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Associate Chief Nurse, Mental Health Clinical Center

SALARY RANGE: 85,048.00 – 113,109.00 USD per year OPEN PERIOD: Friday, December 07, 2007 to Saturday, August 30, 2008 SERIES & GRADE: VN-0610-IV/IV POSITION INFORMATION: Full-Time Permanent DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy – Baltimore Metro area, MD WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED: Applications will be accepted from United States citizens and nationals. JOB SUMMARY: Recruitment/Relocation bonus... 

The relationship between ENs and RNs

There is a long history of difficulty in the managing of role, titles and job practice between registered and second level nursing. A frequently raised example is the difficulty in managing the relationship between an experienced EN and a new graduate RN. The literature reviewed in Dixon (1996), notes that increased stress resulting from supervision difficulties is experienced in mixed RN and EN staffing... 

Mental health nursing as one of the most complex areas of nursing

One of the most complex and demanding areas of nursing. As many as one in three people are thought to suffer some form of mental health problem. For many, mental illness is brought on by a crisis in life, which they can’t cope with, such as depression after the death of a partner. A mental health nurse may be part of a team working with people who may have been excluded from services through... 

San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine Supports Global Awareness of Hospice and Palliative Care

San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine, widely recognized for its innovative patient care, education and research programs, supports global efforts surrounding World Hospice and Palliative Care Day on Oct. 11, promoting care that improves quality of life for all ages. Organizers for World Day note that millions of people around the world living with a life-limiting illness experience... 

Nurse Alliance of SEIU Healthcare helped areas threatened by the storm

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Executive Vice President and Nurse Alliance Chair Dian Palmer, RN, issued the following statement regarding the work being done by SEIU nurses and leaders across the country in anticipation of the health impacts of Hurricane Gustav: “As Hurricane Gustav bears down on the Gulf Coast, leaders of the Nurse Alliance of SEIU Healthcare are mobilizing RNs... 

House Panel Approves Legislation That Would Invalidate Mandatory Binding Arbitration Provisions Of Nursing Home Admission Contracts

The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday by a 17-10 vote approved a bill (HR 6126) that would ban the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in nursing home contracts, CQ Today reports (Stern, CQ Today, 7/30). The clauses require that people seeking to enter a nursing home and their family agree to waive their right to take disputes regarding care at the facility to court and must settle them through... 

nursing home has been charged with failing to maintain minimum health and safety standards required

A Carrollton nursing home has been charged with failing to maintain minimum health and safety standards required by Texas law, according to a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. The Attorney General’s office found that the failure to implement backup safety measures and emergency response protocols contributed to the death of an oxygen-deprived resident of Brookhaven Nursing Center... 

AORN Journal Introduces New Editorial Features And Enhanced Layout

Elsevier, the leading global publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is pleased to announce that the AORN Journal, the official journal of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), has expanded its editorial content and redesigned the layout of its print format. These changes reflect AORN’s commitment to their mission and core values... 

The nurses are leaving the profession

Kim at Emergiblog feels the way I used to feel about nursing. She loves taking care of patients and can’t picture doing anything else. The difference between her and I is that I lost that feeling LONG AGO and discovered I was trapped in a profession that was a dead end. Kim talks about the fact that nurses are leaving the profession. There’s a supposed nursing shortage (which I suspect is really... 

The nursing trio changed knees in unison, something like medicine’s answer to the Supremes.

The Idea of Love by Louise Dean is a wonderfully complex and original novel about desire, disappointment and mental illness, largely set in ex-pat Provence. Its principal characters, Richard and Valerie, Rachel and Jeff, live next door to each other, unhappily and with a great deal of anger and confusion. Life seems impossibly difficult for this group of damaged people, who are permanently unsure whether...