Orderly - OR Main Dept (10a-6p) - Methodist Hospital - Methodist Hospital - San Antonio, TX

for adhering to instructions delegated by the Team Leader and to established hospital routines and/or policies and procedures. 2. Performs routine duties in... From HCA Inc - 31 Jan 2012 23:57:17 GMT - View all San Antonio jobs

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RNAO's Nursing Best Practice Guidelines implemented across Spain

TORONTO, Jan. 31, 2012 /CNW/ - Representatives from Ontario's top professional nursing organization have been in Spain to celebrate a launch of eight Best Practice Spotlight Organizations (BPSO) which have been committed to implementing clinical most appropriate practices of a Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO).During their week-long revisit (Feb 1-7), Doris Grinspun, RNAO's executive executive as well as Irmajean Bajnok, executive of a association's most appropriate use discipline (BPG) module will train nurses on how to implement a BPGs as well as how to pass which knowledge on to other nurses as well as health-care professionals. This module will continue with a monitoring as well as support of a Nursing as well as Healthcare Research Unit as well as Spanish Collaborating Centre of a Joanna Briggs Institute.The revisit will additionally prominence a executive role nursing plays in a health as well as well-being of patients, as well as how clinical BPGs improve patient outcomes as well as make health-care systems more effective as well as efficient.RNAO's clinical BPG module began in 1999 as well as was expanded in 2003 to include healthy work environment BPGs. To date, 44 discipline have been developed, including some focused on health promotion such as breastfeeding as well as shortening falls in older persons as well as on disease prevention such as smoking cessation. There have been discipline which cover a diagnosis of pressure ulcers as well as ones geared to chronic disease management for diabetes as well as pain.The Spanish project arises from a signed agreement in between RNAO as well as a Nursing as well as Healthcare Research Unit (Investn-isciii) of a Institute of Health Carlos III. The partnership started with a translation of RNAO's BPGs into Spanish. The initiative means up to half a billion people who live in Spanish-speaking countries can access RNAO's most appropriate practices."The concrete as well as certain results of these discipline on clinical as well as health outcomes of patients speak for themselves as well as that's why a Ontario supervision as well as Health Canada support this program," says Grinspun, adding which governments as well as health-care organizations all over a world, including China, Japan, Australia, South Africa, Chile, Colombia, Italy, Dubai as well as Spain have been working with RNAO to implement a association's most appropriate practices.Grinspun, a native of Chile as well as smooth in Spanish, as well as Teresa Moreno Casbas, executive of Nursing as well as Healthcare Research Unit (Investn-isciii), have been thrilled with a partnership. The Nursing as well as Healthcare Research Unit of a Institute of Health Carlos III, as part of a Ministry of a Economy as well as Finance, has overseen a translation of a BPGs into Spanish. "This partnership will heighten a nursing profession as well as hugely good patients," says Grinspun. Moreno Casbas says "the nurses will have access to evidence resources which support their use as well as optimize patient outcomes."The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is a professional association representing registered nurses in Ontario. Since 1925, RNAO has advocated for healthy public policy, promoted excellence in nursing practice, increased nurses' contribution to moulding a health-care system, as well as influenced decisions which affect nurses as well as a public they serve.RNAO's ambitious Best Practice Guidelines Program in Canada is funded by a Ontario government's Ministry of Health as well as Long-Term Care. It was launched in 1999, under Grinspun's leadership, to provide a most appropriate available evidence for patient care across a wide spectrum of health-care areas. The 44 discipline developed to date represent a excellence which is moulding as well as improving Ontario's health-care system. The BPGs have been available free of charge to nurses, other health-care professionals as well as organizations across Canada as well as abroad.To learn more about RNAO's Nursing Best Practice Guidelines Program, please revisit www.rnao.org/bestpractices.For more information about RNAO, revisit our website at www.rnao.org. You can additionally check out our Facebook page at www.rnao.org/facebook as well as follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/rnao.Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc

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Geriatric Nursing Assistant - WMHS - Frostburg Nursing & Rehab Center - Frostburg, MD

Certification as Nursing Assistant or Geriatric Aide by Maryland State Board of Nursing. Experience : Six months successful experience as a nursing assistant... From Western Maryland Health System, Inc - 31 Jan 2012 14:18:26 GMT - View all Frostburg jobs

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Director, Regulatory Readiness/Hospital - Charlton Memorial Hospital - Fall River, MA

A p er diem position to address specific project-type work needed within Accreditation and Standards while poke for permanent director continues. Master's... From Southcoast Health System - 31 Jan 2012 10:03:18 GMT - View all Fall River jobs

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Hospital Service Technician - On-Demand - Universal Hospital Services - Jacksonville, FL

Work in a sanatorium for one of the fastest growing medical companies!Universal Hospital Services, Inc... previous work in a sanatorium or worked with medical... From Universal Hospital Services - 31 Jan 2012 05:53:53 GMT - View all Jacksonville jobs

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NURSING - Baltimore County, MD

current experience, stream board of nursing license, American Heart CPR, recent physical, & PPD. Call Access Nursing 410-321-5560 or email MDJobs@accessnursing.net. From Joblistonline.com - 30 Jan 2012 21:22:10 GMT - View all jobs

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What Would Republican Replacement Look Like?

Much of a talk from Republican lawmakers on illness caring remodel has focused on efforts to dissolution a 2010 illness caring remodel law. But this year, they are talking about what could replace it if they accomplished that goal. Last week Rep. Joe Pitts, a chairman of a illness subcommittee of a Energy as well as Commerce Committee, described a package of policy initiatives that he hoped his committee would plunge into later this year.

The planks of a package included medical liability reform, rules to have illness insurance purchases possible across state lines, as well as efforts to ensure that employees could take their insurance with them if they left a job.

Would such policies be a good replacement for a stream illness caring remodel package? Would they expand access to illness insurance? Would they move down costs?

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Supervisor, Nursing - Methodist Medical Center of Illinois - Peoria, IL

Nursing Administration, FT, To facilitate and coordinate studious caring services on a evening and night shifts, responding supportively to a needs of internal... From Methodist Medical Center of Illinois - 30 Jan 2012 16:37:46 GMT - View all Peoria jobs

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Nursing home sanctioned for inadequate care

A Canberra nursing home has been authorised by a Federal Department of Health as well as Ageing for unwell to yield adequate care.Care workers as well as families of residents warned a Federal Government as well as Anglicare of twenty-five cases of clinical oversight at a Ginninderra Gardens nursing home at Page earlier this month.The clinical caring manager was sacked following an inner review.Anglicare was then authorised following a Federal Department of Health as well as Ageing review which found medication, pain as well as nutritive needs were not managed safely, as well as a comfort of as well as dignity of terminally ill residents was not maintained.The home is now facing daily government audits until conditions improve."Some of our residents might have experienced times when pain wasn't managed as well as it should have been," pronounced Anglicare arch senior manager Peter Sandeman."For which we deeply regret as well as apologise to them."It is not a first time concerns have been lifted about a nursing home.It failed to meet federal standards in 2009, as well as had only just regained its aged-care accreditation 9 months ago.Mr Sandeman says he is devastated standards deteriorated so quickly."I'm absolutely devastated. we cam in two years ago to fix up Ginninderra nursing home in particular," he said.Jo Root from a Council on Aging says a non-compliance issues are serious."They uncover which Anglicare has not been providing good quality care," she said."It shows they are under huge stress to continue to deliver good quality caring to a group of residents which are getting frailer, have aloft caring needs as well as need more as well as more caring as they age in a facility."The situation comes as a coalition of aged caring as well as health advocacy groups call for urgent bipartisan support for reform of a sector."With adequate remuneration for them as well as we would also like to see more people attracted in to which sector, because it is a burgeoning zone which we will all, in all likelihood, need," pronounced Dr Iain Dunlop from a Australian Medical Association.Ms Root says a Ageing Well campaign aims to deliver better quality as well as more choice."To yield more support as well as give people dignity," she said.Anglicare has hired a new leadership team as well as is retraining other staff.No new residents can be certified as well as Anglicare cannot explain any government subsidies.The church could remove its licence to operate a home if caring does not urge within six months.Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc

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Instructor- BSN Nursing Program - Chamberlain College of Nursing - Indianapolis, IN

supervision as well as evaluation of nursing students delivering nursing caring to an individual or group of... of nursing students delivering nursing caring to an... From Chamberlain College of Nursing - twenty-nine Jan 2012 17:23:26 GMT - View all Indianapolis jobs

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Director, IT (Oak Hill Hospital) - Oak Hill Hospital - Brooksville, FL

25323-4337Primary Location : United States-Florida-Brooksville-Oak Hill Hospital - Spring HillSchedule : Full-timeDescription : More About HCA... HCA... From HCA West Florida - 29 Jan 2012 21:41:53 GMT - View all Brooksville jobs

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Community nursing clinic created at CityTeam Ministries

The ribbon was cut, Jan. 16, for a Widener Community Nursing Clinic at CityTeam Ministries. Participating in a festivities were Chester Mayor John Linder, CityTeam Senior Program Director Kwinn Tucker and Widener University President Dr. James Harris III. View and squeeze photosPowered By iWebRSS.co.cc

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Educator Nurse Administrator for Certified Nursing Assistant Program - PITC School of Nursing - Glenside, PA

About PITC School of NursingPrinceton Information Technology Center provides full-time as well as part-time programs in Practical Nursing. PITC is the growing school... From JobHost - 29 Jan 2012 16:10:08 GMT - View all Glenside jobs

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RMH offering nursing scholarships

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Denver School of Nursing grads exceed licensing-exam averages

