Nursing News

Notre Dame of Maryland University says it has received a $1.5 million gift to fund the first endowed chair in its School of Nursing.

A GRIEVING mother has paid tribute to her 'inspiring' baby who died from an infection while having chemotherapy for a rare disease.

A MUM claims her mentally ill daughter is being allowed to 'slip through the cracks' due to a lack of funding in health care.

The grant is among $360 million in prospective innovation awards announced Wednesday by new Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell.

Saskatchewan nurses will be required to get flu shots or wear masks during flu season, the provincial government announced Wednesday.

The approximately 450 graduate and registered nurses, who are members of the Wyoming Valley Nurses Association local of Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals , walked the picket line for five days, beginning on Friday.

A NURSE caring for critically ill patients watched a golf tournament on a work computer while on duty, a tribunal heard.

Saint Joseph Mercy Health System today announced the launch of a $25 million revitalization program to add private patient rooms at St. Joseph Mercy Livingston hospital and develop a short stay service that includes a 28-bed unit for overnight stays at St. Joseph Mercy Brighton.

The Veterans Affairs hospital scandal was the subject of a House hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday evening with testimony from VA whistle-blowers who claim supervisors and top management retaliated against them when they uncovered wrongdoing.

BRADFORD Royal Infirmary and Airedale Hospital have both been given the lowest 'red' ranking for infection control and cleanliness in a national patient safety report released by the NHS - but both hospitals insist they are working to improve standards.

A NURSE will face a misconduct panel later this month after being accused of shouting at a patient and pinning their wrists down.

Alberta gained 2,697 more nurses between 2009 and 2013, according to a report released Tuesday by the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

Bismarck-based Northland Healthcare Alliance will receive around $1.15 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for a rural elderly care program.

Ninety-year-old Alice Sealeaf, from Birkenhead, has seen many changes throughout her life but none bigger than when she had to adapt to losing her sight.

NHS chiefs have agreed to lift the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals out of special measures after a major inspection found 'significant improvements' had been made in the last year.

Wye Valley NHS Trust has launched a recruitment campaign looking for qualified nurses either looking for a new challenge or who have left the profession but want to return.

The number of organ transplants is continuing to rise, but the UK still lags behind other countries, official figures show.

Radford University President Penelope W. Kyle has signed a guaranteed admissions agreement for nursing with the Virginia Community College System .

The California Nurses Association said it filed a request today for the National Labor Relations Board to overturn the recent vote at Memorial Medical Center in Modesto.

Mercy Memorial operates Mercy Memorial Hospital as well as Macomb Pharmacy, the Hospice of Monroe, HomeCare Connection, Home Respiratory Care and the Nursing Center.