Copyright 2009 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 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171615.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171615.php Washington 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 this H1N1 pandemic. Swine Flu Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171499.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171499.php The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) responded to proposals for the forthcoming Parliamentary session, welcoming in particular the Government's commitment to provide free personal care to those with the greatest need. Nursing / Midwifery Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171511.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171511.php The future care of vulnerable elderly residents in nursing homes rests on an increase in qualified staff - more people in beds without more nurses will equal chaos and misery. Australian Nursing Federation Federal Secretary Ged Kearney said recent threats by aged care providers who are demanding $500 million in Government funding to provide more places for residents needs to be balanced against the needs for more nurses and personal carers. Nursing / Midwifery Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171426.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171426.php The NMC has been addressing many of the issues raised in the Alzheimer's society report Counting the Cost: caring for people with dementia on hospital wards as part of our review of pre-registration nursing education. Our review, which recently highlighted the need for future nurses to be educated to degree level, will help to prepare them for the challenges of caring for people with dementia. Alzheimer's / Dementia Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171407.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171407.php Guided Care, a new model of comprehensive health care for people with multiple chronic conditions, has received the 2009 Medical Economics Award for Innovation in Practice Improvement from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) and Medical Economics magazine. Chad Boult, MD, MPH, MBA, principal investigator of the Guided Care study and director of the Roger C. Primary Care / General Practice Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171200.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171200.php Professor Tony Hazell, Chair of the NMC, has been elected Vice-President of the European Council of Nursing Regulators (FEPI). At a meeting held in Rome on November 12, FEPI's members elected a new six-strong Executive Board, responsible for setting FEPI's strategic direction. FEPI brings together nursing regulators from nine EU member states and accession countries, and is also joined through associate membership by regulators in Canada and the United States. Nursing / Midwifery Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171216.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171216.php 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 Recherches Sociographiques, 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). Nursing / Midwifery Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171141.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171141.php Responding to the annual figures on physical assaults against NHS staff in England, Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said: "It is completely unacceptable that at least 55,000 physical assaults on nurses and other NHS staff took place in the past year. The very slight decline may be a step in the right direction but too many employers are failing to invest in measures to prevent attacks on staff in the first place. Nursing / Midwifery Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171158.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171158.php Nursesbooks.org, the publishing program of ANA, today announced that it has launched a newly redesigned online bookstore that goes live today. To kick off the new site, through the month of December Nursesbooks.org is offering a 10% discount on all ANA products at final checkout for online orders*. Nursing / Midwifery Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170937.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170937.php Commenting on the announcement of a Government action plan to tackle the over prescribing of antipsychotic drugs to people with dementia, Dr Peter Carter, RCN Chief Executive & General Secretary said: "It is welcome news that the Government has made a commitment to deal with the overuse of anti-psychotic drugs. We look forward to working with the new National Clinical Director for Dementia on these ambitious proposals which offer hope for patients with dementia and their families. Alzheimer's / Dementia Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170757.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170757.php Today the NMC confirmed that from the beginning of the academic year 2013-2014 students may only start pre-registration nursing programmes that meet the regulator's new approved standards. New programmes will be introduced beginning of the academic year 2011. The timescale is supported by the four government health departments and the Council of Deans for Health. Nursing / Midwifery Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170752.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170752.php Slowing the growth in U.S. health care spending will most likely require adoption of an array of strategies as well as an improved approach to moving promising strategies into widespread use, according to a new analysis by the RAND Corporation. Primary Care / General Practice Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170657.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170657.php The RCN warns that the economic downturn could be the greatest threat to nursing and patient care in living memory, as it publishes a report of a roundtable discussion attended by health policy experts. The roundtable on 'Nursing and the economic downturn' looked into the likely 'aftershocks' of the recession on public finances, with previous recessions featuring a sharp decline in public spending following the end of the recession itself. Nursing / Midwifery Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170639.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170639.php Millions of people suffer from chronic ailments like heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes, and need critical information from their healthcare providers to manage those diseases. Sometimes patients find it uncomfortable asking a doctor of another age, gender or race for information. IT / Internet / E-mail Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170644.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170644.php 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. Nursing / Midwifery Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170282.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170282.php The American Nurses Association (ANA) applauds House lawmakers for passing "H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act." This landmark legislation was approved by a vote of 220-215 in a Saturday session. ANA has been a tireless advocate for meaningful health care reform which recognizes the vital role of nurses, creates a system that is responsive to the needs of all consumers, and provides equal access to safe, high-quality cost-effective care for all. Nursing / Midwifery Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170245.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170245.php Three leading scientific organizations specializing in infectious diseases prevention issued a letter to President Obama expressing their significant concern with current federal guidance concerning the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by healthcare workers in treating suspected or confirmed cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza. Swine Flu Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170137.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170137.php RACGP welcomes news that the Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon MP, has support the introduction of collaborative arrangements between nurse practitioners, midwives and medical practitioners. The amendments proposed to the Midwives and Nurse Practitioners Bill 2009 incorporate a requirement that, in order to access the MBS and PBS schemes, nurse practitioners and midwives will need to enter into a collaborative arrangement with one or more medical practitioners. Nursing / Midwifery Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170087.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170087.php Nurses Charge Public Endangered as Hospital Management Unlawfully Rations Nursing Care to Patients Registered Nurses at multiple units within the University of California Davis Hospital have filed a series of Department of Public Health charges against the facility, alerting the state to what risk of public endangerment. Nursing / Midwifery Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170098.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170098.php Responding to today's publication of the National Confidential Enquiry Into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) study, Dr Peter Carter of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) stressed the importance of ensuring safe staffing levels and giving nurses the opportunities to develop their knowledge and skills, so they are able to provide quality end-of-life care. Nursing / Midwifery Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170014.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170014.php We launched our devolved dialogue programme in Scotland this week; members of the NMC will meet with Scottish politicians, public and patient groups, regional trade union representatives, nurse directors and other partners, to discuss the core priorities for nursing and midwifery regulation in Scotland, examining how these differ from the rest of the UK and how we can address them as a four-country regulator. Nursing / Midwifery Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170015.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170015.php Nurses and midwives are to have guidance to help them raise and escalate concerns in a way that won't get them into trouble with their regulator. Since the summer we have been working with key professional and patient groups to develop information that will support nurses and midwives to raise and escalate concerns they may have that people could be at risk of harm. Nursing / Midwifery Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169945.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169945.php CPAP Therapy Associated With Slight Weight Gain (#7833) Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), a common therapy for sleep apnea, is associated with a slight but temporary weight gain in patients. Researchers from the University of Toledo Medical College in Ohio followed 152 patients who underwent CPAP therapy for 1 month. Of the patients, 119 (78 percent) gained an average of 3 lbs. Weight gain occurred in 81 percent of men and 73 percent of women. Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169947.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169947.php Increasing Number of ICU Patients Discharged Home (#8592) An increasing number of patients in the ICU are being discharged home instead of being admitted to a step-down unit. Researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY, analyzed data collected from ICU patients discharged home over a 4-year period. During the study, 33 patients, or 1.4 percent of all discharged patients, were discharged home with increasing frequency from year 2 to 4. Respiratory / Asthma Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169927.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169927.php AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the AMA welcomes the Government's decision to amend the Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 to specify a formal requirement that midwives and nurse practitioners must work in collaboration with medical practitioners. Nursing / Midwifery