The Denver School of Nursing exceeded a inhabitant averages for graduates passing a National Council Licensure Examination for a licensing of nurses.Bachelor of science nursing-program graduates in 2011 achieved a 91.7 percent pass rate, well above a inhabitant average of 84.5 percent. In a associate's degree program, DSN graduates scored a 90.7 percent, opposite a inhabitant rate of 81.27 percent. In addition, a school's chain rate was 93.4 percent for 2010 graduates.Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc

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PHARMACIST-WEST HOSPITAL - Hospital Pharmacy 431160 - Avon, IN

of drug and controlled substances. Requires believe of pharmacy and hospital information systems. Requires problem-solving skills. Requires capability to... From Ball Memorial Hospital - 28 Jan 2012 03:32:02 GMT - View all Avon jobs

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Community nursing clinic created at CityTeam Ministries

The badge was cut, Jan. 16, for a Widener Community Nursing Clinic at CityTeam Ministries. Participating in a festivities were Chester Mayor John Linder, CityTeam Senior Program Director Kwinn Tucker and Widener University President Dr. James Harris III. View and purchase photosPowered By iWebRSS.co.cc

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Nursing Faculty & Staff Positions Available - UMDNJ-School of Nursing - Stratford, NJ

Faculty NEWARK, NJDNP program Faculty, must have earned doctorate in nursing , education, or related field.MSN program: Nurse Practitioner Faculty (various... From New Jersey State Nurses Assoc. - 28 Jan 2012 17:02:11 GMT - View all Stratford jobs

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Nursing Supervisor - Mary Manning Walsh Home - New York, NY

assigned nursing units. * In conjunction with inservice department, provides nursing care course for new employed nurses on reserved nursing units to job... From ArchCare - twenty-seven Jan 2012 18:32:39 GMT - View all New York jobs

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Clinical Director (Hospital) - Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler, TX

Requires BSN, 3-5 years management experience in surgery setting. Must have excellent operational and clinical skills with a 300-500 bed hospital. From Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics - 27 Jan 2012 18:37:54 GMT - View all Tyler jobs

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Nursing Homes in California Confront Pharmacists Errors

Despite these potentially dangerous side effects, the pharmacist responsible for reviewing the prescriptions of the woman, the proprietor of the Greenhills Manor nursing home in Campbell, told state investigators that he had not remarkable these irregularities or addressed them in the patients chart. Pharmacists responsible for reviewing the remedy of patients in California nursing homes customarily authorised inappropriate as well as potentially lethal prescriptions of antipsychotic medications, as well as failed to scold other potentially dangerous drug irregularities, according to recent state investigations. In reports obtained by The Bay Citizen, the department found that in eighteen of the 32 investigations conducted in California nursing homes between May 2010 as well as June 2011 17 of the 32 were in the Bay Area pharmacists failed to red-flag cases in that residents were inappropriately prescribed absolute antipsychotic medications similar to Seroquel, the drug used to treat schizophrenia. Pharmacists also overlooked or authorized cases in that medications were prescribed during questionable levels or in unsafe combinations that could put patients during risk of seizures, accidents or even death, according to the public health department. The consultant pharmacists review, that is dictated to brand unnecessary or potentially inappropriate drugs among nursing home residents, is defective in the state of California, said Dr. Jonathan Evans, the geriatrician as well as the vice boss of the American Medical Directors Association. He called the complaint widespread. The state investigations also suggested the probable correlation between the inadequate examination of nursing home patients medications by pharmacists as well as the disaster of those nursing homes to compensate the fair market rate for the pharmacists services. A 1982 anti-kickback law requires nursing homes to compensate the fair rate for pharmacy services to daunt consulting pharmacists from endorsing or fluctuating the prescriptions of expensive, as well as potentially dangerous, drugs. A majority of the nursing homes where the state found patients who were inappropriately prescribed antipsychotic medications were paying below-average fees for pharmacy services. The California investigations come in the wake of the inform last year by the United States Department of Health as well as Human Services. The inform suggested that, in nursing homes nationwide, during slightest 40 percent of all Medicare claims for so-called atypical antipsychotics, similar to Risperdal, are inappropriate, since in extreme doses, since for too long, since without the need for use, without adequate monitoring or in the presence of adverse consequences as well as should be reduced or discontinued. By California state law, consulting pharmacists who work for nursing homes are required to examination residents charts monthly, as well as recommend to prescribing doctors that medications be stopped, reduced or changed if they poise potential dangers or are causing damaging side effects. The state health department found in its investigations that pharmacists failed to brand the misuse of antipsychotic medications in 90 percent of cases. In 59 percent of those cases, violations occurred in nursing comforts that were cited for usurpation pharmacy services below cost. The average compensate rate for California pharmacists is $56.29 an hour, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But the examination of nursing home records indicated that some were billed much less, in some cases as low as $11 an hour. The state anti-kickback law bans nursing homes from usurpation below-market rates from any pharmacist or pharmacy as compensation or provocation for referral of business to any pharmacy. When pharmacy services are provided below cost, the pharmacist may be recouping the waste by making drug recommendations according to financial incentives instead of the best interests of the residents, said Anthony Chicotel, the lawyer with the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, that plans to recover the inform on the state investigations. When their independence is compromised, the integrity of their protecting function is eviscerated. The state investigations yielded the series of examples where the pharmacists protecting function appeared to be compromised. At Hillside Senior Care nursing home in Fremont, for example, the consulting pharmacist was billed during the rate as low as $16.24 an hour, as well as no more than $19.16 an hour, between January as well as May 2011. In the same period, according to state investigators, the pharmacist during Hillside contradicted the doctors request to cut back antipsychotic medication. We have corrected this already with the department, said Vilmar Agustin, Hillsides director of nursing. laurieudesky@hotmail.comPowered By iWebRSS.co.cc

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Travel Licensed Practical Nurse Long Term Care / Skilled Nursing - TravelMax Nursing - Seneca, PA

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Patient Care Assistant - Medicine I Dept (PRN/POOL) - Methodist Hospital - Methodist Hospital - San Antonio, TX

General Statement of Duties: The PCA II is an constituent part of the nursing group and is directly responsible to the Registered Nurse. This employee is involved... From HCA Inc - 26 January 2012 23:48:03 GMT - View all San Antonio jobs

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Hospital Attendant (Multiple Positions-Evening) - Stony Brook-University Hospital - New York, NY

and trauma and emergency medicine. Our 591-bed Hospital has not long ago been modernized and expanded to... Descriptive Title: Hospital Attendant (Multiple... From Stony Brook University - 26 Jan 2012 22:05:57 GMT - View all New York jobs

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Medical Records Clerk - Dominion Hospital - Full-time - Dominion Hospital - Falls Church, VA

Dominion Hospital is seeking the Full Time Medical Records Clerk for their HIM department.The Medical Records Clerk is responsible for the organization, retrieval... From HCA Inc - 26 Jan 2012 12:59:55 GMT - View all Falls Church jobs

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Cook Nutrition Services Silver Cross Hospital - Silver Cross Hospital - Joliet, IL

Responsible for the delivery of food and services to patients and customers. Follows all cooking assignments progressing a sanitary and protected working area at all... From Silver Cross Hospital - 26 Jan 2012 00:31:24 GMT - View all Joliet jobs

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Nursing programs accepting applications

[We are Sorry! We are Unable to Retrieve Full-Text RSS Content from a Source, iWebRSS.co.cc]The nursing dialect at St. Johns River State College will accept applications from Feb. 1 by twenty-eight for a Summer 2012 nursing class on a Orange Park campus. Classes will begin in May.

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Assistant Director of Nursing - Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC - Riverside, MO

to safeguard that the nursing requirements of each... in nursing required BSN preferred.3.Possesses a smallest one (1) year of experience in nursing service... From Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC - 25 Jan 2012 20:38:42 GMT - View all Riverside jobs

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Motion picture fund nursing home to admit new residents

Three years after the controversial decision to close Hollywood's best known nursing home, the Motion Picture & Television Fund has reversed course as well as pronounced it would immediately proceed admitting brand new residents to the Woodland Hills facility. The decision marks the victory for residents as well as their families who waged the highly public campaign to quarrel the fund's decision in January 2009. Many residents indicted the charity of losing steer of the goal to take care of entertainment attention workers as well as refused to leave, hiring an attorney to block evictions. At the time, the fund's house members pronounced they had no choice because the facilities were losing millions of dollars as well as threatening the charity with bankruptcy. On Wednesday, however, MPTF officials pronounced the nursing home's finances had improved under brand new management, enough during least to justify admitting residents. The house tapped former Panavision Chief Executive Bob Beitcher this summer to reinstate David Tillman, who resigned as head of the account in February 2010 after bitter clashes with residents over his doing of the programmed closure. "I would give Bob Beitcher as well as his management team really the lot of credit for coming in as well as getting our house behind in order, which it needed,'' pronounced Jeffrey Katzenberg, chief executive of DreamWorks Animation as well as MPTF Chairman. "The results of it have been which we can very comfortably expand our capacity." The nursing home has only 29 of the more than 130 residents who lived there in January 2009. The account will expand to during least 40 beds for now, with priority given to former residents who moved to alternative facilities. The nursing home is part of the larger early retirement community in Woodland Hills operated by the fund. "This will be the pivotal moment for current long-term care residents as well as their families, alternative campus residents as well as staff,'' Beitcher said. "It will restore the continuum of care on campus everyone has been hoping for." Nancy Biederman, founder of the Saving the Lives of Our Own group, which fought the nursing home closure, said: "We applaud the MPTF on the stewardship as well as vision, as well as thank all who worked together to uphold the Fund's historic goal as well as move it forward.... That the MPTF has strengthened the commitment by embracing Long Term Care on campus is the victory for everyone." The account has been cutting costs by streamlining operations. The nursing home will work on one building instead of two, as well as final week the account laid off 18 workers. Fund officials also have spent months negotiating the understanding with Kindred Healthcare Inc. of Louisville, Ky. Under the proposed deal, Kindred would deposit $10 million to remodel an existing sanatorium building as well as would lease sanatorium as well as rehabilitation beds from the fund. That would give much-needed revenue to the charity, which provides various social as well as healthcare services to entertainment attention workers. The signing of the deal, originally approaching to be completed by the end of final year, however, has been delayed by uncertainty over whether Congress will extend the duration on the building of long-term acute-care facilities. In the meantime, Wednesday's announcement should assistance backers such as Katzenberg raise charitable contributions during an annual fundraising event held the night prior to the Academy Awards ceremony Feb. 26. "It's been long as well as it's been hard as well as very formidable during times, but the great headlines is which the bad headlines is behind us,'' pronounced Katzenberg, who had previously supported the decision to shutter the nursing home. "Now I feel like this is really the brand new day." RELATED: Movie attention sanatorium as well as nursing home to close Providence agrees to take over motion picture home Motion Picture Nursing Home plan hits snags in Washington -- Richard Verrier Photo: Protesters in 2009 rally against the programmed closure of the Woodland Hills nursing home as well as sanatorium operated by the Motion Picture & Television Fund. Quinten Smoller, 5, center, as well as his family showed up to await his parents mother Ava Bliss, 85, an actress, rear core in wheelchair. Credit: Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc

