage, it has emerged.
Health Ministry Under-Secretary Dr Aziz Hamza pledged to dramatically increase wages during a meeting with visiting Philippine Labour Secretary Mariantio Roque.
Nurses on a salary of around BD400 could be paid as much as BD1,100, depending on their experience, said Philippine Embassy Labour Attache Alejandros Santos.
"We are talking to the Health Ministry and they said they have a new salary package for doctors and nurses who would like to work here," he told the GDN, yesterday.
"Dr Hamza explained that with the offer that will be paid and the bonuses they will get, it is better to come to Bahrain than work in other countries.
"Right now we have only a few nurses because the salaries offered are very low and only the BDF Hospital offers better wages."
No figures were available, but he said thousands of Filipinos were expected to come to Bahrain as a result of the new salary packages and improved working conditions.
He said the Philippine government was keen to increase the number of overseas workers in Bahrain and other Gulf countries, where fewer job losses are anticipated as a result of the global credit crunch.
"We have asked the Health Ministry if they will bring more nurses because we have a lot of professionals, especially graduates, who would rather work here than in the US, UK, Canada and Australia," said Mr Santos.
He said demand for Filipino engineers, architects and interior designers was also increasing under Bahrain's property boom. Mr Roque also met Labour Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi during his three-day visit to Bahrain and discussed improving the working conditions of the 45,000 Filipinos in the kingdom.
However, Mr Santos said the work undertaken by the Labour Market Regulatory Authority had already improved the situation for foreign workers.
"Everything is more transparent now because a worker has all information about his employer, job profile and his salary, even before he leaves his country," he said.
"They are getting better treatment and employers are aware of what the government is doing to abolish the sponsorship system.
"Workers have the right to transfer to another employer as long as the right compensation is paid to the employer or after their contract is finished."source
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University Hospital Cincinnati and the Air Force inaugurated a new program in October to provide newly graduated registered nurses the advanced clinical training and experience needed to become Air Force Nurse Corps officers and to prepare them for deployment.
University Hospital is the first civilian hospital to partner with the Air Force in The Nurse Transition Program, or NTP. The program provides an 11-week comprehensive training curriculum that will expose Air Force nurses to a spectrum of medical/surgical clinical inpatient settings aimed at preparing them for what they will encounter in the field. It also allows nurses to hone skills needed for base hospitals and clinics.
"I can't begin to underscore the value of this program," said Brig. Gen. Richard Hersack, command surgeon for Air Force Materiel Command, which is headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
"For the Air Force medical service, recapitalization means skilled people," General Hersack said. "Part of that recapitalization involves building and maintaining critical nursing skills so that we can continue to deploy and contribute to the joint en route care system, to insure that our troops get the best medical care available when they are injured, to stabilize them and get them back home."
The general said the Air Force does not currently have the clinical opportunities at Air Force facilities to meet all of those needs. Partnerships with civilian trauma hospitals allows Air Force medical providers to gain the clinical experience, training and background needed to provide deployed care to troops injured in combat as well as humanitarian medical care in austere environments.
According to Col. Kimberly K. Siniscalchi, incoming Assistant Air Force Surgeon General, Medical Force Development, and Assistant Air Force Surgeon General for Nursing Services, the cooperative effort provides the Air Force Nurse Corps an opportunity to partner with civilian colleagues in developing a training program for nurses that have recently completed their Bachelor of Arts degree in nursing.
"They are able to come here for their advanced clinical skills training before going on to active duty," Colonel Siniscalchi said. "University Hospital has such a variety of clinical areas that we do not always have at our military hospitals so it provides diversity of clinical exposure and training for our young nurses."
With the NTP partnership of Air Force and University Hospital, Cincinnati, the advanced training of Air Force nurses promises the best of care for American troops worldwide, Air Force officials said.
The program includes teaching and clinical components.
"Teaching is very important," said Lee Ann Liska, Executive Director and Senior Vice President, UH-Cincinnati."We do that every day with nurses and physicians. To be able to expand that to a different core of nurses is special. NTP is an extension of a long term relationship with the Air Force. It is exciting to get into nurse education, but it is also, very important for us to have the opportunity to give back to our service men and women for all they give us in terms of freedom every day. And I really mean that. That is the honor of being a part of this program."
Cooperating with the Air Force in training programs is not new to University Hospital. The hospital has a long relationship with the Air Force in its Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, or C-STARS, program. C-STARS is a joint University Hospital and Air Force program providing training for military personnel in trauma and critical care skills. There other C-STARS programs are located in Baltimore and St. Louis.
University Hospital Cincinnati is part of the Health Alliance which serves Greater Cincinnati, providing in and outpatient services for more than 500,000 patients per year. It has the area's only adult Level I Trauma Center with helicopter ambulance service and is ranked in U.S. News & World Report's annual guide to America's Best Hospitals. source
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Each year Jasper Nursing and Rehabilitation hosts a health fair that is open to the public; the 2008 fair was Oct. 16.
More than 30 vendors participated, a record according to JNR coordinator Renee Thomas. Patients in the home enjoy the excitement, balloons and many guests.
People from all over the community get a chance to get their blood pressure or blood sugar checked, to pick up information from various health care professionals, and to enjoy a meal and door prizes.
But the real action is taking place between the tables set up in the hallways. Companies who might be rivals in the business world are networking about how to improve health services in the community.
In fact, representatives took the opportunity to also hold a meeting of the Healthcare Networking Association (HNA), a nonprofit alliance. It was founded 10 years ago by a registered nurse who realized the need for all areas of the medical community to come together and get to know each other.
"Even though it may seem that some are rivals, the truth remains that we all need each other and we are all doing what we do because we have a heart help those who are sick and cannot help themselves," said Ken miller, current member of HNA. There are a number HNAgroups in East Texas. Most meet on Thursdays for lunch hosted by one the members. Belinda Durham of Oceans Behavioral Hospital head of the local association
"We try to advocate for the community and for better patient care," Durham said.
The next big HNA meeting will be in Lufkin Nov. 6, noon until 1:30 p.m., at the Memorial Health System building at 1201 W. Frank Ave. Speakers will come from Nacogdoches and Beaumont for the topic, "Working together." For more information, contact Durham at 409-350-8781. source
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NURSES' poor maths is putting patients' lives at risk, a Government report has revealed.
A new study carried out in Lothian hospitals reveals "widespread confusion" in the nursing sector over how to calculate correct dosage of powerful intravenous drugs.
Tutors observed 40 nurses in voluntary remedial numeracy workshops at Edinburgh's Western General and Royal Infirmary and at St John's Hospital inLivingston. They found they had difficulty converting doses from larger to smaller units, adapting doses using fractions or multiplication, calculating flow rates, and applying patients' weight to adjust dosages.
The tutors' report says nurses are putting patients in danger by miscalculating doses because they lack basic numeracy.
The study also found that many on the three-hour courses did not check dosages prescribed by doctors, and those that did had found mistakes.
The report, funded by NHS Education for Scotland, concluded: "The tutor did not imagine . . . that such a wide range of numeracy ability would be exhibited and was amazed to be spending more and more time with the earlier, more basic numeracy problems of metric units and calculator skills."
Student nurses are now being given an online numeracy assessment and offered help. source
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ARLINGTON, TEXAS - The North Texas Consortium of Schools of Nursing, in collaboration with area hospitals, has developed patient care teaching/learning modules to share with schools of nursing in Texas. Modules are based on high risk/high volume patient diagnoses likely to be encountered in nursing practice. The goal is to increase patient safety as well as the clinical competence and confidence of new nurses.
