Effects of the Nursing Shortage

A study published in the January/February 2006 journal Health Affairs provides new evidence that if hospitals invest in appropriate Registered Nurse (RN) staffing, thousands of lives and millions of dollars could be saved each year. Specifically, the study shows that if hospitals increased RN staffing and hours of nursing care per patient, more than 6,700 [...]

Building Healthier Communities Is Focus Of Ambulatory Care Nursing Conference

Nurses have always carried the torch when it comes to improving patient care. The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) will give nurses the tools and education they need to provide expert care far into the future at its 34th Annual Conference to be held March 26-30, 2009, at the Philadelphia Marriott, Philadelphia, PA.
The [...]

Innovative Devices and Futuristic Therapies

Clinical investigators at today’s “Innovative Devices and Futuristic Therapies” session during the 20th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, presented 12-month follow-up data from the ATLANTA Trial. The results include zero percent thrombosis in patients discontinuing dual anti-platelet therapy after only 30 days.
The ATLANTA Trial is a first-in-man [...]

Similarly Low Rates in Patients With Diabetes Compared to Non-Diabetics

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX – News) today announced results from an analysis of nearly 7,500 patients from its TAXUS ARRIVE 1 and 2 registries, which are designed to confirm the performance of the TAXUS® Express2(TM) Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System in real-world practice. The two-year pooled ARRIVE data showed that the TAXUS Stent reduced clinical [...]

Inverness Medical Innovations Participates in Meeting on HIV/AIDS with UN Secretary-General

Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., a leading provider of near-patient diagnostics, monitoring and health management solutions, met yesterday with Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as part of a group of senior executives of seventeen of the world’s leading research-based and generic pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies. Inverness, together with senior officials from the United [...]

Vical Incorporated is presenting expanded clinical dat

Vical Incorporated today is presenting expanded clinical data and new nonclinical data demonstrating that the company’s Vaxfectin® adjuvant may be broadly applicable in DNA- and protein-based infectious disease vaccines and peptide-based cancer vaccines. Alain P. Rolland, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Vical’s Senior Vice President of Product Development, will present the data today, Wednesday, October 8, at the [...]

Early Data Show Potential for Imatinib Mesylate Tablets to Treat Life-Threatening Form of Pulmonary Artery Disease

An early proof-of-concept study presented today shows promising results for imatinib mesylate in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a severe, incurable blood vessel disorder.
Preliminary findings from a 59-patient, multi-center Phase II clinical trial suggest imatinib mesylate provides a treatment benefit, as demonstrated by a significant improvement in pulmonary vascular resistance and a numerical [...]

A unique way to stay ahead of the nursing shortage locally

Lincoln County Healthcare has created a unique way to stay ahead of the nursing shortage locally by teaming up with Central Maine Community College to offer Lincoln County’s first four-year degree program in nursing.
Cathy Cole Director of Education presented details of the new program to the Miles Memorial Hospital Advisory Committee Aug 22.
“An incredible amount [...]

The society aims to include the nursing profession under “dangerous and hard work” category in the Diwan of Civil Service

Chairman of the Kuwait Nursing Society and Deputy General Secretary of the Arab Nurses Union, Basel Al?Azmi launched a scathing attack against what he termed the “negligence on the part of the Ministry of Health, as well as the State, which have profoundly impacted the performance of nurses and their contribution to society.”
In an exclusive [...]

Sanders authors nursing program funding bonanza

Congress recently passed a measure authored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., that would provide a significant boost to nursing education both nationwide and in Bennington County.
The provision, included in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, is part of an effort to combat the nursing shortage in the United States. The bill was passed by [...]