4 Threatening Signs of a Silent Heart Attack
For each year, an estimate of about 785,000 Americans go through an initial heart attack. And about 470,000 who have already experienced one or more heart attacks go through yet...
Category: Nursing News & Blog
Nurses at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Preparing for a Strike
Nurses at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center are preparing for a strike possibly next week due to some disagreements in a contract made between them and the hospital. The union...
FNA New President: Mavra Kear
Forty nine year old Professor Mavra Kear, also a program coordinator for the bachelor of science degree at Polk State Educational Institution has just been voted as president of the...
The “Special” Nursing Role
Nurse practitioners and doctors have often been likened today. In Alberta, nurse practitioners have been called to be “physician replacements” as the number of physician residents in the hospital have...
10 Commandments for Nurses
Commandment Number 1: Thou Shalt Provide Comfort and Empathy to Patients in a Day-to-day Basis.
Commandment Number 2: Thou Shalt Respect Patient Confidentiality and Privacy.
Commandment Number 3: Thou shalt not predict your patient’s vital signs; you are a nurse not a fortune-teller.
Commandment Number 4: Thou shalt not wear trendy shoes during your shift.
Commandment Number 5: Thou shalt not direct patient’s uneaten dessert or meals to your bags or mouth.
Commandment Number 6: Thou shalt keep in mind that the best medicine a nurse can offer is offering warm smiles of greetings to the patient.
Commandment Number 7: Thou shalt not pass on all of the tasks to new nurses or volunteers.
Commandment Number 8: Thou shalt keep the nurses station quiet.
Commandment Number 9: Thou shalt avoid physical burn-out by taking good care of thyself.
Commandment Number 10: Thou shalt not call your patient with hilarious nicknames such as ‘Mr. Farter’ and the like.
Abuse Case in California Nursing Home
Sadly, one of the most progressive problems our nation is facing is nursing home abuse. The chief reason for this occurrence is due to the large population of the elderly....
Vaccines for HIV Soon-To-Be Available
A news story from the Daily Telegraph reported that apparently, a vaccine could minimize HIV to a “minor infection”. According to the story, a phase I clinical trial was done...
Tdap Vaccination Recommended to Pregnant Women
In the field of medicine, professionals are almost always faced with dilemmas regarding how they deliver their services. The balance between the benefit of a treatment and its potential harm...
Is Nursing for Women Only?
Times have definitely seen changes when it comes to the profession of nursing. We see a lot of men taking up nursing at schools and universities and we see them...
CHITS Shares Award with Health Workers After Winning as Best Health Market Innovation in RP
Makati, Philippines-The Community Health Information Tracking System (CHITS), the country’s first electronic medical record system for government health facilities, shares its triumph with public health workers upon winning a “Best...
