| Red Cross Award Fosters Nurse Involvement More nurses in the Lincoln, Nebraska, area will soon be getting involved in the mission of the American Red Cross. That is because Lincoln's Cornhusker Chapter received the first-ever Susan Hassmiller Nursing Award. The award, which was created in 2007 to recognize Susan Hassmiller's long and dedicated Red Cross volunteer service and achievements, supports nurse participation in Red Cross service delivery programs. medicalnewstoday.com |
Nurses Welcome Change In Labor Department, USA The nation's largest organization of registered nurses today welcomed the announced appointment of California Congresswoman Hilda Solis as "opening the door to a desperately needed change of course at the Department of Labor. medicalnewstoday.com |
American Nurses Association Mourns The Passing Of John Garde The American Nurses Association (ANA) joins with the entire nursing community in mourning the passing of American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) interim Executive Director John Garde, CRNA, MS, FAAN. John Garde passed away last week from complications related to pancreatic cancer. John Garde will be remembered for his extensive contributions to the field of nurse anesthesia over a career that spanned 50 years. medicalnewstoday.com |
Nurses Back Call For MPs To Work Together To Reform Social Care Welcoming the publication of the Health Select Committee report on Social Care, Janet Davies, Executive Director of Nursing and Service Delivery at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said: "Nurses have told us that they would prefer a comprehensive model of funding - the only option where everybody would pay collectively for social care, sharing the risk equally and fairly... mnt.to |
Consortium Of Nursing Societies Endorses Revised Clinical Practice Guideline Recommending Alternative To IV Use Recognizing that IV use is not always optimal to provide patients with fluids and medications, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recently endorsed a consensus paper that recommends intraosseous (IO) vascular access in a variety of healthcare settings... mnt.to |