From indyweek.com
28 MAY 2008 • by Suzanne Nelson
North Carolina’s high rate of combined fetal and neonatal mortality rank it in the bottom sixth of the nation. The state is also one of only 11 in the country where the practice of midwifery outside the supervision of physicians is illegal.Russ Fawcett doesn’t think that’s [...]
With falling profits, rising operating expenses, and more patients. Many facilities are looking for ways to cut. Nash Health Care System in NC is looking to replace Travel Nurses with full-time employees.
Spring Hope Enterprise, Spring Hope, NC - May 28, 2008
By KEN MURCHISON
Nash Health Care System lost money in 2007 and that could mean the [...]
A 20-year-old nursing student from Barrie, Ontario Canada has become one of the youngest people ever to climb Mount Everest. After climbing for over a month and a half, Laura Mallory reached the peak and phoned her mother to share the good news.
Laura attends the collaborative Fanshawe [...]
Nobody wishes for more disasters to occur. But when they do occur, it’s the dedicated nurses and travel nurses who play a crucial role in not only disaster preparedness, but also in disaster response.
This became very evident during Hurricane Katrina. Health problems were magnified exponentially, hospitals were overflowing with patients and temporary shelters were built [...]
The short answer is, of course, no. At least not at the same time.
Typically, travel nurse staffing agencies write clauses into their contracts that prohibit you from returning to a particular facility under a contract with a different agency. Some agencies will ‘allow’ it but only after the original agency is paid a ‘nominal’ fee [...]
Imagine being on a waiting list for four years just to enter a nursing program. Now, imagine that scenario in Colorado, which is among the top-ten states in this nation’s nursing shortage. Here’s the problem - Nurshing schools in Colorado don’t have enough nurses with advanced degrees to teach students in the 11 programs spread [...]
If you asked Donna Greenwood if 26 years in nurse education have taught her anything, she might tell you it’s taught her to understand that healthcare equality doesn’t exist between rural and urban America. After teaching at Carroll College in Montana for those 26 years, Donna took advantage of a sabbatical and visited public health [...]
Let’s face it, the average age of RNs and travel nurses is only going to rise over time, and the ever-aging corps of nurses will consistently be a serious issue for the healthcare industry on a worldwide scale. Surveys have shown that in just a few years, 2011 to be exact, a mass retirement of [...]
AllNurses.com is having their 4th annual Nursing Article Contest. This year’s theme is anything to do with Critical Care Nursing. For all you critical care travel nurses out there, this might be a god way to let out some of that creativity you don’t always get to use on the job.
You can get more info [...]
A new study in Canada has indicated that nearly one of every twenty of the country’s nurses has acknowledged that they have made a mistake in medicating patients on an occasional or frequent basis.
The StatsCan study claims that nurses who work overtime or in healthcare settings where resources an manpower are stretched thin were more [...]
Many nurses and travel nurses realize that an agency or healthcare facility will do a background check on you prior to your employment. It’s pretty much a no-brainer in today’s society. But what many nurses and travel nurses don’t realize is that agencies will often perform a credit check on you as well. Quite often, [...]
While you probably still have to work, it IS National Nurses Week here in the United States. The week coincides with the birth date of Florence Nightingale (May 12). Many consider Florence Nightingale to be the founder of moder-day nursing. National Nurses week dates back to 1953, when Dorothy Sutherland of the U.S. Department of [...]
These top ten political issues eJane has put forward may sound unsurmountable, but as a nurse, travel nurse or other healthcare provider, there are plenty of ways for you to get involved. You can write to Congress, become a member of groups such as the Center for Nursing Advocacy, and make your voice heard, and [...]
Veteran Care
Today’s veterans are too often realizing that the healthcare benefits the United States Government has promised them are coming up short. Many of these veterans are caught between a rock and an economic hard place, meaning they earn too much money to be qualified for services they need, but at the same time, they [...]
Many of us - travelers and non-travelers - are working more and more hours. It’s easy to wonder who’s out there watching out for your profession and making sure Congress and other regulatory agencies are behind your best interests. The good news is the ANA (American Nurses Association) is taking care of your industry.
According to [...]