Nurses and Global Health

'Flower Power': National Garden Clubs Inc. Members Help Health-Care Facilities, Special-Needs...

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 18, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- When residents of Lee Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Pennington Gap, Va., roll their wheelchairs into the courtyard, they are greeted not only by a spirit-lifting...

Abstract Award Received By Bmc Nurse Manager

Hanover resident and Boston Medical Center (BMC) Nurse Manager Colleen LaBelle, RN, ACRN, CARN, was one of two semi-finalists to receive the Best Abstract Award from the Association for Medical Education and Research in...

Holly replied to the discussion California judge rules only nurses can give insulin to kids

A Sacramento Superior Court ruling Friday marks a major shift in the treatment of nearly 14,000 California schoolchildren with diabetes. Judge Lloyd Connelly sided with the California School Nurses Organization, the American...

Extendicare Class Action Lawsuit Filed over Nursing Home Neglect in Wisconsin

Nursing home operator Extendicare faces a third class action suit, this time filed on behalf of all residents of their nursing homes in Wisconsin. Similar Extendicare class action lawsuits have been filed in Washington and...

IntelliDOT Corporation Signs Agreement With Iatric Systems, Inc. to Simplify Provisioning of...

Relationship Helps Overcome Challenges to HIS and Pharmacy System Integration SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - The agreement formalizes interface pricing, implementation, and maintenance fees for customers that wish to use Iatric...

Surgeons not following steps to reduce infections

The Canadian Press TORONTO -- "And I think this study very neatly shows ... that indeed at least among surgeons in Alberta - and I suspect they're probably representative of surgeons across the country - there is clearly an...

Marois comment on health care propels Charest into better mood

Looking exhausted after a string of flight delays caused by bad weather, Premier Jean Charest suddenly regained his humour and fighting spirit yesterday after hearing that PQ leader Pauline Marois told The Gazette she had no...

Medical Nonprofit Takes Orthopedic Marvels To Peru

According to Dr. Harpal Khanuja, Operation Walk Maryland's medical director, it's the look in recipients' eyes and their joy of renewed motion that makes his marathon mission to Peru's medically underserved so worthwhile.

MRSA's toll climbs, but hospital is slow to change

In Seattle, Harborview Medical Center's struggles tell the story of MRSA: the history of outbreaks, the mounting casualties, the resistance to change. Four decades after its patients began dying of MRSA, Harborview continues to...

Leader in US hospice, dies at 91

By Stephanie Reitz Associated Press Writer Sunday, November 16, 2008 HARTFORD, Conn. -- Florence Wald, a former Yale nursing dean whose interest in compassionate care led her to launch the first U.S. hospice program, has died....

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