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Full Time Director of Nursing (DON) / Nurse Management Cath Lab - TravelMax Nursing - Oxnard, CA

Large Acute Care Center in Beautiful Ventura County, CA is looking for the Cath Lab Nurse Manager. Position requires 2 years of Cath Lab knowledge and the BSN... From TravelMax Nursing - 25 Jan 2012 16:43:03 GMT - View all Oxnard jobs

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Hospital Manager - Sea Island Animal Hospital - South Carolina

The Hospital Manager is a leader as well as an integral member of the hospital management team. The Hospital Manager works with the Managing Veterinarian and/or Hospital... From National Veterinary Associates - 25 Jan 2012 01:47:09 GMT - View all jobs

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WU seeks doctorate nursing degree

[We are Sorry! We are Unable to Retrieve Full-Text RSS Content from the Source, iWebRSS.co.cc]Washburn University is asking the Kansas Legislature for management to establish a new doctorate-level program for students training to become an advanced practice registered nurse.

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Home Health Director of Nursing - American Nursing Services - Indianapolis, IN

seeking an experienced nursing management professional for a Director of Nursing position in Indianapolis... 3 years of home health nursing management experience... From American Nursing Services - 25 Jan 2012 00:29:35 GMT - View all Indianapolis jobs

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Nursing College Names 3 Finalists for Dean

The College of Nursing during a University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis is in a last stages of a extensive, inhabitant search for a new dean, as well as has narrowed a list down to 3 finalists.The search for a new vanguard began in August after Donna Hathaway, who had served as vanguard for 11 years, stepped down to return to a faculty position.Dr. Susan Jacob, executive associate vanguard during a College of Nursing, has been serving as interim vanguard during a search.The 14-member search committee represents a broad-based group of faculty, students, alumni as well as hospital partners.Co-chaired by Dr. Kennard Brown, UTHSC executive vice chancellor as well as chief operations officer, as well as Dr. David Stern, UTHSC executive vanguard of a College of Medicine as well as interim vice chancellor of Research during UTHSC, a search committee enlisted Atlanta-based Parker Executive Search for assistance.Were pleased with a initial, diverse pool of field we reviewed, Brown said. We think any of a 3 finalists is a well-qualified, able leader, as well as we look forward to hosting them on our campus.After six finalists were selected for a round of preliminary interviews in December, a field was narrowed down to a final three.Dr. Sally J. Reel, associate vanguard for Academic Practice as well as clinical highbrow during a University of Arizonas College of Nursing, made a cut. Reel is additionally a director of a colleges Arizona Area Health Education Centers Program.Also a finalist is Dr. Laura A. Talbot, Dean W. Colvard Distinguished Professor in Nursing during a College of Health as well as Human Services, University of North Carolina during Charlotte. Talbot additionally serves as director of a Health Services Research Ph.D. Program.Dr. Sarah Ann Thompson is additionally in a running. She serves as highbrow as well as associate vanguard of Academic Programs in a College of Nursing, as well as highbrow in a College of Public Health during a Department of Health Services Research as well as Administration, University of Nebraska Medical Center. During a next few weeks, any of a 3 finalists will participate in dual full days of meetings during a main campus in Memphis, where UTHSC administrators, faculty as well as staff will have a chance to familiarize themselves with any candidate. The vanguard of a College of Nursing a institutions chief academic as well as administrative military officer provides inspirational leadership, administers a annual budget, as well as serves as a principal representative of a college. The role of a dean, who reports to UTHSCs chancellor, includes developing an sourroundings which supports excellence in education, research, clinical caring as well as public service. UTHSC College of Nursing, which today offers several advanced degrees in nursing, was established in 1887, as well as in 1950 became one of a first colleges in a country to grant a baccalaureate degree in nursing.College of Nursing faculty are involved in a broad scope of systematic studies, including those centered on obesity, health disparity, womens health issues, caregiver health as well as softened patient safety in acute caring settings. Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc

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Director of Nursing (DON) - Monroe Manor Nursing & RC - Monroe, WI

nursing staff Review proprietor charts and nursing... 3-5 years as a Director of Nursing, Assistant Director of Nursing, Nursing Manager or Unit Manager is... From Extendicare - twenty-four Jan 2012 22:41:26 GMT - View all Monroe jobs

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Aide, Food Service-Women's Hospital Coffee Bar-PRN as needed - STV Women's Hospital - Indianapolis, IN

decisions at St. Vincent Hospital as well as Health Care Center, Inc are based on merit, qualifications as well as abilities. St. Vincent Hospital as well as Health Care Center, Inc... From St. Vincent Health - twenty-four January 2012 21:42:55 GMT - View all Indianapolis jobs

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Hospital Service Technician - Universal Hospital Services - Houston, TX

Work in the sanatorium for one of the fastest growing medical companies!Universal Hospital Services, Inc... previous work in the sanatorium or worked with medical... From Universal Hospital Services - twenty-four Jan 2012 08:40:27 GMT - View all Houston jobs

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Nursing matron Avola Almond cleared over OAP death was 'not qualified nurse', hearing told

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Nursing - Winona State University - Winona, MN

23, 2012 Position: Nursing (2 positions) (Unclassified IFO) Adult Health Nursing-Winona (FT) Appointment... to:Adult Health Nursing-Rochester FT SearchesWinona... From JobsInWinona.com - 24 Jan 2012 07:24:58 GMT - View all Winona jobs

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Rasmussen College Names Dr. Florence Richman Senior Vice President of Nursing

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rasmussen College announced today that experienced educator, nursing personality as well as entrepreneur Florence (Flo) Richman, Ph.D., NEA-BC, has been named Senior Vice President of Nursing during a College, where she will oversee a ongoing development as well as implementation of a growing practical as well as professional nursing programs during a 22 regional campus locations, as well as a unique RN to BSN online program."Dr. Richman's diverse background, academic leadership as well as programmatic insights have positively impacted a healthcare industry, as well as her experience in preparation as well as direct care administration will serve a students very well by providing them with a well-rounded perspective of a modern healthcare landscape," said Rasmussen College School of Nursing General Manager, Greg King. "We look forward to having her extended range of expertise as well as government success on board to expand a School of Nursing programs."With more than 25 years of experience in preparation as well as healthcare management, Dr. Richman comes to Rasmussen College from Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), where she served as Special Assistant to a President for Academic Growth in Allied Health as well as Nursing, as well as Dean of Nursing for a largest such program in a state of Virginia as well as a surrounding Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Prior to her work during NOVA, Dr. Richman served as College Campus Chair for Graduate Business as well as Management Programs during a University of Phoenix.As a rarely regarded national personality in nursing as well as healthcare education, Dr. Richman originated a first for-profit national testing program for home health aides. She received a Preceptor Award from a Catholic University of America as well as a Excellence in Education Award from a State of Virginia. She has been a featured presenter during numerous national conferences on nursing, preparation as well as workforce development as well as has been published in multiform trade publications, including Caring Magazine as well as Nursing Spectrum.Dr. Richman currently serves in multiform advisory roles. She earned a Bachelor's grade in Nursing from American University, a Master's grade in Nursing with a Minor in Home Health Administration from Catholic University, as well as a Master's grade in business with a Minor in Entrepreneurship from Averett University. Dr. Richman received a Doctoral grade in Applied Management as well as Decision Sciences with concentration in Leadership as well as Organizational Change from Walden University.With approximately 1,500 students across Minnesota, Wisconsin as well as Florida, a Rasmussen College School of Nursing offers programs in practical as well as professional nursing, as well as an innovative online RN to BSN program for students who have an active RN license as well as an Associate's grade or Diploma in nursing. For additional information about a School of Nursing during Rasmussen College, revisit www.Rasmussen.edu/degrees/nursing.To view this release in full, revisit http://www.rasmussen.edu/press-release/2012-01-20/rasmussen-college-names-dr-florence-richman-senior-vice-president-nursing/.ABOUT RASMUSSEN COLLEGEAn innovator of aloft education, Rasmussen College is a regionally-accredited, in isolation college that specializes in charity a many in-demand grade programs in a rarely supportive, student-centered educational environment. Rasmussen College offers market-relevant programs from a certificate as well as diploma level by a associate's as well as bachelor's level online as well as across a 22 campuses in a Midwest as well as Florida to more than 15,000 students. By combining a expertise in career development with high academic standards as well as with unparalleled tyro support services, graduates of Rasmussen College leave with a many present knowledge, a skills that employers look for, as well as a tools to attain in their chosen field. Since 1900, a primary concentration during Rasmussen College has remained constant: tyro achievement is of a upmost importance, a employer who hires a students continues to be a valued partner, as well as Rasmussen College is dedicated to being a primary writer to a expansion as well as development of a communities it serves. For more information about Rasmussen College, please revisit www.Rasmussen.edu.Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc

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CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) - Mayville Nursing & Rehab Ctr - Mayville, WI

we have been hosting a Certified Nursing Assistant Career Fair. CNA - Certified Nursing AssistantIf you are... to 2:00 pm at:Mayville Nursing and Rehabilitation... From Extendicare - 23 January 2012 15:50:16 GMT - View all Mayville jobs

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Supreme Court or the 2012 Election: Which is Tougher for the ACA?

