New Blood Test Can Estimate When Alzheimer’s Symptoms Will Begin, Study Finds
A simple research-stage blood test may soon help doctors more accurately estimate when someone will begin to show signs Alzheimer’s disease — years, or even decades, before symptoms start, if…
Wisconsin Reintroduces ‘Nurse Staffing & Patient Protection Act’: What Nurses Should Know
A newly reintroduced bill in Wisconsin aims to tackle one of the most pressing issues facing the nursing profession today: safe staffing. Lawmakers and frontline nurses are once again pushing…
RCN raises ‘concerns’ over risk to nursing staff in Middle East
The president of the RCN has called on combatants involved in war in Iran to uphold international law and provide protection to healthcare workers and health infrastructure. The post RCN raises ‘concerns’ over risk to nursing staff in Middle East appeared first on Nursing Times.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing Although detectable troponin levels usually emanate from myocardial cells, they may not always represent irreversible cell death or myocardial ischemia. Renal dysfunction is another factor associated with elevated troponin levels.
Senior children’s nurse celebrates 50-year career in NHS
Denise Rich, who works at Peterborough City Hospital as a children’s advanced nurse practitioner, has been celebrating five decades of working in the health service. The post Senior children’s nurse celebrates 50-year career in NHS appeared first on Nursing Times.
‘It’s time to rethink our approach to the care of older people’
Peter Carter on how the approach to caring for older people in hospitals needs to be reconsidered. The post ‘It’s time to rethink our approach to the care of older people’ appeared first on Nursing Times.
‘Visiting children at home is critical to developing a healthy community’
Diane Wensley on the importance of visiting children at home and why the traditional health visitor role was a critical service. The post ‘Visiting children at home is critical to developing a healthy community’ appeared first on Nursing Times.
Charity calls for award nominations for outstanding children’s nurses
A national charity is calling for nominations to celebrate nurses and other health professionals who go the “extra mile” in making a real difference to the lives of seriously ill children and young people. The post Charity calls for award nominations for outstanding children’s nurses appeared first on Nursing Times.
The Relentless School Nurse: Thriving Is Not a Luxury – A Reflection on The New Rules of Women’s Health
Women’s health has long been treated as episodic. Puberty. Pregnancy. Menopause. Everything in between is often reduced to symptom management or quiet endurance. What struck me about The New Rules of Women’s Health: Your Guide to Thriving at Every Age by Meghan Rabbitt is that it refuses that fragmentation. Built on three years of research…
For the First Time in History, Women Outnumber Men in Medical Residencies
History has officially been made, as Becker’s Hospital Review reports that for the first time, the number of females in physician residency programs outnumbers male residents. [email-capture] The majority is…