Deborah E. Trautman Named CEO of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
April 30, 2014 - The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has named Deborah E. Trautman, PhD, RN, as its new chief executive officer, effective June 16. Trautman currently serves as executive director of the Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Transformation at Johns Hopkins Hospital. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
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Deborah E. Trautman Named CEO of the American...
April 30, 2014 - The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has named Deborah E. Trautman, PhD, RN, as its new chief executive officer, effective June 16. Trautman currently serves as executive director of the Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Transformation at Johns Hopkins Hospital. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - May 1, 2014 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Relaxed Blood Pressure Guidelines Cut Millions from...
April 3, 2014 - New guidelines that ease the recommended blood pressure could result in 5.8 million U.S. adults no longer needing hypertension medication, according to an analysis by Duke Medicine researchers. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
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Relaxed Blood Pressure Guidelines Cut Millions from Needing Medication
April 3, 2014 - New guidelines that ease the recommended blood pressure could result in 5.8 million U.S. adults no longer needing hypertension medication, according to an analysis by Duke Medicine researchers. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - April 4, 2014 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Post-op Pain Management Linked to Overall Patient...
March 21, 2014 - Patients’ postoperative reports of pain during
recovery strongly correlate with overall patient satisfaction during
hospital stays, according to a new study from Cedars Sinai Medical
Center in Los Angeles. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - March 31, 2014 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Substantial Decrease in Use of Cardiac Imaging...
March 27, 2014 - There has been a sharp decline since 2006 in the use of nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI); an imaging procedure used to determine areas of the heart with decreased blood flow), a decrease that cannot be explained by an increase in other imaging methods, according to a study in the March 26 issue of JAMA. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
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Substantial Decrease in Use of Cardiac Imaging Procedure Found
March 27, 2014 - There has been a sharp decline since 2006 in the use of nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI); an imaging procedure used to determine areas of the heart with decreased blood flow), a decrease that cannot be explained by an increase in other imaging methods, according to a study in the March 26 issue of JAMA. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - March 28, 2014 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Post-op Pain Management Linked to Overall Patient Satisfaction
March 21, 2014 - Patients’ postoperative reports of pain during
recovery strongly correlate with overall patient satisfaction during
hospital stays, according to a new study from Cedars Sinai Medical
Center in Los Angeles. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - March 22, 2014 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Care Coordination Seen as Growth Area for RN...
March 10, 2014 - Care coordination is at the heart of an undergraduate nursing education, and stretches across a number of specialties. Using clinical assessment as well as psychosocial skills in a holistic manner, it has also become a stand-alone specialty where the opportunities for registered nurses are plentiful and expected to expand. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - March 17, 2014 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Severe Diarrheal Illness in Children Linked to...
March 15, 2014 - The majority of pediatric Clostridium difficile infections, which are bacterial infections that cause severe diarrhea and are potentially life-threatening, occur among children in the general community who recently took antibiotics prescribed in doctor’s offices for other conditions, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in Pediatrics. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - March 17, 2014 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Severe Diarrheal Illness in Children Linked to Antibiotics Prescribed in Doctor’s Offices
March 15, 2014 - The majority of pediatric Clostridium difficile infections, which are bacterial infections that cause severe diarrhea and are potentially life-threatening, occur among children in the general community who recently took antibiotics prescribed in doctor’s offices for other conditions, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in Pediatrics. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - March 16, 2014 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Care Coordination Seen as Growth Area for RN Opportunities
March 10, 2014 - Care coordination is at the heart of an undergraduate nursing education, and stretches across a number of specialties. Using clinical assessment as well as psychosocial skills in a holistic manner, it has also become a stand-alone specialty where the opportunities for registered nurses are plentiful and expected to expand. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - March 11, 2014 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Hand Sanitizer, Hygiene Training Still Lacking at US...
March 6, 2014 - Approximately one in five U.S. health facilities
don’t make alcohol-based hand sanitizer available at every point of
care, missing a critical opportunity to prevent health care-associated
infections, according to new research from Columbia University School of
Nursing and the World Health Organization (WHO) published in the
American Journal of Infection Control. The study, which examined
compliance with WHO hand hygiene guidelines in the U.S., also found that
only about half of the hospitals, ambulatory care, and long-term care
facilities had set aside funds in their budgets for hand hygiene
trai...
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - March 8, 2014 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Hand Sanitizer, Hygiene Training Still Lacking at US Hospitals
March 6, 2014 - Approximately one in five U.S. health facilities
don’t make alcohol-based hand sanitizer available at every point of
care, missing a critical opportunity to prevent health care-associated
infections, according to new research from Columbia University School of
Nursing and the World Health Organization (WHO) published in the
American Journal of Infection Control. The study, which examined
compliance with WHO hand hygiene guidelines in the U.S., also found that
only about half of the hospitals, ambulatory care, and long-term care
facilities had set aside funds in their budgets for hand hygiene
trai...
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - March 7, 2014 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
AACN Advanced Practice Exams Aligned with APRN...
February 20, 2014 - AACN Certification Corporation has completed the process of aligning all its certification exams for advanced practice nurses with the requirements of the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - February 24, 2014 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
