Nurse Who Assaulted Wife In Front Of Children Struck Off, UK
A 42 year old nurse from Croydon has been struck off the register following a hearing before an independent panel of the Conduct and Competence Committee for the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).In January 2006 Paul Baah was sentenced at the Wimbledon Magistrates Court to six months jail for assaulting his wife, Akua Baah, an act that was witnessed by the couple's children. medicalnewstoday.com |
Women's Health 2009: The 17th Annual Congress
A prestigious group of physicians, nurses, and allied healthcare providers will gather in Williamsburg, VA on March 27-29, 2009 at the Williamsburg Lodge to learn practical, clinical information on cutting-edge therapeutic protocols, novel diagnostic procedures, and innovative research advances that impact patient care. The full program, faculty, accreditation, and registration information is available at http://www. medicalnewstoday.com |
More Women Should Endure Labour Pains Says Leading UK Midwife
A leading UK authority on midwifery told a Sunday newspaper that more women should experience the natural pains of labour unaided by epidurals and other pain-relieving medication because not only do these procedures carry greater medical risk but they interfere with the mother's ability to bond with her baby and deny her the opportunity to experience childbirth as a rite of passage. medicalnewstoday.com |
Hospital Nurses Could Lose Up To $400 Per Week Under Abbott, Australia
The Australian Nursing Federation said the opposition's talk of cutting penalty rates would - in practice - hurt nurses working weekends and late night shifts. ANF Federal Secretary Ged Kearney said she was shocked that the opposition still hadn't learnt from previous mistakes and instead was expressing a preference to abolish some penalty rates... mnt.to |
CMA Says Court Ruling On Nurse Anesthetists Is Off Base
A San Francisco Superior Court has ruled that California's nurse anesthetists are not required to be supervised by a physician when administering anesthesia, raising questions about how to protect patients' quality of care and whether the state Legislature should intervene... mnt.to |