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A NEW nurses’ code is to be launched at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on World Health Day.
The code is guidance for nurses and midwives when they are facing ethical or professional dilemmas.
It will be unveiled by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) on Monday.
Nancy Kirkland, president of the NMC, said: “Practice is continually changing and […]
A MALE nurse who was jailed for repeated attacks on his girlfriend has been allowed to continue to practise.
Kevin McCartney, 45, from Alexandria, Dunbartonshire, was jailed for 16 weeks in 2005 after twice attacking his then partner while working and living in England. He was found guilty of kicking her, pulling her through their house […]
Derriford Hospital still faces shortfalls in nursing levels, and hundreds of shifts unfilled by temporary staff each week, health bosses have been told.
Hospital chiefs admitted there have been “real issues” recruiting healthcare assistants, but said, “if the plan all goes to schedule”, there should be a full staff complement within 2008.
The Herald last month reported […]
Instructions have been issued for Government-paid nurses to work extra hours Tuesday to facilitate a smooth start to the removal of fees.However, the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) said it’s still unclear which groups will be required to work beyond regular schedules.
President of the Association, Edith Allwood-Anderson, told our news centre that other issues such […]
There’s an undeniable amount of overtime being worked within the Niagara Health System. With the release of this year’s public sector salary disclosure list, the shortage of registered nurses in Ontario, particularly in the Niagara Region, is becoming harder to ignore. Linda Haslam-Stroud, an RN at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton and the provincial president […]
Midwives are warning staff shortages will worsen in the next decade if more is not done to attract new workers.Midwifery lecturer Dawn Hay from the Central Queensland University says the average age of midwives is between 45 and 50, and there is an urgent need to recruit and train the next generation of maternity staff.A […]
If you are considering a career change why not consider nursing?According to the Royal College of Nursing, 180,000 nurses are due to retire in the next decade. With immigration restrictions also being placed on the recruitment of nurses from overseas, demand for qualified health professionals is likely to intensify.A limited number of places are still […]
Some new technology offers nursing students a realistic learning experience.
A training program in San Jose, California is using wireless-controlled high-fidelity human simulators.
They are similar to robots, one lost a leg, while another hemorrhaged after giving birth.
They can fuss, cry, give birth, bleed and the color on their cheeks can simulate running out of oxygen and […]
Nurses are questioned more about safety by their patients than doctors and it is women who do most of the questioning, a study finds. The UK and other countries have several campaigns to get patients more involved in safety such as the National Patient Safety Agency’s “Clean Your Hands” and the “Please Ask” campaigns. However, there […]
The swelling demand for nurses is predicted to surpass the supply, extending the nursing shortage, according to new research.
Peter Buerhaus, a registered nurse, health economist and professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said the supply of nurses will peak in 2015, but the demand will outstrip supply of nurses by 2 to 3 percent each […]
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