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GYMPIE TAFE’s Diploma of Nursing course is celebrating its firstbirthdayafter being introduced for the first time in 2011. And the coursealready isaiming to secure real jobs for its graduates, with training frominstructorswell qualified theoretically and in the field.Brenden Cooke hasjoined the team at Gympie TAFE, after having been aregistered nurse working[...]
As a first-year mental health nursing student I started my courseinSeptember 2011, along with around 20 other enthusiastic would-be nurses, ofallages and backgrounds. With the pride and excitement of achieving a place onanursing degree course still freshly buzzing around my head, I believe Imadethe mistake of focusing on how many sharpened [...]
In a 10-minute span one Wednesday morning, school nurse Janice Telsrowsawfour students who needed medication dispensed to them, one who wasreturningclothes he had borrowed the day before and a sixth child whoapparently hadinjured her knee. Telsrow, who works at Wilson Elementary Schoolin Davenport,is an example of someone who does a lot [...]
The Emergency Nurses Association has released a three-year strategicplanthat charts the organization’s path through 2014 with an emphasis onachievinggoals in four broad areas. Advance Emergency Care at Home andAbroadStrategies: Develop strategic partnerships; foster relationshipsthatsupport emergency nursing; expand advocacy opportunities inemergencyhealthcare policy; explore and provide innovative approache… Read More»
A group of students from the University of Nevada, Reno, Orvis SchoolofNursing 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,” taughtbyclinical instructor Maureen Barnes, RN.“We conducted surveys [...]
A senior government advisor on NHS education and training has spoken ofher“concern” at some trusts’ “disinterest” in training and called fornewlyqualified nurses to be properly supported. The call comes as evidenceshows ofa lack of nursing input into the new bodies due to take over control oflocaleducation and training budgets for NHS [...]
Under a new piece of legislation in New York’s Assembly, all new nursesinNew 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 [...]
Obesity levels are constantly rising in the UK and are a major threattopublic health. There are many initiatives to drive down the numbersofoverweight people, yet there is little research into how computers andtheinternet can assist primary care nurses when treating people in need oflosingweight. However a project, the Positive Online Weight [...]
November 18, 2011 – Nearly half of all adults in the United Statessufferfrom a chronic disease, according to the Centers for Disease ControlandPrevention (CDC), which they describe as “among the most prevalent, costly,andpreventable of all health problems” on their website. A 2007 report fromtheMilken Institute estimated that the annual cost of [...]
As hospitals continue to combat readmissions, facilities in Florida andNewJersey have found a successful tool: nurse intervention andcommunication.For instance, Memorial Hospital focuses on nursing education, andSt.Vincent’s HealthCare has nurses explain discharge plans before patientsleavethe hospitals, reported the Florida Times-Union.“Medication-related sideeffects and misunderstandings about what and w… Read More »