Telenurses face conflict between what is best for patients and what services are available

Nurses who provide telephone advice services have to balance the conflicting demands of providing appropriate medical advice and acting as a gatekeeper to limited healthcare services, according to a review in the March issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing (66:3).
Canadian researchers reviewed 16 studies carried out over the last two decades, covering more than [...]

The Nursing Shortage and Its Effects on Patient Care

The healthcare industry has many challenges to face when it is delivering its services to patients. Not only are there an unbelievable number of diseases and illnesses to diagnose and treat but there is also the need to treat these illnesses in a timely manner. One of the most prevalent issues in the healthcare industry [...]

Survey Finds that Automated Order Sets Deliver Benefits in Process Improvements, Regulatory Compliance and Patient Safety

Process improvements, regulatory compliance and patient safety were the top three areas in which hospitals “greatly benefited” from the use of order set software, according to the findings of a recent independent national survey conducted on behalf of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students.
Of the hospital managers [...]

Nursing home checklist

First Impression
* Do you like the facility’s location and outward appearance?
* Is the facility convenient for frequent visits by family and friends?
* Are you welcomed with a warm greeting from the staff?
* Does the staff address residents by their [...]

Certified nursing assistant become driver in wheel taxi

David Banks hasn’t had time to rest on his laurels, even after being honored as 2008’s top entrepreneur.
Banks’ non-emergency medical transport company, Wheelchair Taxi, continues to roll day and night getting disabled and elderly clients to and from appointments, the hospital and doctors’ offices.
“I was so honored and humbled to receive that award,” Banks, 40, [...]

Duties and responsibility of charge nurse

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
1. Charge Responsibilities. Typical tasks: makes patient assignments to nurses and other health care staff matching the level of skill with the illness of the patient and distributing the patient caseloads as evenly as possible; observes staff performance; resolves interpersonal problems among staff; assigns new patients to rooms; adjusts staff according [...]

Heart Hospital of Austin Ranked 1 in Texas

Heart Hospital of Austin announced today that it has been ranked #1 in Texas for overall cardiac services for the sixth year in a row by HealthGrades, the leading healthcare ratings company. Heart Hospital of Austin is also a recipient of the 2009 clinical excellence award for overall cardiac services and ranked among the top [...]

AllscriptsMisys to Drive Healthcare Transformation

Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions Inc. (AllscriptsMisys) today begins its first day as a combined company with an ambitious plan to connect healthcare in order to improve quality, reduce errors and lower costs for the American healthcare system. Formed by the merger of a subsidiary of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. and Misys Healthcare Systems, LLC, the newly [...]

Nursing Vacancies in American Hospital in Dubai

Zulekha Hospital is a full fledged, multi disciplinary hospital and diagnostic centre with Out-patient and In-patient facilities. What started off as a 30 bed set up with basic facilities for gynaecology, obstetrics, surgery, medicine and paediatrics in 1992, today boasts of 75 in-patient beds. Sprawled over an area of 6000 square meters, Zulekha Hospital of [...]

Nursing Jobs in the top city of India, Ahmedabad

This page of Naukri hub lists Nursing job vacancies in Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad is the top city of India known for its Nursing and healthcare facilities for the aged and children, and it is also known for nursing job opportunities. There is a multitude of hospitals in Gujarat city which give personalised care for patients, and [...]