TOP 100 NURSING SITES
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| Arizona Nursing Board Committee Recommends Allowing Nurses To Perform First-Trimester Abortions The Arizona Board of Nursing's Advance Practice Committee has voted unanimously to recommend that nurse practitioners be allowed to perform first-trimester abortions in the state, the Arizona Daily Star reports. The full nursing board is scheduled to vote on the recommendation on Wednesday. medicalnewstoday.com |
Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Improves Healing Of Venous Leg Ulcers The treatment of venous leg ulcers is a frustrating undertaking for both patient and physician. An older technique has risen to the forefront again as a potential therapeutic tool. Studies have shown that intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) has a number of beneficial hemodynamic and hematologic effects on the extremity especially with regards to helping heal venous leg ulcers, which traditionally are very difficult and slow to heal. Anthony J. Comerota, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A. medicalnewstoday.com |
Schwarzenegger Fires Three California Nursing Board Members "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger replaced most members of the state Board of Registered Nursing on Monday, citing the unacceptable time it takes to discipline nurses accused of egregious misconduct," The Los Angeles Times reports. medicalnewstoday.com |
Health Worker Training Program Cuts Stillbirths By 30% In 6 Developing Countries, Study Says The rate of stillbirths was cut by more than 30 percent after health workers in rural parts of six developing countries were trained "in how to help a newborn start breathing and to keep it warm and clean," according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Reuters reports... mnt.to |
Specialist Cancer Nurses Can Improve Patient Care And Save Money, UK Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) improve efficiency, reduce emergency patient admissions and can lead to thousands of pounds of savings for Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), says a publication from the National Cancer Action Team and Macmillan Cancer Support... mnt.to |