Illinois programs tackle Africa’s nursing shortage

Nurse Theresa Poole spent her days this month offering health screening and medications as a volunteer in the Republic of Zambia. She delivered analgesics to suffering patients and taught HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.
Poole returned home Wednesday to her job at the Rosewood Care Centers, residential centers serving several communities in Illinois. In Africa, she served [...]

Flu Vaccination Rate At BJC HealthCare Rises Dramatically Due To Mandatory Policy

Making flu shots mandatory in 2008 dramatically increased the vaccination rate among St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare’s nearly 26,000 employees to more than 98 percent, according to a report now online in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The study’s lead author, infectious disease specialist Hilary Babcock, M.D., says the success of the mandatory program demonstrates it is [...]

Cancer Survivors Break Ground on Proton Therapy Center

Cancer survivors joined Central DuPage Hospital, Radiation Oncology Consultants and ProCure Treatment Centers to break ground on construction of the new Proton Therapy Center of Central DuPage Hospital, a ProCure Center. When it opens in early 2011, the center will be one of only a handful of centers in the nation to offer proton therapy, [...]

How to solve nursing crisis in modern city such as United State

For years, hospitals all over the United States have experienced a shortage in nurses, nurse administrators, nurse managers and nurse practitioners. Unfortunately, the shortage doesn’t appear to be getting any better.
According to a report by the Health Resources and Services Administration, 30 states currently have shortages of registered nurses (RNs). The shortage is expected to [...]

Retacrit(R) Demonstrates Efficacy And Safety In Chemotherapy-Induced Anaemia

The world leader in generic injectable pharmaceuticals, presented new data showing Retacrit® (epoetin zeta) is an effective treatment for chemotherapy-induced anaemia,1 with an acceptable safety and tolerability profile.2 Results from the Phase III trial were presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress.
Retacrit is a biosimilar erythropoietin approved in Europe3 for subcutaneous administration [...]

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School Nurse Shortage Influences Student Health Care

School nurses are key health educators, with access to young people at a formative time in their lives.
“There is more to it than first aid,” says Mitzie Walker, RN, BSN, MSHSA, MAEd, interim director of school support for Chicago Public Schools (CPS). “We serve as a healthcare liaison from the medical profession to the schools, [...]

OSU College of Nursing honors Kloepfer

Blanchard Valley Hospital nurse Sharon Kloepfer is a 2008 Cameos of Caring Award recipient. The award from the Ohio State University College of Nursing recognizes excellent nurses in Central Ohio. Kloepfer, of Carey, will be among 28 nurses to be honored Oct. 18 in Columbus.
Susan Yingling of Carey won a 2008 Ford Focus in a [...]

a master’s degree in nursing education from a Caldwell online college

Janet Killen invested $5,500 and four years of her life getting what she thought was a master’s degree in nursing education from a Caldwell online college.
When she presented her degree in 2007 to Lane Community College in Eugene, Ore., where she teaches nursing, she was dumbfounded when administrators told her it was worthless in her [...]

A licensed nursing facility, 36 assisted living apartments with round-the-clock supervision

The Twin Lakes community, now more than 500 people strong, had humble beginnings 25 years ago.
Wade and Agnes Coble, a couple with a penchant for helping others, wanted to be sure that senior citizens were cared for in Alamance County. They left a generous gift for Macedonia Lutheran Church, where they were members, with a [...]