July 8, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – Many caregivers of terminal cancer patients suffer depression and report regret and guilt from feeling they could have done more to eliminate side effects and relieve the pain. So researchers from the nursing school at Case Western … Read More
July 3, 2014
(Los Angeles Times) – The Medical Society of New Jersey, the state’s largest physicians group, opposed a recently tabled bill for physician-assisted suicide. But it is pushing an alternative that may be just as bad: the Practitioner’s Orders for Life-Sustaining … Read More
June 27, 2014
(Nursing Times) – This jointly authored book is aimed squarely at undergraduate nurses in the UK and is a welcome addition to the small number of books targeted at this audience. The authors are experienced educators and clinicians in palliative … Read More
June 19, 2014
(New York Times) – But despite my checks and balances, I had almost allowed the wrong person to make crucial decisions for this vulnerable patient. And I had nearly excluded a wife from her rightful place on her husband’s team. … Read More
June 17, 2014
(BBC) – Hospitals need to do more to ensure patients get a good night’s sleep, nurses say. Delegates at the Royal College of Nursing conference said a combination of thoughtlessness and badly run wards were keeping patients awake. They called … Read More
June 11, 2014
(New York Times) – Two days later she was back in the emergency room, wheezing and choking all over again, her readmission an embarrassment to the professional staff — and, for the hospital, a big fat fine from Medicare in … Read More
June 10, 2014
(Washington Post) – As a medical professional who became an accident victim and then a trauma patient, I was struck by the uneven nature of my care, which was marked by an overreliance on testing at the expense of my … Read More
June 10, 2014
(The Wall Street Journal) – The traditional doctor’s appointment is getting a makeover. In managed-care giant Kaiser Permanente’s Southern California region, with 3.7 million members, patients who show up for an office visit may get more than they bargained for: … Read More
June 9, 2014
(Health Canal) – Co-author Flinders Professor David Currow said extended family members, neighbours and friends accounted for more than half (55.9 per cent) of the 2,028 identified hands-on caregivers, providing more hands-on care than first-degree relatives. “As expected, one cohort … Read More
June 6, 2014
(Associated Press) – A nurse was unfairly denied unemployment benefits after she was fired for refusing a flu shot without claiming a religious or medical exemption, a New Jersey appeals court ruled Thursday. The three-judge panel wrote that the hospital’s … Read More
June 5, 2014
(World Health Organization) – A report released today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund together with the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), WHO and partners reveals that major deficits in the midwifery workforce occur in 73 countries where these … Read More
June 4, 2014
(Oncology Nurse Advisor) – The overall quality of death of cancer patients who die in an urban Canadian setting with ready access to palliative care was found to be good to excellent in the large majority of cases, helping to … Read More
June 3, 2014
(ABC.Net.au) – JCU Professor of Nursing Linda Shields has released a book about nursing and midwifery during the Nazi era in WWII Germany. Nurses and Midwives in Nazi Germany: The “Euthanasia Programs” focuses on nursing ethics and explains the role of … Read More
June 2, 2014
(Healio) – Early implementation of a phone-based palliative care support program improved quality of life for caregivers of patients with advanced cancer, according to results of a randomized trial presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting. “This is the first palliative … Read More
May 23, 2014
(Beliefnet) – Director Carolyn Jones told me that she learned more from Sister Stephen than anyone she has ever met. Sister Stephen is an end-of-life nurse featured in Jones’ documentary, The American Nurse. I also learned a great deal from … Read More
May 20, 2014
Nursing Ethics (Volume 21, No. 4, June 2014) is now available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Telling the truth?” by Steven Edwards “Undergraduate healthcare ethics education, moral resilience, and the role of ethical theories” by Settimio Monteverde “Coercion in … Read More
May 19, 2014
Qualitative Health Research (Volume 24, No. 5, May 2014) is now available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Exploring Women’s Experiences of Health and Well-Being in Remote Northwest Queensland, Australia” by Desley Harvey “The Need to Nurse the Nurse: Emotional … Read More
May 19, 2014
The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (Volume 42, No. 1, Spring 2014) is now available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Defining the Scope of Public Engagement: Examining the “Right Not to Know” in Public Health Genomics” by Clarissa Allen, … Read More
May 19, 2014
Nursing Ethics (Volume 21, No. 3, May 2014) is now available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Launch of International Care Ethics (ICE) Observatory” by Ann Gallagher “Factors associated with nurses’ opinions and practices regarding information and consent” by Francesca Ingravallo, … Read More
May 19, 2014
(BBC) – Nurses are under more scrutiny than ever before. Following the Stafford Hospital scandal the profession has been forced to defend itself against accusations it has forgotten how to care. But what is life really like for those on … Read More
May 6, 2014
(ABC News) – Photographer Carolyn Jones, inspired by the woman who nursed her though chemotherapy for breast cancer, traveled the country in 2012 to interview 110 of the nation’s finest nurses. The end result is the American Nurse Project, personal … Read More
April 22, 2014
Public Health Nursing (Volume 31, No. 3, May/June 2014) is now available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Gender Differences in Immediate Hypersensitivity Reactions to Vaccines: A Review of the Literature” by Mari Griffioen and Neal Halsey “Intimate Partner Violence and … Read More
April 22, 2014
(Washington Post) – Photographer and filmmaker Carolyn Jones created “The American Nurse” after publishing a coffee-table book on the subject two years ago, and the film builds on the same mix of powerful images with words of men and women … Read More
April 22, 2014
(New York Times) – A relic from the medical past — the house call — is returning to favor as part of some hospitals’ palliative care programs, which are sending teams of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains and other workers … Read More
April 21, 2014
(Nursing Times) – A study looked at the responsibility for end-of-life care in care homes without nursing staff. It highlighted that formal carers need support to care for frail older people. Most care homes in England do not have nurses … Read More
