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Hospital Stays Super Bug Free for Two Years Thanks to Revolutionary British Technology

Hospital super bugs may be the biggest challenge facing the NHS but a revolutionary technology – Byotrol – developed by a pioneering British company has helped create a hospital in the United States that is free of hospital acquired MRSA, VRE and C.difficile. Since the Monroe Hospital opened in Bloomington Indiana, in October 2006 there has never been a recorded case of hospital acquired... 

Guided Relaxation for Blood Pressure?

In a small study, elderly people with hypertension (high blood pressure) who listened to a guided relaxation audio program lowered their systolic blood pressure (the first number in a blood pressure reading) more than those who listened to a Mozart sonata. The elders who took part in the study were already taking drugs to help lower their blood pressure, but it was still a bit above normal when the... 

Nurse Officer of the Day (NOD) RN

SALARY RANGE: 42,640.00 – 86,422.00 USD per year night differential, shift differential OPEN PERIOD: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 to Sunday, August 31, 2008 Would you like to limit your commute? How about living in a small town, but have access to three large cities, one of which is only 90 miles away. Danville, IL offers all of this. We are 150 miles south of Chicago which offers professional... 

Army nurse Helen Fairchild wrote to her family in 1917

“Oh, the stories I’ll tell when I get home,” Army nurse Helen Fairchild wrote to her family in 1917. Fairchild was one of 64 nurses from Pennsylvania Hospital Unit who had volunteered to join the American Expeditionary Force after the United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917. She was not destined to tell the stories she mentioned. Nurse Fairchild died on Jan. 8, 1918,... 

What is the best online college to earn a degree in nursing from?

Rev. Charles Jordan Jr asked: My wife is considering earning a nursing degree online. She has a bachelor’s degree in Management already and she wants to get a nursing degree online. I really need some help

Pushing for more LGBT resources in nursing, sciences

Two new groups on campus have embarked on a “quest” to “push” for more lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender awareness. Queer Undergraduates in Engineering, Science and Technology, founded last semester, will primarily serve students studying science and technology in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences or the College of Arts and Sciences. Nurses at Penn Understanding... 

Unanimous Vote Creates Largest RN Union In U.S. History California Nurses Association

To standing cheers, delegates to the founding convention of the National Nurses United (NNU) unanimously endorsed the creation of the largest union and professional organization of registered nurses in U.S. history – and projected a major escalation in campaigns to expand union representation of nurses and an expanded voice in healthcare reform. “The promise of the future has arrived,”... 

Multivitamins: Do young children need them?

Experts disagree on whether daily multivitamins are necessary for all children. Many young children are picky eaters, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll develop nutritional deficiencies. Children don’t need large amounts of vitamins and minerals. In addition, many common foods are fortified with important nutrients — so your son may be getting more vitamins and minerals than... 

South Mountain Community College aims to meet those needs through a special nursing program.

Which ones? Local community colleges know. After all, employers come to them to set up programs tailored to their staffing needs. Chandler-Gilbert Community College President Maria Hesse says demand is constant for new lineworkers – men and women who are willing to climb a utility pole or go underground to fix or install power lines. Health-care needs in the Southeast Valley continue to rise.... 

Roberttown Nursing Home raised the alert

A Leeds nurse gave patients the wrong medication because she had been drinking so heavily, a hearing has been told. Terry Thompson, 39, smelt strongly of alcohol during her shift at the Roberttown Nursing Home in Liversedge. The Nursing and Midwifery Council heard Thompson gave seven patients their afternoon dose of co-amilofruse in the morning. The drug is used to treat water retention in legs or...