In order to survive 2012, the health caring law will have to overcome two vital hurdles: a Supreme Court hearing on its constitutionality, and an choosing that could lean Congress, the White House or both in favor of repeal.

Which pathway do you think will be more likely to bring down the legislation: the Supreme Court's June decision, or the Nov election?

Or despite these challenges, do you think the health reform law will survive to see 2013?

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Schools tackle nursing shortage

LEWES -- By a end of 2013, a Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing during Beebe Medical Center expects to double a class size as a outcome of a major expansion which aims to alleviate a nursing necessity on Delmarva.Made possible by a $3 million donation, a project will include office building a whole of a brand new office building as well as renovations to a old structure in which a propagandize is currently housed. Work is expected to begin this spring as well as wrap up within 18 months.Upon completion, a propagandize will gradually increase a single class size from 30 to 60 students, according to a school's director, Connie Bushey.In Delaware, a state investigate conducted in 2000 projected which 50 percent some-more nurses will be needed in 2020 due to population increases as well as nurses leaving a field. However, due to a economic downturn, healing professionals haven't been so quick to retire, Bushey said.Luckily, with a own nursing propagandize contributing to a staff, Beebe has a unique purpose to fill vacant positions."Our graduates have been welcomed into clinical arenas or other hospitals," Bushey said. "The propagandize places approximately 60 percent of a graduates during a hospital. They have a valued capability to begin a actual nurse purpose very experienced because of their hands-on training."Peninsula Regional Medical Center doesn't have a own nursing school, but it recruits brand new employees by partnerships with Salisbury University, Wor-Wic Community College as well as Delaware Technical & Community College.According to Scott Peterson, PRMC vice president of human resources, a sanatorium is incompetent to accept all applicants."Since a recession began in 2008, our nursing necessity has shrunk," he said. "We have to turn away some brand new nurses coming out of school, which is bizarre for a lot of places."While statistics from a Delaware Healthcare Association uncover a nursing necessity still exists, it's not as serious as once projected."When a economy changed, people made a decision to not retire or to come behind into a workforce," pronounced June Taransky, DelTech's vice president for academic affairs as well as former nursing chair of a Owens Campus in Georgetown. "We're starting to see those people eventually take which option as well as retire, so we're starting to go on to have a nursing shortage."According to a 2009 DHA study, a seven hospitals in Delaware were projected to need 7,900 brand new nurses as well as allied illness professionals -- like lab technicians as well as healing assistants -- between 2008 as well as 2014. The figure doesn't address a needs of physicians' offices, nursing homes as well as other long-term caring facilities.With so many people out of work, a direct for illness caring education is sky high, as well as a schools which suggest it can't accommodate a demand. DelTech has expanded a nursing program by 94 percent since 2002, nonetheless it still has a substantial watchful list, according to Lisa Sheppard, vice president of marketing as well as public relations.Wor-Wic admits 80 first-year nursing students per year as well as has a watchful list of some-more than 400 people, according to Cate Trego-Cordrey, a school's village relations coordinator. She pronounced most, if not all, of a school's graduates have been hired.DelTech's program places some-more than 90 percent of graduates, Sheppard said, noting almost 50 percent of DelTech grads come from a nursing as well as allied illness programs."There have been only so many clinical spots as well as we only have so much space devoted to scholarship labs," she said. "There is no necessity of people wanting to get into our allied illness programs. We have a capacity issue."erothstein@dmg.gannett.com302-537-1881, ext. 206 Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc

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Nursing programs aim to help seniors

With a baby-boomer population heading into its comparison years, a nation's aged population is upon a verge of exploding. That's why programs which teach nursing students about a issues confronting aging patients have been some-more consequential than ever, pronounced Lydia Greiner, assistant professor of nursing at Fairfield University. Greiner is directing two such projects, with a help of $35,161 in accede to money from a Southwestern Community Agency upon Aging.The projects sight students as well as community members to tackle two major issues confronting seniors -- remedy government as well as tumble prevention. "Both programs have been geared to prevent events which can means negative outcomes for older adults," Greiner said. "They additionally will help a (nursing students) become some-more skilled in taking care of older adults." The students received a accede to appropriation in October, though were working upon a remedy government module before a results were announced. The module is called a HomeMeds Medication Management Improvement Program as well as is a partnership between a propagandize as well as Shamrock Home Care in Fairfield, a Westport Weston Health District as well as Stratford Visiting Nurse Association. Under a supervision of faculty, nursing students assess older adults who live upon their own with a questionnaire which identifies intensity remedy problems. The students then come in a data into a computer program, as well as home care nurses have been alerted to any intensity problems.Mary Therien, president as well as chief executive officer of Stratford VNA, pronounced a module is essential, as dangerous remedy errors have been a serious health hazard for a elderly. "Most older patients have been upon multiple medications," Therien said. "And sometimes a remedy may be prescribed by one medicine which interacts with a remedy prescribed by another physician, as well as neither is aware of it."The students participating in a remedy government module provide another set of eyes which can spot problems before they occur.The other module saved by a accede to is a tumble prevention program, called A Matter of Balance, which was developed by an organization in Maine. Through a program, some-more than twenty students, faculty as well as community members will be trained in tumble prevention. The trainees -- dubbed "coaches" -- will then go to comparison housing sites as well as comparison centers Southwestern Connecticut to lead eight weekly two-hour workshops upon tumble prevention.According to a Connecticut Department of Public Health, falls have been a leading means of injury-related death for Connecticut residents aged 65 years as well as older. That module will flog off Saturday.Sacred Heart University's nursing propagandize additionally received appropriation from Southwestern Connecticut Agency upon Agency, for a remedy government module as well as a health screening program. SWCAA accede to manager Patricia Knebel pronounced a agency has a long-standing partnership with Fairfield University, as well as quite admires its commitment to training nursing students about health problems confronting seniors. "We're going to need a lot of nurses in a future who want to work with seniors," she said.If you have been interested in being trained for a "A Matter of Balance" program, call 203-254-4000, ext. 3225.Reach Amanda Cuda at acuda@ctpost.com or 203-330-6290. Follow at twitter.com/AmandaCuda. http://blog.ctnews.com/whatthehealth/. Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc

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Adolescent Partial Hospital Program Manager - Hartgrove Hospital - Chicago, IL

Hospital is a 150-bed leading psychiatric hospital... BestPsychiatric Hospitals in the Country by US News &World Report... The Hospital is seeking a full... From Universal Health Services - 22 January 2012 22:14:58 GMT - View all Chicago jobs

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Community nursing clinic created at CityTeam Ministries

The ribbon was cut, Jan. 16, for the Widener Community Nursing Clinic at CityTeam Ministries. Participating in the festivities were Chester Mayor John Linder, CityTeam Senior Program Director Kwinn Tucker as well as Widener University President Dr. James Harris III. View as well as purchase photosPowered By iWebRSS.co.cc

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Full Time Director of Nursing (DON) / Nurse Management Mother / Baby - TravelMax Nursing - Gillette, WY

in northeast Wyoming. Ideal candidate has BSN, smallest of 10 years overall nursing experience with during least 5 years in management. To learn more, greatfully call... From TravelMax Nursing - 21 January 2012 17:00:35 GMT - View all Gillette jobs

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Housekeeper-Portage Hospital Campus-Full Time-Day/Evening Shift - Portage Hospital Campus - Portage, IN

Responsible for a every day cleaning/sanitizing and provision of all areas within a facility... Full time position. Shift hours are 10 am-6:30 pm including... From Community Health Systems - 22 January 2012 09:57:52 GMT - View all Portage jobs

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CT Technologist, Full Time, Northside Hospital Cherokee - Northside Hospital - Canton, GA

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GHSU, ASU nursing schools coming together with hopes of becoming bigger, better

[We are Sorry! We are Unable to Retrieve Full-Text RSS Content from a Source, iWebRSS.co.cc]Those heading a nursing programs during Augusta State and Georgia Health Sciences universities say a tentative merger should be a matter of addition, not subtraction.

