Copyright 2008 Medical News Today Latest Nursing / Midwifery News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/nursing/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/107230.php The Arizona Board of Nursing's Advance Practice Committee has voted unanimously to recommend that nurse practitioners be allowed to perform first-trimester abortions in the state, the Arizona Daily Star reports. The full nursing board is scheduled to vote on the recommendation on Wednesday. Tue, 13 May 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/107129.php A 34 year old nurse from Cambridge has been struck off the register after a hearing of the Conduct and Competence Committee panel for the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) found his fitness to practise was impaired. Joseph Williams was employed by Allied Healthcare as an agency nurse and was working at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Ely in October 2005 when he was charged with several accounts of poor record keeping. Mon, 12 May 2008 08:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/107111.php As part of International Nurses' Day celebrations the ANF is highlighting the commitment and fantastic innovations brought to primary health care by nurses in Australia.Ged Kearney, Federal Secretary of the ANF said; "Nurses continue to lead the way in primary health care reform, providing modern solutions to the difficulties faced in areas such as outer metropolitan and rural and remote area health. Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106901.php To mark the start of National Breastfeeding Awareness Week (11-17th May 2008), Best Beginnings, the UK child health charity and the Department of Health, NHS Health Scotland, Welsh Assembley Government and the Health promotion agencies in Northern Ireland are today launching a new breastfeeding DVD at the Royal College of Midwives Annual Conference. Fri, 09 May 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106829.php Before Stanford Hospital & Clinics nurse Julie Kersey went off on her first trip overseas to volunteer her skills, she received some very practical advice from close at hand, from an old hand at such missions - "You're going to see a sea of people and when you're done there's still going to be a sea of people," Kersey's unit manager Cecilia Cadet told her. "Be prepared: You can't fix the whole world yourself. Fri, 09 May 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106826.php Resurgent Health and Medical, a leader in automated handwashing and sanitizing technology, announced today the recognition of the 2.9 million Registered Nurses working in the United States. Resurgent has worked aggressively with hospital and medical facilities to promote and encourage hand hygiene and infection control. "We're committed to assisting and helping the nurses that work so hard on a daily basis to care for all the patients throughout the United States. Thu, 08 May 2008 09:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106707.php The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday examined how the "ailing economy" has prompted many nurses to work additional shifts, delay retirement or return to the work force from retirement -- all of which have helped "ease the nursing shortage."The nursing shortage began in the 1990s as older nurses began to retire and fewer younger nurses replaced them, and the shortage became worse as aging baby boomers increased demand for health care. By 2001, the U.S. Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106773.php The National Labor Relations Board formally certified NNOC Texas, the Texas affiliate of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of registered nurses at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital in Houston. Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106676.php Sexually Transmitted DiseaseA Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD), also known as Venerealdisease (VD), is a disease that is transmitted primarily bysexual contact including vaginal intercourse, oral sex and analsex. STDs are also transmitted via the needles, birth canal andbreast feeding. The infection may be bacterial, fungal, viral orprotozoan. Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106674.php ICU NursingIntensive Care Unit (ICU) nursing is commonly referred to ascritical care nursing. Critical care nursing deals specifically withthe human response to life threatening conditions. Critical carenursing is challenging due to the life-threatening healthsituations in the ICU. Critical care nurses are often in highstresssituations which demands complex assessments, highintensitytherapies and interventions and continuous vigilance. Tue, 06 May 2008 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106397.php In a national online survey conducted by the American Society of Registered Nurses (ASRN.org), 41% of the 781 Registered Nurses surveyed on April 28 reported that generic drugs are less effective than their equivalent brand-name counterparts. For most people, most of the time, a generic drug makes economic and medical sense. Tue, 06 May 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106330.php Nurses and health care providers who care for patients of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds often face such challenges as unfamiliar languages and cultural beliefs. To provide optimum care, cultural sensitivity and knowledge are crucial, especially in the case of patients facing cancer. Tue, 06 May 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106328.php Perching