Nursing News

More than 55 years ago, Carlene Dunn put on her starched nursing uniform topped with cap, bib and apron to care for patients in a Massachusetts hospital.

The paramedics wheel out a stretcher carrying a man, 73, strapped to a hard board, a precaution in case his spine is fractured.

To mark International Women's Day, we talked to some of the most influential women in Redbridge and asked what challenges they have overcome and what women still have to face.

One nursing home out of four surveyed, and one assisted living facility out of three surveyed in Washington County received above-average marks from residents in the state's 2013 Long-term Care Resident Satisfaction Survey.

A NEW care plan will be trialled in Dudley borough to allow more people with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses to spend their final days at home.

Former Tennessee football star and coach Johnny Majors is in stable condition at the University of Tennessee Medical Center after a heart valve procedure.

Paramedics from four states have gathered in Sioux City for an annual conference that focuses on the skills needed to keep patients alive until they can reach a hospital.

Care home and care support costs in Kirklees are set to rise together as Kirklees Council discuss new proposals on Tuesday.

NHS England wanted to close Basildon Hospital's Hyper Acute Stroke Unit and instead send patients to Southend Hospital for vital stroke treatment.

EAST Lancashire's hospitals have offered 38 jobs to nurses from Portugal and Italy, in a bid to plug the remaining gaps in their work-force.

PARENTS Gordon and Julia Loy have complained to hospital bosses after the maternity ward where their baby was born was like a "building site".

There can be 'no compromise' on the need for mandated minimum nursing levels in Welsh hopsitals, the Royal College of Nursing has said.

President of the Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals Mari Cordes says they "are not happy about it, in particular how it was handled."

The bill's champion, Rep. Cary Pigman, is an emergency room physician who has supervised nurse practitioners for most of his career.

Jeremy Hunt has rejected a bid to stop the downgrading of Dewsbury's A&E department - despite years of campaigning by residents and The Reporter.

The money is from the Nursing Technology Fund - part of a A 100m investment to improve nursing care through the purchase of new tech.

Plummeting test scores among Florida nursing school graduates has prompted some legislators to propose a bill that would tighten the qualifications for nursing programs.

Efforts by Rosalie Girard's Berkshire Nursing Families has raised breastfeeding rates for new mothers at North Adams Regional Hospital from 50 to 87 percent.

A CHATTERBOX health worker who loves the challenge of caring for 'grumpy patients' has been hailed as one of Royal Blackburn Hospital 's unsung heroes.

CARE CONCEPTS. Above, Justin Racz of Racz Building and Development presents concept plans of a strategic business park to the Planning Commission on Feb. 26. The development would cater to residents looking for a continuum of health care with independent living, skilled nursing and assisted living facilities.