| Cesarean Rates And Epidurals Reduced By Doula Support During Labor During labor, the continued presence of a doula - an experienced non-medical female companion who provides continuous labor support - has significant beneficial effects for middle- and upper-class women in childbirth, even when they have their male partner or other family member with them, according to a new study in the journal Birth. medicalnewstoday.com |
Dignity In Care, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, England A new project at the Royal Free aims to promote the idea of dignified care across the trust. "Nurses are passionate about trying to deliver dignified care," said Mary Flatley, who is leading the project team. "This project aims to help clinical leaders improve patients' experiences within the trust by supporting the staff to deliver these clinical improvements. medicalnewstoday.com |
Tenet Nurses, Healthcare Workers Take Action To Protest Sick Leave Cuts, California And Florida Registered nurses and hospital workers who provide care at hospitals owned by Tenet Healthcare Corporation organized an unprecedented national protest against attempts to cut their access to sick leave. Tenet healthcare workers who belong to both the National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association (NNOC/CNA) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare leafleted at nine hospitals in Florida and California. medicalnewstoday.com |
NMC Welcomes Recommendations Of The Report Of The Prime Minister's Independent Commission On The Future Of Nursing And Midwifery The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) has welcomed the recommendations of the Prime Minister's independent Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery in England published today... mnt.to |
New Evidence-Based Procedures Series Latest In Mosby's Nursing Skills Elsevier / MC Strategies, a pioneer in providing e-learning solutions to more than 1,300 healthcare organizations, has partnered with the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) to develop the latest module for Mosby's Nursing Skills: Perioperative Collection, the only perioperative-specific set of nursing skills approved by AORN to be consistent with the Standard... mnt.to |