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, an advanced form of radiation treatment for cancer. “This...
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Welcome to the nursing shortage section of the CNA website. The term ‘nursing shortage’ is often also referred to as the nursing workforce crisis, or more broadly captured under the umbrella term health human resources or human resources for health. According to a 2002 study by the Canadian Nurses Association, if we continue with past workforce utilization patterns of registered nurses (RNs), Canada...
The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) announced Jill Crawford as the new President of its governing Council. The result of the ballot of the 22 voting members of the Council was received yesterday following an election process administered by Electoral Reform Services. Commenting on her appointment, Ms Crawford said: “I am delighted to have been elected as President of the NMC. Knowing that...
Nursing Assistant Under the general supervision of a Registered Nurse, the Nursing Assistant performs routine tasks in patient care and bedside nursing to… (From CareerBuilder)
A former admissions coordinator for a Bartlesville nursing home was arrested last week after being charged with eight felony counts of financial exploitation by caretaker, Attorney General Drew Edmondson said in a press release issued Thursday. Bobbie Jo Wilhelm, 53, was charged in Washington County District Court after an investigation by Edmondson’s Patient Abuse and Medicaid Fraud Control Unit...
The report, accompanying the Bligh Government’s revamped Skills Plan, says research had “projected a shortage of nursing professionals in Queensland of roughly 1100 in 2008″. The shortage persists despite recruitment campaigns interstate and overseas, and a rise in the number of people studying nursing in recent years. It threatens to hamper government plans for more hospital beds...