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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Surgeon "Loses Clamp" Behind Patient's Heart During Bypass. Nurse's Responsibility To Pick Up? #nurseup

Surgeon "Loses Clamp" Behind Patient's Heart During Bypass. Nurse's Responsibility To Pick Up?:"Summary: During any surgical operation, there is an inherent "duty" owed to the patient that the operation will be carried out competently. This includes carrying out specified procedures and taking measures to prevent "foreign" objects from being left in the body cavity. In this case, during a coronary artery bypass grafting, a clamp slipped from the surgeon's sight. It would be found on x-ray later sitting behind the patient's heart."
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Thursday, June 16, 2011

The National Patients' Report Card Gives Nurses an A+

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - June 16, 2011) - A new national poll shows that Canadian patients overwhelmingly approve of treatment they receive from the nation's nurses, despite the clearly visible nursing shortage in hospitals.
The poll, conducted by Vector Poll in early June for the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) for its 30^th Anniversary Biennial Convention being held in Winnipeg, showed that nurses get a great report card from their patients.
The National Patients' Report Card on Nurses found:
88 % of respondents who saw a nurse the last time they needed health care said they were listened to carefully and had their questions answered;

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Monday, June 13, 2011

With nurse shortage looming, America needs shot in the arm - Washington Times

By Claire Courchane

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The Washington Times

8:38 p.m.,

At a time when many Americans are in desperate need of a job, the field of nursing will soon be in desperate need of Americans.

The economic downturn of the past few years has temporarily eased the nation’s shortage of nurses, but university nursing schools say they are struggling to keep up with what is expected to be soaring demand and chronic shortfalls in years to come.

Employment services routinely list nursing as one of the hot hiring professions of the next decade, but supply never seems to catch up with demand - even as the national unemployment rate tops 9 percent.

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Saturday, May 7, 2011

During National Nurses Week, we should focus on nursing shortage | The Progressive

By Suzanne Gordon, May 6, 2011

May 6-12 is National Nurses Week. Don’t believe the hype that the nursing shortage is over.

After warning of a shortage for years, American hospitals now claim that we have plenty of nurses at the bedside.

Hospital administrators are essentially saying that the bad economy is coercing more nurses to stay on the job. Since some nurses’ husbands or wives have lost their jobs in other sectors, nurses are hanging on to their own jobs and delaying retirement.

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Washington Center for Nursing

Mission & Strategies

Our Mission
To contribute to the health and wellness of people in Washington State by ensuring that there is an adequate nursing workforce to meet the current and future healthcare needs of our population.

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Promote nursing as a desirable career that makes a difference in people's lives. Reach out to all segments of our population to enrich our workforce's diversity.
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Develop and manage data about the nursing workforce, conduct research and disseminate findings to nurses, employers, educators, legislators, economic development organizations and others who use data in decision-making that affects healthcare.

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Friday, March 11, 2011

Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA's National Campaign to Solve the Nurse Staffing Crisis

Nurses everywhere rank staffing as their biggest problem. Research shows it is a problem – for patients: Insufficient nurse staffing is linked with poorer patient outcomes, lengthened hospital stays and increased chance of patient death.

ANA’s Solution to Staffing

ANA advocates solving the problem by requiring hospitals to set nurse staffing plans for each hospital unit based on changing conditions:

Patient acuity (severity of illness)

Patient numbers

Nurse skills and experience

Support staff

Technology

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

It's Academic: Studies Spur Push To BSN-in-10 | National Nursing News

What do Canada, Sweden, Portugal, Brazil, Iceland, Korea, Greece and the Philippines have in common? They are just some of the countries that require a four-year undergraduate degree to practice as an RN — a move some believe is necessary to create a more-informed, higher-skilled nursing work force. Similar initiatives have been awaiting approval in the New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island legislatures for the past two years. Although they have yet to pass, states across the country are taking notice. With reports of as many as 18 states preparing some type of initiative requiring newly graduated RNs to obtain a BSN in order to maintain their licensure, the idea is gaining momentum.
As associate director, state government affairs for the Silver Spring, Md.-based American Nurses Association, Janet Haebler, RN, MSN, is no stranger to the debate over minimum licensure requirements. In 1964, ANA’s House of Delegates designed a position statement calling for all nurses to advance their education in order to improve competencies. However, Haebler says, the ANA does not endorse state legislation. “We endorse the concept,” she says.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Where are the Nurses Mr. President? Nobody Cares.

