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Editor's Picks
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Three Nurses Groups Ratify Super Union
After months of negotiations, representatives from the nation's three largest nurses unions voted Monday to merge and create a 150,000-member, coast-to-coast "super union" that will be called National Nurses United. NNU will represent registered nurses that until this week had been served by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, United American Nurses, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association. [Read More]
Tampa General Dishwasher Embodies the Spirit of Christmas
For 20 years, Delwyn Collins has been the heart and soul of Tampa General Hospital in the annual Hillsborough County (FL) Foster Angel Program, which provides Christmas gifts for many of the county's more than 1,500 foster children. TGH has been the highest donor of gifts to the program every year since 1989, and a good deal of the credit goes to Collins, who donates at least 300 gifts himself each year. [Read More]
Hospital Job Growth Surge Continues in November
The nation's unemployment rate fell slightly in November to 10%, and for the third straight month hospitals continued to see solid payroll additions, with 7,000 new jobs created, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics seasonally adjusted preliminary data. [Read More]
Almost 40,000 Qualified Nursing School Applications Turned Away
Enrollment in entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs increased 3.5% in 2009, but nearly 40,000 qualified applicants were turned away, according to preliminary data released by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Even with a decade of enrollment increases and the continued heavy demand for nurses, AACN's 29th Annual Survey of Institutions with Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Nursing Programs found that nursing schools are still hindered by a shortage of faculty, insufficient clinical education sites, and budget cuts. [Read More]
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NurseLeaders Forum
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Try Simulation Training to Improve Teamwork, Collaboration, and Patient Safety
Contributor Mary Holtschneider, RN, BSN, BC, MPA, NREMT-P, director of nursing practice and education for the North Carolina Nurses Association in Raleigh, discusses how various forms of simulation can be used to teach clinical and teamwork. [Read More]
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Business Rx
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More Nurses Seek Help for Substance Abuse
Peer Assistance Services, a Colorado nonprofit organization that provides guidance, support, and rehabilitation services for healthcare professionals, has seen an increase in nursing clients this year—a majority of whom needed help for alcohol and drug abuse. But the growing number of nurses seeking treatment for substance abuse doesn't necessarily reflect a growing problem, rather a growing acceptance with seeking help. [Read More]
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Nursing Health Headlines
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Senate turns to health bill's major obstacles
Washington Post - December 8, 2009
Senators: Congress, President Should Get Health Insurance Through Public Option
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media - December 8, 2009
Temp firms a magnet for unfit nurses
Los Angeles Times - December 7, 2009
Failure to Communicate: Setting the Record Straight on Mammographies
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media - December 3, 2009
10 Most Hazardous Technologies in Healthcare
Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media - December 3, 2009
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Audio Conferences/Webcasts
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January 11, 2010: Nursing Peer Review: Improve Clinical Performance, Professionalism, and Accountability
On Demand: Nurse Retention: Proven Strategies for Success in any Economy
On Demand: Excellence in Leadership: Practical, Proven Solutions for Today's Nurse Leaders
On Demand: Nursing Documentation: Improve Practices to Stay Compliant and Raise the Standard of Care
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Sponsored Headlines
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Digital signage internal communications engage nurses and improve quality, Vericom.
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Harnessing effective asset management in an uncertain economy from IBM
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Building a successful validation process and compliance support with IBM Maximo solutions
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Managing healthcare assets and optimizing asset utilization with IBM asset management tools
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Learn how Sisters of Mercy Health achieved its asset management goals in partnership with IBM
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Carving Out a New CEO Model
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Responding to heightened scrutiny and reimbursement cuts, healthcare CEOs are becoming increasingly interactive with a growing list of constituents. [Read More] |
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Don't Count on Colonoscopies
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New procedural developments and a shifting market are changing how physicians and hospitals work together to deliver digestive health services. [Read More] |
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Audio Feature
Retail Clinics a Disruptive Innovation: HealthLeaders Media's leadership expert Philip Betbeze spoke with Paul Keckley, director of Deloitte's Center for Health Solutions, on the latest developments in retail clinics. The business model has gone through its adolescent stage, he says, but it's here to stay. Hospitals should get in on this game, because consumers want it, it's a disruptive innovation, and it can drive business to their primary care physicians and ultimately, the hospital. [Listen Now]
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