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Short Heart Health Programs Improve Life Expectancy and Reduce Hospitalizations

Secondary prevention programs for coronary heart disease that contain less than 10 hours contact with health professionals and those provided by family doctors are just as effective in saving lives as more expensive, longer and more specialized hospital-based alternatives, according to cardiovascular researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.

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Little Rock Nurse Practitioner Receives Award Of Excellence In Community Service

The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) presented its Award of Excellence in Community Service to Stephanie Wyatt, WHNP, APN.

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Nurses' 'pay hopes to be dashed'

Hopes among nurses that the revamp of government could signal a change of heart over the staging of their pay rise are likely to be dashed.

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Violence in nursing homes an understudied threat

While the traditional view of elder abuse in nursing homes involves staff harming residents, new research suggests residents may have more to fear from their peers.

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Sharp nurses ratify new contract, including pay, benefits increases

Sharp Healthcare union nurses ratified a new three-year contract Thursday that includes wage increases and retirement benefit gains but not a requirement sought by labor leaders for all staff nurses to join the union.

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American Society Of PeriAnesthesia Nurses Launches New Geriatric Web Resource, USA

The American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association is launching its geriatric web resource available at http://www.aspan.org.

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Nurse shortage hits mental care

Mental health patients' care is being threatened by nursing staff shortages, nurses say.

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Nurses Need More Obesity Training

Better training is needed for primary care nurses to help them support obese patients, new research has found.

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