Jan 25
If you are a registered nurse with some experience, you may be wonderinghowto become a neonatal nurse. You mayeven be a relatively new nurse who simplyalready knows her area of focus willbe neonatal. Either way, you want to knowthe steps you need to take the pathyou need to follow in order to [...]
Tagged with: become • Neonatal • Nurse
Nov 01
Becoming a Registered Nurse (RN) is an exciting health care careerthatexposes you to a range of medical conditions, practices, and healthcaretechniques. Becoming an RN is both a challenging and rewarding endeavor,withmany opportunities for leadership positions and career development…. ReadMore »
Tagged with: Becoming • Nurse • Registered • Required • Training
Oct 19
Nurse prescribers face several challenges related to theirprescribingpowers, including general opposition and lack of progression.However, newvindication from a pilot study on alcohol addiction in the UK showshow nursingprescription practices have provided improvements in patient care….Read More »
Tagged with: Alcoholism • Half • Nurse • Prescribers • Time • Treatment • Vindication
Oct 04
The latest outbreak of obsessive semantics in the health care sector isthestorm over calling nurses with doctorates “Doctor”. Apparently MDsdon’t likethe usage, and the result, as The New York Times reports, is prettyturgidstuff:… Read More »
Tagged with: Calling • Nurse • problem • Some • ‘doctor’
Aug 22
The fine art of patient-lifting doesn’t usually get a lot of attention inthemedia. Nor does the fact that this very delicate operation often resultsininjuries to the people doing the lifting. A new bill in California aimstoredress that situation. The current state of affairs is to put itmildlycreating difficulties for the health [...]
Tagged with: Aims • Bill • California • Injury • Nurse • Reduce • Risk
Apr 04
LA County has taken the apolitical, hard headed approach to the need formoreprimary care givers. Ignoring the futile turf war between doctors and NPs,whichhas led to court actions and endless rhetoric, LA County is to expanditsprimary care program to meet demand.According to The LA Times:… Read More»
Tagged with: Bigger • Care • Getting • Nurse • Practitioners • Primary • Role
Feb 08
The “debate”, aka series of tantrums from vested interests, over the roleofnurse practitioners is producing some interesting ideas and facts –thoughnothing substantive in the sense of providing results for the health ofhumanbeings. As the health system remains stuck somewhere in the 1940s,collapsingunder its own weight and chronic maladministration of public health[...]
Tagged with: Bureaucracy • Debate • Guess • Happening • Necessity • Nurse • Practitioner • What’s
Jan 05
How to Start a Nurse Aide Training Business Provides stepby stepinstructions on how to start a nurse aide training business How to Start aNurseAide Training Business… Read More »
Tagged with: Aide • Business • Nurse • Start • Training