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House approves nursing home lawsuit bill

HARRISBURG - Nursing homes would get some protection from medical liability lawsuits seeking punitive damages under legislation narrowly approved this week by House lawmakers. The measure, approved 103-89, that now goes to a Senate would extent a amount of punitive damages awarded in most medical veteran liability cases against long-term care nursing facilities, personal care homes as well as assisted living communities. The extent wouldn't apply in cases alleging intentional misconduct or unlawful acts by a nursing home. The check would extent punitive damages to no more than 200 percent of a compensatory damages awarded. House Republican leaders support a legislation as a approach to contain health care costs for consumers, though most Democratic lawmakers, including those representing districts in Northeast Pennsylvania, voted against it. Pennsylvania can take improved steps to help protect nursing homes than putting a cap upon punitive damages, which are for gross or conspicuously bad actions, pronounced Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-121, Wilkes-Barre, who sits upon a House Aging as well as Older Adult Services Committee. "I don't think there should be a cap upon gross acts," pronounced Mr. Pashinski, who voted against a bill. Mr. Pashinski pronounced essay a clearer definition of a term "unlawful act" can protect nursing homes from lawsuits by what he described as predatory out-of-state law firms filing suits for various infractions. "The homes would have a more defined area as well as as a result, it would concede them to function without fear of litigation," Mr. Pashinski said. The check takes a reasonable step to end deep-pocket frivolous lawsuits, pronounced House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, R-28, Pittsburgh. "It's unfortunate, though there are some people who demeanour for deep pockets as a approach to make themselves wealthy, he said. The check doesn't restrict a full recovery of a amount of compensatory awards to a plaintiff, though it will eliminate "jackpot" sort awards, pronounced Rep. Glen Grell, R-87, Mechanicsburg, a check sponsor. The check will give nursing homes a same legal protection with punitive damages that physicians have, pronounced Dr. Stuart Shapiro, president of a Pennsylvania Health Care Association. Contact a writer: rswift@timesshamrock.com Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc

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Secretary, PRN (as needed), Georgetown University Hospital - Georgetown University Hospital - Washington, DC

keeping. Career, Employment, Jobs, Opening, Occupation, Compensation, Salary, Hospital, Health Care, Healthcare, Medical, Clinical, Secretary, Clerk, Clerical... From Georgetown University Hospital - twenty-one Jan 2012 03:37:38 GMT - View all Washington jobs

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Nursing Education Consultant - NC Board of Nursing - Raleigh, NC

BOARD OF NURSINGPOSITION ANNOUNCEMENTNursing Education ConsultantThe North Carolina Board of Nursing... rules regulating nursing, nursing education standards... From News & Record - twenty January 2012 21:16:23 GMT - View all Raleigh jobs

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Nursing future is still bright

Colorado State University-Pueblo nursing students were toldThursday they are entering the profession at the right time. "It's really an sparkling time to be in health caring as well as nursing,"Karren Kowalski, halt president of the Colorado Center forNursing Excellence in Denver, told the students. Kowalski was the keynote speaker at CSU-Pueblo's annual nursingdepartment convocation held in the Occhiato Ballroom.The annual gathering of undergraduate as well as connoisseur students,faculty as well as staff focused upon new horizons in nursing.With the series of people turning 65 growing any year, Kowalskisaid there is starting to be the greater need for health careprofessionals to caring for them.Furthermore, she pronounced statewide about one-third of registerednurses are age 55 or comparison as well as are coming retirement in thenext few years."You are starting to see then, the lot of jobs opening up in Colorado.Don't get anxious though we're waiting for we all because we aregoing to be critical to whether or not we're starting to be able toprovide health care."Most nursing faculty also are nearing retirement which will lead tomore jobs for the profession, she said.Home health caring will be among the greatest areas of growth, shesaid."We know caring will be moving to the home, believe it or not. Iwould like to encourage the students to be interested in homehealth."Kowalski told the students to work hard as well as to not be afraid tobranch out to alternative areas of the profession.She pronounced she has been the staff nurse, conduct nurse, faculty, nurseadministrator, author as well as researcher."Do we see the unbelievable options that we have just in oneprofession," she said. "It's pretty amazing. You can find alldifferent kinds of things to do, so cling to in there."She reminded the students that getting their grade won't be easybut it will be rewarding in the end."I don't wish we to think every day in propagandize is starting to be easy,because it isn't," she said."You are starting to have to stretch as well as we are starting to have to workhard. But I'm absolutely assured that if we apply yourself, youcan do."Joe Franta, coordinator of CSU-Pueblo's connoisseur program, pronounced thisis the special time for the nursing dialect with the recentapproval of the doctorate in nursing use program.The program plan was approved dual weeks ago as well as the first class ofstudents is scheduled to begin in the fall.

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Nursing Assistant - Georgetown University Hospital Nursing - Washington, DC

of the professional nursing staff in providing nursing care to patients on an assigned nursing unit. These... to perform the simple nursing skills, which includes... From Georgetown University Hospital - twenty Jan 2012 05:03:33 GMT - View all Washington jobs

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EXPERIENCED INPATIENT/ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL CODING PROFESSIONALS - New Jersey Hospital Association - Princeton, NJ

HBS) Is Hiring!EXPERIENCED INPATIENT/ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL CODING PROFESSIONALS$7,500 sign-on bonus for... in an acute care hospital setting (required) in... From New Jersey Hospital Association - 20 Jan 2012 04:30:02 GMT - View all Princeton jobs

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Antidepressants Might Raise Fall Risk in Nursing Homes

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been associated with an increased risk of falls in nursing home residents with dementia, a new investigate finds.Researchers in a Netherlands analyzed data about daily prescription medicine use as well as falls among 248 nursing home residents with dementia. The dataset collected between Jan. 1, 2006 as well as Jan. 1, 2008 included 85,074 person-days.Antidepressants were used on 13,729 days (16 percent), with SSRIs used on 11,105 of these days, a investigators found.A sum of 683 falls were experienced by 152 (61.5 percent) of a 248 nursing home residents, which works out to tumble incidence of 2.9 falls per person-year. Thirty-eight residents had a single tumble but 114 had frequent falls.Injury or death resulted from 220 of a falls: 10 were hip fractures, 11 were alternative types of fractures, as well as 198 were injuries such as sprains, bruises, swelling as well as open wounds. One person died after falling, according to a results.The researchers found that a risk of having an injury-causing tumble was three times higher for residents taking SSRIs than for those who didn't take a antidepressants. For example, a comprehensive daily risk of a tumble was 0.28 percent for an 80-year-old lady taking a daily dose of an SSRI, compared with 0.09 percent for a lady a same age who didn't take an SSRI.Similar increases in risk were found for both women as well as men of different ages, according to a investigate published Jan. 19 in a British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology."Our investigate also detected that a risk of an injurious tumble increased even more if a residents were also given tranquil or sedative drugs as sleeping pills," lead writer Carolyn Shanty Sterke, who works in a section of geriatric medicine during Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, said in a journal news release.Falls have been a vital issue for nursing home residents with dementia, as well as one-third of falls among nursing home residents result in an injury, a investigate authors noted."Staff in residential homes have been always concerned about shortening a chance of people falling as well as I think we should consider developing new treatment protocols that take into account a increased risk of falling that occurs when you give people SSRIs," Sterke said in a news release.While a investigate uncovered an association between injury-causing falls as well as SSRI use, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.More informationThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control as well as Prevention has more about falls in nursing homes.

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USF College of Nursing Interactively Guides Staff, Students, & Visitors with JANUS Displays

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Morrow Technologies, a leader in innovative digital signage experiences as well as a makers of JANUS Displays, today announces a launch of a brand brand new interactive touchscreen solution recently commissioned upon campus during a USF College of Nursing. The complement was well perceived in a presentation to USF leadership during a lunchtime demonstration Thursday, January 5, 2012."The College of Nursing was proud to be a first during a University of South Florida to use a interactive hold screen record in an inclusive electronic way-finding as well as messaging system," pronounced Dianne Morrison-Beedy, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN, Senior Associate Vice President of USF Health, as well as Dean of a College of Nursing. "USF as well as a College of Nursing value innovation as well as collaboration as well as this project embodied both. The use of record has changed a way we operate as well as provide messages to our inner clients. Our partnership with all a vendors involved, especially JANUS Displays, has proven to be a good collaborative effort."As a USF team collaborated both internally as well as with a digital display pattern specialists for Morrow Technologies, they began to clear a loyal potential JANUS Displays can deliver. The complement in conclusion supposing not only a critical message displays, though additionally interactive campus wayfinding, a searchable staff directory, an eventuality schedule as pulled from their own Microsoft Outlook calendar, a couple to a Urban Spoon website, weather updates, as well as even a couple to a live feed showing where all on-campus "Bull Run" buses have been in real-time.The USF College of Nursing as well as USF Health IT groups completed their goals with an aesthetically pleasing, functional complement which is well-accepted upon campus. They hope to expand a use of a interactive touchscreen display complement beyond their own college. The vision has grown to unify all colleges in a University with a consistent interface to a inner messaging complement which delights all who hold it.Representatives of a USF College of Nursing, USF Health Information Technology as well as JANUS Displays were upon hand to demonstrate a brand brand new digital signage solution to USF leadership during a luncheon, sponsored by Morrow Technologies.Find some-more information during www.janusdisplays.com or click here to hit us.JANUS is a purebred trademark of Morrow Technologies Corporation in a United States and/or other countries. Other trademarks have been a property of their respective owners.About Morrow Technologies CorporationSince 1984, Morrow Technologies has been delivering innovative digital signage experiences. The flagship JANUS Displays product line is designed to inform as well as delight guests as well as visitors during hotels, hospitals, military bases, universities, casinos, as well as more. It offers management a ability to strengthen information exchnage as well as rendezvous with guests through animated, interactive displays of eventuality listings, wayfinding, local maps, weather, dining reservations, flight status / check in, menu boards, advertising, directories, emergency messaging, as well as more. Full service signage offerings have been provided, including software, hardware, enclosures, installation, law program development as well as law pattern services. The company reaches millions of people daily through its 15,000+ commissioned networks. Visit www.janusdisplays.com.About USF HealthUSF Health's goal is to envision as well as implement a future of health. It is a partnership of a University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, a College of Nursing, a College of Public Health, a College of Pharmacy, a School of Biomedical Sciences as well as a School of Physical Therapy as well as Rehabilitation Sciences; as well as a USF Physician's Group. USF is a tellurian research university ranked 34th in federal research expenditures for public universities. Visit http://health.usf.edu.

