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Power to Influence Patient Care: Who Holds the Keys?
Power to Influence Patient Care: Who Holds the Keys?
posted by nurse24 484 days 48 minutes ago
In 2007 nurses continue to comprise the largest group of health care professionals in the United States, but our numbers have failed to result in a corresponding ability to shape and direct health care policy in a way that empowers both nurses and health care consumers.
Read more...Four Receive Highest International Nursing Award - American Red Cross
Four Receive Highest International Nursing Award - American Red Cross
posted by andrewmartin 476 days 2 hours 14 minutes ago
Four U.S. nurses have been selected by the International Committee of the Red Cross to receive the 41st annual Florence Nightingale Medal. Thirty-five nurses around the world will receive the award this year.
Read more...THE NURSE PRACTITIONER ROLE IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
THE NURSE PRACTITIONER ROLE IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
posted by stephenhyatt 523 days 20 hours 43 minutes ago
The purpose of this article is threefold: to describe a psychiatric nurse practitioner program that focuses specifically on primary care; 2) to discuss the rationale for a psychiatric nurse practitioner role; and 3) to discuss the advantages of this new role. The nurse practitioner in psychiatry expands advanced practice nursing with an optional but important new role.
Read more...LONG LIVE THE CNS AND THE NP IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
LONG LIVE THE CNS AND THE NP IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
posted by andrewmartin 523 days 20 hours 44 minutes ago
This article gives an overview of the clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric mental health nursing.
Read more...SIX KILLERS: HEART DISEASE; Lessons of Heart Disease, Learned and Ignored
SIX KILLERS: HEART DISEASE; Lessons of Heart Disease, Learned and Ignored
posted by tatum10 523 days 20 hours 50 minutes ago
Keith Orr thought he would surprise his doctor when he came for a checkup.
Read more...THE DOCTOR'S WORLD; So Many Advances in Medicine, So Many Yet to Come
THE DOCTOR'S WORLD; So Many Advances in Medicine, So Many Yet to Come
posted by nurse24 523 days 20 hours 52 minutes ago
After President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a heart attack in the middle of the night on Sept. 24, 1955, his physician told Mamie Eisenhower to snuggle with her husband in bed to keep him warm.
Read more...Vitamin E Helps Remove Scars
Vitamin E Helps Remove Scars
posted by aliux 571 days 23 hours 44 minutes ago
A group of 159 people who had suffered burns over the course of a year, apply vitamin E to their scars and others to use a different topical cream. Those in the vitamin E group showed no noticeable improvement in the size.
Read more...Baby Talk: Silly Sounds That Carry Real Impact
Baby Talk: Silly Sounds That Carry Real Impact
posted by andy12 571 days 23 hours 37 minutes ago
If you've ever felt silly cooing "baby talk" to your infant, relax. New research suggests you're giving your child just what he or she needs to begin developing language skills and to bond with you, with every "goo-goo, ga-ga" you utter.
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