Physicians still retain the bulk of decision-making power over nurses in Quebec - a situation that's detrimental to evolving nursing roles. According to a new study by Université de Montréal researchers, published in, nursing functions are still very much assigned by physicians who often oversee family medicine groups (FMGs), specialized nurse practitioners (SNP) and oncology nurse navigators (ONN)."MD...
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Respirators And H1N1 Information Distributed To Registered Nurses At Sacred Heart Medical Center Out Of Concern For Nurse And Patient SafetyWashington State Nurses Association (WSNA), representing more than 1,600 registered nurses at Sacred Heart Medical Center, is holding a press conference to highlight serious concerns about the safety of nurses and patients at Sacred Heart Medical Center during...
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new nurses in England from 2013 will have to spend at least three years being trained to degree level, the Department of Health has announced.The move will help nurses meet the increasingly complex needs of patients more safely and effectively, it said.The extra one or two years of training needed for nurses to obtain a degree will include a focus on gaining experience in community health teams.The...
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Hyderabad: The Centre plans to invest overRs 3,000 crore to strengthen the quality of nursing servicesin the country, during the current five-year plan."In order to strengthen the nursing and midwifery sector,for the first time, a sum of Rs 3,180 crore has been allocatedduring the current plan period," Union Health Minister GhulamNabi Azad said here today, addressing the Asia PacificMidwives Conference.The...
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Patricia Berry, PhD, APRN, FAAN, associate professor at the University of Utah College of Nursing was formally inducted into the American Academy of Nursing Saturday as one of the 2009 new Fellows. Berry was nominated for this honor by two current Academy Fellows and was selected by the Academy's 15-member Fellow Selection Committee for her outstanding achievements in the nursing profession. The induction...
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England will have to spend at least three years being trained to degree level. Do you think nurses should have degree-level education?A nurse checks his fob watch as the government announces proposals to allow patients to shop around for treatment. Photograph: Ian Waldie/Getty ImagesIt just strikes me that it is another effort to make them take on more responsibility for the same pay - why can't they...
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Unions are divided over a Government plan to make nursing an all-degree profession in England within four years. The move, announced by ministers yesterday, is intended to raise standards and improve the quality of healthcare.But critics say the creation of an "elitist" workforce will distract attention from the basics of nursing, which should focus on care, compassion and treating patients with dignity....
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nurses will need to be educated to degree level from 2013, the Government announced today.At present, nurses receive a diploma after two or three years of training but they will now have to complete three or four years to obtain a degree.The move is as a result of changes in recent years to the way nurses work, including handling more advanced levels of practice, prescribing and working in specialist...
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College of Nursing of Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, will host the 13th National Conference of the Nursing Research Society of India (NRSI) on the CMC premises in Bagayam here on November 12 and 13.The theme chosen for the conference is ‘Standards in Nursing Education - Implications for Practice.’ According to a release from the College of Nursing (CON), CMC, the objectives of the conference...
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Mammen Chandy, professor of Haematology, CMC Hospital, inaugurating the conference in Vellore on Thursday. Reena Bose, president, Nursing Research Society of India (third from right), is in the picture.VELLORE: There has been a decline in the standards of nursing education throughout the country in the last few years owing to mushrooming of colleges of nursing. Most of them have been started by businessmen...
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