To the President of the United States from the Yoga Nurse:

Dear Mr. President,

May I be so bold to tell you in my not-so humble opinion the answer to your question, “Where are the nurses?” Elementary dear Watson. Nobody wants the job. why not? because … “This Job is Killing Me.”

As an advocate for nurses, I currently teach meditation, natural stress relief techniques and medical yoga to nurses and nursing organizations through out the country to help them with morale and wellness on the job. Shockingly, I often hear nurses say these exact words to me: “This job is killing me and I’d kill to get off the floor.” It shocked me because I too said those very words at times in my nursing career, but never out loud, and only to myself. These words are engraved in my psyche as the global lament of way too many nurses. Never mind what country, color, religion or background of the nurse, (I have worked in Canada and the USA) it is the same story and not a pretty one.

Why is this job killing me? There are endless reasons why nurses are “dying” from their work and why the job is literally making them sick. Just a few examples that you can surely relate to: Insufficient staffing, overwork, impossibly long shifts, endless charting, little time for patient care, working with inexperienced nurses, burnt out nurses, slackers, disrespect, conflicts between nurses, nurses and doctors, managers, management, lawsuits and liability, being abused by patients i.e. hitting, biting, scratching, punching, yelling, poor health issues, obesity because the only reward is eating…that is, if you get the chance on any given shift, accusations of improper care, etc. etc. etc… (Your turn, fill in the blanks____. _____. _____.). Enough already, you get the idea.

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Friday, February 18, 2011

Community colleges make push for state lawmakers to allow them to offer some four-year programs | MLive.com

Registered nurse Stephanie Palmer wants to earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing, but she’d like to do it at Jackson Community College.
It’s close to her home and less expensive than a four-year college. Plus JCC offers greater scheduling flexibility for working parents like her, said Palmer, 35, of Michigan Center.
That can’t happen under current state law.
But officials from JCC and other community colleges on Friday lobbied state lawmakers to allow traditionally two-year colleges to offer a handful of four-year programs, saying it will help the state’s economy by making it easier for people to prepare for good, in-demand jobs. The House and Senate community colleges subcommittees was holding a joint session on JCC’s Summit Township campus.
The House last year passed legislation to allow community colleges to offer bachelor’s degree programs in four majors, including nursing. The legislation stalled in the Senate. It is expected to be considered again this year.

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Registered nurse job seekers will need more advanced degrees, study says

As the nursing job market tightens, candidates for registered nurse positions are increasingly in need of more education to separate themselves from the pack to get hired.
And the jobs that registered nurses end up landing are increasingly likely to come outside of hospitals.
Those are two key findings from the latest biannual study of nursing supply and demand released by the Greater Cincinnati Health Council, a group of hospitals and health systems from the region. The study is based on data gathered from 13 Cincinnati-area hospitals and 10 nursing schools.
In 2010, the vacancy rate for nursing jobs at the hospitals fell to 2.5 percent from 7.3 percent two years earlier, according to a statement from the Health Council. That competitive job market gave employers the luxury of hiring a more educated nursing workforce. The number of nurses with bachelor’s degrees climbed to 41 percent from 33 percent during that time frame, while 12 percent had master’s degrees in 2010, compared with just 3 percent two years earlier.
“Hospitals in our region are beginning to demand more specific degree requirements in order to adapt to changing healthcare trends and meet changing patient-care needs,” said Mary Duffey, executive director of the Council’s Health Care Workforce Center.
In 2008, nearly all new nursing school graduates who stayed in the Cincinnati area and found jobs in healthcare organizations (99 percent) did so at a hospital. But two years later, that number dropped to 80 percent. The Council expects that trend to continue as more emphasis in the U.S. health system is placed on preventive care obtained in the community, and an aging population increasingly moves into long-term care and assisted-living facilities.
The continuation of that trend would put Cincinnati more in line with the rest of the country, in which about 60 percent of nurses work in hospitals, according to the report.

