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Nurse Midwifery Leader 2010 Recipient Of U. College Of Nursing Distinguished Alumni Award

April 26th, 2010, 4:00 am
Deanne Williams, RN, CNM, MS, FACNM has focused her 30-year career on improving the content and quality of women's health care with a particular focus on expanding access to nurse-midwifery care...
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All Nurses Need To Be Trained In Dementia Care, UK

April 25th, 2010, 3:00 am
Alzheimer's Society is today calling for all nursing staff to receive mandatory training in dementia care as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) close their consultation. Read more »
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Updated Advice On Mixing Medicines - Nursing & Midwifery Council

April 23rd, 2010, 5:00 pm
Due to a change in the law, we have updated our advice for nurses and midwives on mixing medicines. Read more »
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Court Of Appeal Backs Cumbrian Nurses' Equal Pay Fight, UK

April 23rd, 2010, 9:00 am
In a ground breaking equal pay case; North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust v Potter & Ors, the Court of Appeal has backed UNISON's claim that the NHS pay and grading review - Agenda for Change - sho Read more »
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Study: California's Nursing-Ratio Law Saves Patients' Lives

April 23rd, 2010, 7:00 am
News outlets report on a study suggesting that California's mandatory nursing-ratio law saves patient lives...
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Nurses Call On Governor To Take Immediate, Common-Sense Steps To Improve Board Of Registered Nursing

April 23rd, 2010, 6:00 am
Following the defeat of a misguided bill to deal with problems at the healing arts boards, including the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN), the California Nurses Association today called for Governor Read more »
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Survey Reveals Nurses Feel Unsupported To Deliver Personal Asthma Action Plans - Asthma UK

April 23rd, 2010, 6:00 am
New survey data released by Asthma UK for World Asthma Day, (4 May) shows that huge variability is reported by practice nurses in the use of personal asthma action plans, with patients in areas with h Read more »
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Nurses And Midwives Bill 2010 - A Further Step In Assuring Patient Safety And Modernises The Regulation Of Nursing And Midwifery Professions, Ireland

April 23rd, 2010, 4:00 am
The Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney T.D., announced the publication of the Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010. Read more »
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Queen Meg To Make Appearance April 22 At Beverly Hills Fundraiser With Jeb Bush, John McCain, And Mitt Romney: "Rich Enough To Rule"

April 22nd, 2010, 6:00 am
Beverly Hills will be graced with a new kind of royalty this Thursday, April 22 as Queen Meg of California makes her first triumphant appearance before her adoring subjects. Read more »
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UNISON Survey Reveals Real Picture Of Further Education Job And Course Cuts, UK

April 21st, 2010, 3:00 pm
Shocking statistics released in a UNISON survey today (21 April) show that 70 per cent of further education colleges are planning for job cuts. Read more »
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Nurses Sign Up To UNISON's Hard-hitting Health Manifesto, UK

April 21st, 2010, 2:00 pm
Nurses will say "no" to job cuts that put patients lives at risk, as they sign up to UNISON's five-point plan for nursing, being launched at the union's health conference yesterday (Tuesday 20 April). Read more »
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ANF Welcomes Aged Care Inquiry's Focus On Workforce And Accountability, Australia

April 21st, 2010, 8:00 am
Ged Kearney, Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) has welcomed the decision by Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd to include aged care workforce issues in the Productivity Commission's Read more »
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