Posts Tagged ‘technology’

eJane Concept–Part I. The ‘Company’

Posted by Cheryl on November 17th, 2008 under Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Providers, Travel Nurse Industry, eJane
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For too long, the temporary healthcare staffing industry has been using costly methods to meet the staffing needs of healthcare providers. As internet technology integrates into more business applications, the founders of eJane have envisioned and created an innovative, new approach.
The result is a direct business-to-business link between the provider and the professional, utilizing internet [...]

eJane’s ASHHRA Exhibit

Posted by Cheryl on October 16th, 2008 under Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Providers, Travel Nurse Industry, Travel Nurse Wages, eJane
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This was our first time as an exhibitor at the ASHHRA’s (American Society for Healthcare Human Resource Administration) 44th Annual Conference & Exposition in Austin, Texas.  Most attendees were corporate level Human Resource VPs and Directors.  We were pleasantly surprised that nearly all the healthcare providers we spoke with were almost as excited as we [...]

Life as a licensed Practical Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse

Posted by jason on July 22nd, 2008 under Healthcare Industry
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Thinking of becoming an LPN/LVN? You’re not alone. Each year, thousands of Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Vocational Nurses enter the workforce. Each state sets its own requirements for how these two types of nurse are licensed. In some states, the term Licensed Vocational Nurse is used to describe the type of license given to [...]

For Travel Nurses: FakeTV - Burglar Deterrent Device

Posted by jason on June 27th, 2008 under Travel Nurse Life
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Nothing can be as exciting as life on the road as a travel nurse - going from place-to-place, meeting new people and gaining valuable experience. But at the same time, new places can be stressful, even frightening at times. Especially when you’re living in housing that someone has picked for you. While travel nurse agencies [...]

Study Uses Nurses, PDA Devices to Improve Patient Care

Posted by jason on June 10th, 2008 under Uncategorized
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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 [...]

Travel Nurse With Resistant Strep? Penicillin Makes a Comeback

Posted by jason on June 7th, 2008 under Healthcare Industry
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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 [...]

Tax Time For Travel Nurses Made Easy With Software

Posted by jason on February 12th, 2008 under Travel Nurse Life
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It’s that time - again. The time when Travel Nurses need to start thinking about taxes. While many travel nurses leave it to the professionals when it comes to tax time and determining how much money the IRS gets, some travel nurses like to be in charge of the process and take on their taxes [...]