Royal College Of Nursing Overwhelmingly Accepts Government's Three-Year Pay Deal, UK
Royal College of Nursing overwhelmingly accepts Government's three-year pay dealThe Royal College of Nursing's (RCN) members have shown they overwhelmingly support the Government's pay deal worth 7.99 per cent over three years. Members were consulted on the proposed deal through the RCN's extensive regional branch network and the RCN's website between 21 April and 28 May 2008. The result of the consultation showed 92.7% were in favour of the deal. medicalnewstoday.com |
Judy Waterlow Jones Wins Prestigious Award
The Nursing Times have named a retired clinical nurse teacher from Musgrove as one of the top ten of the most influential nurses of the last sixty years. Judy Waterlow Jones, who lives in Henlade, now gives her time to Musgrove Park Hospital voluntarily, but before she retired in 1988 she was one of the Trust's clinical nurse teachers. The Nursing Times have named her as number ten in its list of 'Diamond 20' nurses, a list of the top twenty nurses nationally. medicalnewstoday.com |
Prestigious National Fellowship Awarded To University Of Miami Nurse To Improve Health Care
A national fellowship program focused on expanding the role of nurses to lead change in the U.S. health care system has been awarded to Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Ph.D., N.P., F.A.A.N., F.A.A.N.P., associate professor at the University of Miami (UM) School of Nursing and Health Studies. He is one of twenty nurses selected nationwide as a 2009 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation® (RWJF) Executive Nurse Fellow. medicalnewstoday.com |
Nurses To Make Aged Care An Election Year Issue, Australian Nursing Federation
The massive $300 wages gap between aged care and public hospital nurses is set to become an election year issue with the launch of a national advertising campaign by the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) and the NSW Nurses' Association (NSWNA)... mnt.to |
San Francisco Supervisors Pass Nationally Significant Legislation To Promote Healthcare Access Through City Planning Process
Registered nurses from the California Nurses Association, along with their patients and community healthcare advocates, cheered yesterday when the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed historic legislation to allow the City to consider the impact on access and equity to healthcare when deciding whether to approve planning proposals for medical facilities... mnt.to |