News tagged with nurse
Who will benefit from stroke drug? New score can help decide
A new scoring method can help doctors quickly decide which stroke patients will respond well to the clot-busting drug alteplase, according to a study published in the February 7, 2012, print issue of Neurology, the medica ...
Neuroscience
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Lecture or listen: When patients waver on meds
Take your medicine, Doctor's orders. It's a simple idea that may seem especially obvious when the pills are the antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that add decades to the lives of HIV-positive patients. But despite the reality that ...
HIV & AIDS
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Vt. struggles to rebuild mental health system
(AP) -- The remnants of Hurricane Irene did what policymakers hadn't been able to accomplish for more than a decade - close the state's antiquated psychiatric hospital.
Health
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Retention study identifies key factors affecting three generations of nurses
If organisations want to retain qualified nurses they need to tackle the different work factors that are important to the three key age groups and build on the strong attachment that many nurses feel to the profession. Those ...
Health
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Hospitalized patients are very accepting of nurse-delivered brief alcohol interventions
The U.S. Joint Commission recently approved new hospital accreditation measures related to alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for all hospitalized patients. Yet little is known about ...
Health
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Internet could help nurses treat obesity, say researchers
(Medical Xpress) -- Nurses and patients could be given more support to reduce the amount of obesity in today’s society through internet-based resources, according to research at the University of Southampton.
Health
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Half of care home patients suffer drug errors
(Medical Xpress) -- Errors in administration of medication are a serious problem in long-term residential care. New research completed by the University of Warwick and the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE) ...
Health
Jan 12, 2012 |
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'BINGO!' game helps researchers study perception deficits
Bingo, a popular activity in nursing homes, senior centers and assisted-living facilities, has benefits that extend well beyond socializing. Researchers found high-contrast, large bingo cards boost thinking and playing skills ...
Neuroscience
Jan 03, 2012 |
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NY bill would require bachelor's degrees for RNs
(AP) -- New registered nurses would have to earn bachelor's degrees within 10 years to keep working in New York under a bill lawmakers are considering as part of a national push to raise educational standards for nurses, ...
Health
Dec 30, 2011 |
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Coloradans can make money by losing weight
(AP) -- Insurance company Kaiser Permanente Colorado is offering cash to Coloradans to lose weight and keep it off.
Health
Dec 28, 2011 |
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Unhealthy eating: a new form of occupational hazard?
The poor diet of shift workers should be considered a new occupational health hazard, according to an editorial published in this month's PLoS Medicine. The editorial draws on previous work published in the journal, which ...
Health
Dec 27, 2011 |
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State cuts to Medicaid affect patients, providers
(AP) -- Just as Medicaid prepares for a vast expansion under the federal health care overhaul, the 47-year-old entitlement program for the poor is under increasing pressure as deficit-burdened states chip away at benefits ...
Health
Dec 27, 2011 |
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Discharge summaries play key role in keeping nursing home patients safe
(Medical Xpress) -- Sending thorough and timely reports to nursing homes when a patient is discharged from the hospital could help promote patient safety during the early days after a hospitalization. Yet, these repor ...
Health
Dec 22, 2011 |
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New registered nurses' lack of geographic mobility has negative implications for rural health
A study on the geographic mobility of registered nurses (RNs) recently published in the December Health Affairs magazine suggests that the profession's relative lack of mobility has serious implications for access to hea ...
Health
Dec 09, 2011 |
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To keep nurses, improve their work environments
Nurses working in hospitals around the world are reporting they are burned out and dissatisfied with their jobs, reported researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy ...
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Dec 08, 2011 |
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