The North Texas schools of nursing included: Collin Community College District; El Centro College; Grayson Community College; North Central Texas College; Southwest Adventist University; Tarrant County Community College; Texas Christian University; Texas Woman's University; University of Texas at Arlington; and Trinity Valley Community College.
Hospitals participating: Arlington Memorial; Baylor Health Care System; Children's Medical Center Dallas; Harris Methodist Fort Worth; Hospital Corporation of America-North Texas Division; John Peter Smith Health System; Kaufman Lake Pointe Medical Center; Medical Center of Plano; Medical Center at Terrell; Parkland Health and Hospital System; Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas; Texas Health Resources; Texoma Health Care Systems; Wilson N. Jones Medical Center.
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Village Nursing Care has hired Karen Barton as the instructor for its Certified Nursing Assistants course, which begins Oct. 28.
The course consists of 124 hours of instruction, including class time, lab and clinical experience. For information about the course, call Village Nursing Care at 770-536-0484.
Barton, who holds a master's of business administration from the University of Mississippi, has 15 years of experience working as a Licensed Practical Nurse at several hospitals and rehabilitation centers, as well as training CNAs and LPNs. She is experienced in orthopedics, neurology, cardiac care, including open heart surgery and surgical pre-operation and post-operation.
Based in Gainesville, Village Nursing Care Inc. is a licensed private home care provider in 13 northeast Georgia counties, and is an entity of ACTS Retirement-Life Communities, which also owns Lanier Village Estates.
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After the current class graduates in May, Colorado Mountain College officials and Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center directors agreed Thursday to suspend the nursing program until 2010.
Debra Crawford, director of public relations for CMC, said it means the college won't accept new nursing students until fall 2010.
Lack of qualified instructors is the driving force behind the decision, she said. There is not only a national shortage of nurses, but also not enough instructors.
A press release from the college reported the Colorado Board of Nursing is requiring all associate degrees in nursing and registered nurse programs in the state apply for accreditation from the National League of Nursing Accrediting Commission.
The commission requires the majority of instructors to have master's degrees in nursing. The hospital has five faculty members in the program and one has a master's degree, chief executive officer Ken Leisher said.
Crawford said part of the problem with accreditation is it's difficult to find appropriate instructors. There's been a salary increase for nurses because of the shortage so it's difficult to get them to become instructors when the pay doesn't match.
"The labor pool is tight," she added.
Crawford said it's not just affecting the hospital, it's a national problem with the nurse shortage.
CMC and the hospital worked together to expand the college program to address the nursing shortage beginning in 2007 by adding programs in Chaffee and Summit counties.
Previously the program worked exclusively from the Roaring Fork college Campus near Glenwood Springs.
"Although we're disappointed the nursing program in Salida will take a one-year hiatus, we are proud the Salida program has graduated 72 registered nurses during six years the program has been in existence and all passed their board exams," Leisher reported.
Crawford said the way to solve the problem will be to first address the instructor shortage. Having enough qualified instructors will increase the number of nurses trained.
Part of the process includes having the right personnel. Crawford said new college president Dr. Stan Jensen, and new nursing director Margaret Banning will help.
Crawford said Jensen and Banning have backgrounds to solve such challenges.
How the school and hospital plan to address the challenges is unclear, Crawford said. It will likely mean a variety of meetings and brainstorming.
Leisher said after initial meetings the hospital and college will consider assembling a group specifically to address the issue.
It's possible both entities may consider getting existing faculty members into graduate programs to earn their master's degrees, Leisher said.
Enrolling students by 2010 isn't a guarantee, but it is the goal, Leisher said.source
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UAB plans to try a number of different approaches to help meet the nationwide demand for nurses.
It is reported that there will be a need for a million new nurses by the year 2012. The problem with this is that there are not enough nursing students to fill this gap.
According to the Associated Press, UAB is recruiting almost anywhere it can: at community colleges, in the professional world, and even in rural high schools.
Elizabeth Stullenbarger, assistant dean of the UAB School of Nursing, explains that UAB is trying to recruit students and faculty with two different approaches.
“We’re doing a couple of things,” Stullenbarger said. “We are trying to create a larger faculty to teach and recruit new students for the school of nursing.
We have a faculty shortage because many of the professors that we have on staff are approaching retirement. In order to produce new nurses, we have to have someone to teach them.”
Stullenbarger describes a couple things that the school of nursing is doing to combat the staffing and recruitment problem.
“We have developed a new program that allows people who have graduated with an undergraduate degree other than nursing an opportunity to obtain a Master’s in Nursing,” Stullenbarger said.
“The name of this program is called the Accelerated Masters’ Pathway and it’s a two-year program. The students can come from any field and we just require that they have taken some of the same pre-requisites that undergraduate nursing students had to take.
The graduate program prepares students to become a part of the faculty and prepare them for careers in nursing.”
Stullenbarger believes that nursing is a good choice as a profession.
“Nursing is one of the highest fields in demand for probably the next 15 years,” Stullenbarger said.
“There are a lot of opportunities for people to advance and it’s a very diverse field, especially if you earn a Master’s in nursing.”
Shamorrow McNeil, a nursing student at UAB, enjoys this particular field.
“I chose nursing as a profession because it involved helping others, and that is what I like to do,” McNeil said.
“I think that it is a wonderful opportunity if UAB decides to go into the community to recruit for the nursing program.”
Timiya Nolan, a recent UAB graduate from the School of Nursing, says nursing was not her initial choice of profession.
“I chose nursing by default,” Nolan said. “I came to UAB as a biology/pre-med major. I chose nursing because the field was still medical and I had more patient interaction while being about to actually gauge patient outcomes throughout my shift.
It serves as a virtual hub of information and opportunities. It’s great to see that the School of Nursing is responsible for programs that reach all life spans.”
Candice Cummings, a nursing student at UAB, advises future nursing students to be prepared for hard work.
“I think that all students seeking a job in nursing should work at a hospital because you hear about the money,” Cummings said.
“Nursing takes a lot and you will soon come to see that it’s not about the money or you won’t last.” source
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The reports, by the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing at King's College London and Midwifery, set out a 'roadmap' to modernise the profession.
The first report, Nursing in Society, highlights three roles key to nursing in the future: practitioner, partner and leader. It says that for nurses to fulfil these roles to the standards required in the modern NHS, a higher standard of qualification is vital.
'The case is compelling for a rapid move to a graduate profession, because of the need for highly knowledgeable, skilled autonomous registered practitioners fulfilling increasingly complex roles,' the report says.
A second report outlines the vital role that 'metrics' to monitor the quality of nursing care can play in raising standards. It calls for the establishment of a National Quality Board to create benchmarks for performance management of nursing at all levels.
It says there is a strong case for using metrics to incentivise high standards of care. Patient reported outcome measures (PROMS) could form part of the system for measuring nursing quality, but the report warns measures applicable to primary care are as yet undeveloped.
RCN chief executive and general secretary Dr Peter Carter called the reports 'an opportunity to make significant and long-lasting changes in the delivery of care to patients' and pledged to work closely with the DoH to implement them.
But Unite/CPHVA accused the DoH of leaving community nurses and health visitors 'out of the loop' on policymaking.source
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has partnered with seven new nursing schools on a program designed to create job opportunities for new nurses and boost the quality of care for veterans, AHA News Now reports.
