In April of 2007, the Connecticut Hospital Association published a report demanding the state, colleges, and hospitals take action to address the Constitution state’s nursing shortage. As of the date of the report, Connecticut had about 23,500 RNs, which is roughly 6,000 short of the number required to meet demand. And while that may be [...]
The nurse shortage isn’t something that’s only going on in the United States. Countries around the world, including Canada, are feeling the pain. Even with Canada’s socialized medicine where everybody has health coverage, nurses are scared off, burnt out, and leaving a huge gap in their wake. And while travel nurses can act as a [...]
While many real estate owners in the United States are seeing a dramatic drop in the value of their property, one are where values are on the rise is in healthcare facilities. Facilities like hospitals are usually built in central locations which is typically, at least in big cities, where folks want to live, work [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]