Nursing News Update #18 1:55
Nursing professionals are at high risk of being victims of verbal or physical attack in the workplace. In other nursing news, a report from UC San Francisco and Stanford University said patients only paid 35 percent of overall ER bills in 2004. Lastly, if you have a phone, you can now get free nursing advice through a 24-hour hotline called Consult-A-Nurse.
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)
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... (more)