The VA's Nursing Academy program creates additional employment opportunities for nursing students at VA facilities, expands the VA's nurse recruitment and retention efforts, and provides funding to help nursing school partners add faculty and increase enrollment.
Under the latest program expansion, seven schools will collaborate with nine nearby VA medical centers, including Loyola University of Chicago and University of Oklahoma Health Science Center in Norman.
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Individuals interested in advanced nursing education at the Medical College of Georgia can learn more about the graduate programs at the School of Nursing's annual Fall Information Session, Oct. 25.
The free session, held from 8:30-11 a.m. in room 1222 of the Health Sciences Building, 987 St. Sebastian Way, will feature presentations from graduate program directors representing each of the eight programs.
"We are very excited about the opportunities for nurses and non-nurses to continue their education and help maximize the contributions they can make to improve health care delivery through practice, education and research," says Dr. Janie Heath, associate dean of academic affairs.
Breakfast will be served. For more information, or to R.S.V.P., contact Nashona Thompson, office specialist, at 706-721-3237
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NURSES could soon be trained as junior doctors, prescribing drugs, performing minor day surgery and colonoscopies to cope with a national shortage of medical professionals.
A report to be released today urges both state and federal governments to follow the UK and US, who have already begun retraining their nurses.
They have performed minor surgeries and ordered CAT scans and X-rays.
It comes after a survey of junior doctors found they are stressed, working up to 100 hours a week.
One in three self-prescribe medications including potentially addictive drugs.
The report by health workforce management consultants Kronos suggests nurses could help ease some of the strain.
It warns there will be a shortage of 40,000 nurses in just two years.
The report predicts 90,000 nurses will retire by 2020, while more will leave due to dissatisfaction with their careers.
Kronos chief Sharon Lowry said incentives were needed to retain nurses.
But doctors yesterday attacked the idea of nurses taking over their duties.
"If someone wants to be a doctor they need to be medically trained, it takes years of training to be a good doctor," NSW AMA vice president Dr Michael Steiner said.
A drug lobby group yesterday called for doctors to undergo drug testing before they are allowed to operate on patients or undertake other tasks which could endanger patients lives.
"Emergency departments are already stretched to breaking point," Alcohol and Other Drugs Council chief David Templeman said. "You don't need other factors or risk involved that could have devastating consequences."
And the Australian Nursing Federation blamed a doctor turf war for the stress that junior doctors were under.
ANF secretary Ged Kearney said nurse practitioners could take a huge load off junior doctors if they were allowed to order blood tests, X-rays, fluid for drips and antibiotics. Some public hospitals were already employing nurses to do this.
"The Australian Medical Association is always throwing out these horror stories but they are never putting up solutions," Ms Kearney said.
Health Minister Nicola Roxon has already foreshadowed shifting some medical tasks from doctors to nurses in general practice.
A survey of junior doctors has found 38 per cent self-prescribed medications including one in 10 who prescribed their own anti-depressants. Seven per cent self-prescribed sleeping pills such as benzodiazepines which can be addictive. source
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Bahrain is considering a plan to almost triple expatriate nurses and doctors' salaries in a bid to combat a shortage.
Health Ministry Under-Secretary Dr Aziz Hamza pledged to dramatically increase wages during a meeting with visiting Philippine Labour Secretary Mariantio Roque, Gulf Daily News reported on Tuesday.
Nurses on a salary of around $1,063 could be paid as much as $2,917, depending on their experience, Philippine Embassy Labour Attache Alejandros Santos told the paper.
"We are talking to the Health Ministry and they said they have a new salary package for doctors and nurses who would like to work here.".
He said thousands of Filipinos were expected to come to Bahrain as a result of the new salary packages and improved working conditions.
He said the Philippine government was keen to increase the number of overseas workers in Bahrain and other Gulf countries, where fewer job losses are anticipated as a result of the global credit crunch.
In September, leaders of Bahrain's 6,000 nurses rejected an offer of pay rises averaging 37 per cent.
The Bahrain Nursing Society (BNS) said it would continue its fight for a better deal, despite the new $15 million-a-year package announced by the Cabinet.
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AUSTRALIA is running out of time to ease the strain on the nursing workforce, with nearly 15 per cent of nurses retiring every five years, creating a projected cumulative exodus of 90,000 nurses by 2026.
new report has found that although Australia has one of the highest ratios of nurses, at 10.2 per 1000 population, the country's 220,000 working nurses are also under pressure from many directions, including high rates of part-time working, high drop-out rates from training courses and increased demand from an ageing population.
The report by the Australian Health Workforce Institute found "an unsustainable picture" for the nursing workforce. It said failure to plan for the retirement of 90,000 nurses in the next two decades would "undoubtedly result in a serious deterioration of the quality and sustainability of our health care services".
For the report, commissioned by workforce management company Kronos, the AHWI spent three months assessing all available data. It found the average age of nurses increased from 40 in 1997 to 45 in 2005, and that the proportion of registered nurses aged 55 and over increased from 11 per cent in 1999 to 20 per cent in 2005. For enrolled nurses, the rate increased from 7 to 17 per cent.
The study's lead author, AHWI director Peter Brooks, said much more policy attention had been paid to the doctor shortage than the nurse shortage. More comprehensive solutions must be devised that treated the health system as a single entity, he said.
While there was a 7 per cent increase in enrolments in undergraduate nursing courses between 2001 and 2005, for health workers generally the increase was 15.9 per cent. Student drop-out rates are also a problem. Previously unpublished data showed that although 8000 nursing students began courses between 2001 and 2003, only two-thirds finished. Among enrolled nurses, the drop-out rate was 66 per cent in 2004.
Professor Brooks, who is also executive dean of health sciences at the University of Queensland, said part of the challenge was to make nursing more attractive as a career.
"I don't think there's been too much co-ordination - a lot of the decisions have been knee-jerk political exigencies," he said.
"We really need to be looking at a number of things: training the nursing workforce in a different way, looking at nurses' assistants, enrolled nurses, and getting former nurses back into the workforce. "There are some significant things that hospitals and workplaces need to be thinking about in terms of making it friendlier for nurses to work in these institutions - such as flexible hours, child care, parking - which some hospitals are already cottoning onto."
Professor Brooks said the report emphasised "how critical things are". An Access Economics report in 2004 found that just to keep numbers steady in the face of rising retirements, an influx of 78 per cent of the entire 2002 nursing workforce would be needed between 2003 and 2012.
First-year nurse Sarah Chamberlain started work at Royal Perth Hospital in March, where the number of experienced nurses is evident. "It's scary to think that a lot of them will probably be retiring soon," she said. "We are already short-staffed as it is - every day we need agency nurses."source
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The School of Nursing at Whanganui UCOL celebrates its fifth birthday this year.
The birthday will be marked with a tea party next week at the Whanganui UCOL campus, for past and present students, and health sector and community supporters of the school.
Acting Site Coordinator Bronwynne Anderson says a highlight will be a large cake in the star shape (and colours) of the New Zealand Registered Nurse (NZRN) badge.
Over the last five years the school has trained and graduated more than 85 nurses. Bronwynne says most of them have remained in Wanganui and contribute daily to the health sector in the region.
The school is also celebrating a remarkable track record over the five years, with a 100 per cent pass rate in the Nursing Council of New Zealand State Final examinations.
Enrolments for the 2009 Bachelor of Nursing programme are strong and UCOL’s Director of Nurse Education Brian Gilchrist says the school can look forward to an even brighter future.
