Nurse
hideA nurse (rarely medic) is a healthcare professional, who along with other health care professionals, is responsible for the treatment, safety, and recovery of acutely or chronically ill or injured people, health maintenance of the healthy, and treatment of life-threatening emergencies in a wide range of health care settings.
Nurses may also be involved in medical and nursing research and perform a wide range of clinical and non-clinical functions necessary to the delivery of health care. Nurses also provide care at birth and death. There is currently a shortage of nurses in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, and a number of other developed countries.
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News tagged with nurses
Cellphones may spread superbugs in hospitals: study
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Cell phones belonging to hospital staff were found to be tainted with bacteria -- including the drug-resistant MRSA superbug -- and may be a source of hospital-acquired infections, according to study released Friday.
Nursing homes save millions using care improvement program, researcher finds
May 13, 2009 |
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Aging adults living in nursing homes and relying on the care of others are often susceptible to a long list of medical problems. These problems are debilitating for the residents and cost facilities millions ...
There's a life-saving medical device sitting on your sink
Dec 11, 2008 |
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Hospital-borne infections are a serious risk of a long-term hospital stay, and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), a lung infection that develops in about 15% of all people who are ventilated, is among the most dangerous. ...
Study reveals smoking's effect on nurses' health, death rates
Nov 13, 2008 |
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A new UCLA School of Nursing study is the first to reveal the devastating consequences of smoking on the nursing profession. Published in the November–December edition of the journal Nursing Research, the findings descri ...
Medical establishment prevents nurses from assuming new roles
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Physicians still retain the bulk of decision-making power over nurses in Quebec - a situation that's detrimental to evolving nursing roles. According to a new study by Université de Montréal researchers, published ...
Nurses safely and effectively prescribe antiretroviral drugs in pilot program
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Given sufficient training and support, nurses can safely and effectively prescribe antiretroviral therapy (ART) to patients with HIV, according to a Rwandan study published in this week's PLoS Medicine.
Ind., Tenn. to begin swine flu vaccinations
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Indiana and Tennessee are among the first states that will vaccinate people against the swine flu.
School nurse shortage hampers swine flu response
Sep 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- As schools grapple with a resurgence of swine flu, many districts have few or no nurses to prevent or respond to outbreaks, leaving students more vulnerable to a virus that spreads easily in classrooms ...
Report: Changes Needed in Nurses' Education and Work Environments
Sep 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by a Yale School of Nursing researcher recommends changes in nursing schools and the work environment to reduce the number of novice nurses who opt to leave the profession.
Yes, the grass IS greener: Why Canadian nurses go -- and stay -- in the USA
May 14, 2009 |
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(Toronto: May 14, 2009) A study looking at Canadian-educated registered nurses working in the USA found that opportunities for ongoing education, including formal support for graduate education and ease of licensure, in addition ...
Nurses are assessing mothers with mental health issues despite lack of guidance and formal training
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May 06, 2009 |
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Researchers have raised serious concerns about the lack of guidance and training provided for nurses involved in assessing the parenting capacity of mothers with serious mental illnesses.
Keeping nurses on the job: Retention is part of the answer to the nursing shortage
Mar 30, 2009 |
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A new research study, published in the March/April issue of the journal Nursing Economics, has determined what factors can help keep new nurses from leaving their jobs and - in doing so - save health systems money. When ...
Major research project highlights the changing face of nurses in films over the last 100 years
Oct 08, 2008 |
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An extensive study of how the nursing profession has been portrayed in films over the last century has shown that unflattering stereotypes are becoming less common and nurses are now being portrayed in a more positive light.