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CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) - Monroe Manor Nursing & RC - Monroe, WI

CNA / Certified Nursing Assistant - HealthcarePart-time opportunities on second as well as third shifts.Job DescriptionAs a Certified Nursing Assistant ( CNA... From Extendicare - 19 Jan 2012 19:16:16 GMT - View all Monroe jobs

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Patient Care Assistant PRN - General Special Surgery - Methodist Hospital - Methodist Hospital - San Antonio, TX

General Statement of Duties:The PCA II is an constituent part of a nursing group and is directly responsible to a Registered Nurse. This employee is involved in... From HCA Inc - nineteen Jan 2012 13:28:11 GMT - View all San Antonio jobs

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Radiology Tech - Radiology PRN - Methodist Hospital - Methodist Hospital - San Antonio, TX

served (if applicable).4. Preferred:Current or previous experience in the hospital setting to include PACS system and digital radiology. Minimum License... From HCA Inc - 19 January 2012 13:28:11 GMT - View all San Antonio jobs

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Antidepressants Might Raise Fall Risk in Nursing Homes

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been associated with an increasing risk of falls in nursing home residents with dementia, a new investigate finds.Researchers in a Netherlands analyzed data about daily prescription disinfectant use as well as falls among 248 nursing home residents with dementia. The dataset collected in between Jan. 1, 2006 as well as Jan. 1, 2008 included 85,074 person-days.Antidepressants were used on 13,729 days (16 percent), with SSRIs used on 11,105 of these days, a investigators found.A total of 683 falls were experienced by 152 (61.5 percent) of a 248 nursing home residents, which works out to fall incidence of 2.9 falls per person-year. Thirty-eight residents had one fall but 114 had frequent falls.Injury or death resulted from 220 of a falls: 10 were hip fractures, 11 were other types of fractures, as well as 198 were injuries such as sprains, bruises, swelling as well as open wounds. One person died after falling, according to a results.The researchers found which a risk of carrying an injury-causing fall was three times higher for residents taking SSRIs than for those who didn't take a antidepressants. For example, a absolute daily risk of a fall was 0.28 percent for an 80-year-old woman taking a daily sip of an SSRI, compared with 0.09 percent for a woman a same age who didn't take an SSRI.Similar increases in risk were found for both women as well as men of different ages, according to a investigate published Jan. nineteen in a British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology."Our investigate also discovered which a risk of an injurious fall increasing even some-more if a residents were also given hypnotic or sedative drugs as sleeping pills," lead author Carolyn Shanty Sterke, who works in a section of geriatric disinfectant at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, pronounced in a journal news release.Falls have been a major issue for nursing home residents with dementia, as well as one-third of falls among nursing home residents result in an injury, a investigate authors noted."Staff in residential homes have been always concerned about reducing a chance of people descending as well as I think we should consider developing new treatment protocols which take in to account a increasing risk of descending which occurs when you give people SSRIs," Sterke pronounced in a news release.While a investigate uncovered an association in between injury-causing falls as well as SSRI use, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.More informationThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control as well as Prevention has some-more about falls in nursing homes.

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Central Service Tech Viera Hospital FT - Viera Hospital Inc - Viera, FL

Job DescriptionTo be fully engaged in providing Uncompromised Safety, Superior Quality, Memorable Patient/Customer Experiences, and Financial Stewardship by... From Health First - 19 January 2012 04:48:30 GMT - View all Viera jobs

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RN, Director of Nursing, Skilled Nursing Facility - Mountain Trace Rehabilitation & Nursing Center - Sylva, NC

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Hospital Controller - Foundation Surgical Hospital - Oklahoma City, OK

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Hot Prep Cook Dr Phillips Hospital - Dr. P. Phillips Hospital - Orlando, FL

Prepares all hot food items for both studious and non-patient food services, following all prolongation plans and recipes as assigned by the Executive Chef, Food... From Orlando Health - 18 Jan 2012 14:03:03 GMT - View all Orlando jobs

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Patient Account Representative: Business Services (Hospital) - Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler, TX

HS diploma or GED Some college or technical precision 1 to 3 yrs hospital-patient accounts Management or specialized related experience in collections... From Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics - 18 Jan 2012 06:01:23 GMT - View all Tyler jobs

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State investigates Belleville nursing home where man went missing

Giles died of hypothermia several hours after he disappeared, Stone said. Foul play is not suspected in his death.Illinois Public Health Department spokeswoman Melaney Arnold pronounced she could not comment privately on her agency's review of Midwest Rehab, alternative than to say a nursing home reported a situation to a state.Arnold would not say when a review began because it may play a part in finding error with a nursing home if a administrators did not inform a situation inside of a mandatory reporting period. Nursing homes are compulsory to contact a state inside of 24 hours of a proprietor going missing, she said. They are not compulsory to inform a missing proprietor to local authorities, according to Arnold.The state review will determine either Midwest Rehab was agreeable with state law when handling Giles' disappearance, according to Arnold. The probe should take about 10 days. Nursing homes can be fined or have their permit suspended or revoked if they are cited by a state.Police continue their review into either there was any criminal wrongdoing, Detective Mark Heffernan said. There are no evident skeleton to brazen a box to a state's attorney's office for possible charges.Heffernan would not comment on a time lapse between when police were alerted of Giles' disappearance as well as when he went missing. He wasn't sure either officers searched on Saturday a heavily wooded rivulet where Giles' body was found."I know a area was searched thoroughly by a officers at a scene," Heffernan said.It's misleading what safeguards were in place to prevent Giles from withdrawal a nursing home. A Midwest Rehab administrator declined to be interviewed Monday as well as did not lapse a call Tuesday.State law is additionally misleading on what is compulsory of Midwest Rehab. Because a nursing home does not advertise itself as a protected facility for insanity as well as Alzheimer's patients, state mandate for a caring supervision of insanity patients are not automatically applicable, according to Arnold. Nevertheless, Midwest Rehab is allowed to caring for insanity patients as well as would have needed to develop a suitable caring plan for Giles' well-being, Arnold said. The state is investigating either a nursing home was agreeable with that plan, together with in courtesy to any supervisory requirements.The details of Giles' caring plan will not be divulged by a state unless a nursing home is cited for failing to live up to it.All caregivers should immediately poke for insanity patients as well as then contact a authorities if that poke is unsuccessful, pronounced Cheryl Wingbermuehle, family services executive for a Alzheimer's Association St. Louis chapter. "The key message is we all have to be aware that a person with insanity is a risk for wandering," Wingbermuehle said. "It's a really common situation. It's something to be taken really seriously."Nursing homes implement different safeguards for insanity patients, together with locked units as well as alarm systems, Wingbermuehle said. Wingbermuehle recommended caregivers enroll people with insanity in a nationwide MedicAlert as well as Safe Return program. Dementia patients where a necklace or a bracelet that states they deal with mental recall detriment as well as lists a 24-hour puncture response number. She additionally recommended an electronic tracking module where families can remotely track their relatives with dementia.For some-more information about these programs, visit http://www.alz.org.

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CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) - Eldercrest Nursing Center - Munhall, PA

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Certified Nursing Assistant 4 East OB-GYN - Certified Nursing Assistant 4 East OB-GYNEast Jefferson General Hospital - Metairie, LA

Under the organisation of the veteran and practical nursing staff, performs routine duties in caring for adult and geriatric patients needs, i.e., comfort... From East Jefferson General Hospital - seventeen Jan 2012 22:53:35 GMT - View all Metairie jobs

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Office Assistant: Direct Care (Hospital) - Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler, TX

Responsible to check patient in, support in completion of patient records, answer telephone, take messages, enter patient data into computer, maintaining... From Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics - 17 Jan 2012 18:04:33 GMT - View all Tyler jobs

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Nursing - Eye Specialists of Ohio - Columbus, OH

Assist with the maintainance ofaccurate, detailed reports and records. Assist with monitoring, recording and reporting symptoms and changes in patients'... From ColumbusInternships.com - 17 Jan 2012 15:05:29 GMT - View all Columbus jobs

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Should President Obama Address Health Care in State of the Union?

Believe it or not, we are just one week divided from President Obama's fourth State of a Union address, scheduled for January 24. We want to know what you want to listen to from a president when it comes to health policy.

Do you consider a president should defend his landmark health reform law, especially in front of a Supreme Court justices who are set to order on its constitutionality this year?

Should a president offer up ways to save money in Medicare as well as Medicaid, like raising eligibility age for Medicare or changing how a federal government matches state Medicaid contributions?

Should President Obama residence Republican efforts to convert Medicare into a program that gives seniors a funding to purchase in isolation health insurance?

Or do you consider a president should steer clear of health process altogether?