“As part of our continuous improvement, a new curriculum for Nursing is going through our approval process. Last month we hosted a successful visit by members of the Nursing Council and the Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics Quality (ITPQ) panel, to discuss and assess the proposed changes. They visited the Whanganui UCOL Nursing site – and were particularly impressed with the brilliant new facilities there.”
Brian says if the new curriculum is approved, it will be introduced next year, adding that it is an important time to be making positive changes. “We want to ensure our programme continues to produce excellent graduates who in turn contribute to the national nursing workforce at a time when there is an acute shortage of skilled registered nurses.”
The birthday celebrations will be held at Whanganui UCOL in Rutland Street at 3.30 pm on Wednesday 29 October. Dr Nick Nicol, Dean and General Manager of UCOL’s Faculty of Health, Science and Technology, will welcome guests.
Whanganui UCOL’s three year Bachelor of Nursing programme equips graduates with the knowledge and skills required for a nursing career in acute medical/surgical facilities, community health, and mental health and child health agencies. Most graduates take up career opportunities in hospitals, community agencies, Maori health education, iwi-based health centres, pharmaceutical companies, government departments and employment overseas.source
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McLeod Health has donated $100,000 to help support the Florence-Darlington Technical College nursing program.
Florence-Darlington Tech President Dr. Charles Gould accepted the check Tuesday afternoon on behalf of the college.
“We’re facing a $1.3 million budget cut that should be announced at the end of this week,” he said. “Without contributions like this, it’s going to be very difficult to sustain some of the levels of programming that we have.”
Gould said McLeod’s support of the program has helped not only to keep the program financially stable, but also to help students gain valuable experience.
“This program really wouldn’t exist, in all honesty, without McLeod’s support,” he said. “We’re very pleased with the partnership we have with them.”
A great number of graduates from the college go on to work in various capacities at McLeod, Gould said.
Andrew McNeil, an alumnus of Florence-Darlington Tech and recipient of the LINC (Ladders in Nursing Careers) scholarship offer through McLeod Health, said he wouldn’t have been able to make the progress he did without McLeod’s support. He now works as a nurse at McLeod Regional Medical Center.
“That provided me a way to go to school, to keep my benefits and still care for my family,” he said.
McNeil started his medical career as a certified surgical technician, working in that field for 10 years prior to returning to Florence-Darlington Tech to become a registered nurse — an accomplishment he attributes to the help he received from both the hospital and the college.
“It feels very nice to see someone else getting the same opportunities I had,” he said. “To know where I came from and to give someone else that opportunity (feels good).”
Leanne Huminski, chief nursing officer at McLeod Health, said an important part of her job is making sure new nurses want to work at McLeod Health.
“Ultimately our goal is to make sure our patients get the best care, so we are always looking for new talent as they come out of the colleges,” she said. “They really are the lifeblood of our recruitment efforts. We are lucky to have two colleges that provide a fresh crop of nurses every year source
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Advanced nursing roles require an equally advanced education. The M.A. in Nursing program offered by the Graduate School can train you to competently and confidently manage additional responsibilities in your medical setting. It will help you synthesize the knowledge you gained from your previous nursing education and work experience. You will gain ethical perspectives, cultural sensitivity, and Christian principles to advance your nursing career. A final research project helps you address a nursing-related issue and find solutions to new opportunities in the medical field.
Choose from concentrations in Nursing and Christian Health Ministry, Nursing and Health Care Leadership, or Nursing Education to gain advanced training in the area that meets your professional goals.
Face-to-face classroom education lets you build relationships with other nursing professionals. Debra Williams, a case manager at Emmanuel St. Joseph Hospital in Mankato, appreciates the once-a-week format. “It’s better for me because I have that personal contact rather than just online. Honestly, the instructors have been so flexible with me. I just can’t tell you how accommodating they have been. When you go back to school after a few years, you have to change your mindset a little bit, but it has worked out very well.” source
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Jo Brand is to star in a new BBC comedy about nurses working with the elderly.
Brand, a former mental health nurse, has co-written Getting On with her co-stars Joanna Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine
The show, which will air early next year, will be directed by Peter Capaldi, best known as viciously foul-mouthed spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in Armando Iannucci’s The Thick Of It. Scanlan played unambitious Terri Coverley in the political satire.
A corporation spokesman described the new three-part series as ‘darkly funny, tough and compassionate’, adding: ‘[It’s] the story of one ward, in one hospital, which almost all of us will one day experience ourselves – whether we like to admit it or not.’
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The Central R.H.A. will send a recruitment team to the Philippines in November.
Vice-President of Human Resources Officer Jim Hunter says they plan to bring back between 20 and 30 nurses to work in the central region.
Hunter notes the Philippines train more nurses than they need to serve the country, so there are willing applicants.
He says they have members of the immigration department and college of registered nurses on hand to make the transition run smoothly.
Hunter says they expect the nurses to arrive in the spring, and write their licensing exams in June.
The project is supported by Manitoba Health.
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"Middle East countries need some 2000 nurses." This was revealed by Commission on Higher Education Commissioner and concurrent Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) chair of Board of Regents (BOR) Luningning Misuares-Omar.
Dr. Omar made the announcement shortly after presiding over the WMSU BOR 141st regular meeting.
Dr. Omar disclosed that the word "nurses" would mean nursing licensure examination passers including those who had completed their Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees but still do not posses licenses.
The only requirement, she said is that the applicants must be Muslims.
Orientation will be conducted on October 22 at the WMSU gymnasium. Application forms will be distributed during the orientation and thereafter will be processed by the Philippine Overseas employment Agency (POEA
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The National Nurses Organizing Committee continues movement-building across the country, most recently throughout the state of Texas. Last week NNOC testified before a concerned citizens' panel of Dallas-Fort Worth, chaired by State Rep. Roberto Alonzo. The panel heard from numerous witnesses, debated, and finally returned a unanimous recommendation for safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals and strong whistle-blower protection for nurses. This week, nurses at University Hospital in the Bexar County Hospital District caught the attention of San Antonio patients and media by announcing the formation of a Patient Care Advisory Committee, as their first step as NNOC union members, and calling on their hospital to implement staffing ratios and other patient safety protections. Next up? Houston.
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A nurse with the OSU hospitals talks about her job. This video was produced by WOSU as part of mycooljob.org.
Mycooljob.org is designed for middle-schoolers and early high school students, to give them a taste of the real world after graduation, to show the pluses -- and minuses -- of real jobs. Interviews and photos of the professionals are paired with videos of them, as well as interactive blogs.
The project was funded by a grant through E-Tech, which specializes in using new technology so that Ohio learners will succeed in the world of tomorrow. The Columbus Dispatch also contributed to the site, offering free job-related content from its pages.
Four major career fields are highlighted:
Engineering, Information Technology (IT), Arts and Communication, and Health Sciences, all of which will be in demand in the next five to ten years, the same timeframe in which students looking at the site will graduate. In all, 15 full-time professionals offered to be part of the site. They share stories about their professional lives, which almost never follow a direct path, in an effort to demonstrate that career paths are never a straight line. Each voice allows students to meet and get honest advice from people who love what they do for a living, and find out why.
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It is cheaper to hire a qualified nurse from the Philippines, than it is to train one in Britain.
