Archive for the ‘Nursing / Midwifery’ Category
Monday, July 21st, 2008
While various methods for taking a patient's temperature exist, the devices do not all produce identical or even similar values. Substituting one method for another could lead to erroneous decisions for treating temperature spikes and drops. A study in the June 2008 issue of MEDSURG Nursing compares noninvasive temperature measurement ...
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
The AP/San Francisco Chronicle on Wednesday examined how "medical duties have become a part of the job" for U.S. teachers as schools reduce nursing staff or require nurses to work at multiple schools. According to the AP/Chronicle, the trend comes as an increasing number of students have serious medical ...
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
The St. Petersburg Times on Monday examined the controversy surrounding home births, which has pitted some home birth advocates and physicians against each other. While supporters of home births have "flung phrases like 'father knows best' and 'power play,'" opponents have used "trendy" and "the latest cause celebre," according to ...
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
The lack of a fall in the maternal death rate in the latest report by the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) has been partly attributed to the increasing percentage of births from immigrant women. Women from ethnic minority groups (defined as those other than white British women), ...
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
A 26 year old registered nurse from Welling, Kent has been struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register for failures in sharps handling and disposal. Newly qualified Jemma Breslin was working at Queen Elizabeth NHS Trust in February 2007 when she was charged with going against the hospital's ...
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Commenting on the findings of the investigation into David Britten and the Peter Dally Clinic, Former Chief Executive of CNWL NHS Trust and now Chief Executive & General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, Dr Peter Carter, said: "The findings of this investigation are overall very welcome. "The report ...
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
The Royal College of Nursing has commented on the Healthcare Commission's Review of Maternity Services in England, stating that women need to have confidence in the health service and receive support of the highest possible standard. The College has also highlighted the issues surrounding staffing in maternity services.Dr Peter Carter, ...
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Nurse-to-Nurse: Communication Diversity and Bridging the Gap is a two-day conference for practicing nurses, nurse leaders and educators that will provide a forum for understanding personal communication styles and how they affect cultural and generational interactions. The conference, scheduled for Sept. 22 - 23 at the Orleans Hotel and Casino ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Commenting on the release recently of the Healthcare Commission Report 'Better Births - A Review of Maternity Services in England', Dame Karlene Davis, general secretary of the Royal College of Midwives, said: "The good news is that many women are happy with the service, and that many Trusts are making ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
In advance of its House of Delegates meeting which will attract elected delegates from across the country to discuss the systemic issues of the profession, the American Nurses Association is taking its members to the halls of Congress on Tuesday, June 24 to ensure their voices are heard on ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Suzan Ulrich, CNM, DrPH, FACNM of Ripley, NY was inducted into the Fellowship of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (FACNM) at the ACNM 53rd Annual Meeting in Boston this May. Dr. Ulrich received her midwifery degree at Georgetown University in 1983. She completed her Doctor of Public Health degree in ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee welcomed the recommendation of the St. Luke's Blue Ribbon Panel to rebuild the endangered San Francisco hospital.Officials of the Sutter Health corporation have, in the past few years, been steadily reducing acute care services at the Mission-area hospital as part of a plan ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the regulator for all nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom, has responded to the adoption of the EU Directive on the application of patients' rights in cross border healthcare. The draft Directive clarifies the circumstances under which EU patients can expect to be ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
A 32 year old registered nurse from Newcastle upon Tyne has been cautioned by the independent Conduct and Competence Committee panel for the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for dishonesty. Herdwick Mushava was issued with a five year caution order by her profession's regulator after admitting one offence of deception ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
The federal agency that oversees labor law has ordered Fremont-Rideout Health Group to stand trial on charges that it violated the federal rights of its registered nurses, enforced work rules in a discriminatory manner, and engaged in other serious violations of law. An administrative law judge of the National Labor ...
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