My friends,
Just a brief note to wish you All a very Happy Thanksgiving.  Thank you for your unselfish giving to the patients you care for. Best wishes to you and your family!
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With the economy down and the unemployment rate on the rise, Americans are justifiably scared during this time of tremendous uncertainty. Â
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An Online Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) prepares you for further studies while you are still working. The associate’s degree in nursing and the clinical experience that you acquire stand you in good stead when you decide to appear for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX).
The ADN is a two year course that allows you to become a registered nurse (RN) without having to acquire a bachelor’s degree. It is not possible for everyone to devote time exclusively to studies and acquire a bachelor’s degree. Hence an online ADN is a great way to traverse the RN-BSN path.
In January, Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital in Willits donated $3500 to the Mendocino College Licensed Vocational Nurse to Registered Nurse Bridge program.
This donation will be used to purchase educational equipment for the nursing lab on the Mendocino College Ukiah Campus.
The nursing lab has five patient simulation areas where students learn their nursing skills prior to work in the hospital.
The two most important changes are:
Only nurses would be allowed to give out medications to patients.
Advanced Practice Nurses, such as nurse practitioners, will be allowed to work without the direct supervision of a doctor.
To read more about these important changes that will affect all current and prospective nurses working in Illinois please click this
According to a 2003 survey of Maryland Hospital Association, there is 16.6% vacancy rate for CRNAs in the state. Fifteen of the 17 graduates were immediately offered CRNA positions in the Baltimore area.
“We are extremely proud of our nurse anesthesia graduates, who completed this rigorous 28-month, full-time program that included an 18-month, full-time clinical rotation,” said Lou Heindel, DNP, CRNA, assistant professor and director of the School of Nursing’s nurse anesthesia program.
Robin P. Newhouse, PhD, RN has been awarded a two-year $100,000 grant by the Maryland Cigarette Restitution Fund Grant at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions to conduct four studies related to smoking cessation interventions and counseling efforts by nurses in Maryland hospitals.
Have you heard the report on Autism in America?
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention study found out that 1 in every 150 children in America suffers from the dreaded disease.
The story grabbed my attention because I have known quiet a few autistic children and their parents in my life and I’m aware of the kind of problem it is, mildly put. It is the sort of thing that really takes whole families hostage emotionally and also in a monetary/material sense. And it does not go away once the kids grow up either.
Anyway… I’m thinking “why?” How come such a high percentage of kids Amerika suffer from Autism?
I used to help a group of folks down in Carolina who believed it was due to this shot that the government recommended children get while they were very young. But since then I’ve also read other reports that counter that argument with some degree of plausibility.
I hope one day the scientists will figure out the conditions that trigger this totally debilitating disease.
Colleges around the nation are reading the writing on the wall. Muskingum College of New Concord, Ohio has joined the ranks of higher learning institutions offering a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Nursing (B.S.N.) starting Fall 2008.
“The program, which expands the number of degree choices for students at Muskingum, will be offered to both traditional undergraduate students in either a residential or commuter setting, and also as part of the Muskingum Adult Program (MAP) to persons currently holding the R.N. licensure,” a university official said.
The program will combine Muskingum’s liberal arts and sciences classes with a structured nursing curriculum to build a comprehensive B.S.N. experience.
The clinical component is designed to exceed the required standards, and Muskingum College officials have reportedly begun discussions with both the Genesis Health Care System in Zanesville and the Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center in Cambridge to provide clinical opportunities for the students.
The NLN expressed its dissatisfaction with the $44 million (or 29 percent) decrease for the Nursing Workforce Development programs authorized by Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act.
“As the nursing community has pointed out before,” said NLN CEO Dr. Beverly Malone, “More than three decades ago during another less serious nursing shortage, Congress appropriated $153 million for nurse education programs, worth more than $592 million in today’s dollars. And despite the critical need we face today, the Bush administration is proposing to spend only one fourth of what the federal government spent in 1974.”
The findings of a recent NLN/Carnegie Foundation National Survey of Nurse Educators suggest that Compensation, Workload, and Teaching Practices must be viewed as a call to action. In just one example, the study has found that one in five nurse faculty members said they were likely to retire from paid employment in five years or less; and almost one half of all nurse faculty (47.9%) said they were “likely” to retire in six to 10 years.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that nursing would have the greatest job growth of all professions in the United States in the years spanning 2002 to 2012. During this ten-year period, health care facilities will need to fill more than 1.1 million RN job openings.
“It is painfully apparent,” said Dr. Malone, “that nurses need to be fearless advocates for increased funding for workforce development if we are to have a chance to meet our health care needs in the coming years.”
Baltimore, MD, January 10, 2007 — The Center for Nursing Advocacy has announced its fourth “Golden Lamp Awards,” the group’s annual list of the best and worst media portrayals of nurses. The 2006 list includes a range of media from all over the world.
The top three best media coverages are:
1) Celia Dugger, The New York Times, “U.S. Plan to Lure Nurses May Hurt Poor Nations,” May 24.
2) Ronnie Polaneczky, Philadelphia Daily News, Sept. 12, Sept. 26 and Oct. 5, three columns on a local labor dispute and the nursing shortage.
3) Katherine Boo, The New Yorker, “Swamp Nurse,” Feb. 2.
Among the “worst” award recipients were the Nobel Prize-winning Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), Italian political leader Silvio Berlusconi, nurse recruiting campaigner Johnson & Johnson, and hit Hollywood shows including ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” and Fox’s “House.”
However, that picture is changing thanks to strong job stability, good pay and benefits, and the chance to work at the forefront of emerging technologies while saving lives.
More and more men are coming around to the conclusion that saving lives at a hospital is as good and noble a public service as many other public service jobs that were traditionally dominated by men, including volunteer firefighting and law enforcement.
The 3-day 12-hour shifts might not be easy for some. But the rewards certainly justify the sacrifice.