Fourteen thousand Philippine nurses have been recruited into the UK over the past year alone. They come from a part of the world that suffers some of the worst poverty anywhere. In Places there is little or no health care system and the mass exodus of their most highly trained nurses is making things even worse. Many of them are highly skilled specialists but the impoverished Philippine government is willing to sacrifice its healthcare provision for the hard currency the nurses send home. The recruitment process has given rise to a multi-million pound industry and with it allegations of abuse. Agents are taking money to find nurses from equally desperate hospitals in the west, and also taking cash from desperate nurses trying to escape poverty. It's another case of cash being king in a fully globalised world source
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Guam - The University of Guam's nursing program has received a great amount of assistance from Take Care in the last several years, and today received even more support from the health care provider.
Take Care turned over a check for $150,000, bringing their total contribution to $1.5 million over a seven year period.
The money will be used to support the school's scholarship program, classroom equipment and lab supplies, and it all couldn't come at a better time, as the university continues to push to train nurses to work on Guam and in the region.
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My name is Christa and I have been a cardiac nurse at South Shore Hospital in S. Weymouth, MA for the past 15 years. My story is not from any of my many years of working in the medical profession but rather of the challenges I came across from the other side of nursing, as the patient. I have been a patient before, conquering bone cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus and the many aches and pains that come along with these diagnoseses and treatments and I consider myself a fighter.
I was being passed from doctor to doctor and being put on many different medications and treatment plans, even chemotherapy, and still I felt no better. It was two years ago that I had the scare of my life. I became the patient again. I was on the other side of the hospital bed now. I could not breath and the pain in my chest was unbearable. I was diagnosed with multiple pulmonary emboli and blood clots in
my legs. I was told that I was lucky to be alive. What else could possibly happen to me? It was then that I was taken seriously about my complaints. It was then I tried so hard to understand why this was happening to me and I feared the unknown. My medical background was crushing in on me because I knew all the “possible” things that can happen from blood clotting disorders and lowered immune systems.
I felt helpless and out of control. My life was taken over by frequent blood work, doctors visits and blood thinners. Never mind all the side effects. I was determined not to let all this control me or my lifestyle. The hardest part was to learn to step back and take care of myself first. That is not as easy as it sounds. I was always the care taker, the nurse to my patients and my family. I was always the nurse telling my patients how to make important healthy lifestyle changes. Now it was the other way around. I had to get back on my feet and stop trying to understand why this happened to me, but instead I had to learn ways to accept the new challenges of living with a clotting disorder.
I cut back on my work load at the the hospital. I came off the night shift and changed many of the activities in my life. My diet had to change in order to get the maximum effect of my Coumadin®. Sometimes daily activities, meals, travel and health all depended on how high and low my INR results were.
Daily wardrobe depended on how badly I was bruised from lab draws and effects of the blood thinners. I frequently had to wear sunglasses to cover up the broken blood vessels in my eyes. I looked like a battered person. I can only imagine what my patients thought. But that is the life of a person on Coumadin®.
I certainly knew the Coumadin® was working. The hardest hurdle to overcome was the dreaded lab work. Difficult veins to draw blood, frequent long waits in the clinic and endless days waiting for the INR results to finally get back to me. It could be two days before test results came back and my Coumadin® was adjusted . Again, I felt out of control. I did some research on the computer and looked into home INR monitoring systems. I purchased a Protime Microcoagulation System with the help of my medical insurance company and doctor. I can now check my own INR at home with a simple
finger stick and instantly have results. No more waiting or multiple attempts to find a vein at the clinic. I call the results in to the nurse representative for the home monitoring system and she in turn notifies my doctor.
My Coumadin® is adjusted instantly. I find that the values of finger sticks are accurate and dependable. I would highly recommend home INR testing
to anyone on Coumadin® or blood thinners. I finally got the control back in my life again. Today I look back at all I have learned and see a whole new
outlook on the medical profession and my nursing career. It was an eye opening experience being the patient instead of the nurse. Recovery from the hospital goes far beyond the hospital stay and follow up with your physician. When I get a patient newly diagnosed with a blood clotting disorder and started on blood thinners I can sympathize with their needs, concerns and fears. I can offer guidance not only as a nurse in the medical profession
but also on a more personal level.
There is still so much to learn about thrombosis and all the complications associated with it. I truly believe it is all in how you accept the diagnosis and
move beyond it with a positive outlook. It is up to the medical professionals to educate the patient about clotting disorders and treatments for it. But sometimes it is up to those individuals who have the disorder to increase awareness to others so you do not feel like you are struggling alone with the challenges of clotting disorders. We can survive this and take control of our lives at the same time. I did.source
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From the moment Dr. Ron Friedman shook her hand, nurse Jin Young Oh knew something was very special about this doctor.
Jin was a trauma and surgical ICU nurse at Parkland Health & Hospital System when Ron took the time to introduce himself in August 1990. "It was out of the ordinary from the other surgeons," says Jin. "It made an impression on me. The weird thought I had in my head was, 'What if I end up marrying this weird guy?' I just remember shaking it off."
As they worked together, Ron says, they became a team; he could count on Jin. "She was competent enough that I knew if she was taking care of my patients, I'd actually get an hour or two of sleep. For a resident, that's like six hours," says Ron, who was a second-year resident in general surgery then.
Ron asked Jin out in October 1991, but he broke the date three times to tend to sick patients. "She researched each of my excuses to make sure they were valid," he says. "She got confirmation, so she gave me a fourth chance." They had a romantic Italian dinner at Nero's on Lower Greenville. Then Ron played the piano for Jin at an SMU practice room, winning points when he could play any tune she requested.
By the next spring, marriage was imminent. Ron loved that Jin laughed at his jokes, was beautiful, intelligent and confident. And Jin had grown to love Ron's honesty, sincerity and integrity as she watched his gentle care for his patients.
But there were complications. Because Ron is Jewish and Jin is a Southern Baptist-raised Korean, there was a bit of tension when they told their families. That eased over time as the families got to know each other.
Jin's last relationship had strung along seven years, so she had made a vow to herself to move on after a year. "She came up one day and said, 'So, are we getting married or not?' ... It was a little overwhelming that I had to decide my entire career and marriage all in one month," says Ron, 42. "No pressure there."
On an otherwise uneventful night in April 1993, Ron and Jin were going to their favorite all-you-can-eat Szechuan buffet when Ron popped the question in the parking lot. Jin thought he was kidding; then she realized he wasn't.
To celebrate their engagement that summer, Ron and Jin had a Korean wedding, complete with traditional silk garb and a tea ceremony. Then, in a traditional Jewish wedding, Ron and Jin were married Sept. 12, 1993, at the Dallas Civic Garden Center in Fair Park.
Son Andrew was born on April 10, 1997. Daughter Rachel followed on Sept. 13, 1998. Ron and Jin have made it a point to teach their children about their heritage. They love Korean food and go to Hebrew school.
Ron and Jin's exceptional working relationship continues. Ron says he's in awe as he watches Jin juggle so many tasks at his practice at the West Plano Plastic Surgery Center.
"We pretty much think the same thing at the same time nowadays," says Jin, 45. source
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The Villages Nurses Club presented two college students with scholarships Tuesday afternoon at Chatham Recreation Center.
Kim Jones, a student at Lake-Sumter Community College, and Jiena Deeb, a student at Central Florida Community College, were each honored with a $500 scholarship.
The club decided to present the scholarships when it had extra money collected from club dues, club treasurer and scholarship committee co-chairwoman Lorraine Daniels said.
"We couldn't find a nicer way to distribute the extra money," she said.
In order to receive the scholarship, students needed to demonstrate good citizenship and dedication to nursing and have good recommendations from their professors.