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Phlebotomist - PRN - Raulerson Hospital - Raulerson Hospital - Okeechobee - Okeechobee, FL

The Laboratory Assistant provides clerical and phlebotomy services for the Laboratory in the timely, efficient and courteous manner. The Laboratory Assistant's... From HCA Inc - 16 Jan 2012 23:35:19 GMT - View all Okeechobee jobs

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Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - The Fountains - The Fountains Skilled Nursing - Yuba City, CA

Valid CA CNA certificate, or evidence of satisfactory completion of first two semesters of an approved LVN/RN Nursing Program. Must be fluent in English. From Fremont-Rideout Health Group - 16 Jan 2012 19:41:33 GMT - View all Yuba City jobs

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Director of Nursing Services - Hallettsville Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, LP - Hallettsville, TX

the Director of Nursing is responsible for the administration and management of Nursing Services to... of nursing personnel.Assists in controlling nursing... From Skilled Healthcare - sixteen January 2012 17:06:32 GMT - View all Hallettsville jobs

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Elsevier Launches Bilingual International Nursing Skill Training and Management Platform: NursingChina.com

BEIJING, January 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical as well as medical report products as well as services, voiced today that its firstbilingual height of international nursing skill training as well as management, NursingChina, is now accessible online.NursingChina is a first bilingual, nursing online reference product accessible in China, featuring skills within specialties such as Critical Care Nursing, Emergency Nursing, Pediatric Acute as well as Critical Care, Maternal / Newborn, Mental Health, Neonatal, Perioperative, Oncology as well as more. Building from Mosby Nursing Skills, NursingChina offers Chinese nurses, nursing students as well as educators Mobsy Nursing Skills' convenient online access to evidence-based nursing skills as well as procedures.NursingChina's content has been translated to Chinese from Mosby Nursing Skills, an authoritative nursing resource with insights from leading nursing societies, together with American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN), Association of Women's Health, Obstetric as well as Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), as well as American Society for Parenteral as well as Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.), as well as is continuously updated to reflect a ultimate in evidence-based practice."I am very glad that a single of a most authoritative nursing resources in a world, Mosby's Nursing Skills, is accessible in Chinese now. This bilingual chronicle provides Chinese nurses as well as students resources as well as collection for them to systematically investigate a ultimate evidence-based nursing skills, as well as brings international most appropriate practices in nursing to China," Guifang Guo, President of Nursing School, Beijing University, said of a online reference product.NursingChina presents nursing skills in multiple formats such as discerning sheets, video/animations, images as well as extended texts to help students understand core nursing facts as well as procedures some-more easily. Online competency tests as well as checklists allow students to test their skills, meanwhile for nurse educators a convenient government training system is provided to facilitate their planning, monitoring as well as evaluation training, is also available.The launch of NursingChina follows a 12th five-year plan of a China Government's Health Development Planning Framework as well as a China Nursing Development Planning Framework (2011-2015). NursingChina plays an active role in a standardization of nurse training in China. It enhances a capacity of nursing services as well as improves nursing technical skills across a country, through 24/7 access to a single of a top international nursing skills online resources for some-more than 2 million Chinese practicing nurses as well as students. About ElsevierElsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical as well as medical report products as well as services. The company works in partnership with a global science as well as illness communities to publish some-more than 2,000 journals, together with The Lancet as well as Cell, as well as close to 20,000 book titles, together with major reference works from Mosby as well as Saunders. Elsevier online solutions include SciVerse ScienceDirect, SciVerse Scopus, Reaxys, MD Consult as well as Nursing Consult, that enhance a capability of science as well as illness professionals, as well as a SciVal suite as well as MEDai, Pinpoint Review, that help research as well as illness care institutions deliver better outcomes some-more cost-effectively.A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world-leading publishing house as well as report provider, that is mutually owned by Reed Elsevier PLC as well as Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK as well as ENL (New York Stock Exchange).Media contactAmy QiHealth Science APAC, Elsevier+86-10-8520-8718a.qi@elsevier.com

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Nursing hip strain, Mayer withdraws from Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Florian Mayer of Germany has withdrawn from the men's singles pull at the Australian Open with the hip strain. The International Tennis Federation said Sunday the 20th-seeded Mayer would be replaced by South Africa's Rik de Voest, who got the main pull spot after the lottery involving the 4 highest-ranked players who lost in qualifying. De Voest will play Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan in the first round Monday on Court 13 at Melbourne Park.

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Phlebotomist - PRN - Columbia Hospital - Columbia Hospital - Palm Beach - West Palm Beach, FL

The Laboratory Assistant provides clerical and phlebotomy services for a Laboratory in a timely, efficient and courteous manner. The Laboratory Assistant's... From HCA Inc - 14 Jan 2012 23:33:21 GMT - View all West Palm Beach jobs

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Medical Mission Pines Nursing - Mission Pines Nursing & Rehabilitation - Las Vegas, NV

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Hospital Reception - Wenatchee Valley Hospital - Wenatchee, WA

High School Diploma or GED From Wenatchee Valley Medical Center - 14 January 2012 16:25:23 GMT - View all Wenatchee jobs

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Certified Nursing Assistant - Scenic Nursing and Rehabilitation, LLC - Herculaneum, MO

of care.Provides nursing care in suitability with... High School Degree and previous Long Term Care Nursing Assistant experience preferred.Successfully... From Scenic Nursing and Rehabilitation, LLC - 14 Jan 2012 08:27:02 GMT - View all Herculaneum jobs

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Housekeeper - Edward Hospital - Full-time - Day - Edward Hospital & Health Services - Naperville, IL

Cleans and maintains hospital building areas in sequence to maintain hospital in an orderly and sanitary... experience in a hospital, nursing home, hotel, casino... From Edward Hospital & Health Services - 14 January 2012 03:37:07 GMT - View all Naperville jobs

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Full Time Director of Nursing (DON) / Nurse Management Rehab - TravelMax Nursing - Sun City, AZ

Rehab Nursing in front of available in Sun City, AZ. Large, well known Hospital is looking for an experienced RN for the RN Senior Manager inside of Rehab Nursing... From TravelMax Nursing - 13 January 2012 17:38:59 GMT - View all Sun City jobs

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Hospital Physcial Therapist - Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital - Winona, MS

25 bed critical access hospital in Winona, MS has an opening for a full time physical therapist. Caseload varies with we estimate 80-90% outpatient as well as 10-20... From JobHost - 13 Jan 2012 19:51:27 GMT - View all Winona jobs

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Missouri Baptist Medical Center and Goldfarb School of Nursing Partner to Open Nursing School

ST. LOUIS, MO--(Marketwire -01/13/12)- Missouri Baptist Medical Center as well as Goldfarb School of Nursing during Barnes-Jewish College partnered to open a state-of-the-art nursing school in west St. Louis County which will connoisseur more than 100 nurses into a workforce annually. An increased demand for nurses with bachelor's degrees in nursing is predicted as a U.S. race ages. "On a campus of Missouri Baptist, tomorrow's nurses will learn from Goldfarb School of Nursing (GSON) faculty, study side-by-side with a different as well as gifted group of classmates, as well as cultivate a knowledge as well as veteran skills to meet a ever-increasing final of clinical care," said Steve Lipstein, president as well as arch executive officer of BJC HealthCare. Both Missouri Baptist as well as Goldfarb School of Nursing have been affiliated with BJC HealthCare, which invests $125 million annually in support of education of illness professionals as well as advancements in medical investigate to help ensure a future of illness care. The $12.6 million, 42,750 square-foot education, investigate as well as training facility is located in a Clinical Nursing Institute on Missouri Baptist's campus. It houses GSON classrooms as well as modernized make-believe labs, which will help sight students to hoop illness caring situations from complex births to post-surgery as well as critical care. Students will receive a bachelor of scholarship in nursing grade (BSN). The program includes rigorous educational march work as well as student support services from GSON expertise as well as staff, as well as a opportunity to learn from a expertise of Missouri Baptist nurses during a bedside during clinical training. GSON also has two investigate expertise members dedicated to helping Missouri Baptist nurses conduct investigate as well as apply evidence-based practice on its campus. "Our vision is to become known as one of a region's premier teaching as well as investigate hospitals for nurses," said Tim Mislan, BSN, NEA-BC, vice president as well as arch nurse executive during Missouri Baptist Medical Center. "This partnership will offer nursing students a opportunity to learn evidence-based clinical practices during a bedside in an environment dedicated to achieving both a highest levels of clinical peculiarity as well as patient satisfaction." "We have been excited to partner with a visionary leaders during Missouri Baptist as we replicate the peculiarity nursing education program to enlarge a series of nursing graduates, thus addressing a stream as well as future nursing shortage," said Connie Koch, EdD, RN, interim dean during Goldfarb School of Nursing during Barnes-Jewish College.

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Director, Master's Entry Program in Nursing - UCSF School of Nursing - San Francisco, CA

Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) rules and... Nurse license. A master's degree in nursing. Doctorate in nursing or related margin is preferred. Minimum... From Diversitynursing.com - 13 Jan 2012 11:52:58 GMT - View all San Francisco jobs

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Hospital Manager - Care Animal Hospital - Arvada, CO

Hospital located in Arvada, CO is looking for a Hospital Manager.Job SummaryThe Hospital Manager is a... of the sanatorium management team. The Hospital Manager... From National Veterinary Associates - thirteen Jan 2012 03:56:42 GMT - View all Arvada jobs

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Director, Master's Entry Program in Nursing (MEPN) - UCSF School of Nursing - San Francisco, CA

Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) rules and... Nurse license.A master's degree in nursing. Doctorate in nursing or associated field is preferred... From Oklahoma Nurses Association - 13 Jan 2012 02:32:47 GMT - View all San Francisco jobs

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Programmes aimed at boosting HMCs nursing credentials

