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Mayor Bloomberg to cut nursing positions at some NYC schools
New York City workers may be facing layoffs. Libraries are bracing to lose financing, and caseworkers are girding for bigger loads. Now add to the list of victims of citywide budget cuts nursing positions at small schools, public and private.... (Continue reading)
The ‘July Effect’: Worst Month For Fatal Hospital Errors, Study Finds
There is an old saying among some doctors — do not let your friends and family schedule a surgery in July. July is the month when graduates, fresh out of medical school, report to residencies in teaching hospitals. Anecdotally, at... (Continue reading)
Death at 25: Blogging the end of a life
Eva Markvoort narrated an unvarnished blog about life with a terminal disease. This was an artistic outlet for her to reflect near the end of her life. “Hello to the world at large,” she said in the video. “To my... (Continue reading)
New Island Hospital to join Catholic Health Services (Bethpage, NY)
Written on 27 Jan, 2010 at 16:35 in Featured, Medical News, Nursing News | viewed 1,470 times | 3 Comments
New Island Hospital, one of Long Island‘s two remaining stand-alone community hospitals, is joining Catholic Health Services. The move, which will be formally announced Tuesday, will help protect the 203-bed nonprofit in Bethpage from the buffeting economic climate, said the... (Continue reading)
Shrinking Job Market for RN’s In New York State, Study Shows
Written on 27 Jan, 2010 at 15:57 in Featured, Nursing News, Nursing School | viewed 700 times | 0 Comments
The nursing job market in New York state, long thought to be recession-proof, is starting to feel the effects of the economic downturn, according to a study. Job opportunities for newly trained registered nurses are dwindling at a time when... (Continue reading)
‘Fake’ Swine Flu Pandemic To Sell Vaccines? WHO Says “No Way”
GENEVA – The World Health Organization on Monday slammed as “irresponsible” critics who claim swine flu is a fake pandemic created for the benefit of drug companies. The U.N. health agency said the outbreak of a new strain of H1N1... (Continue reading)
Haitian nursing school with USA ties survives quake
Written on 22 Jan, 2010 at 11:32 in Featured, Nursing News, Nursing School | viewed 489 times | 0 Comments
A nursing school with Ann Arbor ties survived the 7-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti Tuesday, early reports indicate. The professional nursing school, Faculty of Nursing Science of the Episcopal University of Haiti, is 20 miles west of Port-au-Prince and 10... (Continue reading)
Nursing Students Twice As Likely To Smoke
Written on 22 Jan, 2010 at 11:27 in Featured, Nursing News, Nursing School | viewed 518 times | 0 Comments
Nursing students are twice as likely to smoke as the general population, according to a new study. Researchers in Italy surveyed 812 new nursing students. They found that 44 percent of them smoke, a rate twice as high as the... (Continue reading)
Many Nurses Upset By New York State Mandated Flu Vaccines
The state Health Department is requiring that all direct care workers and those with whom they have contact be vaccinated for seasonal flu and the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu. “Although we encourage registered nurses to get a... (Continue reading)
Nurses Association demands medical masks for swine flu protection
By Richard Sisk and Erica Pearson DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Saturday, September 5th 2009 Nurses across the state are demanding medical masks that effectively protect them from swine flu. A day after scientists said health care workers who come in... (Continue reading)