Four students applied for the scholarship, and Jones and Deeb were selected.
Jones, a single mother from Clermont, choked back tears as she thanked the club members for the scholarship.
"I want to take the time to thank you all very much for helping students like me," she said.
The money will pay for part of Jones' tuition, and she was grateful that the club was able to help her.
"It's a nice surprise to know there are groups out there supporting students like me," she said.
Deeb, an Ocala resident, believed the scholarship would help her achieve her goal of becoming a registered nurse.
"(I am) very excited," she said. "It came at a good time."
Club president Pat Keeney, a Village of Tall Trees resident, said she hoped the two scholarship recipients would one day help the community.
"That we're able to say, 'Here's some money,' and hope they'll be able to do something for the community is a gift itself," Keeney said.source
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Supermarket giant Asda has snubbed celebrities as models for its clothing range, and has instead roped in doctors, nurses and teachers to endorse their garments.
The move comes in line with the results of a poll that said 79 per cent of British women do not pay any attention to what stars wear.
It was just in April last year that Asda ended its two-year contract with Wayne Rooney’s wife Coleen McLoughlin as the face of women’s range George.
Since then, many names came up to replace her, which included Helen Mirren and Sienna Miller.
But, to everyone’s surprise, Asda’s new campaign features London health workers Fiona Kiek, 27, Ifeoma Ikwlieke, 25, and Leigh Currie, 28.
“Customers are telling us it’s time for a change. It feels wrong to spend money on a celebrity endorsement when times are tough,” British tabloid The Sun quoted Fiona Lambert of George as saying. (ANI)
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An extensive study highlighting the changing face of nurses in films over the last 100 years has revealed that unflattering stereotypes are becoming less common.
And nurses are now being portrayed in a more positive light.
Australian nurse researcher Dr David Stanley reviewed more than 36,000 film synopses and watched 280 films made between 1900 and 2007 for his research.
The study has been published in the latest issue of the UK-based Journal of Advanced Nursing.
“Public perceptions of different professions are strongly influenced by the media and in the past the way that nurses have been represented in feature films has often been at odds with the way nurses perceive their profession,” says Dr Stanley, a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Curtin University of Technology, Perth.
“Nurses need to be aware of how they are portrayed in films and to work positively and proactively with the media to create a realistic and accurate image of themselves and their profession,” the expert added.
Stanley says his research has revealed significant changes in the way nurses have been portrayed in films over the last century.
“In early films, nurses were seen predominantly as heroines, romantic leads, sex objects or self-sacrificial carers, with the First World War featuring in many storylines.
“More recently there is evidence of film makers moving away from the stereotypical themes of the past.
“Nurses today are represented as much more than angels and devils, doormats and divas, as films start to recognise that nursing provides fertile ground for a wide range of plot devices.
“Now they are often portrayed as intelligent, strong and passionate characters and film makers are increasingly turning to nursing characters who offer a broader, deeper and authentic representation of modern nurses and nursing,” the expert said.
More than 800 films were identified from 36,000 synopses and 280 English language or subtitled films were studied in detail, as nurses formed an integral part of the plot. The majority of the films came from the USA (64 per cent) and the UK (12 per cent). Other countries included were Australia, France, Mexico, Spain and Germany.
The number of films reviewed ranged from nine in 1920-29 and 17 in 1900-1919 to 41 in 2000-2007 and 33 in 1980-1989.
“Just over a quarter of the films I looked at (26 per cent) featured an overtly sexual representation of nurses, an image that has negative implications for nursing professionals” says Dr Stanley.
Today’s film nurse is very different from the nurses seen in early black and white silent movies.
“The dawn of the 21st century sees the trend for films with strong, professional assertive self-confident nurses continuing and growing,” he says.
“Feature films offer only a brief insight into how the image of nurses and nursing has been portrayed” concludes Dr Stanley. (ANI)source
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YORK Hospital is throwing open its doors to people seeking jobs in nursing as part of its latest £500,000 recruitment drive.
A drop-in session is being held tomorrow at the Wigginton Road site for those who are interested in nursing roles within the hospital’s elderly services team.
The hospital wants to boost its team of permanent registered nurses and support staff, to develop its services and provide high quality care to its increasing population of older patients.
The session takes place from 11am until 2pm at the Job Shop in the hospital’s main entrance area.
Staff will be available from the wards and from the recruitment team to discuss opportunities, answer questions and help with applications.
The jobs follow the investment by York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to increase nurse staffing levels by recruiting 25 new nurses for the hospital’s acute, medical and elderly wards. Sue Beckett, directorate manager for elderly services at York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We recognise that our staff are critical to our success and we are working to improve staff benefits and training as well as the working environment. We now require additional staff to assist us in our goal to develop a service we can be even more proud of.”
The elderly wards at York Hospital employ about 300 staff over seven wards and at two community units. Specialist areas include stroke, fractured neck of femur, joint assessment for people with mental health and physical problems, and general elderly medicine.
The roles would offer recruits the opportunity to develop clinical skills and multidisciplinary team working.
This is the second stage of a programme of investment in nursing, with £1 million spent last year which was used to help address the chronic shortage of nurses which had been plaguing York Hospital.
As reported, York had one of the lowest nurse-to-bed ratios in the country a number of years ago, but this is no longer the case thanks to recruitment drives source
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The nurses' union says it's holding firm on telling its members to stop doing non-nursing duties, despite warnings from the regional health authorities that nurses could face disciplinary action if they do so.
On Oct. 1, nurses stopped duties such as emptying and cleaning garbage cans, following stalled collective bargaining.
On Oct. 3, the Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses' Union said it was directing its members to stop doing more duties, such as transporting routine specimens to labs or handing out or picking up meal trays. That job action was effective Thursday.
But union president Debbie Forward said they received a letter from the director of the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Boards Association Wednesday, which stated that if nurses don't perform the duties they normally would they may be in violation of their collective agreement, the Canadian nurses code of ethics, or the Public Sector Collective Bargaining Act.
The union received similar notification from some of the individual health boards.
But Forward said the job action was necessary because the duties were taking away from nurses' time with patients.
"We don't think (the non-nursing duties are) fundamental to nurses' work," she said last Thursday.
"We have a shortage of nurses in this province. We think that putting patients first is still our priority and needs to be our priority, and we will not be telling nurses today to continue to do these duties."
Forward said the notification from the health authorities was in stark contrast to the reception nurses got when they first withdrew housekeeping duties Oct. 1. She said the employer and employees co-operated then to make the situation work.
"It appears all that has changed this week," she said.
"In one particular site the employer has gone to our members and said that if they continue not to do those non-nursing duties, there could be a layoff of a nurse ... nurses have had their license to practice threatened."
She said nurses are also being called at home before their shifts and told if they don't do the duties when they come to work, they'll be charged with insubordination.
Forward took issue with the notion that nurses who refuse the duties are somehow not caring for patients and thus breaking their code of conduct.
"It's quite ironic when we heard the minister of health yesterday publicly expressing confidence that nurses will continue to look after patients and that patients will be taken care of," she said, referring to Health Minister Ross Wiseman's comments to the media Wednesday.
Forward said that by not doing the extra duties, short-staffed nurses are freeing time to care for patients.
"Is the employer saying nurses should be stocking shelves rather than attending patients?" she asked.
"I would think that by stopping these things we are the ones who are putting patients first ... Our priority ever since we started this campaign a week ago was to put patients first."