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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Jonas Center Quantifies Impact of Nursing Faculty Shortage | All Sites Nursing News

The shortage of nurse educators could affect the care of millions of patients, according to estimates by the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence.
Each nurse educator position left unfilled could impact healthcare for 3.6 million patients, according to the report. Schools with baccalaureate nursing programs have about 900 faculty vacancies, with thousands more likely to arise in the next 15 years.
Darlene Curley, RN, MS, executive director of the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence, and Christine Kovner, RN, PhD, FAAN, professor at New York University College of Nursing, developed a formula to measure the impact of nursing faculty vacancies on patients. They considered the average number of students taught by one faculty member and the number of patients cared for by a typical RN. They note that their estimates are conservative.

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Nurse Recruitment and Retention: Can New Nursing Grads Find Work?

When I was speaking at a hospital, talking to recently recruited nurses, I heard their frustrations in not being able to work in the area of their choice.

Indeed, where once nursing grads could essentially get their first choices and select from several attractive job opportunities, some looking to enter our profession have had to settle for a position different from their goals.

Wise new grads will take this job, giving the best care possible as team player. When the recession ends and cut backs are eased, they can transfer into their position of choice.

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Monday, December 13, 2010

Respecting the world outside the doors of critical care

I’m an ‘ICU’ nurse. I’ve been in critical care pretty much my whole career in one way, shape, or form. Every nurse has their forte’, and mine is the world of critical care.

Maybe it’s because I’m an adrenal junkie?

Some would say it’s because I’m a man (the good ole’ male-nurse stereotype).

Or maybe it’s my need for ‘control’? I don’t know. What I do know is when I step outside those doors of critical care my heart starts to race just a lil’. Each time I am outside my comfort zone I gain more respect for those nurses who do it every day.

The other day I worked on the telemetry floor. Working in a smaller rural hospital it’s part of the job. When it’s the census or staffing, when you work in the ICU it’s part of your job to ‘float’ to other departments when the need arises.

It was my turn the other day.

I must tell ya, I couldn’t remember the last time I worked ‘outside’ of ICU? Don’t’ get me wrong, it’s neither good nor bad, it’s just been the luck of the draw. Going from a 2-3 critical care patient assignment to a 5-8 telemetry assignment doesn’t sound like much, but it requires a whole new way of thinking and prioritizing.

I really don’t know how they do it??

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Thursday, December 9, 2010

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Arizona State Board of Nursing:"Our mission is to protect the public health, safety and welfare through the safe and competent practice of nurses and nursing assistants. The State Board of Nursing assures that standards of practice are met and that persons engaged in the practice of nursing are competent. It approves individuals for licensure, registration and certification, approves educational programs for nurses and nursing assistants, investigates complaints concerning licensee's compliance with the law, and determines and administers disciplinary actions in the event of proven violations of the Nurse Practice Act."
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Arizona State Board of Nursing:
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Arizona Board Of Nursing: Advisory Opinion Index
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Arizona Perianesthesia Nurses' Association:"AzPANA is... The Arizona PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association, a Non Profit Organization. It is a State Component of American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses ( ASPAN ). AzPANA's Mission is... to serve as a PeriAnesthesia nursing resource to advance nursing practice within the community through professional and education opportunities."
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Student Nurses' Association of Arizona (SNAAz):"Our Mission- We, the student nurses of Arizona, believe there is a common need to organize, to represent ourselves to the consumer and health disciplines, and to assume our rightful place in the profession of nursing. The purpose of SNAAz is to assume responsibility for contributing to nursing education in order to provide for the highest quality of health care; to provide programs representative of fundamental interests and concerns to nursing students; to aid the development of the whole person, his/her responsibility for health care of people in all walks of life; and to advocate for nursing students in preparing for their professional roles as nurses. - BYLAWS Student Nurses' Association of Arizona (SNAAz).
Student Nurses' Association of Arizona (SNAAz)
P.O. Box 81347, Phoenix AZ, 85069-1347
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University of Arizona, Pediatric and Other Related Resources:
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Arizona, Phoenix: CPR/Good Samaritan Act
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Arizona Spina Bifida Association:"The Arizona Spina Bifida Association enhances the quality of life for those living with spina bifida by providing services and information. The Arizona Spina Bifida Association is a nonprofit 501(c)(3)organization. 100% of funds raised in Arizona stay in Arizona."
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

