Nursing News

Junk food could be off the menu in hospital canteens as o verweight doctors and nurses are encouraged to slim down to set a good example to patients.

The University of Hawaii at Manoa's nursing school has become the first in the state to receive a three-year accreditation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare for its translational health science simulation center, which serves as a practice ground for students and local health care providers.

A few weeks ago, we took a look at nonverbal greetings around the world. In Japan, they bow.

The Senate confirmed Robert McDonald as the new Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday, one month after President Obama nominated him for the post.

Two Vancouver pharmacies will soon offer customers free HIV tests that will provide results on the spot in less than five minutes.

Jacqueline DeVane, a licensed practical nurse from Sutton Station Internal Medicine, was awarded the 2014 Friends of Nursing LPN Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice.

House and Senate negotiators have approved a $17 billion compromise bill to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs and reform a program scandalized by veterans' long waits for health care and VA workers falsifying records to cover up delays.

Left to right, Tecia Hennessey, American Legion Auxiliary Logan Unit #263, Jacquiline Martincic, Courtney Mileham and Marlens Schrader, Unit #263 Education Chairman.

A RETIRED nurse from Canada who has spent many years of her life in Bromsgrove celebrated her 100th birthday at the weekend.

Do you remember hearing dire predictions of an oncoming nursing shortage about a decade ago? Well, never mind.

The Floridean Nursing and Rehabilitation Center turned 70 this year, still being run by the fourth generation of the founding family.

A NURSE leading cancer services in Worcestershire has been picked to speak at an international conference in the USA looking at how treatment for the condition can be made more comfortable.

NHS chiefs have asked elderly patients to give their views on health and social care, ahead of moves to reduce the number of admissions to East Lancashire's hospitals.

Before it was the Commonwealth Games, it was the Empire Games, and Vancouver was the site 60 years ago this week.

Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., have reached a deal to overhaul the embattled Department of Veterans Affairs, multiple news organizations are reporting.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks during a news conference Thursday on Capitol Hill in Washington.

The Arizona Daily Sun reports that the Arizona State Board of Nursing has enforced an 18-month probation period.

Newcastle United could be tempted to make a move for Loic Remy in the wake of the striker's move to Liverpool collapsing But now a happy and healthy six-year-old, Paige wants to give back to the nurses who helped save her life.

A car fire spread to a nursing home in the 100 block of Bellefontaine Street in Pasadena on Sunday, July 28, 2014, prompting the temporary evacuation of 127 primarily bed-ridden patients, authorities said.

The number of times GP surgeries in England are forced to turn away patients for appointments next year will pass the 50 million mark, new research predicts.