Traveling healthcare flourishes in spite of national economy
By: Anne Baye Ericksen
Healthcare Traveler
“According to the nightly news, the U.S. economy could be heading straight for a recession—or already is in one. While the prices of oil and gasoline steadily climb, housing values drop equally fast. The ripple effect from these circumstances is also making [...]
Starting this fall, doctor of nursing practice graduates will be able to take a certification test that proponents say will set a national standard for DNPs and add to the profession’s credibility.
The voluntary test, being created by the National Board of Medical Examiners, is based on the medical licensing exam. It will be offered at [...]
Fall River, MA
Nurses in one unit of St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, MA are making use of new technology to spend more time at patients’ bedside. The Massachusetts hospital was picked along with 67 other hospitals to be in a national research project — Transforming Care at the Bedside — the study’s goal is [...]
Recent discoveries about the nature and structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae could help doctors resume the of Penicillin against this and other resistant strains. International research has shown the role of a MerM, one of Streptococcus’s key proteins, in producing structures in the bacterium’s cell walls that have been enhancing its resistance to Penicillin. MurM allows [...]
If you’re a travel nurse, you understand that life on the road means life away from friends, family, colleagues, pets and other familiarity. And with Father’s Day just around the corner, you’re bound to feel even a little more ‘away.’ But that doesn’t mean there aren’t things you can do to make you and dad [...]
If you’re a travel nurse with seasonal, or year-round allergies, you’ll be happy to know that the FDA has approved Alcon’s olopatadine hydrochloride (Patanase) spray sor seasonal allergic rhinitis in sufferers 12 years of age and up. The clinical trials showed the product to be safe and effective and tests showed a 30-minute onset time [...]
The Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Highway Administration have both enacted rules aimed at making sure pilots and truckers get adequate rest before and after their on-road duties. Airline pilots are required to have eight continuous hours of rest in the 24 hours prior to finishing their next scheduled flight duty. Truckers are [...]
In 40 years as a highly regarded cancer surgeon, Dr. Tapas K. Das Gupta had never made a mistake like this.
As with any doctor, there had been occasional errors in diagnosis or judgment. But never, he said, had he opened up a patient and removed the wrong sliver of tissue, in this case a segment [...]
Provided all of your required paperwork is in order—and you have a current, active license and no encumbrances—you ca receive a temporary license through a ‘walk through’ system in as little as one day in:
California, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Vermont.
Depending on each [...]
Kathleen Murphy, RN is the type who easily gets bored and constantly seeks new ways to challenge herself. That’s what drew her to being a travel nurse in the first place. As a travel nurse for the past three years, she’s had assignments in Missouri, Tennessee, California, and Arizona.
In some cases, she’s accepted extended [...]