Nursing News

Colonel Kimberley Kesling had a unique position Thursday, minutes after gunfire erupted on the world's largest military installation.

Word on the street: College grads, dismayed by fruitless job searches, are flooding into graduate programs to ride out the recession.

For the first time, emergency room services meeting international standards will be a part Tanzania's public health system, thanks to the opening of a new Emergency Medical Department building and extensive training being conducted at Muhimbili National Hospital.

In a newly-published special supplement, the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing calls for new hospital policies to prevent and treat venous thromboembolism , a major cause of death and disability in hospitals throughout the world.

Ontario's Liberal government has raised the idea of unpaid days off for public sector workers to deal with a record $24.7-billion deficit - so-called Dalton Days - but there are differing opinions on whether or not the province would be able to re-open existing contracts.

Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System, a hospital in Florida, plans to deploy iPhones to its nurses, to replace audible alarms and alerts, bringing peace and quiet-- and improved performance--to the healthcare provider.

WADSWORTH - When Silvia Reed left Summa Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital with her new baby in her arms, bittersweet tears streamed down her face.

Rush University Medical Center has opened the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Clinic to offer patients suffering from major depression a safe, effective, non-drug treatment.

Quebec's health minister has criticized preferential access to H1N1 vaccines that have been brought to light across the province.

Some Missouri Southern State University nursing school students are upset about an admission policy barring visible tattoos.

Text of President Barack Obama's remarks Saturday at the White House on health care legislation:Good afternoon, everybody.

Main Category: Smoking / Quit Smoking Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials ; Primary Care / General Practice ; COPD Article Date: 05 Nov 2009 - 4:00 PST New Formula Calculates More Accurate 'Lung Age' in Smokers A new formula more accurately calculates a smoker's "lung age," which researchers hope will help persuade patients to quit the ...

Nurses Charge Public Endangered as Hospital Management Unlawfully Rations Nursing Care to Patients Registered Nurses at multiple units within the University of California Davis Hospital have filed a series of Department of Public Health charges against the facility, alerting the state to what risk of public endangerment.

U.S. health officials unveiled plans to fight avoidable injuries from medication errors or misuse, a problem that harms hundreds of thousands of people each year and can be deadly.

Parents and their children under five years old line up for H1N1 vaccinations at a flu clinic inside Millbourne Mall in Edmonton, AB, on Nov.

A Spartanburg plastic surgeon has had his license suspended and has been fined $25,000 by the state board of medical examiners for the inappropriate touching of patients and other medical misconduct.

The NHS will be told today to improve its care of tens of thousands of babies born every year who need specialist medical help amid concern that too many have received substandard treatment.

Keith Leslie Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. - Published on Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009 10:58PM EST Last updated on Thursday, Nov.

Governor's State Disaster Emergency Declaration Together with President Obama's National Emergency Declaration Provide Increased Flexibility to Local Health Departments and Hospitals to Respond to H1N1 Flu In response to requests for assistance from local governments across New York State including New York City, Governor David A. Paterson today ...

Fifty-eight percent of primary care doctors in the U.S. report their patients often have difficulty paying for medications and care, and half of U.S. doctors spend substantial time dealing with restrictions insurance companies place on their patients' care, according to findings from the 2009 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey ...