Cambridge Who’s Who Honors JoAnn C. Green for Excellence in Nursing Consultancy Services

JoAnn C. Green, a critical care nursing consultant and Clinical Education Specialist at Tampa General Hospital, has been recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in nursing consultancy services and clinical education.
Skilled in the field of critical and cardiac care nursing, JoAnn C. Green is noted for her adept ability to [...]

RNs Reach Settlement at St. Joseph, Eureka Hospital Cite Gains for Patients, Security for RNs

Registered nurses at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka have achieved a tentative settlement with hospital officials on a new collective bargaining agreement that nurses say bring significant improvements in patient care protections and economic gains for the RNs.
Some 375 St. Joseph Eureka RNs are represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC). The [...]

Amid Calls for More Highly Educated Nurses, New AACN Data Show Impressive Growth in Doctoral Nursing Programs

According to new survey data released yesterday by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), enrollment in doctoral nursing programs increased by more than 20% this year, signaling strong interest among students in careers as nursing scientists, faculty, primary care providers, and specialists. Final results from AACN’s 2009 annual survey confirm that enrollments in [...]

Reforming Care Delivery: How Will It Affect Your Nursing Career?

While no one knows whether Congress and the president will achieve comprehensive health care reform, nursing experts are convinced that, regardless of what happens in Washington, nurses will find greater career opportunities in the future.
From larger patient populations and greater demand to advances in telemedicine and more community-based, non-hospital careers, a number of factors are [...]

New York travel nursing jobs to help cancer patients

Pink ribbons have long been synonymous with Breast Cancer Awareness, but there’s another advocacy group helping women who face a different cancer diagnosis: ovarian cancer; its ribbon is teal blue.
RNs are a critical part of the medical team treating a woman with cancer, which, you could say, is women helping women; according to the U.S. [...]

The President Offers Sustained Support for Nursing Education and Research in a Tight Budget Year

President Obama released his FY 2011 Department of Health and Human Services Budget Request, which provided details on the funding levels he proposed for critical nursing education and research programs. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) recognizes that the Administration has remained committed to addressing the nursing and nurse faculty shortages by providing [...]

Nursing Shortage looms

In the midst of a national nursing shortage, Indiana nursing programs rejected about 2,500 qualified applicants because of a lack of full-time faculty, according to a survey of state nursing programs.
The 2008 survey by the Indiana Nursing Workforce Development Coalition said faculty shortages prevent nursing programs from maintaining a supply of qualified applicants.
With a looming [...]

National American University Approved To Offer Nursing Program In South Dakota

National American University (”NAU”) , which is a wholly owned subsidiary of National American University Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) (OTCBB: NAUH), today announced that it has been approved by the South Dakota Board of Nursing to offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program in South Dakota. The BSN program will be offered [...]

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 [...]

Study Finds Nurse Educators Significantly Increase Awareness For Product Launch

Quintiles have announced findings from a recent study from a program in which a team of 19 nurse educators helped raise awareness of a newly approved oncology drug for a major pharmaceutical company from 37% to 57%. The results are from an awareness study of 150 clinical practice registered nurses who were provided a survey [...]