Eight out of 10 nurses have left work feeling distressed because they cannot offer patients dignified care, according to a poll. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) called for nurses to be given more time, resources and support from above to ensure every patient is treated with dignity. Nurses said they were trying to overcome obstacles to […]

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NURSES are spending up to 1.6 million hours a week on paperwork instead of caring for patients.The spiralling bureaucracy which means nurses are having to file, photocopy and order supplies was yesterday described by one MP as “appalling.”
In an average week, nurses are spending a fifth of their time filling in forms, according to […]

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The first of the nation’s 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a health care work force that is too small and woefully unprepared to meet their specific health needs, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The report, Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health […]

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Nurses are in demand, and as the gap grows between the number of graduates and the job offerings, competition could lead nurses to seek jobs at other hospitals.
For Watauga Medical Center in Boone, that problem has not yet hit home, thanks to a combination of factors both measurable and intangible.
Claire Wilkie, chief clinical officer for […]

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Nursing programs on the South Shore are maxed out with students and are turning away qualified applicants in droves.But industry professionals insist there is a dire need to make room for more students.As the huge baby boomer population ages and fears grow that the state will have too few nurses to treat them, the call […]

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IF you’re 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.Qualified nurses have good employment prospects on graduation, both […]

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That recruitment decision, announced last week, has been welcomed by the societies representing both degenerative neurological conditions. It also means a petition – signed during recent weeks by more than 800 Borderers affected by MS and demanding funding for a designated MS  nurse – will not now be submitted to NHS Borders which will fund […]

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Health services in several parts of Sweden began redirecting ambulance traffic so that emergency rooms participating in the healthcare workers strike can close as planned at noon on Monday. Emergency patients in the Gothenburg will have one less place to turn to when the emergency room at Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Östra closes its doors.
“Redirecting ambulance traffic has […]

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Seventy-two nursing jobs will be cut from Ajax and Pickering Hospital and Centenary Hospital, in an effort to slash $25 million over the next three years.
Officials were preparing to cut a total of 220 people from the hospitals’ staff, including the nurses, and close 36 beds, in a bid to balance the books. Read more

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Some 65 per cent of practice nurses require further training to carry out their current roles, a survey has shown.

The survey of over 1,000 practice nurses also revealed that 13 per cent are prescribing without having the nurse prescribing qualification and 49 per cent of those involved in women’s health do not have the […]

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