TOP 100 NURSING SITES
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| Nurse Suspended For Choking Patient, UK A 50 year old nurse from South Humberside has been suspended for six months after a hearing found that her fitness to practise was impaired.The independent Conduct and Competence Committee panel for the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) heard that Julie Moremi was working at Bridgewater Park Care Centre in Scunthorpe in October 2006 when she caused Resident A to choke and gag by inappropriately administering the oral morphine drug Oramorph too quickly by syringe. medicalnewstoday.com |
MedPAC Discusses Raising Payments For Hospitals, Tying Payments To Quality Of Care Hospitals could receive a full "market basket" increase in Medicare payments in fiscal year 2010, while payments to home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities and inpatient rehabilitation centers could remain at current levels, according to draft recommendations discussed on Thursday by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, medicalnewstoday.com |
Nurses Call On Rep. Miller To Support Amendment Allowing States To Enact Single-Payer Health Reform With debate underway in the House Education and Labor Committee today on the sweeping healthcare reform bill in that body, the nation's largest organization of registered nurses today called on Committee Chair George Miller to support a critical amendment that would enable individual states to go a step farther and adopt single-payer, Medicare-for-All style reforms. The amendment by Rep. medicalnewstoday.com |
Online Genomics Center For Educators Of Nurses, Physician Assistants An online tool to help educators teach the next generation of nurses and physician assistants about genetics and genomics has been launched by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health... mnt.to |
OR Deaths Drop After Surgical Staff Adopt Aviation Crew Teamwork Practices Researchers in the US found that surgical deaths dropped in hospitals where operating room (OR) staff had taken part in a training program that taught them the practices of aviation crews, including aspects of teamwork and communication skills such as being prepared to challenge each other about safety risks and conducting briefings before and after operations, compa... mnt.to |