Safe Nurse Staffing Accord Signed at New Zealand Parliament
On July 30, an accord was signed between the Ministry of Health, the District Health Boards (DHBs) and the New Zealand Nurses Organization (NZNO) to ensure that a sophisticated tool for determining...
View ArticleICN Calls for Safe Nurse Staffing
Improved patient outcomes are dependent on safe nurse staffing levels as well as not substituting registered nurses with lower qualified categories of nurses and support staff.
View ArticleNursing Team Initiative Reduces Noise in ICU
The constant high levels of noise in intensive care units hurt patient recovery as it can cause to sleep deprivation, increased pain perception and even heightened delirium.
View ArticleNurse’s Dream of a Bereavement Suite Realized After Many Years
Where do families at your hospital receive the news that their loved one has passed away?
View ArticleNursing in the US is a Great Career Choice
Facts and figures show that becoming a nurse in America is an excellent career choice.
View ArticleHigh Nursing Student Dropout Rates Are a Global Concern
In the United Kingdom, a quarter of nursing students drop out of their courses, and it seems that similar or higher drop-out rates occur across the world.
View ArticleClara Louise Maass: Heroic Nurse Who Gave Her Life for Yellow Fever Research
In seven pain-wrecked days, yellow fever killed Clara Louise and it was her own doing.
View ArticleNurses Are Key to Preventing Health Effects of Sedentary Lifestyle
Nurses who are on their feet all day might seldom consider the health risks of sedentary behavior.
View ArticleWorld Mental Health Day: Student Nurses, Here’s What You Need to Know About...
Nursing students have high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression which could develop into mental health problems.
View ArticleUniversity of Maine Steps Up to Address Nursing Shortage
The University of Maine has come up with a wide-reaching plan to do something about the looming nursing workforce crisis in the state of Maine.
View ArticleCourt Finds Indian Army’s Practice as ‘Gender Discrimination’
The Indian Professional Nurses Association (IPNA) filed a plea against the Indian Army challenging their exclusion of men from nursing in the Indian Army.
View ArticleNew Online Resource for ‘Prescribing Exercise’ to Your Patients
A resource is now available to help health care professionals to start conversations and advise their patients about physical activity.
View ArticleDeclaration of Astana: A Landmark Commitment to Universal Health Coverage
All member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) made a renewed commitment to primary health care (PHC) as the way to achieve universal health coverage when they unanimously endorsed the Astana...
View ArticleNurses Among Heroes in California Wildfires
Besides the firefighters and police officers, many nurses, doctors, and paramedics also courageously put their own lives on the line for the safety and needs of their patients during the California fires.
View ArticleHelp Nominate These Two Incredible Nurses for the Nobel Peace Prize
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) recently issued a press statement calling for support of a petition to strengthen the nomination of Marianne Stöger and Margaritha Pissarek for a Nobel Peace...
View ArticleNurse’s Medication Error Causes Patient’s Death and Financial Threat to Hospital
A nurse’s medication error at a leading hospital in Tennessee caused a patient’s horrific death, and the hospital nearly lost its Medicare reimbursement status as a result.
View ArticleSurvey Confirms Nurses Work Under Tough Conditions
The majority of nurses who responded to a recent survey by LNC STAT are unhappy with their working conditions.
View ArticleSpotlight on the World of Nursing in 2018
During 2018, as in every year before, millions of nurses across the world have gone about their work quietly to provide the best possible care and comfort to their patients and communities – despite...
View ArticleErnest Grant Starts Term as New ANA President
Ernest Grant, RN, Ph.D., FAAN, started his two-year term as the 36th President of the American Nurses Association (ANA) on January 1.
View ArticleMidwives Deliver Nine Healthy Babies in Flooded Hospital
Dedicated midwives in rural South Africa improvised to deliver nine healthy babies while the hospital was completely flooded and with no electricity.
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