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Nurses, cleaners at increased risk for asthma
Nurses, cleaners at increased risk for asthma
posted by tatum10 393 days 22 hours 17 minutes ago
Nurses are roughly twice as likely as people with other jobs to develop asthma, according to a report in The Lancet medical journal.
Read more...Award-Winning NIH Administrator Appointed Deputy Director at National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Award-Winning NIH Administrator Appointed Deputy Director at National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
posted by nurse24 401 days 22 hours 44 minutes ago
Joyce A. Hunter, Ph.D., a cardiovascular physiologist and award-winning administrator at the National Institutes of Health will serve as deputy director, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH.
Read more...Maryland Nursing Shortage Getting Worse
Maryland Nursing Shortage Getting Worse
posted by tnelson 388 days 2 hours 9 minutes ago
Despite increased salaries, creative recruiting techniques and government-funded scholarship programs, the nursing shortage at Maryland hospitals is getting worse, according to a report released yesterday by the Maryland Hospital Association...
Read more...Nurses consulted on strike action
Nurses consulted on strike action
posted by tonnyscott 408 days 23 hours 17 minutes ago
Nurses in England are being sent ballot papers, asking if they are ready to consider industrial action in their pay dispute with the government.
Read more...These Nurses are Ready and Able
These Nurses are Ready and Able
posted by jlittle 409 days 2 hours 16 minutes ago
The best nurse for a position may be least likely to get it if employers and colleagues are unable to recognize that a disability doesn't mean a candidate can't do the job as well as, or better than, required.
Read more...Nursing graduates: Help is on the way
Nursing graduates: Help is on the way
posted by jlittle 409 days 2 hours 7 minutes ago
With a packed auditorium at the Bucks County Community College in Newtown these nursing graduates are aiding the health care field that is still desperately in need of qualified nurses.
Read more...Critical Competency: Determining and Communicating the Number of Nurses You Must Hire
Critical Competency: Determining and Communicating the Number of Nurses You Must Hire
posted by jlittle 401 days 2 hours 21 minutes ago
The price of inadequate numbers of registered nurses to meet patient care demands in hospitals is unacceptably high. On any given day, if demand exceeds the number of available nurses, patients will be diverted elsewhere or, worse yet, they will be accepted into the organization and overextend the nurses who will care for them. The results, threats to patient safety and nurse dissatisfaction, have contributed significantly to the problems we experience in acute care today.
Read more...VITAL SIGNS: What It Takes To Pursue A Second Career In Health Care
VITAL SIGNS: What It Takes To Pursue A Second Career In Health Care
posted by jlittle 401 days 1 hour 58 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- When business at his Boston production company started falling off after 9/11, Robert Beeman began thinking about parlaying his love of science into a second career in health care. He hadn't planned to stay at the creative services company he co-founded 20 years ago for more than five years, and the decline in advertising clients caused him to reconsider his earlier goals.
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