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US: Economy hits nurse staffing costs, aids hospital labor costs
27 February 2009
The stormy U.S. economy has drawn a silver lining for some hospitals, which are able to hire more nurses directly and rely less on costlier contract-nurse businesses.
USA: Nurse probed in teen's suicide has long disciplinary record
27 February 2009
Police are investigating a 46-year-old Minnesota nurse, William Francis Melchert-Dinkel, as "a person of interest" in the suicide of a Brampton teenager last year.
Coalition targeting nursing shortage will take aim at education, funding
27 February 2009
AARP, the AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on Monday announced the formation of a new coalition that will aim to address the nationwide nursing shortage and emphasize the need to include nurses in a comprehensive health care overhaul.
India: Need to revise nursing curriculum stressed
27 February 2009
Rev Sr Jacintha D'Souza, principal, said the main objective of the conference was to sensitize nursing educators on the latest methods of teaching in theoretical and clinical sides. She said nursing educators should aim at keeping pace with the latest trends in nursing and impart quality education to enhance professional qualities.
US: National Occupational Health Nursing Week celebrates best value in healthcare industry
26 February 2009
The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. announces the 6th Annual National Occupational Health Nursing Week, April 17-23. This year's theme, "OHNs: The Best Value in Healthcare," highlights occupational and environmental health nurses' (OHNs) ability to promote and maintain both workers' physical health and businesses' fiscal health.
Insurers, drugmakers take hit under Obama budget plan
26 February 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama's 2010 budget proposal takes direct aim at drugmakers and health insurers to help fund an overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system.
Dengue fever check on Fraser Coast
27 February 2009
The epidemic of dengue fever cases climbing to 500 in north Queensland has prompted the Fraser Coast Regional Council to survey to determine if the illness is here.
Bega maternity service cuts add to hospital pressure: RDA
27 February 2009
The Rural Doctors Association (RDA) says the decision to cut maternity services in south-east New South Wales flies in the face of a new Federal Government report.
Malaysia: Masterskill to invest RM50 million for expansion of Sabah campus
27 February 2009
Masterskill Education Group Bhd, the country's largest private health science education provider, will invest RM50 million [roughly AUD$22 million] for the expansion of its Masterskill College of Nursing and Health campus in Sabah.
Companion Card NSW
People with a disability, who require attendant care type support, are often required to pay two admission and/or booking fees; one for themselves and one for their companion. This has the effect of increasing the admission and/or booking price for the person with a disability. The Companion Card allows people with a significant and permanent disability, who require attendant care for the rest of their lives, to participate in community activities and events without discrimination. Free call 1800 893 044
US: Nursing shortage gets personal
27 February 2009
If nurses are the heartbeat of health care, the industry needs a pacemaker. Finding a doctor to perform the surgery, however, might not be easy.
National Medical Director of Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority appointed
27 February 2009
Dr Gerry O’Callaghan has been appointed the inaugural National Medical Director of the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority.
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr09-dept-dept270209.htm
Fed, state govts must work together on Aboriginal health
27 February 2009
Efforts to close the gap in Aboriginal disadvantage are being stonewalled by a lack of co-ordination between federal and state governments, say health organisations.
Bush doctors welcome maternity review
27 February 2009
The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) has welcomed the Australian Department of Health and Ageing’s Maternity Services Review Report, released recently by Federal Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, saying it provides a strong way forward for improving access to maternity services in the bush.
California: Big jump in Alzheimer's cost expected in state
26 February 2009
The cost of caring for Californians with Alzheimer's disease is expected to grow from $50.5 billion to $98.8 billion over the next 20 years, an increase of 96 percent, according to a report released today by the Alzheimer's Association.
Wales: New training for maternity staff
26 February 2009
A new training scheme for maternity support workers to enable them to relieve midwives of some of their current tasks is to begin.
US: Anaheim nursing home faces $75,000 fine in choking death
26 February 2009
The state has fined an Anaheim nursing center $75,000 in the case of an elderly man whose death was reported for months as a heart attack – although he really choked on a tuna sandwich.
New health award too costly, dentists claim
26 February 2009
The Rudd Government's drive to create uniform minimum employment standards across the health industry will push up costs and reduce opening hours, according to dentists.
No takers for insulin pumps scheme
26 February 2009
The government’s $5.5 million subsidy scheme for insulin pumps for children has been branded a flop, with only three pumps funded so far.
Study into mobile phone health risks for adolescents
26 February 2009
Monash medical researcher Professor Malcolm Sim is part of a major new international study into mobile phone use and brain cancer risk in young people.
UK: Top nurses 'struggle to do jobs'
26 February 2009
Senior nurses who manage hospital wards are being too overburdened with paperwork and patients to do their jobs properly, unions say.
US: Do nursing doctorates confuse medical lingo?
25 February 2009
Educational programs granting doctorate degrees to nurses have received criticism by some who contend that only physicians should be called “doctors” in the medical field.
Nursing homes for the rest of us
25 February 2009
One snowy New Year’s Eve, in a cabin by Lake George in upstate New York, Dan Reingold, the 54-year-old C.E.O. of the Hebrew Home for Aged in Riverdale, shared a bottle of single-malt Scotch with a group of friends and asked them to imagine a nursing home that wouldn’t make baby boomers like themselves say, “Over my dead body.”
US: Address the ‘dummying down of nursing’
25 February 2009
The nursing shortage must be reviewed from two vantage points. First, the shortage of qualified nursing faculty must be addressed.