24 Hours in an ER - Boston Magazine - Trauma Pics - Graphic

With more than 132,000 patient visits last year, Boston Medical Center’s level-one trauma center is the busiest in New England. Granted nearly full access to the facility, photographer Christopher Churchill documented the scenes that play out here day after day.

Originally published in Boston magazine, December 2010

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Nursing Salary Projections for 2011 - Nursing Link-Free Registration Required

We keep hearing the demand for nurses is expected to grow, but how much can we expect to earn in the coming year?

Look no further! Whether you’re a nursing aide in Delaware or a registered nurse in California, we’ve rounded up salary projections for 2011 you don’t want to miss.

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Monday, December 6, 2010

Health reform will bring need for more nurses in Oklahoma | NewsOK.com

More Oklahomans could soon hear: “The nurse will see you now.”
The prescription for hospitals and doctors' offices, which will get even busier as health care reform brings millions more people to their doorsteps, may be highly trained nurses with greater authority.

Those nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and be full partners with doctors as health care reform collides with an aging population and a reduction in primary care doctors, according to the Institute of Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
“This is such a historic, monumental prescription for change,” said Marvel Williams, the dean of the nursing school at Oklahoma City University.
“I know there will be some people out there among other health care professions, particularly, who are a bit nervous about the role nurses are expected to take, based on these recommendations.”

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Sunday, December 5, 2010

Nurses Top Honesty and Ethics List for 11th Year

Nurses continue to outrank other professions in Gallup's annual Honesty and Ethics survey. Eighty-one percent of Americans say nurses have "very high" or "high" honesty and ethical standards, a significantly greater percentage than for the next-highest-rated professions, military officers and pharmacists. Americans rate car salespeople, lobbyists, and members of Congress as having the lowest honesty and ethics, with the last two getting a majority of "low" or "very low" ratings.

Gallup has asked Americans to rate the honesty and ethical standards of professions since 1976, and annually since 1991. Gallup first asked Americans to rate nurses in 1999, and that profession has topped the list since then in all but one year, 2001. Firefighters were added on a one-time basis in 2001 to test their image following reports of their heroism after the 9/11 terror attacks; they finished first, at 90%. Nurses still managed a strong 84% honesty and ethics rating that year, tying for their highest ever. Prior to 1999, clergy or pharmacists were usually the highest-rated professions. (For the list of top-rated professions by year, see page 2.)

There has been little meaningful change in the ratings of professions that are measured annually, compared with last year. To the extent there was change -- as in the case of pharmacists (+5), police officers (-6), bankers (+4), and lawyers (+4) -- the ratings have generally returned to the levels of two years ago.

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Friday, December 3, 2010

Learn How Nursing Leadership Skills can Empower You American Sentinel University White Papers

There's a chronic problem in the nursing profession: a sense of powerlessness. It creates job dissatisfaction, stress, and burnout. It can lead to ineffective nursing that compromises patient safety or the nurse's role as patient advocate. And it's incompatible with today's increasing emphasis on multi-disciplinary care teams, where collaboration is key.

Fortunately, there's a positive trend toward workplace practices that empower nurses. And there are ways for staff nurses to learn to step up and become facilitators of change.

Learn how you can start empowering yourself to effect change - and better patient outcomes - even if you're not in a management position. In this paper, "Powerlessness is Bad Practice: Any Nurse can be a Facilitator of Change," Catherine Garner, DrPH, MSN, MPA, RN, FAAN, Provost and Dean of Health and Nursing Sciences at American Sentinel University, outlines:

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