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Ad by GoogleGYMPIE TAFE’s Diploma of Nursing course is celebrating its first birthdayafter being introduced for the first time in 2011. And the course already isaiming to secure real jobs for its graduates, with training from instructorswell qualified theoretically and in the field.Brenden Cooke has joined the team at Gympie TAFE, after having been aregistered nurse working in operating theatres at Nambour Hospital untilrece...

As a first-year mental health nursing student I started my course inSeptember 2011, along with around 20 other enthusiastic would-be nurses, of allages and backgrounds. With the pride and excitement of achieving a place on anursing degree course still freshly buzzing around my head, I believe I madethe mistake of focusing on how many sharpened pencils were in my brand-spankingnew pencil case instead of getting stuc...

In a 10-minute span one Wednesday morning, school nurse Janice Telsrow sawfour students who needed medication dispensed to them, one who was returningclothes he had borrowed the day before and a sixth child who apparently hadinjured her knee. Telsrow, who works at Wilson Elementary School in Davenport,is an example of someone who does a lot more in their job than other peoplemight think. Her typical day in the Quad...

The Emergency Nurses Association has released a three-year strategic planthat charts the organization’s path through 2014 with an emphasis on achievinggoals in four broad areas. Advance Emergency Care at Home and AbroadStrategies: Develop strategic partnerships; foster relationships thatsupport emergency nursing; expand advocacy opportunities in emergencyhealthcare policy; explore and provide innovative approache...

A group of students from the University of Nevada, Reno, Orvis School ofNursing hosted a health fair for homeless individuals Nov. 18 at St. Vincent’sDining Hall. The event was part of a group project for the students’ nursingclass “Care of the Community, Mental Health and Chronically Ill,” taught byclinical instructor Maureen Barnes, RN.“We conducted surveys to see what healthcare issues are of most conc...

A senior government advisor on NHS education and training has spoken of her“concern” at some trusts’ “disinterest” in training and called for newlyqualified nurses to be properly supported. The call comes as evidence shows ofa lack of nursing input into the new bodies due to take over control of localeducation and training budgets for NHS staff.Dame Julie Moore, chief executive of University of Birmingham...

Under a new piece of legislation in New York’s Assembly, all new nurses inNew York would need to earn a four-year Bachelor of Science of Nursing (BSN)degree – within 10 years of passage of the bill.Under the initiative, dubbed “BSN in 10,” a two-year associate’s degreeleading to Registered Nurse (RN) licensure would be sufficient for up to adecade.Despite an ongoing nursing shortage, the measure has mostl...

Obesity levels are constantly rising in the UK and are a major threat topublic health. There are many initiatives to drive down the numbers ofoverweight people, yet there is little research into how computers and theinternet can assist primary care nurses when treating people in need of losingweight. However a project, the Positive Online Weight Reduction (POWeR)project, being carried out by the University of South...

November 18, 2011 – Nearly half of all adults in the United States sufferfrom a chronic disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC), which they describe as “among the most prevalent, costly, andpreventable of all health problems” on their website. A 2007 report from theMilken Institute estimated that the annual cost of treating these diseases was$ 277 billion and the cost of lost...

As hospitals continue to combat readmissions, facilities in Florida and NewJersey have found a successful tool: nurse intervention and communication.For instance, Memorial Hospital focuses on nursing education, and St.Vincent’s HealthCare has nurses explain discharge plans before patients leavethe hospitals, reported the Florida Times-Union.“Medication-related side effects and misunderstandings about what and w...