| American College Of Nurse-Midwives Publishes Clinical Guidelines For Oral Nutrition During Labor The newest Clinical Bulletin from the American College of Nurse-Midwives reviews evidence relevant to providing oral nutrition to women in labor and concludes that drinking and eating during labor can provide women with the energy they need and should not be routinely restricted. Currently, most U.S. hospitals have policies that restrict women's oral intake during labor. medicalnewstoday.com |
Your Code Of Conduct Applies To Your Personal Life, UK The NMC would like to remind nurses and midwives that they are personally accountable for their actions at all times, including how they behave in their personal life. In 2007-2008, nearly 15 percent of Fitness to Practise hearings related to allegations of misconduct that occurred outside the workplace. These included motoring offences, drug and alcohol related offences, manslaughter, bullying and breaching confidentiality. medicalnewstoday.com |
Diabetes: Electronic Tracking System Can Help Patient Care An electronic system with personalized patient information shared by diabetes patients and their primary care providers improved diabetes care and clinical outcomes, found a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) . medicalnewstoday.com |
2010 HSR Impact Award Recognizes Surgical Safety Research AcademyHealth has recognized research that improves patient safety and surgical outcomes with the 2010 Health Services Research (HSR) Impact Award. The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist was created as a tool to ensure adherence to basic safety standards of care... mnt.to |
ACNM Commends IOM Report On The Future Of Nursing The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) commends the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for their report on the "Future of the Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health," which was released last week. "This report acknowledges what ACNM members have been saying for years," states ACNM President Holly Kennedy, CNM, PhD, FACNM, FAAN... mnt.to |