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 [...]

NMC Statement Re Basildon And Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The NMC is responsible for the quality assurance of nursing and midwifery education and for ensuring that supervisors of midwives and the local supervising authority are meeting requirements. We need reassuring that Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is providing a quality learning environment for nursing and midwifery students and a safe clinical environment for patients and the public

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 [...]

Building Healthier Communities Is Focus Of Ambulatory Care Nursing Conference

Nurses have always carried the torch when it comes to improving patient care. The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) will give nurses the tools and education they need to provide expert care far into the future at its 34th Annual Conference to be held March 26-30, 2009, at the Philadelphia Marriott, Philadelphia, PA.
The [...]

Baxa Ltd announced to launch Pre-Filled Saline Flush Syringes

Baxa Ltd announces its launch of a new line of pre-filled saline IV syringes in the UK. Baxa Ltd, an organisation committed to increasing patient safety through specialty devices for the preparation and administration of liquid medication, is adding a range of pre-filled saline intravenous flush syringes for catheter care in UK health systems. Baxa [...]

Genmab Reaches Milestone in Ofatumumab Collaboration

Genmab A/S announced today it has reached the sixth milestone for ofatumumab under the terms of its collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline . A milestone payment of approximately DKK 29 million was triggered by the first patient receiving treatment in the ofatumumab Phase I study in relapsed/refractory follicular non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia in Japan.
Ofatumumab is [...]

Groundbreaking Held for University Medical Center of Princeton

In the next three years, over 7.2 million pounds of structural steel will be erected, 360,000 cubic feet of concrete will be placed and 250,000 sheets of gypsum drywall will be set on a jobsite in Plainsboro, New Jersey to complete a state-of-the-art healthcare facility that will revolutionize the way patients receive healthcare. Today, Princeton [...]

The registered nurse has been reported to the Nursing Council for investigation.

The Auckland rest home, where a patient was gagged with tape to keep her quiet, will be closed from Friday.
The Ministry of Health has served closure orders on the Belhaven rest home in Epsom and a cessation order on its nurse manager, which means she cannot provide health services.
The manager, a registered nurse, has also [...]

The 222 residents were interviewed by University nursing students

Half the residents of New Orleans were suffering from poor mental and physical health more than a year after their homes and community were devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, according to research published in the September issue of the UK-based Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Researchers from Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California, spoke [...]

How important nurses are to the reputation of a hospital.

Joan Vitello is an overachiever.
“I think it’s because I was close to death and I want to make as many contributions as possible while I’m breathing,” says Vitello. “I appreciate the meaning of life.
In July, Vitello took over as new chief operating officer for Lawrence Memorial Hospital. In addition to her other duties as Hallmark [...]