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It's the fifth month of the year 2018 and it's time once again to celebrate National Nurses Week!
View ArticleFirst Lay Nurse Beatified
Hanna Helena Chrzanowska was beatified by the Catholic Church on April 28 in Poland. This was the first time that the Church bestowed sainthood on a registered nurse and laywoman.
View ArticleStudy: Better Educated Nurses Improve Survival Rates of Dementia Patients...
A major study found that where hospitals employed more nurses with at least a 4-year bachelor’s degree, fewer patients with dementia died after surgery.
View ArticleICN: ‘Nurses a Voice to Lead – Health is a Human Right’
“Nurses a Voice to Lead – Health is a Human Right,” the report and toolkit of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) for 2018 for International Nurses Day (IND) was released earlier this year. This...
View ArticleThousands of Nursing Applicants are Rejected Amidst Growing Nurse Shortage
Nursing schools across the USA are turning away thousands of qualified applicants every year while the demand for nurses is already outstripping the supply.
View ArticleWoodhull Study Revisited: Nurses Still Invisible in Media
No one is talking about nurses, the work we do or listening to what we have to say. The conclusion that, after two decades, nurses remain invisible in health news.
View ArticleAnonymous ‘Florence Smith’ Rallies New Zealand Nurses
Two anonymous New Zealand nurses have again demonstrated the value of social media in mobilizing nurses to make their voice heard.
View ArticleICN Calls for Better Pay of World’s Nurses to Make Profession More Attractive
With a fall in purchasing power, world's nurses need a pay rise and better working conditions, according to a new report.
View ArticleAustralian Nurse, Dr. Isabelle Skinner, Appointed as New CEO at ICN
The appointment of Dr. Isabelle Skinner, a nurse from Australia, as Chief Executive Officer of the International Council of Nurses was announced on June 4.
View ArticleStudy: Increasing Use of Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care
Over the past decade, the use of nurse practitioners (NP’s) in primary care has grown considerably, especially in underserved rural areas.
View ArticleNurse Michael Ketterer’s Touching and Triumphant Performance in America’s Got...
Michael Ketterer, a pediatric mental health nurse, was awarded the Golden Buzzer after a show-stopping performance during America’s Got Talent auditions.
View ArticleUK Removes Visa Cap Limiting the Number of Overseas Nurses and Doctors
The United Kingdom announced recently that it was excluding doctors and nurses from the Tier 2 visa cap which applies to skilled workers from outside the European Union.
View ArticleElizabeth Wettlaufer Serial Murders: Did the System Fail the Patients?
Wettlaufer was found guilty of 8 counts of murder, 4 counts of attempted murder and 2 cases of aggravated assault against elderly patients by injecting them with insulin.
View ArticleNurses’ ‘Fixation’ on Equipment Largely to Blame for Toddler’s Death
Nurses’ errors were found during an inquest to be largely to blame for the death of a 3-year old boy Aidan Mara.
View ArticleNursing Careers Among the ‘Best 100 Jobs in America’ with Nurse Practitioners...
With nurse practitioners coming in at fourth place in the U.S. News.com rankings of 'The Best 100 Jobs in America' and registered nurses at 18th place, you can be assured that a career in nursing holds...
View ArticleNurses: We Are Always Here, Always There
The great diversity in nursing is displayed in this powerful video which is part of the largest ever recruitment campaign launched by the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom in its...
View ArticleNew Zealand Nurses Strike for First Time in 30 years
Across New Zealand, 30,000 nurses employed by District Health Boards (DHB) embarked on a 24-hour strike.
View ArticleStudy: 12-Hour Nursing Shifts Lead to More Sick Days
Nurses were more likely to call in sick when scheduled to work a 12-hour shift, as well as significantly more likely to be absent due to illness after a series of long 12-hour shifts.
View ArticleNurse Retention Calls for Strategic Policy Commitment
Retention of nurses should be just as critical as recruitment in solving the problem of nurse shortages.
View ArticleNew York City to Pay Nurses $20.8 Million in Historic Gender-Discrimination Suit
A battle of more than a decade against the City of New York to recognize of nursing as physically taxing work culminated on July 18.
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