A heart monitor registers the beat of a new born baby. CPR saves the life of a near-drowning victim. An elderly woman receives medication for her high blood pressure. Each of these jobs, and more, is paramount to a career in nursing. This month, high schoolers from all over South Florida have the opportunity [...]

Bachelor of Science Nursing: (BS/BSN) A four-year program offered at colleges and universities that prepares nurses to practice across all health care settings. BSN graduates have the greatest opportunity for advancement. For instance, a BSN is required for entry into a Master’s program, which may in turn lead to a career in management, or on [...]

Job title
Paediatric Staff Nurse - Orthopaedics

Employer/agency
Auckland District Health Board

Main area
Paediatric Staff Nurse Orthopaedics

Site
Starship Children’s Health, Auckland District Health Board

Job ref
HJUK/009299

Town
Auckland, New Zealand

Country

Staff Nurse Orthopaedic Ward 24A
Starship Children’s Health, New Zealand
We provide a variety of orthopaedic cases and challenges both simple and complex, from congenital abnormalities to general surgical procedures.
You will develop orthopaedic skills with the [...]

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and The Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAPAF) are sponsoring the very first presidential forum of the 2008 election focused solely on health care. New Leadership on Health Care: A Presidential Forum will take place Saturday, March 24th at 9:30 a.m. in the Cox Pavilion at the University of [...]

At suburban Detroit’s Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, patients will indulge in gourmet room service, stroll walking trails and take cooking classes. A former Ritz-Carlton executive is running the show.
The description seems more day spa than sick bay. But hospitals are finding it pays to pump up the perks as they compete for patients who [...]

President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team will kick-start the process of healthcare reform with a series of meetings across the country, modeled on those his campaign held last summer.
“Providing quality affordable health care for all Americans is one of my top priorities for this country because our long-term fiscal prospects will have a hard time improving [...]

A report by a non-profit US medical organization suggests that military personnel who suffer severe or moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at greater risk of long term health problems including Alzheimer’s-like dementia, aggression, symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease, depression, and memory loss.
Titled “Gulf War and Health: Volume 7: Long-Term Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury”, [...]

Mylan Inc. today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for Levetiracetam Tablets, 250 mg, 500 mg and 750 mg. Levetiracetam Tablets are the generic version of UCB Pharma’s Keppra®.
Robert J. Coury, Mylan’s Vice Chairman and CEO, [...]

Isilon® Systems, the leader in clustered storage, today announced that Complete Genomics, the world’s first provider of large-scale human genome sequencing services, has deployed more than 700 Terabytes of Isilon IQ clustered storage to unify its vast stores of mission-critical genetic data and help power its groundbreaking DNA sequencing pipeline. With Isilon IQ, Complete Genomics [...]

Calling themselves “The Healthcare First Ladies,” some of New Jersey’s former First Ladies have joined forces to ask the state’s public policy makers to put health care at the top of the agenda at the state and federal level. The First Ladies joined the newest members of the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, the New [...]