Nursing & Residential Care Facilities

UAE- National study to address nurse shortage

It starts next month. The first such initiative, the national project will study how the UAE can retain nurses in ministry hospitals by providing a favourable work environment and job satisfaction. The study is the outcome of a...

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Drug side effects a key factor in reduced quality of life for kidney transplant patients

Researchers surveyed 55 patients who had received a kidney transplant in the last year and 105 who had had surgery in the last one to three years to assess their quality of life. They discovered that patients had higher levels...

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California Issues Strict Rules For Health Professionals With Addiction Problems

News outlets report on a variety of health issues at the state level including stricter rules for drug abusers in the health industry in California, an examination of the nation's first city-run universal health care plan in...

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State lawmakers' talk turns to tax hikes

shortfall: ‘We can’t do it all in cuts’ If state lawmakers want to raise taxes to plug a growing shortfall, they always have options – provided they have the votes. As news of the state budget shortfall landed with a $2.6...

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Geisinger Medical Center Critical Care Nurses Recognized for Quality

Geisinger Medical Center's Adult Intensive Care Unit (AICU) nurses were recently recognized with the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence. Created by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), the award...

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Congress targets senior abuse

Support is broad for the Elder Justice Act, which is linked to healthcare reform measures. When it comes to political, social or health causes, elder abuse has not had the star power of some other movements focusing on the...

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Philly's 'Mother Teresa' offers words of hope for needy

Meet basic needs and recovery will follow, Philadelphia nun says By MIKE SNYDER HOUSTON CHRONICLE Michael Bryant Sister Mary Scullion, co-founder of Project HOME, says stories of hope and possibility keep her spirits up and...

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Oldsters' nurse a fake: AG

State Medicaid fraud probers say a woman with no medical training worked as a nurse at a Staten Island nursing home for four years. Sharron Kimberly Phillip allegedly stole the identity of a licensed nurse with a similar name...

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Reforming Health Care: What Managers Can Do

Q&A with: Richard M.J. Bohmer Published: November 23, 2009 Author: Martha Lagace Despite the urgency of debate on the U.S. national stage about health-care reform, an issue now before the U.S. Senate, one crucial element of...

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Eclipsys Marks 50 Millionth Order at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

Notable Emergency Room Entry among Several Key Client Milestones; Demonstrates Continued Leadership in Using CPOE to Improve Patient Safety and Outcomes Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ: ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, continues to...

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