Nursing students twice as likely to smoke as the general population

Public health experts are calling for urgent steps to reduce the number of healthcare professionals who smoke, after a survey of over 800 new nursing students found that more than half were current or former smokers.
The Italian study, published in the January issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing (66:1), surveyed 812 students who were [...]

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. [...]

World Medical Association General Assembly

Delegates from more than 40 national medical associations attended the annual General Assembly of the World Medical Association in Seoul, South Korea, from 15 to 18 October. They discussed a number of issues, including the following:
ANTIBIOTICS
A new Statement was approved stating that antibiotics (Antimicrobial agents) should be available only through a prescription provided by licensed [...]

West Coast Ultrasound Institute

MISSION STATEMENT
West Coast Ultrasound Institute’s mission is to provide our students with a solid educational foundation in their field of study.
We are dedicated to giving students a well-balanced curriculum, divided between classroom, laboratory and supervised clinical training, taught in a supportive educational environment, by a highly qualified staff of professionals.
It is our responsibility to produce [...]

NCSBN Center For Regulatory Excellence Grant Program Awards Grants Totaling Over 1.7 Million Dollars To Eight U.S. Organizations

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN(R)) Center for Regulatory Excellence Grant Program recently awarded grants totaling more than $1.7 million to eight U.S. organizations.
The Center for Regulatory Excellence Grant Program funds innovative projects that can have measurable impact on nursing regulation and can create meaningful change. The Center’s research priorities include: continuing [...]

Significance of Nurses Cap and Pin

As a nursing junior, a nursing cap (for females),pin (for males) and a lamp was given during the capping and candle lighting ceremony in honor of remembrance of Florence Nightingale, the pioneer of Nursing. The lamp is a symbol of lady who gave birth to modern nursing by her caring, compassionate, and concern for humanity. [...]

The nurses are leaving the profession

Kim at Emergiblog feels the way I used to feel about nursing. She loves taking care of patients and can’t picture doing anything else.
The difference between her and I is that I lost that feeling LONG AGO and discovered I was trapped in a profession that was a dead end.
Kim talks about the fact that [...]

Best 100 sources for nursing student

This survey written By Christina Laun.
She look for 100 blog that talking about nursing she said : No doubt about it, getting through nursing school can be a challenge, especially if you’re trying to balance work, school and family life all at once. However, nursing students can find support in their fellow students, graduates of [...]

Looking for nursing position

In recent decade nursing career become popular between teenage in U.S. their reasons why choosing nursing as a job
1. because of high salary
2. U.S needs a lot of nurses
3. American teenagers proud to be nurse
4. Nursing become prestiges career in America
This is not just at one [...]

Nursing colleges and schools in Mumbai India

This page contains list of Nursing colleges and Schools of Nursing in Mumbai. In this page we are committed to help those who look for Nursing Institutes in Bombay for degrees and diploma courses in Nursing & Midwifery. In this Mumbai Nursing institutes page you will find Schools of Nursing who offer General Nursing & [...]