| UNISON Nurses Call For Local Action Over Rising Fuel Costs, UK Angry nurses, who need their cars to visit patients, are demanding a rise in their fuel allowance to help cover the huge hike in petrol and diesel costs. UNISON, the UK's largest health union, has written to more than 400 health branches urging them to secure local agreements, following the rejection of demands nationally. medicalnewstoday.com |
Pennsylvania Law To End Mandatory Overtime For Some Health Care Workers Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) on Thursday signed into law a bill that will prohibit health care facilities from requiring mandatory overtime of staff, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. medicalnewstoday.com |
NMC Responds To RCN Decision On Assisted Suicide, UK The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) has responded to the decision by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to move to a neutral position on assisted suicide. The NMC recognises that assisted suicide is an important and emotive issue for healthcare professionals and for members of the public. However, as the statutory regulator for nurses and midwives, the core purpose of the NMC is to safeguard the health and well-being of the public. medicalnewstoday.com |
Out-of-Hospital Births Increase After 15-Year Decline, Government Report States Reversing a 15-year trend, the percentage of infants born at home rose slightly in 2005 and remained stable in 2006, according to a report published Wednesday in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Vital Statistics Reports, USA Today reports. Marian MacDorman, a demographer at CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, said it is not clear what caused the slight increase... mnt.to |
Customizable Quiz Apps For IPhone And IPod Touch Help Students Build Nursing Knowledge Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has announced that the new HESI QuizMe app series for nursing students is available from the Apple App Store. These apps familiarize nursing students with clinically based scenarios, health problems and case studies commonly encountered in the nursing profession... mnt.to |