Organ and Tissue Donation for Transplantation
Senator the Hon Jan McLucas, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing, February 2009
This is an exciting time for the Australian organ and tissue donation and transplant
sector. The Australian Government’s $151.1 million National Organ and Tissue
Donation Reform Package presents us with a genuine opportunity to make a real
Doubts over impact of alcopop tax
25 February 2009
New research from Access Economics has found that there's been little or no change to the number of heavily drunk young people ending up in hospitals since the so-called alcopops tax was introduced in April last year.
Campaign begins to recruit more blood donors
25 February 2009
The Red Cross Blood Service wants to recruit an extra 100,000 regular donors across Australia this year.
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Call to target rogues in nip 'n' tuck trade
25 February 25 2009
Consumer group Choice is warning people shopping around for cosmetic surgery to check doctors' qualifications and experience after a woman it sent undercover was told she stood a better chance of finding a partner if her breasts were enlarged.
Govt: Organ and tissue donation reform
24 February 2009
The Rudd Government has today announced a 15-member Advisory Council to help drive its new national approach to lifting Australia's organ and tissue donation and transplantation rates.
New Council on Organ and Tissue Donation Reform
24 February 2009
The Rudd Government has today announced a 15-member Advisory Council to help drive its new national approach to lifting Australia’s organ and tissue donation and transplantation rates.
Mental health services for bushfires victims
23 February 2009
In response to the tragic and devastating Victorian bushfires, the Australian Government is providing $7.5 million for the provision of mental health support to affected individuals and communities.
National doctors register at risk
24 February 2009
Western Australia could scuttle Kevin Rudd's national registration and accreditation scheme for doctors and other health workers unless its concerns about bureaucratic and political interference are addressed.
UK: Nurses to tackle social exclusion
23 February 2009
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will today launch an online tool which will help to improve the health prospects of socially excluded and "hard to reach" groups.
Advances for Alzheimer's, Outside the Lab
23 February 2009
"You can see how they become lucid when they sing," says Chreanne Montgomery-Smith, who runs support groups for the Newbury branch of Britain's Alzheimer's Society and has witnessed improvements in sociability and communication during her musical meetings. "The research isn't there to support it at the moment but I'm confident these sessions will one day be shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer's. The benefit [of singing] as a hidden cognitive rehabilitation is evident. You can't keep a good idea down forever."
UK: Spanish nurses sign up to fill in at Cambridge hospital
23 February 2009
Spanish nurses have been recruited by Addenbrooke's in a bid to tackle "challenging" recruitment problems.
Childhood abuse may change stress gene
23 February 2009
Childhood abuse or neglect can alter the function of a gene that controls the brain's response to stress, scientists have discovered, in a finding that may help explain why some never recover from early adversity.
Nurse practitioners, physicians assistants help provide primary care
22 February 2009
Doctors aren't alone in providing primary care to patients. Increasingly, nurse practitioners and physician assistants have been sharing the workload.
Israel: Treasury takes on nursing shortage with scholarships, more students
22 February 2009
The Finance Ministry is launching a comprehensive program to increase the number of nurses in Israel as well as to expand their duties, the latter in a bid to improve their professional standing.
AMA cautious over Govt maternity review
21 February 2009
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has expressed reservations about the Federal Government's review of maternity services.
Health review recommends expanded role and responsibilities for midwives
21 February 2009
A review into Australia's maternity services has recommended midwives be given more responsibilities and access to the Medicare system.
Let midwives do more, review urges
21 February 2009
Midwives would be able to provide taxpayer-subsidised drugs and care under recommendations made to the Federal Government by its chief nurse.
Midwives to receive more authority – Roxon
21 February 2009
A revamp of the nation's maternity system, including giving midwives more authority, is expected to be implemented within months.
Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham in health initiative
21 February 2009
Canberra has recruited gay Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham as its latest men's heath ambassador, three months after sacking another for alleged homophobic views.
Experts clash over reform option merits
21 February 2009
Health experts are at loggerheads over the relative merits of the three reform options proposed for addressing concerns over hospital cost-shifting, with a top psychiatrist making a strong defence of what many see as the most radical scheme.
Philippines: 39,455 pass nursing examination
21 February 2009
The Philippines has 39,455 new nurses, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) reported yesterday.
Midwives set to receive more authority
21 February 2009
The Rudd government's maternity services review has broad support from doctors and midwives but home birthing groups say it fails to put women first.
India's hospital train
21 February 2009
India's Lifeline Express, run by an organisation called Impact India, uses the country's vast rail network to bring medical care and basic operations to rural communities. Correspondent Matt Wade and photographer Brendan Esposito climbed aboard at Meghnagar in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
Furore over midwife report as doctors go on the attack
21 February 2009
The Australian Medical Association has accused Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon of being "gung-ho" about the role of midwives and misrepresenting the findings of the Government's maternity services review.
US: For many, a nurse practitioner is The doctor
21 February 2009
Kathryn Kaiser is among an increasing number of patients who are entrusting much of their routine health care to nurse practitioners, who are registered nurses with advanced training and expertise.
Pressure to raise a 'tough boy'
20 February 20, 2009
Having three boys I am acutely aware of mindless comments made about boys needing to "toughen up". A boy falls over, it's: "get up mate, you'll be right"; a girl falls over: "come here sweetie, did you hurt yourself?"
US: Substance-abuse nursing: Much-needed specialty
15 February 2009
A nurse since 1993, Bill Greene worked in geriatrics and med/surg before he decided to specialize in psychiatric nursing in 2001. After noticing a growing incidence of substance abuse in his patient population, Greene took the training and put in the required 2,000 hours to become a certified addictions registered nurse.
Govt: A Call to Arms: We Need Your Arms at the Blood Service
25 February 2009
Australia needs thousands of new blood donors this year to roll up their sleeves and make a difference to someone else’s life.
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