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Another Viewpoint on the Nursing Shortage
Here’s an interesting take on the nursing shortage. This story is from pasadenastarnews.com. The article is a guest column that was written during nurse’s week. The author takes a look at patient care staffing issues, which is always in and out … Continue reading
Nursing Staff in Crowded Hospitals at Higher Risk to Develop Depression
This news article that I picked up caught my eye right away. It’s an article I picked up off of 927thevan.com and this is a classic hit radio station, it’s an article that they picked up off of the Reuters … Continue reading
Solutions to Nurse Staffing Problems
In an American Nurses Association poll, registered nurses nationwide revealed their concerns on how staffing problems affect the quality of patient care and growing nurse shortage. The results show that adequate staffing is important in the delivery of quality patient … Continue reading
Coalition Focuses on Nurses and Change
An unlikely coalition of major organizations and funding has formed to address the nursing shortage. The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), the AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation are teaming with other groups nationwide to renew a … Continue reading
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Tagged aarp, funding, nursing education, robert wood johnson foundation, staffing, student nurse
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Set Your Clocks Back and Help Your Heart!
It’s that time here in the U.S. again and we need to remember to set our clocks back tonight before we go to bed. At 2 AM on Sunday, November 2 we “fall back” and get an extra hour of … Continue reading
Novel Nurse Staffing Solutions
This week, I’ll focus on a couple of articles that deal with nurse staffing issues, both hospital based solutions and legislative solutions. Today, let’s look at one Wichita, Kansas hospital has instituted several interesting programs to retain and attract nurses. … Continue reading
Australian Nursing and Epsiode 19
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Welcome to Episode 19 The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Right Click to download (Macs Option Click) Subscribe with iTunes here (must have iTunes installed — it’s free) RSS Feed to subscribe (copy url … Continue reading
Posted in nurse career guide, nursing show podcasts
Tagged career, foreign nursing, staffing
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Poison Control Nursing
The following job posting opened up recently at the Maryland Poison Control Center. It adds to my list of “I didn’t know that was a nursing job?” —————————— The Maryland Poison Center is seeking a pharmacist or nurse for a … Continue reading
Recruiting of International Health Workers
A few weeks ago, I reported about two hospitals in Rhode Island that were actively recruiting foreign nurses to fill vacancies in their nursing staffs. This week, I found an article looking at the effects of draining away key health … Continue reading
Blood Tubes and Episode 10
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Welcome to Episode 10 The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Right Click to download (Macs Option Click) Subscribe with iTunes here (must have iTunes installed — it’s free) RSS Feed to subscribe (copy url … Continue reading
