Day in June to be dedicated to celebrating children’s nurses
The Association of British Paediatric Nurses (ABPN) has announced the launch of a National Children’s Nurses Day to celebrate the work of the nursing field. The post Day in June to be dedicated to celebrating children’s nurses appeared first on Nursing Times.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing BNP remains a good indicator of ventricular dysfunction and myocardial wall stress, but which cutoff levels should be used and what the clinician should do when the BNP exceeds those levels remain unclear.
Midlands trust appoints its first lead research nurse for MND
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has appointed its first lead research nurse dedicated to motor neurone disease (MND). The post Midlands trust appoints its first lead research nurse for MND appeared first on Nursing Times.
Nurse Alleges Wrongful Firing After Reporting Safety Risks at Celebrity Surgery Center
A former nurse at the Specialty Surgical Center of Beverly Hills has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit in which she alleges she was wrongfully fired after protesting what…
Nurse Practitioner Who Billed Medicaid While Overseas Faces Multiple Felony Charges
Accurate documentation and ethical billing are critical parts of healthcare practice. But when billing does not match the care provided, it can quickly become a legal issue. A nurse practitioner…
Nurse Allegedly Killed Her Healthy Friend With Insulin for Insurance Money, Now on Trial
A Utah registered nurse is currently standing trial in a case prosecutors say involved manipulation, deception, and a fatal insulin overdose. Meggan Sundwall, 48, is charged with aggravated murder and…
2 Psych Nurses, Patient, Violently Attacked At Hospital – Suspect Faces Multiple Felonies
Two behavioral health nurses were injured by Raymond Clark, a 35-year-old male patient, during a violent incident at a behavioral health facility in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, according to local police. [email-capture]…
‘Nurse Faculty Shortage Reduction Act’ Aims to Address Major Nursing Education Bottleneck
A new bipartisan bill in Congress is trying to tackle one of the biggest barriers to expanding the U.S. nursing workforce: a shortage of nurse educators. The Nurse Faculty Shortage…
‘Women’s health cannot remain the NHS’s blind spot’
Professor Amanda Broderick on improving women’s health is not a side issue in NHS reform. The post ‘Women’s health cannot remain the NHS’s blind spot’ appeared first on Nursing Times.
When Professional Organizations Are Out of Sync With the Needs of Nurses
The views expressed in this post are those of the author, and do not represent the views of their employers or affiliated institutions, or of AJN and Wolters Kluwer. One of the many lessons my veteran father taught me was this: actions tell you what a person believes in, and you should believe people when […]