on an exam table with arms and legs dangling is not the most accurate (nor medically recommended) position for a blood pressure check, according to a study released in the April 2008 issue of MEDSURG Nursing. Tue, 06 May 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106325.php The American College of Nurse-Midwives Department of Global Outreach is releasing the fourth edition of the Life-Saving Skills Manual for Midwives in fall 2008. Prior to its release, the team of writers and editors will display samples and hold "meet the authors" events. First published in 1989, the Life-Saving Skills Manual for Midwives is used to train midwives in developing countries to recognize and respond to life-threatening emergencies in childbirth. Tue, 06 May 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106310.php The American Nurses Association is celebrating the heroic and crucial care that nurses provide during this year's National Nurses Week on May 6 through May 12. The 2008 theme is "Nurses: Making a Difference Every Day. Mon, 05 May 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106270.php Orthopaedic NursingAn orthopaedic nurse is a specialty nurse trained in orthopaedicproblems such as fractures and is an expert in neurovascularstatus monitoring, traction, casting and continuous motiontherapy. More than 350,000 hip fractures occur in the UnitedStates every year (Watters, 2006). Nurses' skills, interventions,attitudes, communication and continuity of care constitute theessential components of orthopaedic nurse care . Mon, 05 May 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106146.php The American College of Nurse-Midwives Department of Global Outreach is releasing the fourth edition of the Life-Saving Skills Manual for Midwives in fall 2008. Prior to its release, the team of writers and editors will display samples and hold "meet the authors" events. First published in 1989, the Life-Saving Skills Manual for Midwives is used to train midwives in developing countries to recognize and respond to life-threatening emergencies in childbirth. Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106269.php Research Motive in PracticeNursing profession today has the essential elements ofaccountability and autonomy meaning that a nurse isresponsible, professionally and legally for the nursing careprovided. Fri, 02 May 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106132.php SAGE, the world's fifth largest journals publisher, will publish the Journal of School Nursing (JOSN) and the NASN Newsletter for the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) beginning in August 2008.JOSN provides a forum for advancing the specialty of school nursing, promoting the professional growth of school nurses, and improving the health of children in school. Fri, 02 May 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106119.php The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) will celebrate International Midwives' Day (IMD) this year by awarding an inaugural scholarship for a midwife to attend the 28th International Council of Midwives (ICM) conference in Glasgow. Ged Kearney, ANF Federal Secretary, said that the award acknowledges the important contribution and commitment shown by midwives to the health and wellbeing of mothers and babies in Australia and around the world. Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106111.php A 45 year old Registered Nurse from Chadwell Heath, Romford has received a two year Caution by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) at a hearing held in London on Monday, 28 April 2008. Sherril Gurley was employed as a Staff Nurse at Basildon University Hospital in 2006 when she used her mobile phone to photograph a female patient as they sat on the toilet and as they left the bathroom. Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106108.php A 55 year old nurse from Cheshire who illegally prescribed conflicting prescriptions for her husband has been struck off the Nursing & Midwifery Council register following the outcome of a hearing by the regulatory body in London on Friday, 25 April 2008. Fri, 02 May 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106012.php Peyronie's disease, a connective tissue disorder in which fibrous plaques develop in the soft tissue of the penis, occurs in about 1% of men. Patients usually seek treatment after experiencing painful erections and difficulty with sexual intercourse, issues which can be very emotional and stressful. D. Eileen Fisher and co-authors present a case study illustrating the clinical implications of Peyronie's disease in the April 2008 issue of Urologic Nursing. Fri, 02 May 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106004.php Over 100 registered nurses and supporters marched outside of Peninsula Hospital Center demanding thatmanagement get serious about resolving contract issues. The RNs at Peninsula are represented by the New York State NursesAssociation. Their most recent contract expired on April 30. They werejoined at an informational picket by nurses from Saint Vincents Manhattan,St. John's Riverside, the former Cabrini Medical Center, SouthsideHospital, and St. Thu, 01 May 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/105932.php Relatively inexpensive interventions were effective in helping health care providers in Latin America improve the way they treat mothers during labor and delivery, reducing bleeding and sometimes saving lives of women during childbirth, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health study released in the New England Journal of Medicine.