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First semester for the FSC graduate-level nursing program – the school also offers a bachelor of science degree in nursing

Framingham State College’s new masters degree in nursing program will get an official kickoff with a meeting between students and faculty early next week. The college accepted 70 students who will attend classes on a part-time basis and who expect to graduate in 2010. The class is made up of 25 nurse leaders, 25 nurse educators and 20 students who already completed their nurse educator certificate... 

Unite is the biggest of the health trade unions to reject the government’s deal

Unite calls for the immediate reopening of pay talks – The staggering 35 % British Gas price hike has dealt ‘a deadly blow’ to the government’s policy to hold NHS pay below the rate of inflation for the next three years. Unite the Union, the largest union in the country, called for the immediate reopening of pay talks, which it has consistently asked for since the spring. And... 

Stephen Michael Ewing had been an unusual nursing home executive.

In 2002, Larry May boarded a flight at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport for a business trip across the chilly blue Atlantic. The curious thing about the Hurst nursing home executive’s travel was that it took him to a rendezvous with a rented mailbox in England. He made the 4,500-mile journey to Europe and mailed letters. To Philadelphia. Stephen Michael Ewing had been an unusual nursing home executive.... 

Data to Help Make Informed Decisions About Nursing Homes in MA

The decision to place an elderly loved one in an unfamiliar setting, such as a nursing home or other skilled care facility, is never easy. Unless you have had direct experience with nursing homes, it is difficult to know what to expect. It is also challenging to weed through the varying reports associated with nursing homes and their standard of care. To help people with this process, Medicare began... 

US Oncology is the nation’s leading healthcare services network

US Oncology Holdings, Inc. and its operating subsidiary, US Oncology, Inc., will announce 2008 third quarter financial results on Thursday, November 6, 2008. A conference call and simultaneous webcast has been scheduled at 11:00 a.m., EST, for the company’s bondholders following the distribution of the news release. In this call, representatives of US Oncology’s management team will discuss... 

S3 Investment Company Announces Release of October 2008 Newsletter

S3 Investment Company, Inc. and its wholly owned Redwood Capital subsidiary, which assists private Chinese companies in accessing the U.S. capital markets through reverse mergers into public companies, today released the October 2008 edition of its investor newsletter, which reviews the recently reported growth of Redwood Capital client Dalian Chuming, which now trades in the U.S. as Energroup Holdings... 

CHS operates rehabilitation hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgery centers, home health agencies, radiation therapy centers and physical therapy facilities.

Ascom (US) Inc., a leading provider of on-site wireless communications solutions, is pleased to announce that it has been selected as the VoWiFi wireless handset and messaging middleware vendor of choice for Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS), the third largest public healthcare system in the United States. CHS and its flagship hospital, Carolinas Medical Center, are using Ascom’s FreeNET VoWiFi standards-based... 

More than 3000 nurses, members of the public and stakeholder organisations took part in the three-month consultation.

Nurse training should be gradually modernised to meet care needs of the future, results of the NMC’s ongoing review into pre-registration nursing education have found. More than 3000 nurses, members of the public and stakeholder organisations took part in the three-month consultation. The consultation asked what nursing education should look like in the future, exploring principles such as whether... 

How do I properly refer to a registered nurse in a formal letter?

gabi996 asked: I’m writing a letter to a registered nurse. While I know to refer to a Doctor as Dr.Joe Schmoe in a letter, do I refer to a Nurse as Nurse Joe Schmoe? Or is it Joe Schmoe, R.N.? And how would refer to them in the Salutation line?

Becoming a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

The profession of nurse anesthetists is hardly known outside the medical field, although it is a necessary service. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, much surgery was conducted without anesthesia, as it was considered too dangerous by most physicians. However, at the dawn of the 20th century, a few intrepid nuns began administering anesthesia to patients before surgery. Simultaneously,...