By Noimot Olayiwola/Staff Reporter Around 400 paediatric nursing leaders during a Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) have attended programmes aimed during upgrading their skills as well as expertise as part of skeleton to ensure tall quality services for patients, especially during a upcoming New Childrens Hospital. One of such programmes was a two-day 1st Symposium for Paediatric Nursing Leaders: Leading Our Future Through Change as well as Innovation hold during a Hajar auditorium by HMC in partnership with Toronto-based SickKids Hospital. A number of nursing leaders from HMC attended a symposium as participants as well as as speakers including two international experts Inter-professional practice arch as well as arch helper senior manager during a Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto Margaret Keatings, as well as University of Pennsylvania Medical Centre arch helper senior manager as well as Hospital of a University of Pennsylvania associate senior manager director Dr Victoria L Rich. HMC Nursing Department senior manager director Dr Nabila al-Meer mentioned that a corporation aims to be recognized by an awarding body called Magnet, saying: Magnet recognition (is explanation of) excellence in nursing practice as well as it is the vision to be recognized as (having attained) Magnet status. This takes in between three to five years. Its a whole HMC direction. Once you achieve this status, you will be recognized in a region as well as internationally that you have been a centre of nursing excellence. She pronounced around 7,000 nurses have been currently working during HMC. At present, as you have been expanding, about 94-96% of the nurses have been recruited from abroad. So you have in between 4-6% Qatari nurses. Also, you have a little 100 nursing students in University of Calgary-Qatar now. And you have been also trying to affiliate with other educational institutions to start specialisation in nursing certification. So, you might start with cancer programme during first then you will expand to many other specialties in nursing such as paediatric, medical, surgical, emergency, midwifery as well as mental health. Dr al-Meer pronounced that a centre of nursing excellence, a section that will help HMC to attain Magnet status, is in a works. Apart from sharing the success stories of a nursing leadership during a HMC, you also organised this workshop to seek ways of improving paediatric care by engaging as well as up-scaling a skills of the nursing staff, which is one of a main reasons you have been partnering with a SickKids, New Childrens Hospital project Nursing director Mariam Nooh al-Mutawa pronounced yesterday. Corporate Nursing Administration assistant senior manager director Dr Badriya Abdulla al-Lenjawi noted that a overall objective of upgrading a skills of nursing leaders was to ensure studious satisfaction. Our aim is to inspire best practice as well as develop competent nurses, who will deliver services that will lead to studious satisfactions as well as you goal to be able to achieve this in partnership with a SickKids, she said.

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RN, Director of Nursing - Pediatric Home Health - Continuum Pediatric Nursing - Denver, CO

Nursing Services the nations leading provider of pediatric private duty learned nursing services - is currently searching for a Director of Nursing candidate... From ZipRecruiter - 12 Jan 2012 22:38:27 GMT - View all Denver jobs

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Hospital Operations Supervisor - The Valley Hospital - Ridgewood, NJ

behalf of a Hospital President in a absence of a Executive Staff and Department Directors and Managers. While on duty, a Hospital Operations Supervisor... From Valley Health - 12 January 2012 15:31:37 GMT - View all Ridgewood jobs

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Weighing Costs of an Online Master's in Nursing

Students graduating with the bachelor's grade in nursing entered the workforce to the tune of scarcely $50,000 in 2011the average starting salary for new grads was $48,100making it one of the top-paying professions for new graduates outside of engineering as well as report technology, according to an annual survey by the National Association of Colleges as well as Employers. Unlike engineering or IT professionals, however, registered nurses may see small transformation in their paychecks if they advance their degrees."For frontline nurses, we do not have differentiated pay," says Debra Moyer, chief helper executive as well as vice boss of nursing services during Iowa Health Des Moines, part of the Iowa Health Systems network.Bachelor's- as well as master's-trained nurses come in during the same compensate class during Iowa Health Systems, one of the largest nonprofit healthcare networks in the country, even yet earning the master's of nursing grade can be the significant commitment of both time as well as money.[Medical propagandize or nursing school? The Admissions Doctor weighs in.]Investing in an online master's of nursing grade can cost anywhere from $35,000 to some-more than $60,000 in tuition as well as fees depending upon the propagandize as well as grade focus, according to report found upon propagandize websites, but may lead to the salary bump of only $10,000, according to nursing propagandize officials.Starting salaries for helper practitionersthe largest segment of master's-trained nursesaverage $60,000 to $65,000 in the Midwest, but are aloft upon the East as well as West coasts, says Patricia Coyle-Rogers, director of graduate nursing during Clarkson College of Nursing in Omaha, Neb."Most of the time the inducement to get the master's grade isn't monetarily focused. It's esoteric in the waythey do it because of the kind of care they can give," she says. "They're able to make decisions that, as an RN during the bedside, we really can't make, even yet we know in your heart of hearts that those decisions need to be made."While registered nurses check patients' symptoms, administer medications, as well as perform diagnostic tests, helper practitioners assume the broader spectrum of responsibilitiesfrom diagnosing as well as treating, to grouping X-rays as well as writing prescriptions. While some states require helper practitioners to work under the licensed physician, others allow them to work autonomously.[Read some-more about the rise of healthcare jobs.]Additionally, most nurses aspire to the master's grade to escape the "grueling life" of being the floor nurse, that entails peculiar shifts as well as long hours upon their feet, says Tony Damewood, vice boss of operations during Clarkson.For most nurses, climbing the ladder to helper supervisor or manager equates to getting the master's degree. Demanding work schedules can make online grade programs especially attractive, since nurses can often complete their clinical requirements upon the job, says Coyle-Rogers. Enrollment in the online master's of nursing program during Clarkson has some-more than doubled in the past dual years, she says."At our hospital now, to be the supervisor, we have to have your master's degree, or be operative towards it," says 37-year nursing veteran Mary Kay Subramanian, referring to Mercy Hospital in Chicago.Some hospitals, like those in the Iowa Health Systems network, offer bonuses to nurses who continue their education via graduate propagandize or certificate programs. Nurses hoping for the salary hike to accompany their master's grade can choose the specialty program with the aloft payoff.

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Director of Nursing-Long Term Care - Pine Grove Nursing Center - Center, TX

Pine Grove Nursing Center, the prestigious Long Term Care facility located in Center,TX is conducting the search for the Long Term Care Director of Nursing.As a... From JobHost - 12 Jan 2012 16:04:17 GMT - View all Center jobs

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Food Service Worker FT Days - Spalding Rehab Hospital - Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital - Denver, CO

High School diploma or equivalent, sanatorium experience preferred.C. Experience: One to Two (1-2) years in food service, sanatorium experience preferred.One (1... From HCA Inc - twelve January 2012 13:58:30 GMT - View all Denver jobs

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Veterinary Assistant - New Hospital in Downey, CA! - Banfield - The Pet Hospital - Downey, CA

a safe and effective hospital environment.Essential... with customer service preferred.Banfield Pet Hospitalis committed to a diverse work environment in... From Banfield - The Pet Hospital - 12 Jan 2012 00:41:55 GMT - View all Downey jobs

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UPEI nursing students' trip to Egypt cancelled

Four University of Prince Edward Island nursing students are unhappy that a propagandize has cancelled their pursuit placements in Egypt since it's not safe.They were chosen to transport to Egypt in Feb as partial of their fourth-year pursuit placement, but now, a federal government is recommending opposite nonessential transport to Egypt since of a domestic incident there. I was a little disappointed. I know safety is very important. Obviously, I don't want to go if it's unsafe, tyro Gloria Smith pronounced Wednesday. But I was still just unhappy that there's not a better domestic incident that wouldn't allow us to go there and have that domestic experience.Instead, a students will be working in hospitals upon a Island.Student Lindsay Williams pronounced that wont look as good upon their resumes when they graduate this spring. Well, an event similar to this doesn't come around very often. To go with a school, and a propagandize that's recognized all around Canada, to go to a foreign country it just wouldn't happen very often, she said.Kim Critchley, vanguard of nursing at UPEI, was upon leave and training in Egypt when a overthrow strike its peak. She pronounced its not protected to send students to a country, which is still experiencing violence.It's one thing for a highbrow to go, an adult to go. But it's a different incident to send students there to do something upon behalf of a university, she said.I mean, we are totally responsible for them and it would be inattentive upon our partial to send students to a country where a transport advisory is saying please don't travel.The nursing department's relationship with Egypt began with a help of UPEI's brand new president, Abd-El-Aziz, who is from that country.The outing would have been a university's first nursing placement there. Critchley pronounced this will not be a last event for nursing students to use in Egypt. She pronounced she's already planning placements there for next winter.

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Nursing Assistant - Georgetown University Hospital Nursing - Washington, DC

of the veteran nursing staff in providing nursing care to patients on an reserved nursing unit. These... to perform the basic nursing skills, which includes... From Georgetown University Hospital - 12 Jan 2012 04:06:58 GMT - View all Washington jobs

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Vt. nursing home expected to close at end of Jan.

BENNINGTON, Vt.A Vermont nursing home is closing after more than 50 years in operation.

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Full Time Director of Nursing (DON) / Nurse Management Cath Lab - TravelMax Nursing - Oxnard, CA

Large Acute Care Center in Beautiful Ventura County, CA is looking for a Cath Lab Nurse Manager. Position requires 2 years of Cath Lab experience and a BSN... From TravelMax Nursing - 11 Jan 2012 17:45:28 GMT - View all Oxnard jobs

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Full Time Director of Nursing (DON) / Nurse Management Cath Lab - TravelMax Nursing - Phoenix, AZ

Large Acute Care Center is seeking for a Cath Lab Nurse Manager. Position requires 3 years of Cath Lab experience and a BSN. Position offers competitive salary... From TravelMax Nursing - 10 Jan 2012 17:50:01 GMT - View all Phoenix jobs

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Director, Hospital Physicians - Providence Hospital - Washington, DC

practice within Providence Hospital. Responsible for... in physician practices. Management of Emergency and Hospital based physician services preferred.Level of... From Providence Hospital - 10 Jan 2012 12:29:36 GMT - View all Washington jobs

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Nursing home death prompts murder inquiry

A attempted murder review has been launched following the death of a woman at a nursing home in Waterford. Vera Vollrath, 83, was found passed in her room yesterday sunrise by staff at Killure Bridge Nursing Home, where she was a resident. A post mortem examination took place final night as well as this sunrise garda confirmed that a attempted murder review had been launched. A male was arrested yesterday at Dublin Airport in connection with the death as well as will be questioned throughout the day. It is understood that he knew Ms Vollrath but had nothing to do with the nursing home. Garda will await directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions before determining on whether a court coming will happen today or tomorrow.

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