Nursing News Update #14 1:53
New York is hoping to improve its nursing shortage situation and the lives of its residents with one new program called the Nurse Career Ladder program. Plus, a study from the University of Buffalo said the nursing shortage situation can be improved if hospitals adopt nurse staffing tactics used in other industries. Lastly, senior nurses in Brittain will now be able to decide if they should resuscitate a patient when the patient's heart stops or when the patient stops breathing.
MRSA could be responsible for more deaths than AIDS, Parkinson's disease, Emphysema and homicide, according to a new government study published in the Journal o... (more)
Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest HMO, is replacing some of its licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) with registered nurses (RNs). Plus, nearly half of all n... (more)
The better the hospital, the better chance a patient has of recovering, according to a study from the healthcare ratings company, Health Grades. Also, Western G... (more)
A flood of foreign nurses may soon be able to work in the U.S. In other nursing news, a showdown over nurse staffing ratios is shaping up in Massachusetts. Last... (more)
U.S. officials say a mutant strand of the cold virus caused 10 deaths in the last 18 months. Plus, a new study surveyed 20,000 nurses who said they are the targ... (more)
