Nursing / Midwifery News From Medical News Today

The NMC has revealed significant improvements to the length of time it takes to process fitness to practise cases, meaning better protection for the public......

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MPs from all the main political parties have rallied behind the RCN's General Election call to back specialist nursing. Almost sixty MPs have signed a cross party Early Day Motion calling for specialist nursing provision to be available to all patients with long term conditions - one of the...

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Registered nurses at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka have achieved a tentative settlement with hospital officials on a new collective bargaining agreement that nurses say bring significant improvements in patient care protections and economic gains for the RNs. Some 375 St. Joseph Eureka RNs are represented by the California...

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The San Francisco Chronicle: "A federal appeals court barred California on Wednesday from lowering Medi-Cal payments to doctors and hospitals by 5 percent and from cutting in-home care workers' wages by nearly 20 percent, saying the state's budget crisis doesn't justify violating federal laws that protect the poor and disabled....

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According to new survey data released by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), enrollment in doctoral nursing programs increased by more than 20% this year, signaling strong interest among students in careers as nursing scientists, faculty, primary care providers, and specialists......

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Soon after The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its proposed rules for "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHRs) on December 30, 2009, Siemens asked two prominent chief nursing officers (CNO) how the new guidelines support nurses' commitment to quality patient care delivery, enhance their care documentation capabilities,...

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Prime Minister's Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery in England sets out the way forward for the future of the professions. Nurses and midwives must renew their pledge to society to deliver high quality, compassionate care - and must be better supported to...

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Propofol is safe for advanced endoscopic procedures with a low rate of sedation-related adverse events when administered by a trained professional, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute......

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Members of the American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the US, joined President Obama today at the White House to demonstrate their strong support for the President and his goal of achieving meaningful health reform now......

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The National Association For Continence (NAFC) has released a new consumer educational resource, focusing on catheterization procedures and care in the United States......

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When the anesthesia care provider yells the code "Malignant Hyperthermia!" during a routine surgery there are approximately 15 minutes to save this patient's life, you are excited but not panicking--- why? The Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States (MHAUS) introduces a new MH Mock Drill Training Kit for Operating...

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Ged Kearney, Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation said that the reforms to heath care announced by the Prime Minister are the most significant to the health system since the introduction of Medicare. "These reforms fundamentally alter how we fund and deliver health care in Australia making it...

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The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) has welcomed the recommendations of the Prime Minister's independent Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery in England published today......

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Various personalities are weighing in on health legislation. CNBC interviewed billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who "called the nation's health care spending 'untenable,' comparing 'out of control' costs to a 'tapeworm eating at our economic body......

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UNISON, the UK's largest public sector union, today (2 March) welcomed the focus on high quality, compassionate nursing contained in the Prime Minister's Commission report.* The report puts nurses and midwives at the heart of the NHS, sweeping away old fashioned ideas and replacing them with the reality of the...

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Malinda Markowitz, RN, co-President of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee issued the following statement in the wake of this week's vote by the Eden Township District Health Board to sue Sutter Health over conflicts of interest and cancel the Memorandum of Understanding that is the basis of Sutter's...

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Meg Macarthur, Senior Policy Officer at Breakthrough Breast Cancer says: "The threat to breast care and other specialist nurses is potentially devastating to patients. We know that these nurses play a significant role in their care and recovery, offering an invaluable service throughout their treatment journey......

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Following publication by Robert Francis QC of the independent inquiry report into Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust on 24 February, the NMC has confirmed that it had already opened a case file in relation to events at the Trust......

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The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) today joined forces with almost 40 of the UK's leading health organisations to warn that cutting specialist nurse services for people with long term conditions would be a "false economy", as they began a campaign for guaranteed access to specialist nursing care for all...

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With the goal of enabling hospital units and other workplaces to become safer and healthier for patients and staff, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) invites nurses and other health professionals to attend a free webinar Tuesday, March 9, from 11 a.m. to noon MST......

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The Australian Nursing Federation, Australian College of Midwives and Australian College of Nurse Practitioners are calling on the senate to pass legislation that allows eligible midwives and nurse practitioners access to MBS and PBS. ANF Acting Federal Secretary, Lee Thomas said the senate should not delay in...

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The American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the U.S., is proud of the recent election of Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Special Advisor to the Chief Nursing Officer, University of Virginia Health System, to serve a two-year term as Director to the National eHealth Collaborative...

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The American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the U.S. and a long- standing fierce advocate for guaranteed, affordable, high-quality health care for all, applauds President Obama for reinvigorating the health care debate with his $950 billion health reform proposal and for convening the bipartisan summit set for...

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News outlets report on nursing workforce issues, including a push for an expanded role for nurse practitioners, supervision of nurse anesthetists and a trend toward delayed retirement. "Nursing leaders say large numbers of [nurse] practitioners ......

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Kaiser Health News staff writer Andrew Villegas writes about developments regarding the physicians shortage is leading to a push for an expanded role for other health professionals. "There are no doctors in rural Tyrrell County, N.C. There is only Irene Cavall, a licensed nurse practitioner and the sole source of...

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