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Registered Nurses Top List Of Fastest-Growing Jobs An article in the Las Cruces Sun-News notes that a report released recently by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that now through 2020 should be a good time for people in the health care field. In the list of jobs that should show growth duri...
Read more →Caps On Mandatory Nursing Overtime Effective A new study that is part of the RN Work Project has shown that state-mandated caps on mandatory nursing overtime has a positive effect on patient safety. The laws effectively reduce overtime hours, which have been shown to reduce fatigue and the problems...
Read more →Kaiser Workers Stage a 24-hour Walkout in California A major strike took place in California yesterday, one of the largest in the history of Kaiser hospitals in the state. A total of about 22,000 people including about 4,000 mental and optical health care workers at Kaiser hospitals, plus thousands...
Read more →Editor's Letter Hello everyone, Much like the warmer winter temperatures throughout much of the country, the 2012 presidential election is really starting to heat up. No matter where you stand on the issues or whom you are rooting for, you have to agree it's going to be an exciting year ahead. We th...
Read more →No Punishment, More Medical Error Reporting Although the number of medical errors probably aren’t actually increasing, the number of reported errors has risen. In the past, clinicians, including nurses, could face an immediate suspension or firing for a medical error. After a 1999 study in which the...
Read more →Flex Time Becomes More Common As Nursing Shortage Eases In Dayton, Ohio, the nursing shortage has evaporated — at least for the time being. One hospital in Dayton recently has been telling nurses to stay home rather than come in for scheduled shifts. Some of the nurses at this hospital lost up to a...
Read more →Why Memorize When You Can Check Your Phone? The New York Times has an article about how nursing school students are likely to reach for their smart phones when asked about a drug interaction. They don’t need to memorize this stuff anymore — they can just go ahead and look it up at a moment’s notice....
Read more →Helping Foreign Nurses Receive Certification Quickly An organization is helping foreign nurses get certification quickly so they can begin to practice in Canada. The organization, called the CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses, has been around for about a decade. Even nurses who have had...
Read more →Ambulatory Care Nurse Specialty When asked what an ambulatory care nurse does, many nurses aren’t aware that such a specialty exists. What may be labeled as simply a nurse that used to work in a hospital, but who left to work in a doctor’s office, is an actual specialty in nursing practice. Ambulato...
Read more →Keeping Nurse Labor Costs Down This article in Health Leaders Media has an interesting perspective from hospitals regarding controlling nurse labor costs. It lays out a three-pronged approach to reduce personnel costs for nurses; a new approach to nurse overtime, use of supplemental labor such as fr...
Read more →Hospitals with EHR Found to Have Better Patient Outcomes Electronic Health Records are somewhat controversial — some people think they’re a great idea, some people really don’t. Evidence is starting to come in regarding whether they make a difference, and the news seems to be pretty good. Nurse.com...
Read more →Providers Will Benefit from Emphasis on Electronic Funds A new regulation went into effect January 1st, 2012, setting industry-wide standards for electronic funds transfers in healthcare, as required by the Affordable Care Act. It will reduce up to $4.5 billion over the next 10 years in administrati...
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