She said that the health system needs to hire more support staff, so that nurses aren't expected to pick up extra duties.
Meanwhile, a Health Department spokeswoman stated in an e-mail that the decision to require nurses to do the duties was not initiated by the government.
She said the decision was made by the regional health authorities as a result of advice from a labour expert. The expert recommended they "exercise their management rights under the current collective agreement," the spokeswoman stated.
However, she also said that the list of nursing duties is not defined or outlined in the collective agreement or elsewhere.
NDP Leader Lorraine Michael also weighed in on the issue, stating that the work-to-rule policies taken up by the union members shows the province needs a complete external review of its health-care system.source
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Delta County Memorial Hospital is celebrating Emergency Nurses Week Oct. 5-12. This year’s theme, “Emergency Nurses, Simply the Best!,” reflects the excellence of our emergency nurses at Delta County Memorial Hospital.
Emergency nurses are highly trained and dedicated to maintaining the skills and knowledge necessary to care for their patients. They have to be experts in the treatment of every disease and injury. They have the responsibility of knowing what to do when life hangs in the balance. Like police, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians, emergency nurses often go off shift knowing their work helped to save a life. Emergency nurses are truly everyday heroes!
Whether it’s performing a high-tech life saving procedure or simply holding the hand of a loved one when they receive the worst possible news, emergency nurses live up to the challenges and appreciate the rewards of sharing in life most fragile moments.
Earlier this year, the emergency department staff at Delta County Memorial Hospital was named a national award winner in two categories of healthcare service quality for 2007.The first award was for Exemplary Service, Most Improved Loyalty and Endorsement and the second, Exemplary Service, Most Improved Emergency Care. These awards were made by Avatar International Inc. The emergency room nursing staff played a critical role in the hospital receiving this endorsement and recognition from our emergency room patients.
Delta County Memorial Hospital is proud to recognize the emergency nurses who are there to serve your medical needs 24 hours a day. Congratulations on a job well done!
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Thanks to a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pilot program,nurses may be able to enjoy new career opportunities while seeing a lot more of the U.S.A.
The Travel Nurse Corps was created by VA to address the nationwide shortage of nurses and enhance quality care for veterans, while enabling VA nurses to travel and work throughout the department's medical system.
"Those who join the VA Travel Nurse Corps will become key members of a talented group of professionals who are dedicated to providing the best care possible to our nation's veterans," said Cathy Rick, RN, VA's chief nursing officer. "The program assists VA medical facilities address supplemental staffing needs while ensuring there is a continued commitment to quality and safety."
VA travel nurses are compensated for their time on duty and their travel, receiving government per diem allowances, which include lodging, meals and incidentals.
"The program is competitive with the private sector," said Jacqueline Jackson, RN, Travel Nurse Corps director. "VA has state-of-the-art facilities, high-tech computer systems and professional colleagues second to none."
Cindy Cino, RN, is from a small town in Florida. After a tailor-made orientation program, she has traveled to Arizona and Tennessee, working in Long Term Care at VA medical facilities.
Helene Salahud-din, RN, got involved in travel nursing when her youngest child left home. "It is an exciting field to go into because you have the opportunity to see places you have read about and work in different clinical facilities. Plus, the VA has an absolutely wonderful computerized patient record system--the best I have ever seen."
For Cino, the travel corps provided an opportunity to travel for herself and her husband, but she also likes the idea of giving back to the men and women who have served the country. "When it comes to health care, this travel nurse program has made us both feel young and excited about my nursing career."
This special nursing program was designed to establish a potential pool for national emergencies and serve as a model for an expanded VA travel corps with nurses who have varying specialties.
Participants in a new program have found that it can make them feel excited about their careers again.source
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The St. Elizabeth School of Nursing will hold an information day starting at 2 p.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 31 for anyone interested in a nursing career.
The program will cover registration, curriculum, financial aid and admission information for the St. Elizabeth School of Nursing. Tours of the facility will also be provided.
The St. Elizabeth School of Nursing–Saint Joseph’s College Consortium Nursing Program offers an integrated diploma/bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) curriculum that prepares the graduates to become eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN).
The program includes:
A nursing educational program based in the diploma/hospital tradition of early “hands on” clinical experiences and approved by the Indiana State Board of Nursing; and accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC).
A regionally accredited college authorized to offer the BSN.
The St. Elizabeth School of Nursing is approved by the Indiana State Board of Nursing and is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. Admission to the school is based on the applicant’s ability to meet the admission requirements without discrimination.
The school is located at 1508 Tippecanoe St., Lafayette, on the St. Elizabeth Medical Center campus. To register for the program or for more information, please call (765) 423-6400.
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The University of Calgary's faculty of nursing is off to a promising start this month after receiving a $1.1 million donation from the Brenda Strafford Foundation for a centre of excellence in gerontological nursing. The five-year plan to construct the centre aims to enhance the lives of seniors in long-term care facilities while encouraging nursing students to specialize in senior care, or gerontology.
"The partnership is a really great boost to students because it will allow them the opportunity to explore [gerontological nursing]," said Brenda Strafford Foundation executive vice-president Mario Siciliano. "Nine-tenths of the challenge is having the nursing students become aware of the opportunities and then exploring it through the course of their studies."
The centre, the first of its kind in Canada, will also offer nursing instructors and students more access to residents of the foundation's many long-term care facilities and create more student placements for experimental learning.
Canadian Association on Gerontology president and faculty of nursing associate professor Sandra Hirst explained the program is simply an extension of nursing education in that it will build on nursing students' knowledge and skills.
"It will give [nursing students] a chance to continue to work in their own areas of expertise and strengths," said Hirst, the future director of the new centre. "It will give them a chance to have research involvement in a practical setting."
Faculty of nursing interim dean Dianne Tapp said what is most exciting about the program is its delivery of quality education.
"We're hoping that by having a really positive educational experience in relation to care that more nurses will choose to focus on that earlier in their career," said Tapp. "Nurses are a real critical point of contact for elderly in terms of meeting their health needs. We want nurses to have a lot of confidence and knowledge to prepare them to do that really well."
Tapp added that although the nursing shortage will continue to rise no matter what long-term strategies are in place, the program will be an ongoing success.
"The bottom line is there's not a quick solution to the workforce shortage and the solution is not really about increasing seats but about conserving the practice setting in a positive work environment as well," said Tapp.
Siciliano believes having dedicated nurses in gerontology is important when developing quality long-term care for the aging population.
"I think there's a lot of kudos that would go out to nursing faculty for foresight and commitment to explore this area," said Siciliano. "Money itself won't accomplish anything. It's really the people who have been involved over the long term."
The Brenda Strafford Foundation, founded by the foundation's president and CEO Barrie Strafford, is a non-profit organization that sponsors many long-term care facilities in Canada.source
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The University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies has received designation as a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Collaborating Centre for Nursing Human Resources Development and Patient Safety.
The designation comes after years of planning between the School of Nursing and Health Studies and PAHO, the regional office for the WHO. During that time, the school developed and implemented several independent projects in Latin America and the Caribbean designed to improve health and living standards in the region.
"Establishing a WHO Collaborating Centre at our School of Nursing and Health Studies supports the mission of the University of Miami to provide leadership to the global community in the areas of health education and health care," says President Donna E. Shalala. "By focusing on nursing workforce development, patient safety, and research, the new WHO Collaborating Centre will help to address some of the most pressing public health issues of the Western Hemisphere."
