Archive for January, 2009

A parting volley from 'W': Right of 'conscience' – The Free Lance-Star

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

A parting volley from 'W': Right of 'conscience'The Free Lance-Star, VA - 9 minutes ago… pharmacies, hospitals, insurers, medical and nursing schools, diagnostic labs, nursing homes, and state governments–required to abide by the rule. …

Tales of the Santo Niño (Sun Star)

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

There are many stories of old about the Santo Niño and there are many new ones as well as His numerous devotees can attest.

GLAD YOU ASKED: I keep reading about a nursing shortage in the … – Journal Times

Friday, January 16th, 2009

GLAD YOU ASKED: I keep reading about a nursing shortage in the …Journal Times, WI - 9 minutes agoPlenty of applicants are trying to get into nursing schools, but she said many get stuck on waiting lists. Those programs are tough to expand because …

American Academy of Nursing Receives Major Grant to Prepare Faculty, Nurses to Care for an Aging America (Newswise)

Friday, January 16th, 2009

The John A. Hartford Foundation has awarded $9.3 million to the American Academy of Nursing to train nursing faculty in geriatrics in order to improve training for the next generation of American nurses. Since 2000, the foundation has granted AAN more than $21 million to support geriatric nursing education.

A call to resuscitate health care (New York Teacher)

Friday, January 16th, 2009

The American Federation of Teachers is encouraging people to join them in rolling up their sleeves — not for a shot — but to get to work advocating for health reform.

A call to resuscitate health care – NYSUT.org

Friday, January 16th, 2009

A call to resuscitate health careNYSUT.org, NY - 7 minutes ago"We turned away 100000 people who couldn't get into nursing schools because there's no faculty to teach them," MacDonald said. Likewise, the chronic school …

CSCC nursing program spared harshest cuts – Columbia Daily Herald

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

CSCC nursing program spared harshest cutsColumbia Daily Herald, TN - 11 minutes agoDespite those efforts, the Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing estimated 2000 qualified students were turned away from Tennessee nursing schools in …

CSCC nursing program spared harshest cuts (Columbia Daily Herald)

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

A top official at Columbia State Community College says he doesn’t anticipate their crucial nursing program will be forced to make major cuts because of the state’s budget crisis.

Online program matches Ohio nurses with teaching jobs – SmartBrief

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Online program matches Ohio nurses with teaching jobsSmartBrief, DC - 4 hours agoThe joint venture between the Cleveland Clinic and Northeast Ohio nursing schools aims to reduce a shortage of nursing faculty. Nurse.com (01/12) Want to …

Morristown well placed for looming nursing shortage (Morristown Citizen Tribune)

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Just imagine this scene: You or a family member are a patient in the hospital. You ring the buzzer for a nurse. And no one comes. That could be the picture in a few years for hospital patients, as the nursing shortage continues to grow.