October 7, 2014
(Associated Press) – The Obama administration says it’s launching a makeover for Nursing Home Compare, the government website consumers can turn to when a loved one needs long-term care. Officials said Monday a key improvement will involve a new electronic … Read More
October 6, 2014
(Washington Post) – While the international community has been accused of dragging its feet on the Ebola crisis, Cuba, a country of just 11 million people that still enjoys a fraught relationship with the United States, has emerged as a crucial provider of medical expertise in … Read More
September 26, 2014
(Science Daily) – A new University of Iowa study further supports an inescapable message: caregivers have a profound influence — good or bad — on the emotional state of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. Patients may not remember a recent visit … Read More
September 26, 2014
(Boston Globe) – The Massachusetts Nurses Association sued Brigham and Women’s Hospital this week, seeking to block a policy not yet in effect that would require nurses to get flu shots if they want to keep working there. The action … Read More
September 24, 2014
(ABC News) – A Texas hospital CEO has apologized for a screening lapse that potentially exposed hundreds infants to tuberculosis. Hospital and city health officials are working to screen more than 750 infants who were came into contact with an … Read More
September 18, 2014
(A Woman’s Health) – Although Alzheimer’s disease affects both men and women, the condition is gaining attention as a women’s health issue. There is no known physiological link between gender and development of the disease, but statistics show that more … Read More
September 16, 2014
(Eurekalert) – Research shows that, while most adults want their wishes for end-of-life care response, only about one-third have completed AHCDs. Despite the growing need for advance care planning, many health care professionals lack the knowledge to teach patients about … Read More
September 12, 2014
(NEJM) – The recent wave of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Western Africa and efforts to control the disease where the health system requires strengthening raises a number of ethical challenges for healthcare workers practicing in these countries. We … Read More
September 10, 2014
(Nursing Times) – Community nurses may be being put under pressure to probe frail and elderly patients on their end of life wishes without the right support and training, say palliative care experts. The warning comes amid growing concern – … Read More
September 9, 2014
(Medscape) – Physicians have more positive perceptions about end-of-life care than nurses, according to a survey conducted among healthcare professionals at hospitals and cancer clinics in Germany and published online September 8 in Cancer. “We found that 72% of physicians … Read More
September 4, 2014
(News-Medical) – Most nurses in their work care for patients who are dying. A study of more than 200 students has shown that many nurses in training feel unprepared and anxious when faced with the prospect of meeting patients during … Read More
August 29, 2014
(IMTJ) – The on-going row between medical bodies and hospitals in Canada over medical tourism is escalating. Ontario could be vulnerable to legal challenge because of medical tourism. Allowing international patients to pay for health care sets Ontario up for … Read More
August 27, 2014
(Newswise) – A National Nursing Ethics Summit, the first of its kind, was convened by the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and the Berman Institute of Bioethics on August 13-15. Approximately 50 nurse ethicists, professional nursing organization leaders and key … Read More
August 20, 2014
(BBC) – The number of nurses available at weekends – but not the frequency of doctors’ ward rounds – affects chances of survival after stroke, a study says. Researchers found patients admitted to stroke units with the lowest ratio of … Read More
August 19, 2014
(New York Times) – The California Supreme Court has ruled that a home health aide may not sue a client with Alzheimer’s disease for an injury incurred on the job. The case is one of the first in the nation … Read More
August 19, 2014
(UPI) – Parents who want their children to care for them in their old age are best off having daughters, as new research suggests they spend about twice as much time as their male siblings and counterparts do caring for … Read More
August 14, 2014
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August 5, 2014
(New York Times) – The current physician training system, heavily subsidized by the federal government, has not produced doctors prepared to serve in a changing health care system and cannot account for billions of dollars in public funding each year, … Read More
August 4, 2014
(Forbes) – The purpose of hospice is to support the family and dying patient while they are in their home. Hospice will not provide around the clock care for the patient in the home environment. Some hospice organizations have facilities … Read More
July 30, 2014
(Nursing Times) – “Dozen babies born using ‘safer’ IVF treatment,” reads today’s headline in The Independent. This headline was based on a new study providing proof of concept that the natural hormone kisspeptin-54 could be used to stimulate egg maturation … Read More
July 18, 2014
(Medical News Today) – In the journal Annals of Emergency Medicine, researchers from the University of Michigan (U-M) Medical School report the first national, broad-based analysis of the link between the volume of emergency patients that hospitals treat and the … Read More
July 17, 2014
(Nursing Standard) – The RCN has called for better provision of care for dying people who wish to spend their last days at home. The National Survey of Bereaved People, published last week by the Office for National Statistics, revealed … Read More
July 15, 2014
Public Health Nursing (Vol. 31, No. 4, July / August 2014) is now available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Aging — A Public Health Success” by Patricia J. Kelly “Implementation of a Diabetes Prevention Program in Public Housing Communities” by … Read More
July 10, 2014
(Oncology Nurse Advisor) – A lot of buzz about genomic and genetic testing is heard in oncology. But what are they? Are they the same? How do they differ? Although genetic and genomic do sound similar and are related, the … Read More
July 8, 2014
(ABC News) – One of the most dramatic scenes so far from the second season of ABC’s New York Med had nothing to do with gunshot wounds or heart transplants. It came when emergency room nurse Katie Duke was fired … Read More