WHO Nursing Collaborating Centres, which number just 8 in the U.S. and 38 worldwide, serve as resources for nurses and other health care professionals in the promotion of global public health. Center personnel work with the WHO in its efforts to promote health development, foster health security, strengthen health systems, and enhance international partnerships.
"Addressing nursing workforce issues is a critical need for countries throughout our hemisphere," says, Nilda P. Peragallo, DrPH, RN, FAAN, Dean and Professor, who will serve as the director of the center. "We look forward to partnering with international leaders to find solutions that strengthen the nursing workforce and improve patient safety both within and beyond our borders."
Located in the M. Christine Schwartz Center for Nursing and Health Studies at UM, the WHO Collaborating Centre will work to develop an understanding of the impact that the nursing shortage and migration have on patient safety in the Caribbean and Latin America. The WHO Collaborating Centre will promote nursing education and capacity building, encouraging technological innovation to improve patient care throughout the PAHO region.
The new partnership connects UM faculty and students to health experts, data, and authoritative sources in the Americas and the Caribbean. Among the many significant projects proposed through this partnership is the creation and expansion of research partnerships, the development of collaborative doctoral courses, increasing capacity for nursing education throughout the region, and the establishment of student exchange programs.
Other planned initiatives include the integration of content on HIV/AIDS and substance abuse into undergraduate nursing curricula and the development of post-baccalaureate certification for nurses in areas ranging from HIV/AIDS and family health to anesthesia. The nursing collaborating center is the second WHO Collaborating Centre to be established at UM. In March 2008, the University of Miami Ethics Programs were designated a WHO Collaborating Centre in Ethics and Global Health Policy.
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About the School of Nursing and Health Studies
Established in 1948 as South Florida's first collegiate nursing program, the School of Nursing and Health Studies at the University of Miami has a distinguished tradition of preparing nurses to provide compassionate, quality care to local, national and international communities. Nursing students at the undergraduate and graduate levels are educated by renowned scholars and exposed to a broad range of clinical experiences and cutting-edge research. In February 2005, the School expanded its program offerings to include the University of Miami's Health Science program and changed its name to the School of Nursing and Health Studies. The expanded curriculum includes programs leading to the BSN, MSN, PhD, and DNP degrees as well as the BS in Health Science degree.
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One industry that needs workers is the nursing industry.
Especially in northeast Nebraska.
That's according to the Doctor Kyle Meye, the associate Dean for the school of Allied Health Professionals at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
He was in Norfolk Thursday to discuss the Allied Health Professions.
But he says the problem isn't just affecting Nebraska, but the entire medical industry.
"Actually projections for existing shortages and greater shortages in all of the health professions nursing, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and the majority of the allied health professions," Doctor Kyle Meyer, Associate Dean of Allied Health Professionals said.
Meyer says the University is seeing an increase in enrollment in Allied Health programs.
He points to the construction of the U-N-M-C School of nursing in Norfolk as another example of offering young people more opportunities in the medical profession.
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Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), a national accreditation agency, this week granted full five-year accreditation to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at Globe University/Minnesota School of Business (GU/MSB). CCNE accreditation is a voluntary, self-regulated process that supports excellence, innovation and growth in baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate nursing programs as a means to contribute to the health of the public. Globe University/Minnesota School of Business is one of only a few career colleges to earn this accreditation, more commonly associated with private and public liberal arts colleges and universities.
The nursing program at GU/MSB offers distinctive advantages. It is a small program located on an intimate campus. Students form close relationships with instructors, and academic support services, including a full-time nursing tutor, are readily available. An appreciation for cultural diversity and human spirituality is woven throughout the program, which has an emphasis on holistic care in a global environment. Entire courses are devoted to critical issues related to professional practice, health promotion, and end of life care, as well as provision of care in complex healthcare situations. Students integrate the art and science of the professional nursing role through multiple learning environments including simulation experiences on a specially instrumented mannequin, so as they enter practice as registered nurses, they have experiential learning within diverse care situations.
Globe University/Minnesota School of Business, has been providing students in the Upper Midwest with high-quality, practical career training for over 130 years. A core component of the nursing program, like all others at the school, is oversight by professionals and employers in the field. The Nursing Program Advisory Board is a group of dedicated medical professionals who support the program's mission of meeting the needs of the community and an evolving global society.
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Richfield, Minnesota 55423
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St. John's Health System will host a nursing career fair from 5 to 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the McAuley Conference Center, in the new patient tower at St. John's Hospital, 1235 E. Cherokee
Sign-on bonuses being offered include: $10,000 for a full-time registered nurse, $5,000 for a part-time RN and $250 for a nurse assistant.
Registered nurses, nurse assistants and new graduates are encouraged to attend.
No appointment is necessary and onsite interviews will conducted both days.
Eligibility for sign-on bonus include:
- Must be hired as a result of this hiring event. An RN must have at least two years experience and must sign a three-year commitment. Apart-time RN must work at least 40 hours per pay period. Nurse assistants, no commitment required.
An individual cannot already be employed within St. John's Health System, but former co-workers are eligible. New graduates are not eligible.
The payout for RNs will be half within the first 30 days of employment and the other half paid after 90 days of successful employment. Nurse assistants will be paid after successful 90 days of employment.
Current workers are eligible for referral bonus: $5,000 for a full-time RN; $2,500 for a part-time RN; and $100 for a nurse assistant source
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NURSES need to embark on continuing nursing education programmes like seminars, conventions and long and short courses to update themselves on knowledge related to their profession.
State Health Department director Dr Teh Lei Choo said knowledge acquired today might be obsolete in the near future with today’s technology age.
“This is why nurses need to read professional journals and surf the Internet to learn and be updated on new developments in the medical field,” she said.
Speaking at the Penang and Bukit Mertajam Nursing Colleges’ convocation ceremony at Dewan Sri Pinang on Monday, Dr Teh told the nursing graduates that specialisation was crucial in the nursing profession today due to medical advancements and disease pattern changes.
“Specialised nurses are the real assets of hospitals, not expensive high-end machines.
“Tertiary hospitals cannot function without specialised nurses,’’ she said.
She urged the graduates to pursue post-basic nursing courses and practise nursing ethics like being fair, respectful and non-maleficent to their patients.
A total of 288 nurses received the basic nursing diploma,while 173 graduated in post-basic midwifery, 68 in coronary care nursing, 93 in intensive care nursing, 107 in operation theatre nursing and 44 in paediatric nursing.
Nurse Heng Ooi Bee Lee, 27, was top in her basic nursing diploma class.
There were no secret formulas to Heng Ooi’s success as all she did was pay attention in class and focus during her practical training programme.
“After classes, I met up with my classmates to discuss what we had learned and revised together said Heng Ooi, who wants to be a specialised nurse one day.
Penang Nursing College also offers orthopaedic nursing and management in nursing source
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The State College Board of the Institutions of Higher Learning has approved an Associate Degree Nursing Program at East Mississippi Community College’s Golden Triangle campus.
The decision came during the board’s regular monthly meeting, held Thursday morning at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg – and after several requests from EMCC officials for permission to establish the program. EMCC is the only community college in the state without an Associate Degree Nursing program.
“We’re very pleased with the news and thankful to the IHL for its decision,” said Dr. Paul Miller, vice president of EMCC’s Golden Triangle campus.
“EMCC is committed to removing the barriers between people and education, between people and their desire to improve their lives – whether those barriers involve geography, scheduling or financial need. Now that the first step has been taken, and the program has been approved, the real work begins as we hi | | |
