Nursing News

Matt Rist CBS 7 News mrist@cbs7.com November 15, 2013 Photo courtesy Odessa American WINKLER CO.-According to information provided by the Eigth District Court of Appeals out of El Paso, Former Winkler Co.

A 2010 Institute of Medicine report warned that the nursing profession must change or it would not be able to meet the growing demands that are emerging as a result of health reform, new technologies and an aging population.

Using a remote expert to oversee intensive-care units decreases mortality and decreases the amount of time people spend in hospitals, according to a study released Thursday.

Regine Laurent, president of the FA©dA©ration interprofessionnelle de la santA© du QuA©bec , seen here in a 2009 archive photo The union surveyed a select group of its members and said 60 percent agreed with the proposed legislation, with 64 percent thinking it was necessary.

It was a bitter sweet afternoon Wednesday for about 80 people who gathered at Tulare Nursing & Rehabilitation to mourn the loss and celebrate the life of Dameian "Luke" Gulley -- the Visalia teen who was found dead in Sequoia National Park Nov. 21, after having been reported missing on Nov. 18. Gulley was a regular volunteer at the nursing home, ... (more)

Dr. Akira Todo, medical director of the Stroke Program and Neurology Hospitalist at Northern Westchester Hospital, was named Physician of the Year at NWH's annual Physician Dinner.

The New York State Nurses Association reports the vote was 92-18 by registered nurses at Bellevue Women's Center in the Schenectady suburb of Niskayuna.

This difference often has been attributed to socio-demographic factors such as age, income, education and personal experience with breast-feeding.

Wellmont Health System officials tell News 5 this relationship with will "enhance the continuum of care the region's patients receive."

Negotiations between Lawrence + Memorial Hospital and AFT healthcare union, which represents nearly 800 nurses and healthcare technicians who staged a strike protesting unfair labor practices last week, ended at 6 p.m. last night with no resolution in sight.

Supporters of a ballot question that would limit the number of patients who can be assigned to a nurse at one time are planning to deliver the final batch of signatures designed to put the question before voters next year.

In September the hospital foundation trust was one of the first to be inspected under a revamped system introduced by the Care Quality Commission .

More than 50 percent of nurses are close to retirement, according to the American Nurses Association.

This rendering shows St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii's planned conversion of a portion of the former Hawaii Medical Center East into the Clarence T.C. Ching Nursing Facility.

A member of Moses Cone Hospital's senior management team has been named vice president of nursing at Alamance Regional Medical Center.

Members of the Wyoming Valley Nurses Association kicked off a 24-hour strike at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital on Tuesday morning.

A nursing supervisor is suing Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, alleging the hospital granted a family's request not to have black employees care for a white male patient.

About 150 nurses picketed Tuesday morning outside Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

A federal mediator is set to attend contract talks to help find common ground in stalled negotiations between Lawrence + Memorial Hospital and nurses and technicians.

Remember Louise Delamere from the Channel 4 series No Angels? Seven years later she's nursing again, this time as Holby's new director of nursing Colette Sheward.