Nursing

After hospital cuts, a new women's health center is born

HOLISTICS: Nurse practitioner looks at the whole woman. Dillingham resident Joan Junge has delivered about 250 babies during her career as a nurse practitioner and midwife. The Wholistic Health Center was conceived earlier this...

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Theorists Enrich Nursing Profession

Hildegard Peplau & Florence Nightingale Considered Pioneers Florence Nightingale believed a patient's environment improved their health, while Peplau's theory taught that the relationship between nurse and patient is important....

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Demand for VA service rises, but so does budget

Cook/Staff photo Dr. Agu Suvari, a primary care physician, examines Ernest Proper, an Army veteran from Portsmouth, at the Somersworth Veterans Affairs Community-based Outpatient Clinic Friday morning. Dr. Marc Levenson,...

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WSU nurses help out swine flu clinics

by KREM.com Posted on November 8, 2009 at 12:39 AM SPOKANE VALLEY -- The Spokane Regional Health District is calling in reinforcements from Washington State University's nursing program for their flu clinics. More than 1,000...

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KYM MARSH: Britain's premature baby problem - and the boy I lost at 21 weeks

Prematurity is the greatest cause of infant death - so why is there such a chronic shortage of specialist nurses and doctors? The Coronation Street actress, who lost her own baby at 21 weeks, investigates.

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Nurses underemployed under health system, survey reveals

A new survey has found that 'nurse practitioners' are being under-used within the nation's health system. The role of nurse practitioners was first created around four years ago, giving highly-trained nurses extra...

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Gareth Morgan calls for fair health rationing

Press Release: Dr Gareth Morgan Media Release For Immediate Release Gareth Morgan calls for fair health rationing New Zealand's health system is a political football, held together only by the high quality of our nurses and...

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Florida Hospital Dials Up iPhones For Nurses

iPhones are helping a Sarasota hospital connect its nursing staff via text messaging, and soon, VoIP telephony. By Mitch Wagner InformationWeek Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System, a hospital in Florida, plans to deploy iPhones...

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Swine flu scare hits Diomede

A doctor and nurse flown by helicopter to one of the state's most hard-to-reach villages gave swine flu shots until 2 a.m. Friday as health officials scrambled to inoculate an entire Alaska community for the first time since...

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Researchers Present Investigational Findings on Allergic Diseases

Researchers are unveiling new data on investigational findings in nearly 450 abstracts on the diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases. Key studies focus on anaphylaxis, nasal saline irrigation, egg allergy, new treatment...

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